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 →

Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead) and Korea’s Contents Panda are adapting the 2017 Korean actioner The Villainess into an English-language TV series. Jeong Byeong-gil (Confession of Murder), who directed the original film, is on board to helm the series’ pilot. According to Deadline, the series, also titled The Villainess, follows Anes, who was kidnapped from her home in Korea and raised as a deadly assassin in Los Angeles. Just when Anes believes she has … Continue reading →

As Paul Bramhall says in his 2017 article: Just like Hollywood believed that a western audience would rather watch a western (re: Caucasian) cast, so countries like Japan, Korea, and India have followed the same thinking, that local audiences would also be more likely to watch local stars than check out the foreign original. AFS reports that Hwang Jeong-min, the star of The Wailing, The Battleship Island and A Violent Prosecutor, will be … Continue reading →

Filmmakers Alan Mak and Felix Chong – the duo behind Infernal Affairs and The Lost Bladesman – have a new crime film in post-production titled Integrity (read our review), which will be the first installment in a planned trilogy. Integrity stars Lau Ching Wan (Call of Heroes), Nick Cheung (Helios), Karena Lam (Bounty Hunters), Anita Yuen (Thunderbolt) and Alex Fong (Kung Fu Jungle), via AFS. The story follows a leading anti-corruption agent who is forced to team up with his ex-wife to salvage … Continue reading →