Film Combat Syndicate (via Variety) reports that Joey Ansah (Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist) is returning to write and direct Street Fighter: World Warrior (aka Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist: Season 2), which continues where the 12-episode series left off. “The scale of World Warrior is much larger, picking up where Assassin’s Fist left off… The Shadaloo criminal cartel will be introduced, led by the extremely dangerous M. Bison, which will naturally lead into the World … Continue reading →

Love it or hate it, the zombie genre won’t die. Just recently, an Evil Dead series and a Last of Us film adaptation have been announced. Maggie and Life After Beth are just around the corner; and let’s not forget about World War Z II, which is in development. Of course, the film industry’s zombie fascination doesn’t stop at Hollywood… In addition to Kim Seok-jung’s upcoming Zombie School, there’s another Korean zombie flick … Continue reading →

From Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray, the director of straight-to-video oddities such as 2-Headed Shark Attack and Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus, comes an action flick called Mercenaries (aka Prison Raid). Judging from its cast, Prison Raid might be the first incarnation of the “female Expendables” flicks (see: Gina Carano’s take, as well as The ExpendaBelles). In Mercenaries, a diplomatic official is captured and imprisoned while touring a war zone, so a team of elite … Continue reading →

DDDhouse.com now has the festival favorite, Soul, for pre-order on DVD. This bone-chilling, psychological thriller runs along the same vein as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and Ringo Lam’s The Victim, with an art house-style execution by director Chung Mong-hong (The Fourth Portrait). Old school Hong Kong cinema fans will welcome the inclusion of Shaw Brothers veteran, Jimmy Wang Yu (One Armed Swordsman, The Man Called Tiger). Although the Wang Yu … Continue reading →

THE MOVIE: Kane Kosugi (Choy Lee Fut, Ninja 2: Shadow of a Tear) stars in Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge (aka Tekken: A Man Called X), a prequel to 2010’s Tekken. Joining Kosugi is Kelly Wenham (Dying Light), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Tekken), Gary Daniels (Skin Traffik), Biljana Misic (Zigosana), Charlotte Kirk (Non-Stop) and Ron Smoorenburg (Who Am I?). The director of Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge is currently unknown. There are numerous references that suggest Wych Kaosayananda (Ballistic: Ecks vs. … Continue reading →

If you want Pierce Brosnan to be back as James Bond, here’s the closest you’ll get: Brosnan (Goldeneye) is teaming up with Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) for an action-thriller titled November Man, directed by Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, Species). The film also stars Luke Bracey (G.I. Joe: Retaliation). Sure, it may not feature shaken Martinis or artillery-equipped Aston Martins, but with two former Bond stars, it’s hard not … Continue reading →