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JADE: James Bamford’s Debut Thriller Starring Shaina West Now Filming

Cameras are already underway in Alberquerque, New Mexico with stunt professional James Bamford (Ek Tha Tiger, Rampage, CW series Arrow) making his directorial debut, Jade, for stuntwoman and breakout actress Shaina West (Marvel’s Black Widow), who goes by @thesamurider On Instagram. The film was first announced last June hailing West in the company of actors Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Mark Dacascos (John Wick: Parabellum), and as of this week, also stars Kat McNamara (Shadowhunters) and Marcus Vincios Maciel with plans to release later this year. The film centers on Jade (West), who swore she’d never pick up another gun after her brother’s untimely and accidental death at her own hands. But when she unknowingly comes between powerful businessman “Tork” (Rourke) and her former gang leader (Maciel) in their urgent search for a valuable hard drive that could single-handedly take down Interpol, she may not have a choice. Jade’s incredible […]

BLACK SITE: A Look At ‘Rage’ Director Johnny Balazs’s New Short Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

I don’t know about you, but it feels like it’s been forever since Johnny Balazs got to spread his wings a bit with some action and thrills since delivering winning hits like Dancer and Night Shift. It was terrific to see him expand though, bringing himself to feature fruition with an amazing cast for 2019 crime drama, Rage, bringing together Matt Theo, Hayley Beveridge and Richard Norton to star. Going forward though, it’ll be a pleasure to see what lies ahead with Balazs’s latest return to shortfilm territory, Black Site. Theo reunites with Balazs as the lead cast, starring alongside Amelie Mendoza, Cassie Bethdart, Zoran Bravo and Marcus Merkoski for the story of a team of soldiers sent into infiltrate an abandoned Cold War-era fortress to extract a cure for a viral disease. Black Site is currently in its second week of principal photography, and I was actually contacted on […]

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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 […]

LOGAN THE WOLF: The Action Team Behind ‘The Witcher’ Teases ‘Ultraviolent’ Fan Short With BTS Stills

Lee B. Golden III

It’s not everyday you get word that a fine group of stunt performers are working on a little independent short project for themselves when they’re not on the set of a major studio gig. It’s also not everyday that you get an announcement via e-mail about said project, and Tuesday just happened to be that day for us and anyone else fortunate to be able to share the following info and stills of upcoming fan project, Logan The Wolf. The short is billed as an ultra-violent, unofficial fan film from a group of stunt performers and action specialists over in France with Film Combat Syndicate favorite Godefroy Ryckewaert, best known of late for shorts like The Collector, and for his stunning television work as fight coordinator on Netflix hit series The Witcher and spin off, The Witcher: Blood Origin. Ryckewaert also handled key cinematography for the action points on Jimmy […]

Alexander Nevsky Ventures Into Horror With NIGHT OF THE CAREGIVER

Christina Ortega

I don’t know about you, but I have some experience with caregiving. It can be exhausting and draining though rewarding and meaningful. But I never stopped to think that being a caregiver could also be scary, at least not in the horror movie sense. Actor, filmmaker and producer Alexander Nevsky had other ideas, though. Nevsky will be producing his very first horror film called Night of the Caregiver. According to the press release, the film is written by Craig Hamann and is about: Hospice nurse Juliet is hired to be caregiver for Lillian, who lives in an isolated house in a remote area. Although she’s terminally ill, the elderly Lillian seems to be a cordial and sweet lady. However, as the night goes on, Juliet suspects someone else is also dwelling in the house causing she and Lillian to be in grave danger… There are several names attached to the […]

ESCALATION: ‘Kill Order’ And ‘Enhanced’ Director James Mark Wraps New Action Crime Thriller

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Stunt multi-hyphenate and film director James Mark (Kill Order, On The Ropes) just wrapped action thriller, Escalation during the week, as announced by Kemodo Entertainment on Thursday evening. The company shared multiple behind-the-scenes photos of the film which reunites Chris Mark (Kill Order) and George Tchortov (Designated Survivor) following their appearence in Mark’s Kill Order sequel, Enhanced. A former police officer puts aside his differences with the force in order to track down his brother’s murderer. He teams with a younger detective to bring the case home. Also starring are Nina Kiri (Handmaid’s Tale), Cindy Sampson (Private Eyes), Paul Amos (Lost Girl), and Milton Barnes (Saving Hope), from a script Mark wrote with Brett Caron and Matthew Nayman. Bruno Marino is producing with Tony Del Rio serving as co-producer, and with Sy Baek, Emerson Wong, Plato Fountidakis and Brian Ho exec producing. Check out the rest of the behind-the-scenes photos […]

