"Predator" Japanese Theatrical Poster

THE MOVIE: David Ayer, the director of End of Watch, will team up with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sam Worthington in Breacher. The plot will revolve around members of an elite DEA task force who find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house. Breacher is currently in pre-production and will start filming on October 2012. Breacher also stars Malin Akerman, Joe Manganiello, Olivia Williams, Josh Holloway and Terrence Howard.

Update: In an interview with Empire, Schwarzenegger says: “Breacher, especially, will be very like a new Predator,” he adds. “It’s a team around me and they get knocked off until there’s only me left. Except in this case there will be a different twist to the whole thing instead of some alien monster.”

Lone Wolf & Cub Complete Blu-ray Set (Animeigo)

It’s the end of September and there are plenty of great new releases on Blu-ray and DVD to look forward to, from Lone Wolf and Cub to Bond, James Bond. So let’s get started.

Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 9/25/12:

ASIAN CINEMA

Lone Wolf and Cub Complete (Blu-ray) – AnimEigo presents the entire 6-film “Lone Wolf and Cub” series, uncut and subtitled in hi-definition

Gamera the Brave (Blu-ray) – Tokyo Shock brings this 2006 family-friendly entry in the popular Gamera series to Blu

Wong Kar-Wai Double Feature: Fallen Angels + Happy Together (Blu-ray) – two 90’s Hong Kong classics from that master of cool, Wong Kar-Wai, courtesy of Kino Video

Man of Vendetta (DVD) – in this 2010 Korean thriller, a preacher must set aside his faith for some more secular-style revenge when his daughter is kidnapped

The Outlaw (DVD) – a detective turns bitter as he watches the worst of society get away with brutal crimes in this 2010 Korean thriller

Lady Ninja Kasumi Collection 1 (DVD) – Warning: Contains Adult Content! Tokyo Shock brings you 2006 female ninja’sploitation

Shaolin Deadly Kicks / Chase Step By Step (DVD) – Screenmagic Films delivers the low-budget 1974 kung-fu action

FOREIGN CINEMA

Sleepless Night (DVD) – this gritty 2011 French action flick has won praise from internet critics, who billed it as ‘Die Hard in a nightclub’

Ek tha Tiger (DVD) – a rip-roaring 2012 Bollywood action/romance starring Salman Khan of “Dabangg” and “Bodyguard” fame

Klown (Blu-ray/DVD) – a misguided man-child kidnaps his pregnant girlfriend’s nephew in order to show he has father potential in this raunchy 2010 Danish comedy

Delicacy (Blu-ray/DVD) – international cinema sweetheart Audrey Tautou (“Amelie”) stars as a widow trying to rebuild her life in this 2011 French drama

Goodbye First Love (DVD) – in this acclaimed 2011 French-language film, a 15 year-old girl tries to move on from her first true love as she grows older

The Man From Beijing (DVD) – despite the title, this is a 2011 German-language mystery/thriller based on a novel by the creator of Wallander

Snowman’s Land (DVD) – in this 2010 German thriller set in the Carpathian Mountains, what should be a routine job for a dogged hitman becomes a battle for survival

Shut Up! (Tais Toi) (DVD) – Jean Reno and Gerard Depardieu team up in this 2003 French film labeled as the ultimate buddy-caper comedy

Soul of Sand (Pairon Talle) (DVD) – this 2010 Indian drama shot on HD is a scathing satire on Indian politics and the caste system

Twisted Romance (DVD) – this 2008 Spanish-language film tells the story of an abusive romance between two men

The Light Thief (DVD) – a 2012 satire from Kyrgyzstan, detailing life in post-Soviet Central Asia

El Tinte De La Fama (the Color Of Fame) (DVD) – in this 2008 Spanish drama, a woman enters a ‘Marilyn Monroe Lookalike Contest’ at the behest of her husband and suffers an identity crisis as a result

MAINSTREAM

Marvel’s The Avengers (Blu-ray/DVD) – do I even need to introduce this movie? The biggest blockbuster of 2012, featuring Marvel comics’ colorful but dysfunctional heroes, is coming to home formats

Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection (Blu-ray/DVD) – every Bond film released to date, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, is collected in one box set

Resident Evil: Damnation (Blu-ray/DVD) – not to be confused with Paul W.S. Anderson’s live-action series, this 2012 original Computer-Generated film follows the video game “Resident Evil” series continuity

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 (Blu-ray/DVD) – Frank Miller’s popular graphic novel from the Eighties is adapted into a two-part 2012 animated film

Soliders of Fortune (DVD) – Christian Slater, Sean Bean, and Ving Rhames get their own ‘Expendables’-style action flick with this 2012 movie

