Lee B. Golden III

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SPIRITWALKER: Trinity CineAsia Nabs Award-Winning South Korean Body-Hopping Sci-Fi Actioner For March UK Release

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Following news broken earlier this month with Well Go USA Entertainment’s premium Asian film streamer, Hi-YAH! set to stream the hit South Korean sci-fi thriller, Spiritwalker, City On Fire‘s continued coverage notes the official US release date is finally set for April 12 on Blu-Ray and DVD from Well Go USA accordingly. That news now brings us overseas tor an official announcement as folks living in the UK can expect a release of their own beginning March 31 on Digital from Trinity CineAsia. The film previously had its London premiere at last year’s London East Asian Film Festival following its exclusive, in-person world premiere at the New York Asian Festival where it scored director Yoon Jae-keun the Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence In Action Cinema, a Jury award the festival launched in 2013, and has given to such recipients as actress Veronica Ngo (Furie), posthumosly to late stunt professional […]

SAVAGE ATTACK: Cameras Now Rolling As Action Thriller Adds Matthias Hues

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Actor Matthias Hues (I Come In Peace) will rejoin Alexander Nevsky in front of the camera for the current Los Angeles production of Joe Cornet’s new film, Savage Attack. The two have previously worked on films such as crime thriller Black Rose, action adventure Maximum Impact, Showdown In Manila and Cornet’s upcoming Western, Assault On Rio Bravo, in which Nevsky also stars and will release later this year. Craig Hamann (Showdown In Manila) penned the script for the film which centers on a CIA operative who must save his former mentor from an insane asylum under siege by hired killers. Production hails from ETA Films and Nevsky’s Hollywood Storm banner, and is expected to take place in locations in California and Arizona. Nevsky is producing the film with Cornet, Eric Brenner (Crazy Heart) and Douglas “Fini” Finical exec producing.

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Well Go USA’s TOO COOL TO KILL Clip And Trailer Tease Dramatic Hijinks

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The publicity on this one’s been pretty low key but a new clip has arisen for Too Cool To Kill from Well Go USA Entertainment. The new period caper comedy is directed by Xing Wenxiong, and is open in theaters as of February 18. While pursuing his lifelong dream of landing a starring role, amateur actor Wei Chenggong (Wei Xiang) receives an invitation from famous actress Milan (Ma Li) to play her leading man, “Killer Karl.” However, unbeknownst to Mr. Wei, the new gig has landed him directly in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. As the brutal truth inches closer and closer, he is left to rely on only his good luck and (somewhat questionable) acting skills to survive. Peep the trailer below as well as the official poster.

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ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN Sets Adaptation At Netflix From Will Smith And David Oyewolo

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Will Smith is getting a foot in the game with Netflix to bring to life an adaptation of Tọlá Okogwu’s upcoming novel, Onyeka and the Academy Of The Sun. The film will focus on a teenager who learns she has powers and travels to Nigeria to learn more about her origins, where she discovers a threat to her newfound magical community. Ola Shokunbi (Satellite, Indigo, upcoming A Yellow Heaven) is set to write the adaptation based on the novel which will publish this June in the U.S. and the U.K. from Simon & Schuster. Smith and Jon Mone will produce the film via Smith’s Westbrook Studios banner alongside David Oyelowo for Yoruba Saxon. Heather Washington of Westbrook Studios and Jessica Oyelowo of Yoruba Saxon will exec produce.

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Check Out These Two Stills From Kim Hong-Sun’s Latest, PROJECT: WOLF HUNTING

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This one’s been making the rounds for a while now, but I’m apt to share these two stills below from Metamorphosis and The Chase helmer Kim Hong-sun’s sophomore return at the feature helm, Project: Wolf Hunting. Finecut’s been making the pitch to buyers at EFM this month following its launch at the Asian Contents & Film Market last Fall. 1630 miles from Manila to Busan. A cargo ship transporting the most vicious criminals. A floating hell with no escape. The film stars Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa and Sung Dong-il, and is produced by Contents G and Cheum Film. Peep the stills below, courtesy of HanCinema.net!

