“Flash Point” Chinese Theatrical Poster
Donnie Yen (Ip Man 4: The Finale, Flash Point), Alec Baldwin (Mission Impossible: Fallout) and Frank Grillo (Wolf Warrior 2) are teaming up for The Father, an action thriller to be directed by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters) with a script written by P.G. Cuschieri (Cut Throat City).
The Father is set against the Irish-American gangland of South Boston and charts the struggle of middle-class Hong Kong immigrant John Chung (Yen) making the best of his family’s new American life while working as a modest fish broker in the city’s infamous docklands. When his wayward teenage boys stumble upon four kilos of heroin, they’re hunted by a local crime ring and a group of corrupt cops (via Deadline).
Yen will also produce along with Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour), Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) and John Schramm.
International sales for the film are pending at this year’s Toronto Film Festival through AGC International.
Naming scheme is starting to remind me of 90s american releases of jet lis films: the protector… the enforcer… the contract killer. Not happy about this…
Looks like Frank Grillo’s RAID remake is being pushed back again (thank god).
Wasn’t ‘Beyond Skyline’ Grillo’s remake of ‘The Raid’ (aka ‘The Raid’ versus Aliens!)?
Couldn’t they find “SOMETHING” else than that aweful “actor” Grillo? I pass.
Grillo is the discount Steven Bauer.