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2 Chainz is calling for people to "pledge allegiance on one knee" -- in a direct response to Donald Trump ... and it's all part of a new song with NBA star Victor Oladipo.  The Indiana Pacers star just dropped his 2nd single called "Rope a Dope" (dude can really sing) -- and it features a rap verse from Tity Boi himself.  A rep tells TMZ Sports the song "serves as a response to President Donald Trump...

Hollywood, CA (February 20th, 2017) YouTube sensation Eric Jacobus (Rope A Dope, Tekken In Real Life) is back in the new martial arts action short "Blindsided"! Blind man and apple pie connoisseur Walter Cooke (Eric Jacobus) ventures to his neighborhood corner store to buy milk and apples. When mafia thugs try to shake down the storeowner (played by action film veteran Roger Yuan, "Jason Bourne"), Walter shows them what a blind martial artist is capable of! After producing Rope-a-Dope, producer Clayton Barber (fight coordinator on Creed and the upcoming Marvel actioner Black Panther), returns to collaborate with Jacobus, this time as director. Another action filmmaker and producer of Korean content, David William No (Matrix Reloaded, Jackie Chan’s Mr. Nice Guy) steps in to produce. Using...

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The History of Metal and Horror explores the overlapping interest in both heavy metal and the horror genre. Take a gander at the second promo for the project as well as some more info on the documentary. Also in today’s Highlights: Tales from the Dead Zone production and casting details and a look at the lineup for the 3rd Annual Philip K. Dick European Sci-Fi Film Festival.

The History of Metal and Horror Indiegogo Details: From Indiegogo: “The History of Metal and Horror is a documentary which explores the evolution of both heavy metal and horror and how the two genres have merged over time. It is common for fans of metal to be fans of horror, and vice versa.

This documentary contains the following:

An exploration into the evolution of both heavy metal and horror by historians, authors, and other experts. Commentary from horror icons, explaining how their films have influenced both genres.

It's Groundhog Day, and we've got a couple of action-packed martial arts infused short films called Rope A Dope - Groundhog Day Battle - Wake, Fight, Repeat. The films were created by Eric Jacobus, and there are two parts to the short film series that he describes as being Groundhog Day meets Jackie Chan. I do have to say that the fight choreography is incredible, fun, and inventive. If you enjoy watching martial arts movies, then you're gonna love these. ...

About two years ago we shared a must watch short film called "Rope a Dope" by Eric Jacobus (A Good Day to Die Hard) and The Stunt People. If you haven't already seen or need a refresher, you can watch it here.

Part two of the saga is just as crazy and fun as the first. While this was released a year ago, somehow we missed writing it up on GeekTyrant. Recently, we shared Jacobus recreating fighting styles of video game characters and doing over 200 different types of kicks. I hope to see more of Jacobus' action comedy stylings in a third part, which he's heavily hinted at in the comments on YouTube.

It seems reductive to say that Rope A Dope 2 is the best thing to emerge from The Stunt People community to date. It's true, I think, and given that The Stunt People have been very good at what they do for a very long time that's certainly saying something. But this is more than that. A bunch more. It's one of the best martial arts comedies ever to emerge from North America on any level - whether big budget or indie - and judged on any basis. Direction, performance, choreography ... everything is simply fantastic.For those unfamiliar, the original Rope A Dope was essentially a martial arts Groundhog Day with leading man Eric Jacobus living the same sequence of events over and over until...

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