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- John Woo and Tsui Hark to team up for a new action flick?
- Take a behind-the-scenes look at ‘Kikaider Reboot’
- The possessed return in first trailer for ‘[REC] 4: Apocalypse’
- Move over ‘Expendables,’ here come ‘The Dependables’!
- First look at Duncan Jones’ ‘World of Warcraft’
- John Woo’s ‘Beast’ will have its day!
| John Woo and Tsui Hark to team up for a new action flick? Posted: 25 Apr 2014 02:19 AM PDT  "A Better Tomorrow 2" Japanese Theatrical Poster In the late 1980s, director John Woo and producer Tsui Hark dominated the heroic bloodshed scene with the classics A Better Tomorrow and A Better Tomorrow 2. Unfortunately, the success of these films led to creative differences between the two. The duo ultimately clashed and went separate ways. Hark took over directing duties for A Better Tomorrow 3 and Woo went on to do The Killer. Their partnership was over. Now, 25 years later, an article hints that the two have patched things up and may join forces for a new action film. According to kungfucinema’s mark187, who translated the story, this may be a two picture deal between them (i.e. one directed by Woo and produced by Hark; the other directed by Hark and produced by Woo). The thought of Woo going back to his A Better Tomorrow roots is an action fan’s wet dream. And the fact that Hark is involved makes it even wetter. With Woo, Hark and Ringo Lam (see Lam’s comeback) helming a string of shoot ‘em ups, Hong Kong action cinema will explode in 2014/2015, just as it did 25 years ago. And who knows… maybe Chow Yun-Fat is more than likely to reunite with the guys that made him an international superstar. Update: John Woo has just wrapped up his upcoming film, The Crossing. His next film will be Flying Tigers, followed by his remake of Seijun Suzuki's Youth of the Beast. After Beast, he’ll be going back to his "heroic bloodshed" roots with Tsui Hark. In a recent interview with Jaynestars, here's what Woo had to say: "Tsui Hark and I both cherish the times when we used to work together and would like to rekindle our working relationship. We'd like to make two films together, in the spirit of A Better Tomorrow. At this point, we're just thinking about the script and have no concrete dates for shooting. But this is something we're both looking forward to." – Thanks to DiP! |
| Take a behind-the-scenes look at ‘Kikaider Reboot’ Posted: 24 Apr 2014 06:39 PM PDT  "Kikaider Reboot" Japanese Theatrical Poster A big screen reboot of the 1972 tokusatsu series Kikaider is hitting Japanese theaters this summer. The original Kikaider, created by Shotaro Ishinomori (Kamen Rider series), revolved around an on-the-run transforming super-android, who takes on rampaging robot monsters. Here’s the official plot to Kikaider Reboot: Nobuhiko Komyoji creates robots to solve intractable human problems as the central figure of "ARK Project." After Komyoji suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances, his creation Jiro, aka Kikaider (Jingi Irie), rebels against the project and goes rogue. The reboot also stars Aimi Satsukawa, Kazushige Nagashima, Hirotaro Honda, Ryuji Harada and Daisuke Ban, who played the titular character in the original TV series. Without further ado, here the trailer for Kikaider Reboot. Updates: Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Kikaider Reboot, courtesy of Film Combat Syndicate. |
| The possessed return in first trailer for ‘[REC] 4: Apocalypse’ Posted: 24 Apr 2014 06:39 PM PDT  "REC 4" Theatrical Poster The 2007 Spanish-language horror film [REC] managed to set a bar for the genre, reinvigorating the zombie movie through the then-fresh ‘found footage’ approach. [REC] proved popular enough to inspire two sequels and now another is on the way. [REC]4: Apocalypse finds original director Jaume Balaguero returning to tell a new story ([REC]3 was actually something of a prequel. Confused yet?) about the sole survivor from the first film. The trailer for the Apocalypse is online now and Balaguero appears to be dropping the found footage conceit to tell a visceral zombie tale, complete with a wet, grimy atmosphere a la Alien. The oil tanker setting may even remind some Asian film buffs of the 2011 Korean monster movie Sector 7, but it’s likely a mere coincidence. |
| Move over ‘Expendables,’ here come ‘The Dependables’! Posted: 24 Apr 2014 06:38 PM PDT  "The Dependables" DVD Cover In the last couple of years, we’ve reported a number of projects riding the success wave of The Expendables franchise. Some are currently filming, other are sitting in development hell. Here’s what we gathered so far: a few female takes (The ExpendaBelles; an untitled Gina Carano flick; and Prison Raid); a B-movie take (The B-Team) and even a satirical take (The Extendables). One take that’s definitely in the can is the action-comedy The Dependables. If you thought Stallone’s crew were a bunch of old men, check out this cast: Bo Svenson (Walking Tall Part II), Louis Gossett Jr. (Iron Eagle), Seymour Cassel (The Mountain Men), Cedric Smith (Forever Knight), Tom Jackson (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Margot Kidder (1978′s Superman). The Dependables is directed by Sidney J. Furie (Iron Eagle, Superman IV) and is currently available for pre-order. We seriously doubt you’ll spend your hard earned money on it, so check out the free trailer. |
| First look at Duncan Jones’ ‘World of Warcraft’ Posted: 24 Apr 2014 12:00 AM PDT  "Source Code" Japanese Theatrical Poster THR reports that Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) is set to direct a live-action adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment's video game, Warcraft or World of Warcraft (aka WoW). The film is expected to have a budget of about $100 million. Legendary Pictures’ (The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel) is prepping for production, which begins this March. Here’s Amazon’s description to the original 1994 game: Set in the mythic kingdom of Azeroth, players are given the task of maintaining a thriving economy while building a war machine with which to destroy the enemy. By playing either the Humans or the Orcs in this saga, two separate story lines evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for Azeroth. BREAKING NEWS: Collider has the first images from Warcraft. |
| John Woo’s ‘Beast’ will have its day! Posted: 24 Apr 2014 12:00 AM PDT  "Youth of the Beast" Japanese Theatrical Poster Can’t say I ever saw this coming. John Woo is reportedly planning to direct a remake of Seijun Suzuki's 1963 film Youth of the Beast. Woo’s version will carry the title Day of the Beast. Here’s where things get crazy (and multi-national): the remake is set in Tokyo and sees a Western outsider become involved in a turf war between the Yakuza and the Russian mob. Day of the Beast will be shot in English with an eye on making sure the movie has international appeal. Director Seijin Suzuki is perhaps best known for movies like Branded to Kill (1967) and Tokyo Drifter (1966), both of which are available from the Criterion Collection. John Woo claims he has been wanting to remake Youth of the Beast for 10 years but only now has he secured the rights from the Nikkatsu company. Even if the premise and title are a deviation from Suzuki’s original, I’m just looking forward to seeing John Woo behind the camera again for a modern day gangster picture. Let’s hope this ends up being one hell of a ‘pistol opera.’ Update: It’s been 2 long years since we updated this article. For a while, we thought Day of the Beast was cancelled, but in a recent interview with Jaynestars, John Woo says it’s still on the horizon. Woo has just wrapped up his upcoming film, The Crossing. After the completion of his next film, Flying Tigers, he will finally start production on Day of the Beast, followed by an untitled action film with Tsui Hark. - Thanks to DiP! |
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