Noted action filmmaker Tanigaki Kenji (Raging Fire, Enter the Fat Dragon) is set to direct an Indonesian remake of the 2010 Korean box office hit The Man From Nowhere. The film will reunite the filmmaker with his Furious star, Joe Taslim (The Night Comes for Us).
Taslim broke out in the 2011 Indonesian hit The Raid and has since appeared in Fast & Furious 6 and as Sub-Zero in the Mortal Kombat franchise. A decorated judoka with training in taekwondo, wushu, boxing, and pencak silat, he’s known for performing his own stunts and is one of Asia’s most fearless action stars.
This Indonesian The Man From Nowhere remake, along with Pendekar: Warrior (with The Raid star, Iko Uwais ), are two of the many films being produced by Asia Media Alliance Group, Nation Pictures, Yeti Entertainment and Mike Leeder’s Hong Kong-based company Red Packet Media, with K-Movie handling international sales. The companies describe the slate as a concerted effort to bring Indonesian genre filmmaking back to the center of the global action market (via Variety).
A U.S. remake is also in the works with Chad Stahelski (John Wick franchise), who has signed onto the project as producer, along with his John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum collaborator/writer, Derek Kolstad.
In Lee Jeong-beom’s original 2010 Korean film of the same name, Won Bin (Guns & Talks) plays an ex-secret agent racing against time to save his young neighbor after she is kidnapped by a ruthless drug ring, in a story reminiscent of Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional. The film became an instant cult hit, earning strong acclaim from critics and audiences alike. It even spawned 2016 Indian Hindi-language remake in the form of Rocky Handsome.
🔥 Hot Take: Looks like we’ve got a potential Chad Stahelski vs. Tanigaki Kenji remake showdown. Who comes out on top?
We’ll keep you up to speed as we learn more. For now, here’s the Trailers for the original and the Indian remake, Rocky Handsome:
“This Indonesian The Man From Nowhere remake”
“A U.S. remake is also in the works”
CREATIVITY AT ITS PEAK! I won’t watch those two movies, it just makes me wanna watch the original again (the only good thing about this news).