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Bona To Lead Investment In WWII Epic, MIDWAY; Roland Emmerich To Direct
from Lee Golden

Fresh out of Cannes Bona Film Group will lead the investment on renowned director Roland Emmerich's new World War II epic, Midway for The Mark Gordon Company. Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012, 10,000 B.C., Independence Day: Resurgence) will direct the film from a script by Wes Tooke, inspired by the [...]

Tue, May 23, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Sono Sion's TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL Checks In With A New Action Packed Trailer
from Lee Golden

Director Sono Sion's new nine part action horror series, Tokyo Vampire Hotel is gearing up for a June 16 premiere exclusively in Japan via Amazon Prime. Alas, there's nothing being stirred of a release anywhere else beyond that point and hopefully it will be strictly a matter of time soon, [...]

Tue, May 23, 2017, Continue reading at the source

T-34: Tanks...Tanks Everywhere In The First Trailer For Alexey Sidorov's WWII Epic
from Lee Golden

Emboldened by a string of five films, director/producer duo Alexey Sidorov and Ruben Dishdishyan are well on the way with the new war epic, T-34 which had its day at Cannes in the past week. Russian film agency Rosinko presented footage from the film ahead of its 2018 release and [...]

Tue, May 23, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Hitman Drama, ASHER, Casts Ron Perlman
from Lee Golden

He may not be Hellboy anymore beyond two great and memorable films, but Ron Perlman still stands out as one of the cinema's best actors. Out of Cannes, the news now is he will be starring in the new drama, Asher, which XYZ Films took to Cannes over the week. [...]

Tue, May 23, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Well Go USA Acquires THE INVINCIBLE DRAGON And 'Ip Man 3' Spin-Off, CHEUNG TIN-CHI
from Lee Golden

Two really great bits of news arrived this past weekend at Cannes with Well Go USA on hand to nab itself a nifty pair of titles after just recently acquiring Jung Byoung-Gil's The Villainess. Said titles bring actor and martial artist Max Zhang front and center for and even bigger [...]

Tue, May 23, 2017, Continue reading at the source

THE HIT LIST: May 22, 2017
from Lee Golden

Some great and surprising news came out of Cannes over the weekend and I've been busy like hell covering as much as I could. Those pieces are still up and so feel free to check those out, otherwise, you're more than welcome to enjoy yourself for this week's installment of [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

James Wan Boards RESIDENT EVIL Reboot As Producer
from Lee Golden

Screen Gems can likely withstand anything I would have to add due to its $1.2 billion dollars earned at the box office since 2002 with the Resident Evil film franchise. That said, one can only hope their latest reboot efforts leave off with better results following Sunday's news.The reboot doesn't [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

DARK UNIVERSE: Welcome To A New World Of Gods And Monsters
from Lee Golden

The June 9 release of Alex Kurtzman's The Mummy isn't coming light this summer. The film, as per the efforts of past several years is just one in several forthcoming steps toward what Universal Pictures, on Monday, branded as the Dark Universe, spearheaded by Kurtzman and The Fate Of The [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

FIGHT LIKE A MOTHERF**KER: An Interview With Actor And Filmmaker Phillip Ray Tommy
from Lee Golden

In the grand, largely improvised scheme of things here at Film Combat Syndicate, I eventually came across a concept trailer for a nifty looking project called Sacrilege. The trailer was action-packed, substantive and had everything I looked for in something of a potential film product and so naturally I [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Tom Holland To Star In Sony's UNCHARTED Adaptation Pending Rewrites
from Lee Golden

While Sony Pictures ramps up Jon Watts's forthcoming release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, apparently the studio isn't making light of its current opportunity with the long-awaited the development of Naughty Dog game adaptation, Uncharted. Apparently following a screening of the new Marvel movie reboot, studio chief Tom Rothman is keen on [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Tom Holland To Star In UNCHARTED Adaptation Pending Rewrites
from Lee Golden

