“The Crow” Theatrical Poster

Rupert Sanders, who is perhaps best known for helming 2012’s Snow White and The Huntsman and 2017’s Ghost in the Shell, is the director for the upcoming reboot of The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård (Eternals), who plays Eric Draven, a role made famous by the late Brandon Lee. The upcoming film also stars Singer-actress FKA twigs (Honeyboy).

According to Deadline, Lionsgate has just tied up an eight-figure deal for domestic rights to The Crow reboot, so we can most-likely expect a Trailer soon, especially given the film has reportedly wrapped production nearly a year ago.

The reboot is based from a script by Zach Baylin (King Richard). Producers are Molly Hassell (Terminal), Victor Hadida (Resident Evil), John Continue reading →

“Fight for Tomorrow” Theatrical Poster

Chan Tai-lee (Fierce Cop), a filmmaker who is perhaps best known for writing several of Donnie Yen’s films – including 2008’s Ip Man, 2010’s Ip Man 2, 2013’s Special I.D., 2015’s Ip Man 3, 2018’s Big Brother, and 2019’s Ip Man 4: The Finale – is returning to the director’s chair for Mandarin Motion Pictures’ Fight for Tomorrow.

The film stars Patrick Tam (The Fatal Raid), Matthew “Locker” Lam Ka Hei (Raging Fire), Mark Cheng Ho-nam (Election 2), Ying Chi-Yuet (Everything Under Control) and Sherming You Lok-yee (Backstage Killer).

In the film, Shi Saburo (Tam) is a former tough guy who has been retired for several years and today is just a small figure in the market. Quietly, he has been working hard to break through the real Continue reading →

“The Trier of Fact” Theatrical Poster

Hong Kong stars Louis Koo (The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell, Warriors of Future) and Eddie Peng (The Rescue, I Did It My Way) re-team for One Cool Film group’s The Trier of Fact, an upcoming crime thriller from writer/director Calvin Tong (Bursting Point).

Trier of Fact follows a detective and a crime division officer as they uncover the criminal activities of a drug lord (via Variety). The film also stars Raymond Lam (P Storm).

Koo and Peng previously crossed paths in Benny Chan’s 2016 martial arts actioner Call of Heroes, alongside Lau Ching-Wan (Shockwave 2), Wu Jing (Kill Zone 2), Sammy Hung (Dragon Blade), Liu Kai-Chi (Z Storm), Yuan Quan (From Vegas to Macau 2) and Maggie Jiang (Cities in Love).

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“Peg O’ My Heart” Teaser Poster

Following his first three directorial efforts – 2014’s Hungry Ghost Ritual, 2015’s Keeper of Darkness and 2018’s The Trough – Hong Kong star Nick Cheung Ka-fai (Bodies at Rest, Integrity) is back in the director’s chair for a 4th time in Peg O’ My Heart (aka Shadow of Redemption).

In the film, Cheung will star opposite Terrance Lau (Beyond the Dream), who is mostly known for his portrayal of Leslie Cheung in the recent Anita Mui biopic.

Peg O’ My Heart also stars Fala Chen (72 Tenants of Prosperity), Rebecca Zhu (From Vegas to Macau II), Ben Yuen Foo-Wah (The Eye), Natalie Hsu (Bursting Point), Julius Brian Siswojo (Raging Fire) and Deon Cheung (Project Gutenberg).

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“SH*TLIST” Teaser Poster

With titles like Take Back, Section 8, and most recently, Lights Out, Christian Sesma (Vigilante Diaries) is becoming the go-to filmmaker for ensemble films featuring B-movie action and martial arts stars. The action director will most-likely continue this tradition with the upcoming SHTLIST (aka SH*TLIST), an upcoming thriller Sesma is co-writing with Ken Miller, who is perhaps best known for 2012’s Kill ’em All (the one with Johnny Messner, Gordon Liu, Joe Lewis, Brahim Chab and Tim Man – NOT the Van Damme one of the same name).

No lead or co-stars have been announced, but given Sesma’s track record, we can only wonder if names like Michael Jai White (Take Back), Frank Grillo (Boss Level), Mekhi Phifer (Truth Be Told), Scott Adkins (Castle Falls), JuJu Chan (Jiu Jitsu), Dermot Mulroney (Hanna), MMA fighter-turned-actor Donald Cerrone (Project Legion), Ryan Continue reading →

“Deathstalker” Theatrical Poster

Cult martial arts action star Daniel Bernhardt – who is perhaps best known for 1996’s Bloodsport 2, 1997’s Bloodsport 3 and 1999’s Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite – is set to star in a reimagining of Roger Corman’s sword and sorcery series, Deathstalker.

Since his straight-to-video heyday, Bernhardt has been working consistently both in the indie and mainstream movie scene with movies like 2003’s The Matrix Reloaded, 2014’s John Wick, 2017’s Logan, 2017’s Atomic Blonde, 2017’s Kill ’em All, 2021’s Hell Hath No Fury, 2021’s The Matrix Resurrections, and 2023’s Extraction 2.

The upcoming Deathstalker will be directed by Steven Kostanski (The Void, Psycho Goreman). According to Screen Daily: Where the original films capitalised on the popularity of John Milius’ Continue reading →

“Exhuma” Theatrical Poster

This month, Well Go USA is headed to the burial ground with Exhuma (read our review), a South Korean thriller from writer/director Jang Jae-Hyun (Svaha: The Sixth Finger, The Priests)

When a renowned shaman (Kim Go-Eun, The Advocate: A Missing Body) and her protégé (Lee Do-hyun, Sweet Home) are hired by a wealthy, enigmatic family, they begin investigating the cause of a disturbing supernatural illness that affects only the first-born children of each generation. With the help of a knowledgeable mortician (Yoo Hai-jin, Confidential Assignment 2: International) and the country’s most revered geomancer (Choi Min-sik, Old Boy), they soon trace the affliction’s origin to a long-hidden family grave located on sacred ground. Sensing an ominous aura surrounding the burial site, the team opts to exhume and relocate the ancestral remains immediately. But Continue reading →