With a $97M second weekend, 'Deadpool & Wolverine' sets a new high mark for R-rated films
After 10 days in theaters, โDeadpool & Wolverineโ is already the highest grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation.
โDeadpool & Wolverineโ is already breaking box office records, with more possible soon
โDeadpool & Wolverineโ has gotten off to a supercharged start at the box office, breaking the Thursday preview record for an R-rated movie.
Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors
This image released by Netflix shows Chris Hemsworth, left, in a scene from "Extraction," premiering this week on Netflix. (Jasin Boland/Netflix via AP)Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine. Hargrave is the latest in a lineage of stuntmen who have gone from stepping in for actors to directing them. It's a fairly recent career pathway thanks largely to the success of Chad Stahelski ("John Wick") and David Leitch ("Atomic Blonde"). They've been leaders in the field since founding the action design company 87Eleven in 1997.