{"id":341581,"date":"2025-07-04T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=388776"},"modified":"2025-07-04T00:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:46:13","slug":"the-post-apocalyptic-adventure-of-dave-bautista-arrives-with-a-star-studded-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-post-apocalyptic-adventure-of-dave-bautista-arrives-with-a-star-studded-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"The post-apocalyptic adventure of Dave Bautista arrives with a star-studded cast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dave Bautista, known for his roles in franchises like &#8216;Guardians of the Galaxy&#8217; and &#8216;Dune&#8217;, adds a new film project to his career titled &#8216;Afterburn&#8217;<\/strong>. This movie, based on a comic by Scott Chitwood and Paul Ens, has been in development for 15 years, finally culminating in a proposal directed by J. J. Perry, who previously worked with Bautista on the failed &#8216;The Killer&#8217;s Game&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The big leap Bautista needs?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Afterburn&#8217;, which has a budget of 56 million dollars, is set in a post-apocalyptic future, where a social eruption has devastated most of the technology. In this context<strong>, the protagonist Jake, played by Bautista, becomes a treasure hunter, tasked with recovering the iconic Mona Lisa for a powerful figure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film features a notable cast that includes Olga Kurylenko, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kristofer Hivju, whom fans will remember as Tormund from &#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217;. Despite the strong presence of recognized actors, <strong>Bautista&#8217;s career in Hollywood has been peculiar, alternating between high-profile productions and less successful titles<\/strong> that seem more aligned with the catalog of video rental stores.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The production of &#8216;Afterburn&#8217; has not been without setbacks; <strong>it has changed directors and screenwriters over the years before solidifying into its current form.<\/strong> Although a release date has not yet been announced, box office success is crucial given its high budget, as a poor reception could mean another significant failure in Bautista&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AFTERBURN Official Trailer (2025) Dave Bautista\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-44nQPX34D0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The soundtrack of the film has been composed by the renowned Spanish musician Roque Ba\u00f1os<\/strong>, adding an additional layer to the anticipation surrounding this project. With such a prolonged development, expectations are high, and it will be interesting to see if &#8216;Afterburn&#8217; manages to attract the audience that has been elusive to the actor&#8217;s recent collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Bautista, known for his roles in franchises like &#8216;Guardians of the Galaxy&#8217; and &#8216;Dune&#8217;, adds a new film project to his career titled &#8216;Afterburn&#8217;. This movie, based on a comic by Scott Chitwood and Paul Ens, has been in development for 15 years, finally culminating in a proposal directed by J. J. Perry, who previously worked with Bautista on the failed &#8216;The Killer&#8217;s Game&#8217;. Is this the big leap Bautista needs? &#8216;Afterburn&#8217;, which has a budget of 56 million dollars, is set in a post-apocalyptic future, where a social eruption has devastated most of the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":341582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[13486,13487,4015,4161],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-341581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-afterburn","tag-dave-bautista","tag-dune","tag-guardianes-de-la-galaxia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341581"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341591,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341581\/revisions\/341591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341581"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=341581"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=341581"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=341581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}