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‘The Raid’, ‘Ong-Bak’ and ‘Tai Chi’ stars unite in ‘Triple Threat’ Posted: 06 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PST “The Raid 2: Berandal” Poster Tony Jaa (Skin Trade), Tiger Chen (Man of Tai Chi) and Iko Uwais (The Raid 2) will equally headline Triple Threat, an upcoming action film that’s best described as a martial arts-themed Expendables. The film was previously known as Makeshift Squad – and was to be helmed by Gary Mak (Inside or Outside) – but now the production has shifted its direction to John Wick co-director, Chad Stahelski. Actress Angelababy (Mojin: The Lost Legend) is also attached. According to THR, Triple Threat revolves around a Chinese martial artist who goes to Mexico to rescue his ex-wife and their son after they are kidnapped by a drug cartel. Tony Jaa can next be seen xXx: Return of Xander Cage, followed by Paradox, which is currently in production. You can catch Iko Uwais in the soon-to-be released, Headshot and Beyond Skyline. Tiger Chen is going for the sci-fi route in the forthcoming Time Cop-esque Kung Fu Traveller. We’ll keep you updated on Triple Threat as we hear more. For now, let’s give Tiger Chen (the lesser-known of the three stars) some props in the trailer for Man of Tai Chi:

New action-packed Trailer for Jackie Chan’s ‘Kung Fu Yoga’ Posted: 06 Nov 2016 01:00 AM PDT “‘Kung Fu Yoga” Chinese Theatrical Poster Jackie Chan is reuniting with noted Hong Kong director Stanley Tong (Rumble in the Bronx) for an upcoming action comedy titled Kung Fu Yoga, which is currently being prepped for a 2017 release. Kung Fu Yoga is rumored to be more in line with Armor of God than spandex, spiritualism and yoga mats. In the film, Chan plays a renowned professor of archeology who teams up with the beautiful Indian professor to locate a lost treasure in tibet. Jackie Chan and Stanley Tong created magic together in a string of some of Chan’s most loved films of the 90s, including 1992’s Police Story 3: Supercop, 1995’s Rumble in the Bronx and 1996’s Police Story 4: First Strike. Kung Fu Yoga will mark their first feature together since 2005’s The Myth. Co-starring with Chan are Lay Zhang (of the K-pop group EXO), Miya Muqi (Tomb Robber), Aarif Rahman (Bruce Lee, My Brother) and Indian film stars Sonu Sood (Arundhati) and Ileana D’Cruz (Happy Ending). Updates: Check out a new trailer below, as well as a new poster (via AFS):

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