Dutch kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven is set to star in, and co-produce The Black Lotus with Tom de Mol and Marcel de Block, the duo responsible for producing The Hitman’s Bodyguard. According to THR, The Black Lotus — inspired by action classics such as Man on Fire and Taken — will see Verhoeven play an ex-military operative on a revenge mission to save the woman he loves. Verhoeven recently had a supporting role in … Continue reading →

Is this China’s answer to Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Ready Player One? Doubtful. Directed by Han Yan (The House That Never Dies), this forthcoming cyber-punk actioner is titled Dream Breaker, and judging from its trailer, one can expect a visual, Blade Runner-ish treat. According to THR, Dream Breaker stars actress Chen Duling (Namiya) as a young woman who must fight her way through a mysterious, holographic game world designed by her late father to avenge … Continue reading →

An upcoming documentary, titled Femme Fatales: Seen & Unheard, is in-the-works from actress, martial artist, producer and director, Maria Tran (Truy Sát, Tiger Cops). The full press release follows… For the past decade of her life, Fairfield-based filmmaker Maria Tran has devoted her life in making Hong Kong cinema homage action films in her backyard. She and her female led film production company Phoenix Eye will soon be embarking internationally … Continue reading →

Warner has enlisted Andy Muschietti to direct an English language, Live-action adaptation of the popular manga series, Attack on Titan. Muschietti is best known for 2013’s Mama and the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s It. Written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, Attack on Titan is set in a world overrun by giant, man-eating creatures known as Titans (via Collider). In 2015, two Japanese language, Live-action adaptations – titled Attack on Titan: Part 1 and Attack on Titan: Part 2 – were … Continue reading →

Renny Harlin, noted Hollywood film director known for his 90’s blockbusters Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger, is preparing to helm Operation Wild, which we believe is a totally different film than Operation Somalia (Harlin’s other ‘operation’ film that’s also in-the-works). The upcoming thriller will be Harlin’s fourth (or fifth, if Somalia is still happening) Chinese film, following Jackie Chan’s Skiptrace and the upcoming Bodies at Rest and Legend of the Ancient Sword. According to AFS, Operation Wild involves two elite combat warriors from … Continue reading →

Director Wych ‘Kaos’ Kaosayananda (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever) is re-teaming with Kane Kosugi (9 Deaths of the Ninja) for a 3rd time in Maxx. This upcoming actioner also stars Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), Shogen (Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist), Koichi Iwaki (Memoirs of a Murderer) and Ammy Chanicha (Zero Tolerance). In Maxx, the best assassin (Kosugi) in the business makes his 500th kill – and decides to retire. Instead, he finds himself involved in a fierce battle of wits … Continue reading →

Back in 2015, it was reported that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was in talks to star in and produce a remake of John Carpenter‘s cult, kung fu-driven, mystical-filled classic Big Trouble in Little China. As it turns out, the project will actually be a sequel, not a remake. Collider recently spoke with Hiram Garcia, president of production at Seven Bucks Productions (which was founded by co-CEOs Johnson and Dany Garcia) and … Continue reading →

Renowned cult Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tokyo Fist) is prepping his latest project, Zan (translates to Kill), a samurai film that stars Yu Aoi (Rurouni Kenshin) and Sosuke Ikematsu (Mozu: The Movie). We don’t much as far as plot details, but given Tsukamoto’s shocking body of work (to quote Kyle Warner: “Shinya Tsukamoto is, at his core, a horror filmmaker… Tokyo Fist is not a horror film, but it’s clear it was … Continue reading →