LOKI Adds ‘The Endless’ Directors To Shepherd Season Two

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Disney+ hit series, Marvel Studios’ Loki, will get a second season, with Deadline‘s Justin Kroll reporting exclusively on the addition of directing duo Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson (The Endless, Synchronic). The two will direct a majority of the six-episode second season from a script by Eric Martin, with series star Tom Hiddleston joined by Michael Waldron to executive produce season two. Thursday’s update marks a reunion for Benson and Moorhead who also directed several episodes for its upcoming Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight series starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke. With Loki, they will continue the saga of the title character with Hiddleston reprising the role he firstly debuted in Marvel Studios’ Thor (2011), whose actions in Avengers: Endgame (2019) – a la The Avengers (2012) – forced a split between two versions of Loki, here seeing the god of mischief then trapped in a different dimension and forced to […]

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FISTFUL OF VENGEANCE Review: Netflix’s ‘Wu Assassins’ Sequel Feature Impresses Enough To Please The Fandom

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Director Roel Reine’s latest return to martial arts and fantasy with Netflix’s Fistful Of Vengeance does a fine job of maintaining the same energy and flair of its preceding Wu Assassins series, and overall delivers largely on what fans can expect from a film headlined by Iko Uwais, an action star who broke ground more than ten years ago with some of the most elevated action cinema ever shot on camera. Reine continues a lot of that fanfare here, though lacking the same effect as its predecessors, but still bearing some fruit along the way. It’s a film that furthers along Uwais’ career into English-speaking territories for audiences as we approach his next appearance among the cadre of Hollywood action stars to be seen in the next Expendables film, and not for nothing either, but also a huge improvement in feature output for co-star Lewis Tan who reprises his role […]

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THE TERMINAL LIST Debuts A First Look At Chris Pratt For The New Prime Video Series

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Actor Chris Pratt’s fruitful dealings of late with Amazon’s Prime Video service following sci-fi actioner, The Tomorrow War, continues with a first look still at Pratt in action for Amazon Original series The Terminal List. The show will premiere all eight episodes on July 1, exclusively on Prime Video, based on Jack Carr’s best-selling novel, and also starring Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, JD Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, LaMonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder among others. The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering […]

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THE BOYS PRESENTS: DIABOLICAL Trailer Whets Your Appetite With NSFW Animated Thrills And Spills

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https://youtu.be/LO8mSkbppE4 Amazon Prime unveiled the official trailer for its new animated anthology series, The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Main key art is online as well, along with a slew of stills from the series. Granted, of course, hopefully you’ve at least seen the live-action show this series is spun-off of and like with any creative turn for a streaming property, and as the NSFW label warrants above, you know this isn’t some PG affair. Voice-starring are Awkwafina, Michael Cera, Don Cheadle, Chace Crawford, Kieran Culkin, Giancarlo Esposito, Eliot Glazer, Jason Isaacs, Kumail Nanjiani, Justin Roiland, Seth Rogen, Andy Samberg, Ben Schwartz, Elisabeth Shue, Christian Slater, Kevin Smith, Antony Starr, Nasim Pedrad, Simon Pegg, Kenan Thompson, Aisha Tyler, and Oscar-winner Youn Yuh Jung; Joining the voice cast are Kimberly Brooks, Nicole Byer, Frances Conroy, Asjha Cooper, Chris Diamantopolous, John DiMaggio, Jermaine Fowler, Emily Gordon, Grey Griffin, Randall Duk Kim, David Marciano, Xolo […]

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GENTLEMAN: Contents Panda Snags New South Korean Thriller Starring Ju Ji-Hoon

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Contents Panda is out and about these days selling its package to EFM buyers and the marketplace the world over as the latest look at crime thriller, Gentleman, makes the rounds, via Screendaily’s Jean Noh. Actor Ju Ji-hoon (Dark Figure Of Crime) stars in the South Korean pic from The Artist: Reborn helmer Kim Kyoung-won, and centers on “the head of a private detective agency, suspected of a kidnapping who teams up with a prosecutor to find the real culprit and uncover a larger conspiracy.” Gentleman marks the first original feature from local OTT streaming service, wavve, where the film will share its rollout alongside theatrical screenings. The film also stars Park Sung-woong (Start-Up) and Choi Sung-eun (Okay Madam).

