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KUNG FU Taps Donnie Yen To Lead The Universal/87 North Martial Arts Film Reboot

Classic TV series Kung Fu had long been in the works for a remake/reboot of some kind until the CW network landed its own iteration starring actress Olivia Liang for a three season run. That show is streaming on Max and my reaction is here if you’re curious, while the word from Deadline is that Donnie Yen has been tapped to star in the project which has since moved to Universal Pictures and David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87 North.

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THE FALL GUY: Classic ABC Series Makes The Jump To The Big Screen, David Leitch And Ryan Gosling Attached

Ryan Gosling speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for “Blade Runner 2049”, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons) David Leitch speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for “Deadpool 2”, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

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VERSUS: ‘Predators’ Writers, ‘Deadpool 2’ Team Developing High-Concept Int’l Thriller

To date, cult favorite director Ryuhei Kitamura has been the only director to make titling a film “Versus”, as cool as he did with his own 2000 hit thriller. Nowadays out of the handful that would dare to make such a move comes screenwriting duo Alex Litvak and Michael Finch whose original action spec script – itself titled Versus – has been reportedly acquired by Universal Pictures.

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FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS AND SHAW Invites You To Cowboy Up For The Final Trailer

Director David Leitch’s Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs And Shaw, released its final trailer on Friday for its due date on August 2. To say the stunts and action that have been sampled thusfar are some of the craziest there may be might even be an understatment, underline no less than by what we now see within the new trailers first minute: a riproaring car chase on the streets of London with close calls galore and a shot of the Black Superman himself, Idris Elba, recovering after wrecking through a double decker bus…

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FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS AND SHAW In A Race To See Who Can Kick More Ass In The Newest Trailer

Remember the first official trailer for David Leitch’s Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs And Shaw? Remember how awesome and action-packed it was? Remember how jazzed as hell you were? Welp, for those answering “yes” and in need to feed their trailer addictions, a new sampling of the upcoming August 2 two-hander with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham is here and keeping the Fast fandom alive and well.

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[UPDATED] FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS AND SHAW In New Animated Character Posters

Atomic Blonde and Deadpool 2 helmer David Leitch is readying to rouse the internets who’ve long since waited to see proper footage from his new movie, Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs And Shaw. Actors Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham have already celebrated their film duties via social media after wrapping earlier this week to mark the newest installation of the Fast franchise outside it’s main canon, and are now center stage in their own character poster to start the campaign accordingly.

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‘Fast’ Spinoff, HOBBS AND SHAW, Casts Idris Elba To Play The Villain

Page Six, New York Post

Idris Elba is officially entering the Fast & Furious arena by way of David Leitch’s upcoming spin-off set to begin shooting this Fall. Justin Kroll at Variety exclusively confirmed the actor is in final talks to star as the villain of Hobbs And Shaw which will see actors Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their respective roles from the latest four films of the Fast franchise.

The news comes following the addition of actress and upcoming Mission: Impossible – Fallout actress Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) who will reportedly join the cast as an MI-5 agent who happens to be the sister of Statham’s role. Other casting announcements remain pending from a script by Chris Morgan who also joins in producing with Neal H. Moritz and Johnson of Original Films and Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions, respectively.

Kelly McCormick, Steve Chasman, Amanda Lewis, Ainsley Davies and Ethan Smith are executive producing the film.

Leitch is coming off of his latest hit comic book adaptation, Deadpool 2 with Hobbs And Shaw marking his third directorial run since Atomic Blonde and sharing the director’s chair with Chad Stahelski for Lionsgate’s 2014 hit, John Wick. Elba is fresh from his latest directorial endeavor with British crime drama, Yardie, and appearing in the Russos’ two-billion dollar theatrical success, Avengers: Infinity War.

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