FDR: American Badass (DVD) – a 2012 action-packed Presidential spoof featuring Kevin Sorbo

The Samaritan (Blu-ray/DVD) – Samuel L. Jackson stars as a grifter trying to get back on the straight and narrow after a stint in prison in this 2012 thriller

CULT

Eating Raoul (Blu-ray) – the Criterion Collection offers this 1982 out there black comedy from director Paul Bartel in hi-def

Damsels in Distress (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 comedy starring Greta Gerwig is the latest sharp-witted satire from writer/director Whit Stillman (“Last Days of Disco”)

CLASSICS

Mark of Zorro (DVD) – Douglas Fairbanks stars in a budget release of this 1920 swashbuckler that many consider to be the best Zorro film ever

HORROR

The Tall Man (Blu-ray/DVD) – Jessica Biel stars in the 2012 English-language debut of Pascal Laugier, the director of “Martyrs”

Night of the Devils (Blu-ray/DVD) – RaroVideo USA delivers this 1972 obscure Italian horror film to hi-def

Zombie (Blu-ray) – Blue Underground re-issues Lucio Fulci’s classic 1979 Italian horror classic as a single-disc, budget-priced Blu-ray

Maniac (Blu-ray) – the grimy 1980 slasher movie cult classic arrives on a one-disc Blu-ray from Blue Underground

388 Arletta Avenue (DVD) – Nick Stahl and Mia Kirshner star in this 2011 ‘found footage’ horror film

Dracula vs. Frankenstein (Blu-ray) – the 1972 monster mash-up in hi-definition

Demonic Toys (DVD) – the 1992 low-budget horror film from Full Moon Pictures

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (DVD) – Full Moon Pictures delivers a crossover between the Dollman and Demonic Toys franchise with this 1993 horror flick

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"Motorway" Chinese Theatrical Poster

Cheang Pou-soi is a filmmaker who seems to try on a new genre with each movie he makes, from the nihilistic underground fighting of Dog Bite Dog to the romantic drama-meets crime story Love Battlefield. His latest effort, produced by Johnnie To, is an action-packed look at the Hong Kong police’s Invisible Squad – an elite vehicular unit tasked with stopping illegal street racers and other dangerous drivers.

Sean Yue (Infernal Affairs II) co-stars alongside Hong Kong veteran Anthony Wong in a film that is equal parts Fast and Furious flick and sleek Michael Mann crime picture. With a premise this action-packed, it’s no surprise that a Western company has jumped at the chance to distribute Motorway.

Hot off the heels of the film’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Lionsgate has acquired exclusive distribution rights to Motorway in North America.

Of course, if you’re eager to see the movie right away – and why wouldn’t you be? – you can head on over to DDDHouse to snag it on Region A Blu-ray or Region 3 DVD. Expect our review later this week!

"Kairo" Japanese Theatrical Poster

Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a name for himself on the international scene with skin-crawling thrillers like Cure and Kairo (AKA Pulse). As of late, the director has branched out from the horror genre with the domestic drama Tokyo Sonata and the TV mini-series Penance.

Now word arrives that Kurosawa is looking to team up with acclaimed Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (In the Mood For Love, The Grandmasters) for an international project titled 1905.

In the film, Tony Leung will play a Chinese loan shark sent to Japan during 1905 to collect the debt of some anti-Manchu revolutionaries. While there, he interacts with the locals, which will include Japanese actresses Shota Matsuda and Atsuko Maeda.

Interestingly enough, the setting of Yokohama, Japan circia 1905 will be recreated in Taiwan, with about 90% of the film’s dialogue recorded in Chinese, which should pose an interesting challenge for Kurosawa.

Thanks to Twitch Film for the story. However, there is some rumor that Tony Leung’s involvement in the project has been put on hold due to rising tensions between Japan and China over the island dispute.

"Oldboy" Japanese Theatrical Poster

News has hit the web that Korean director Chan-wook Park (Oldboy, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance) is circling his next English-language project now that his Western debut Stoker is set for release in March of 2013. Park has set his sights on Corsica ’72, a screenplay with a strong pedigree.

The script arrives from Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who have penned most of the Bond films of the past 12 years. The story even found itself on the 2009 Black List – Hollywood’s official list for the best unproduced scripts.

Corsica ’72 tells a tragic tale of two childhood friends growing up on the island of Corsica in the early 70’s. One of them falls in with the Mafia, the other settles down with his true love – but eventually fate puts them on course for a violent confrontation.

The film will be brought to the big screen by the same production company that delivered The Grey, this year’s survivalist thriller starring Liam Neeson.