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PEACEMAKER To Thrill Audiences For Another Season On HBO Max

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Every week for the last eight weeks has been a damn good week if you’re subbed to HBO Max or wherever you can legitimately catch the 80s rock-supercharged hit series, Peacemaker. On Wednesday, Warnermedia announced a second season for the show is officially in development following its premiere last month as a spin-off of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. The news comes on the eve of Thursday’s season one finale premiere on February 17. Birthed on comic pages initally back in 1966 before eventually landing under DC Comics, Gunn brought the character to life between both properties, following through with the hit HBO Max series with John Cena in the title role. Pigeonholed into teaming up with a secret unit being overseen by government spook Amanda Waller (cameoed by Viola Davis), Peacemaker (a.k.a. Chris Smith) finds himself on an adventure of self-discovery, questionable friendships, and imminent conflict, as he and […]

[CORRECTED] KING OF KILLERS: Frank Grillo Crowned As The Lead For Kevin Grevioux’s New Action Thriller

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Actor Frank Grillo is on the docket for several titles going forward, including a hopeful fourth chapter of the Skyline saga for which updates still remain pending. In the meantime, we can report via the trades as of Wednesday that Grillo will lead Kevin Grevioux’s King Of Killers, joining Jiu Jitsu star Alain Moussi who was firstly attached to the pic in news out of EFM last year. The news comes as Redbox Entertainment and Red Sea Media, Inc. (“RSM”) have signed worldwide rights for the pic. Inspired by the graphic novel of the same name created by Grevioux, who also created the IP for hit action horror franchise, Underworld, King Of Killers “tells a group of international assassins who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world”. Principal photography commences in Winnipeg, Canada, later this month. Per the report, Redbox Entertainment will release the film […]

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POLITE SOCIETY: Nida Manzoor’s Debut Action Comedy Wraps Production

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Focus Features and Working Title have announced the wrap of production in London earlier this week for writer/director Nida Manzoor’s new action comedy, (Peacock series “We Are Lady Parts”) feature debut, Polite Society. Priya Kansara (Bridgerton, Half Bad) and Ritu Arya (Red Notice, The Umbrella Academy) star in the film which centers on Ria Khan, a bolshy school girl and martial artist-in-training who dreams of becoming a world renowned stunt woman. When Ria witnesses her big sister, Lena, give up on her dreams by dropping out of art school and getting engaged, Ria’s world is shaken. She believes she must save her sister from the shackles of marriage in the only way she knows how, by enlisting the help of her friends and attempting to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of freedom and sisterhood. Polite Society is a merry mash up of sisterly […]

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THE CONTRACTOR: Desperate Times Call For Explosive Measures In The Official Trailer!

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Star Trek fans have less than two years before the fourth installment following the 2009 reboot makes landfall. That means more Chris Pine, especially for those of you subbed to Paramount+ and who’ve been keen on the latest round of announcements and updates with ViacomCBS getting a complete company facelift as of Tuesday. All that and more now await folks as the official trailer makes the rounds for Tarek Saleh’s new military espionage action drama, The Contractor, following its acquisition by Showtime and Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment this week. Pine leads the cast along with Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs and Eddie Marsan for its April 1 release in theaters and on digital. Chris Pine stars in the action-packed thriller as Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, who is involuntarily discharged from the Army and cut-off from his pension. In debt, out of options and desperate to provide for his […]

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HOT BLOODED Soils The Hands Of Gangsters In The Official Trailer

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Gearing up for a March 23 release around its parts, South Korean crime pic, Hot Blooded, is bringing the dramatic thrills and action to tease the appetite some in the official trailer just above. Cheon Myeong-kwan makes his debut from his own script, adapted from a 2016 novel by author Kim Eon-Soo. Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder suspect, returns home and begins causing trouble all over town, which only adds pressure to Hee-su. “Drugs? Port? What’s going on?” When he finally comes to, he’s in the middle of this turmoil. What decisions can he make to save his pitiful soul? Hot Blooded stars Jung Woo (New Trial), Kim Kap-soo […]