Hideaki Anno Exhibition Offers First Look at SHIN KAMEN RIDER

Edward Orndorff

Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and director of Shin Godzilla, is currently the subject of an exhibition in Japan. This exhibition displays many pieces involved with his works, and covers his past, present and future works. As part of this exhibition, new information about the upcoming Shin Kamen Rider movie has been shared, including two teaser trailers, and cast reveals. Trailers: Toei has shared two versions of the first teaser trailer for the movie, featuring the updated designs of both Kamen Rider Ichigo and his iconic motorcycle, the Rider Machine, Cyclone! Trailer A Trailer B Cast The first two members of the cast have been announced. On the left is Sosuke Ikamatsu (The Last Samurai, Death Note: Light Up The New World) as Takeshi Hongo. After being kidnapped by Shocker, an evil organization bent on world domination, he was transformed into the cyborg soldier Kamen Rider. Upon his […]

ARTIST UNKNOWN: Kerry Lacy Knuckles Up In New Stills For Cinder Chou’s New Queer Indie Action Rom Com

Lee B. Golden III

Taiwanese-American filmmaker Cinder Chou is well on her way this year with local New York City film production, Artist Unknown. The film remains in production with pick-up shots currently in toe, while Chou herself has graciously given us the greenlight to share a small raft of stills which you can view below. Providently, this project places actress Kerry Lacy right back under our radar after first getting our attention with Stacey Maltin’s chilling 2017 survival thriller short, Viola, in which she lures a fugitive rapist to his own demise. A sequel followed suit the next year from director Don Downey and also circulated festivals. Both shorts are part of a much longer resumè for Lacy who now lands her first feature lead role in Artist Unknown. The setup? Lacy plays Juniper, an insecure martial artist who must find out the origins of a painting after two thieves attempt to steal it […]

WHITE CROW: London Production Wraps On Independent Spy Thriller Ahead Of 2022 Release

Lee B. Golden III

Filmmaker George Threadgold has just wrapped a three-week shoot in and around central and North London for debut independent spy thriller, White Crow. Cameras rolled for three weeks back in September and with the film now entering post-production ahead of a 2022 release. White Crow hails from New Earth Productions and producer Djonny Chen’s Silent D Pictures. The freshman indie thriller stars Julian Gamm (Eleven, The Reverend and Mrs Simpson) as JD, an ex-covert operative who finds himself wounded, alone and roped into a deadly game of cat and mouse against the clandestine organisation he used to work for long since a past mission went awry. Also among the cast are Hannah Al Rashid (V/H/S2 The Night comes for us), Carl Wharton (Turkish Ice Cream, Eleven), Noa Bodner (World War Z, Saint Maude, Pennyworth), and Andrew Rolfe (Dragon Fury, Trending Crimes). White Crow began life as an award-winning three-part 2019 […]

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THE EXPENDABLES 4 Lands Multiple Territories As Filming Commences, Adds Cast

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Screendaily‘s Jeremy Kay is exclusively reporting the additions of Sheila Shah, Jacob Scipio and Levy Tran to the current cast roster of the fourth installment of The Expendables franchise. Directed by Scott Waugh, production reportedly began in the UK with a screenplay by Spenser Cohen – revised by Max Adams and John Joseph Connolly. The aforementioned trio join the mix of new and returning actors that include Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture, and actors Megan Fox, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Andy Garcia and international action star Tony Jaa. According to Kay, Statham is producing next to Kevin King Templeton, and Les Weldon, along with Yariv Lerner, Jeffrey Greenstein, and Jonathan Yunger. Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson and Trevor Short are exec producing for Millennium, as are Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman for Campbell Grobman Films. Eda Kowan and Jonah Leach will oversee for Lionsgate. JJ Nugent, Millennium […]

HANUMAN: BTS Posts Tease Khmer Martial Arts Action And Thrills Featuring ‘The Paper Tigers’ And ‘Fast Vengenace’ Actors

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Little is all but known about what lies ahead for director Pearry Reginald Teo’s next endeavor, save for the fact that he’s already deep into his next project, Hanuman, which sees him partnering once again with his Fast Vengeance star D.Y. Sao. The film also has actor and stunt performer Brian Le on board, among the cadre of hard-working and hard-earning fire and brimstone martial arts action stunt troupe, Martial Club, best known for exceling in recent hit box office feats like Well Go USA’s The Paper Tigers, Andy Long’s Luc Van Tien: KungFu Hustle and Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings. Hanuman was supposed to be filmed in Thailand months ago with the involvement of Prachya Pinkaew (Ong Bak, Tom Yum Goong) in a behind-the-scenes capacity, until Covid became a factor and lockdowns upended those prospects. Shooting instead is underway in Kentucky, and with little else […]

KAMEN RIDER REVICE: A Primer For The Next Installment Of The Tokusatsu Saga

Edward Orndorff

The 50th Anniversary of the legendary tokusatsu series Kamen Rider is well underway, and the upcoming show already has started to excite. What do we know about the new Rider, his powers, allies, and villains, so far? Read on to find out more before the show premieres on September 5th! The Story As translated by Tokusatsu Network, the official synopsis is as follows: Deadmans is an organization that worships demons. Through the use of mysterious Vistamps, monsters called Deadman are born from within humans. Fighting to protect his family from Deadmans’ clutches is Ikki Igarashi. He himself has a contract with Vice, a demon that lives within Ikki’s body. Together, they transform into two Kamen Riders: Ikki as Kamen Rider Revi, and Vice as Kamen Rider Vice. Together, they are Kamen Rider Revice! The show notably features a first for the series, with Revi and Vice’s powers both coming from […]

