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There was no certainty that relaunching a decades old franchise and aiming it at a generation that really had nothing to do with it past having to sit through organized marathons with their potentially costumed fathers. Yet here we are, $72 million later.

Hollywood has a new lesson to learn. April should not be dismissed and Vin Diesel should never be underestimated.

Justin Ambrosino's The 8th Samurai will be shown at several film festivals across the U.S. and more get added to the list (visit www.the8thsamuraimovie.com for updates). So far, the 28 minute short has been featured in two festivals and has picked up awards at both, and more good news keeps on coming in: Justin is now in the process of making his first feature film next year which Korean director Yong-Ki Jeong is producing.

It isn’t exactly foreign, or alien if you will, to see an animated feature come out on top of the chart with massive numbers. This specific debut though certainly packed a particularly monstrous wallop.

Critics were less than enthused about Cages latest stagy offering but when has that ever deterred fans from seeing one of his films?