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YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER Scares Up An Official Trailer Ahead Of March Release From Magnet

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It’s the week before Halloween. Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening, as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family in order to uncover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever. That’s the wind up and the pitch for debut director Kate Dolan’s You Are Not My Mother, which has been enjoying a fruitful run at the festivals with […]

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BIOSHOCK Gets The Live Action Treatment At Netflix

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Netflix is developing a live-action BioShock film, and I honestly have no idea what to expect since I’ve never played the game apart from what’s in the graphic and that it’s a first-person shooter affair. Vertigo Entertainment is producing the film alongside the game’s creators at 2K, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.. Cast and crew details aren’t yet known but here’s the gist on the property: Set across multiple dystopian and visionary landscapes gone wrong, the series blends sci-fi and horror to pose unique existential and societal questions that reshaped how game stories could be told – all amidst pulse-pounding action gameplay that rewards sharp shooting, clever planning, and lethal improvisation. Across the titles’ original releases as well as multiple re-releases, remastered editions and bundled collections, BioShock has sold more than 39 million copies worldwide, and is widely recognized as one of the most celebrated and beloved series […]

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CARNIFEX: Get A First Look At Sean Lahiff’s Debut Horror Thriller From Arclight

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Arclight Films is sharing the latest look at Sean Lahiff’s inaugural horror thriller, Carnifex, out of EFM. The film is now in post-production according to producers Helen Leake AM and Gena Ashwell from Dancing Road Productions. Shot in Adelaide, South Australia and developed from an original concept by Dancing Road, Carnifex marks the feature directorial debut of acclaimed film editor Lahiff, from a script by Shanti Gudgeon (Les Norton, Nowhere Boys), and with Kieran Fowler (Terminus, The Luminaries, Soulmate) serving as director of photography. Starring Alexandra Park (The Royals), Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat) and Harry Greenwood (Wakefield), along with Darren Gilshenan, the film centers on Bailey, an aspiring documentary filmmaker who joins conservationists Grace and Ben, journeying deep into the Australian outback to track and record the animals left displaced and devastated by the fires as the country recovers. As night falls, the trio discover a terrifying species and quickly become the […]

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WARDRIVER: Dane DeHaan, Sophie Turner Cast In New Action Thriller From ‘F9’ Scribe

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Dane DeHaan (Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Oppenheimer) and Sophie Turner (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix and X-Men Apocalypse) will star in crime thriller, Wardriver, which is currently being shopped at EFM by Highland Film Group with CAA Media Finance handling domestic. Daniel Casey (F9: The Fast Saga, Kin, 10 Cloverfield Lane) will direct from his own script with cameras set to roll in Los Angeles this summer. DeHaan will play Cole, a brilliant tech-savvy thief forced by a manipulative and dangerous criminal to rob a seemingly weathy woman’s bank account of nearly million dollars. Cole discovers that a powerful, mob-connected lawyer has been using Sarah to hide his money, prompting the tech wunderkind to initiate a plan to bail her out of danger. Ignoring warning signs that something greater is amiss, Cole begins to fall for Sarah, and soon finds himself […]

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THE KILLER: Jang Hyuk Goes Hitman In The Newest Thriller With ‘The Swordsman’ Director

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You probably wouldn’t have guessed what actor Jang Hyuk was up to at this point given the more idiomatic title used for his latest reunion with The Swordsman helmer Choi Jae-hoon. Nevertheless, the two are indeed back together and have since shot new action thriller, The Killer (quite the palatable choice here for action fans, I allege), which is now in post-production as of its most recent launch at EFM. Choi’s The Killer is reportedly based on a novel by Bang Jin-ho, and stars Jang as Bang Yi-gang, a hitman retiree, then asked by his wife’s friend to look after her teenage daughter while the two ladies are away on a trip. Things go haywire when our ex-hitman is forced to use a little violence to protect the young girl from juvenile delinquents, only to get pulled back in deeper when the assailants are murdered, and the girl suddenly gets […]