While Sony Pictures ramps up Jon Watts's forthcoming release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, apparently the studio isn't making light of its current opportunity with the long-awaited the development of Naughty Dog game adaptation, Uncharted. Apparently following a screening of the new Marvel movie reboot, studio chief Tom Rothman is keen on [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Parkour Superstar Sébastien Foucan To Give Chase In U.K. Action Thriller, BHARAL
from Lee Golden

I had been hearing through the grapevine in the past few months that actor and freerunning extraordinare Sébastien Foucan was being primed for a return to the big screen in some capacity. As it turns out this week with events at Cannes in full force, the facts are now finally [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

PEACE BREAKER: Aaron Kwok Stares Down The Barrel Of Death In The First Official Poster For The Upcoming 'A Hard Day' Remake
from Lee Golden

If you need a good cop thriller to tick you off in the best way, I wholly recommend Kim Sung-Hyun's 2014 bonafide hit, A Hard Day. Actor Lee Sun-Kyun gives one of the best corrupt cop performances of his career and notably among any South Korean flick of the same [...]

Mon, May 22, 2017, Continue reading at the source

And Now, A Word From Master Ken...
from Lee Golden

On second thought, I'll skip the formalities Just know that if you're taking TaeKwonDo, somewhere in your hemisphere, Master Ken is watching and judging you...and that things could be... well... ...well, just watch. [...]

Sun, May 21, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Because Six Live-Action RESIDENT EVIL Movies Weren't Enough, A Reboot Is In The Works!
from Lee Golden

I can't be too bothered with Screen Gems's Resident Evil movies of the last...what... the last seventeen years? Personally I've only seen maybe four of them and as forgettable and copycat they've been with some of the action set-pieces I sort of stopped caring, as much as I love Milla [...]

Sun, May 21, 2017, Continue reading at the source

'John Wick' Style Revenge Thriller, PEPPERMINT, Lands At Lionsgate
from Lee Golden

After snagging S. Craig Zahler's Gibson/Vaughn headliner, Dragged Across Concrete, Lionsgate has reportedly snared itself the worldwide rights to Lakeshore Entertainment's forthcoming revenge thriller, Peppermint. Pierre Morel is directing the film following his attachment to the project on May 3, and from a script by Chad St. John.When her husband [...]

Sun, May 21, 2017, Continue reading at the source

ASURA GIRL: BLOOD C: Don't Miss The Teaser For The Upcoming Action Horror Manga Spin-Off Prequel
from Lee Golden

Production I.G.'s longstanding Blood saga has been a mainstay in manga and on film and TV, save for Chris Nahon's own less-than-stellar effort nearly a decade ago. Since then, the animated franchise has seen its own evolution despite bearing some controversy which forbade it in both Japan and even China [...]

Sun, May 21, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Siddharth Anand's Indian RAMBO Brings Out The Big Guns In A New Preliminary Poster
from Lee Golden

Whatever likes and shares that followed online notwithstanding, some folks on the internet lost their minds when they learned an Indian action star was going to reprise the lead role in a Rambo remake. It's not a bad move seeing as how actor and martial artist Tiger Shroff (Heropanti, Baaghi) [...]

Sat, May 20, 2017, Continue reading at the source

China Movie Channel, HBO Announce Partnership For Two More Standalone Martial Arts Movies
from Lee Golden

The Chinese film industry has some pretty big goals in mind, some of which are the subejct of discussion held at the annual China Night Party in France where buyers are looking up titles to suit their brands. The business end of things here also extends to HBO Asia and [...]

Sat, May 20, 2017, Continue reading at the source

Well Go USA Picks Up THE VILLAINESS
from Lee Golden

The exciting news out of Cannes continues with our eye now on the latest report circling Confession Of Murder helmer Jung Byung-Gil's latest, The Villainess. The film itself hasn't yet opened in South Korea and only has a teaser to show for its otherwise impressive efforts featuring actress and martial [...]

Sat, May 20, 2017, Continue reading at the source

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