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- Bey Logan vs. Donnie Yen in ‘Kung Fu Jungle’?
- Lighthearted Lee Suk-Hoon gets gritty with ‘The Pirates’
- New photos Shredder, Splinter, April O’Neil and ‘Ninja Turtles’!
- New trailer for Jung Woo-Sung’s ‘The Devine Move’
| Bey Logan vs. Donnie Yen in ‘Kung Fu Jungle’? Posted: 03 Jun 2014 01:03 AM PDT  "Kung Fu Jungle" Promotional Poster THE MOVIE: Kung Fu Jungle (aka Kung Fu Killer; One Person’s Martial Arts Circle; or The Last of the Best) is the title of an upcoming project from martial art sensation Donnie Yen. This high-octane action thriller will reunite Donnie Yen with his Bodyguards & Assassins director Teddy Chen as well as his Iceman Cometh 3D co-star Wang Baoqiang. Plotwise, the movie follows Donnie Yen as a top-notch martial arts instructor at the Hong Kong Police Academy who is imprisoned for accidentally killing a man. Yen may not be able to stay behind bars for long as shortly after his arrest, a deranged killer (Wang Baoqiang) begins targeting the best and brightest martial arts fighters in Hong Kong. The premise sounds ripe for yet another rip-roaring Donnie Yen picture in the vein of Flash Point. Color us excited! Update: Here’s the first teaser poster (then-titled Last of the Best) for the film to celebrate the fact that the movie has entered principal photography while Donnie is on a break from shooting Iceman Cometh. | Head over to HKSAR for a pack of photos of Donnie Yen in action. | Promotional poster. | In addition to Yuen Bun (Legend of Zu, The Blade) serving as co-action choreographer with Donnie Yen, it’s been announced that Fan Siu-wong (Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, Ip Man) and Xing Yu (Wrath of Vajra, Flash Point) will be making special appearances. | Kung Fu Jungle (previously titled Kung Fu Killer) gets a December 18th 2014 domestic release date. | Kung Fu Jungle’s official plot, click here! BREAKING NEWS: Guess who’ll have a fight with Donnie Yen? The answer: Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan (writer of Yen’s 1998 film Ballistic Kiss). Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo of Logan getting tatted up. – Thanks to DiP and Logan’s Facebook page! |
| Lighthearted Lee Suk-Hoon gets gritty with ‘The Pirates’ Posted: 02 Jun 2014 07:00 PM PDT  "The Pirates" Teaser Poster South Korean filmmaker Lee Suk-Hoon is known for directing lighthearted comedies such as Two Faces of My Girlfriend and Dancing Queen, but for his 4th upcoming feature, he’s officially entering action-adventure territory in the upcoming flick, The Pirates. The movie is set in the Joseon Dynasty period and tells the story of rival pirates who have the common goal of capturing a gray whale that has swallowed a precious royal stamp. The Pirates stars Kim Nam-Gil (Public Enemy Returns), Son Ye-Jin (The Tower), Sulli (Punch Lady), Lee Kyoung-Young (A Company Man), Yu Hae-Jin (The Unjust) and Oh Dal-Su (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance). The Pirates releases domestically this summer. According to Film Combat Syndicate, the movie struck gold at Cannes, selling up to 15 countries including North America. With that said, we can expect a U.S. release in the future. Until then, be sure to catch the trailer. |
| New photos Shredder, Splinter, April O’Neil and ‘Ninja Turtles’! Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT  "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Teaser Posters THE MOVIE: Aliens invade Earth and inadvertently spawn a quartet of mutated reptilian warriors, the Ninja Turtles, who rise up against them to defend the world. Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) is directing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The film stars Megan Fox, William Fichtner, Alan Ritchson, Will Arnett and Whoopi Goldberg. Expect a August 8, 2014 release date. Updates: AICN reports that Michael Bay has spoken after fans judged him for changing the origins of the turtles from radioactive Amphibians to an an alien race. | AICN has a quote from director Jonathan Liebesman, who states that the expansion of the story (changing the origins of the turtles from radioactive Amphibians) is not Michael Bay’s idea; it’s actually from creator Kevin Eastman's head. The title of the film has been shortened to Ninja Turtles. | Despite Paramount pulling out of the project, Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, recently told MTV: "From what I've seen, it's easily the best Turtle movie yet, we're talking Raid: Redemption-style fight scenes; we're talking about epic Rise of the Planet of the Apes sort of effects." Collider has posted the first photos of Megan Fox as April O'Neil. | Film Combat Syndicate for some photos of the turtles in their pre-CGI renditions. | In an interview with Huffpost TV, William Fichtner revealed that he will be playing Shredder in the reboot. In a story from Collider, William Fichtner says, "It's not like any Mutant Ninja Turtles thing you've ever seen before. It's freaky, they're cool, and they're mutants and they look awesome. It's tough and it's going to be really, really great." | Want to see what the Turtles and Shredder will look like? Click here. Sorry folks, nothing sexy, but here is the first image of Megan Fox as April O-Neil, together with and her cameraman, Vernon Fenwick, played by Will Arnett. | First trailer. | Set of teaser posters. | New TV spot, which features a glimpse of Splinter, courtesy of IGN. | Latest trailer. | New photos of Megan Fox and Will Arnett. BREAKING NEWS: Head over to Collider for some new photos Shredder, Splinter, April O'Neil and more. |
| New trailer for Jung Woo-Sung’s ‘The Devine Move’ Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT  "The Devine Move" Korean Theatrical Poster Korea is back with another revenge thriller called The Devine Move. Filmmaker Jo Bum-Gu goes against the grain of his last movie Quick, by giving us a more gritty, less humorous, non-cgi approach. No blockbuster explosions or vehicle stunts here… just some dirty hand-to-hand combat. The Devine Move stars Jung Woo-Sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird), Lee Beom-Soo (Death Bell), Ahn Sung-Ki (Sector 7), Kim In-Kwon (Quick), Choi Jin-Hyuk (Love Clinique), Lee Si-Young (Five Senses of Eros) and Ahn Kil-Kang (Crying Fist). Here’s a non-spoiler plot: Tae-Seok’s (Jung Woo-Sung) life as a professional go player spirals down. He is eventually framed for the murder of his own brother. After spending 7 years in prison, he wants revenge! The Divine Move opens on July 2014 in Sourth Korea. Watch the trailer! Updates: Watch the latest trailer, courtesy of Film Combat Syndicate. |
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