A new action series starring martial arts star Scott Adkins (Accident Man, Incoming) is currently being shopped to buyers. The series, titled Ascenders, is to be directed by Adkins’ frequent collaborator Jesse V. Johnson (Savage Dog, The Debt Collector) and developed by Ehud Bleiberg (Close Range) and Gregg Bishop (Dance of the Dead). Read on for the full the details (via Stanley White): Ascenders is a ten-hour supernatural action-thriller epic series. The series is designed with worldwide … Continue reading →

Park Chan-wook’s 2000 thriller Joint Security Area (or JSA), is getting an English-language remake, which will be directed and written by David Franzoni, who is perhaps best known for penning the 2000 Ridley Scott film, Gladiator. The remake, also titled JSA, will center on the love affair between a U.S. Marine and a female Spanish infantry lawyer who is sent by The Hague to investigate a shoot-out between Marines and Mexican … Continue reading →

Martial arts action star Michael Jai White (Blood and Bone), Josh Herdman (Harry Potter franchise), and Gina Gershon (Face/Off) are set to star in Cagefighter, an MMA-themed drama from writer-director Jesse Quinones (Calloused Hands). In Cagefighter, an MMA champion Reiss (Herdman) unexpectedly loses a heavily promoted match. A downward spiral sends him to the brink of losing his wife (Michelle Ryan) and his best friend (Jason Maza). Deemed erratic and out of … Continue reading →

Ryoo Seung-wan’s box office hit Veteran has a Chinese language makeover from director Wu Bai. In the remake, titled The Big Shot, Wang Qianyuan (Brotherhood of Blades) plays the lead role originally performed by Hwang Jeong-min (The Wailing) and Bao Bei’er (Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back) steps in for Yu Ah-in (Burning). The original Veteran followed a seasoned police detective (Hwang) who immediately has a face-off with a young tyrannical heir (Yoo Ah-in) to an … Continue reading →

While we’re anxiously waiting for the stateside release of Project Gutenberg (our U.S. distributors are slackin’), international superstar Chow Yun-fat (Cold War II, Hard Boiled) is currently shooting his next project: Glorious Years. Plot details are thin, but according to AFS, the upcoming “drama” marks the sophomore effort of Fletcher Poon, who co-directed 2017’s Extraordinary Mission with Alan Mak (Infernal Affairs). Poon will once again collaborate with Felix Chong (The Lost Bladesman), who penned the storyline. Anita … Continue reading →

If recent films like The Villainess or Atomic Blonde didn’t satisfy your craving for a female-centric action flick, then say hello to Older Sister (aka No Mercy), a revenge thriller from first-time director Im Kyung-Taek. Since her parents died, In-Ae (Lee Si-Young of The Divine Move) and her younger sister Eun-Hye (Park Se-Wan) have lived together by themselves. The two sisters rely on each other, but, one day, Eun-Hye disappears. Older sister In-Ae struggles … Continue reading →

Indonesian action star Joe Taslim (The Night Comes for Us, The Raid, the upcoming Korean-produced The Swordsman, as well as the Cinemax series, Warrior) is currently putting finishing touches on Ody C. Harahap’s action-comedy Hit ‘n Run, which will also reunite Taslim with his Raid co-star Yayan Ruhian (Yakuza Apocalypse). As FCS (via TJP) notes, Hit ‘n Run hails from Screenplay Films and signals Taslim’s big screen debut playing Tegar, “a heroic police officer who has to collaborate with … Continue reading →

Veronica Ngo Thanh Van – multi-talented star of the The Rebel, Clash and the upcoming Furie – is teaming up with former MMA fighter-turned-action star Cung Le (Europe Raiders, Savage Dog) for a Vietnamese martial arts thriller titled The Target (aka Mục Tiêu Chết). Unfortunately, Ngo will only be producing, and will not appear in The Target. Additionally, Wing Chun practitioner Peter Pham and Jackie Chan Stunt Team member Vi-Dan Tran (The Foreigner) are also part of the production. According to MAAC, … Continue reading →