THE LAIR: Neil Marshall’s New Action Horror Outlines Cast As Cameras Roll In Hungary

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Principal Photography is already underway in Hungary for Dog Soldiers and The Reckoning helmer Neil Marshall’s new film, The Lair. Set to star in the film are Jonathan Howard (Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, Skylines, Warner Bros.’ Godzilla King of Monsters), Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning, Warner Bros.’ Oceans Eight), and Jamie Bamber (UMC’s “Battlestar Galactica,” Cinemax’s “Strike Back,” 20th Century Fox’s Money), from a script by Marshall who is also exec producing. The Lair centers on a command squad led by Sergeant Tom Hook, tasked with findinf Lt. Kate Sinclair, a downed Royal Air Force fighter pilot Afghanistan. Sinclair, pursued by insurgents, ﬁnds refuge in a long abandoned secret bunker and unwittingly releases a deadly man-made biological weapon – half human, half alien and hungry for human ﬂesh – the Ravagers. Hook and his team, accompanied by a handful of British SAS troops must save Sinclair from the insurgents, and […]

THE 44TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN: Filming Underway For NY Indie Director’s Kung Fu Comedy Proof Of Concept [EXCLUSIVE]

Lee B. Golden III

As prone as we are to including independent action films in our coverage, it was only a matter of time before I’d be back to covering New York-based filmmaker Jon Truei (Gamer’s Generation, Secondary Education), currently in production with kung fu comedy, The 44th Chamber Of Shaolin. Starring is Marshieh Johnson – son of celebrated Wu Shu master, champion and author Willie “The Bam” Johnson (WMAC Masters, Superfights, The Legend Of Kung Funk), along with Mario Marin, and appearances by action actors Angela Jordan and David Lavallee Jr., among others to be named at a later date. Truei has since completed ancillary footage as of last month, shot in collaboration with action director and Art School Dropouts founder Joey Min. Principal photography continues in Brooklyn, N.Y. this week as part of a proof of concept to help draw attention to hopeful feature financing. Inspired by the works of Hong Kong […]

BRING HIM BACK DEAD: Uncork’d Shepherds Sales As Cameras Roll For New Gary Daniels Action Thriller

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Principal photography is already underway for Bring Him Back Dead, with a cast that lists Gary Daniels (The Expendables), Louis Mandylor (The Brave) and Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’s Vampires). Pic hails from Jeff Miller’s (The Russian Bride) Millman Productions and Korey Rowe’s Otsego Media LLC, as well as Ron Lee Productions and Salem House. In the vein of Sam Peckinpah and Jim Thompson, the gritty BRING HIM BACK DEAD concerns a violent gang of criminals who are ordered, after a botched heist, to track down and eliminate the man who betrayed them and ran off with their loot. Daniels plays the “anti-hero,” while Mandylor portrays the leader of the gang and Daniels a man with mysterious motives. Joining in are Katie Keene (Rogue Warfare), Zhuzha Akova, Ryan M. Shaw, LeJon Woods, and Chris Torem also star. Miller produces along with Cuyle Carvin and Avery Miritello, with Azhar Pasha, Miller, Savage, […]

BANDIT: Josh Duhamel Is On Call In A First Look Photo From The New Heist Thriller

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Currently underway is the production of heist thriller, Bandit, based on author Robert Knuckle’s best-selling novel and journalist Ed Arnold’s interviews with Gilbert Galvan Jr, who lived under the name Robert Whiteman when he was dubbed the Flying Bandit in 1987. Worldwide sales agent Highland Film Group has just released the first look photo above from the new film featuring actor Josh Duhamel (Paramount’s Transformers franchise) in the title role. Duhamel is also joined by headliners Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert and Nestor Carbonell, with Allan Ungar (Gridlocked) directing from a script by Kraig Wenman. Based on the true story of ‘The Flying Bandit’ who successfully got away with 63 bank and jewelry heists during his notorious crime spree, Bandit tells the colorful tale of the career criminal (Josh Duhamel) who escapes from a US prison and crosses the border into Canada, assuming a new identity. After falling in love and getting married, […]

RUPTURE: UK Actor And Martial Artist Mark Strange Set To Star In Ranjeet S. Marwa’s New Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Pre-production has started for independent action thriller, Rupture, which has actor and martial artist Mark Strange (Ip Man 4: The Finale, Redcon-1) set to star. Cameras will roll in July in Birmingham, U.K. with Ranjeet S. Marwa (upcoming Exiled: The Chosen Ones) directing from a script and story treatment from Daniel White. Raven, a recently freed man from prison must confront the people who put him inside. However, revenge is not always the answer, redemption is. The project was moved up in light of Marwa having to push back a seperate project titled Berzerker, which would have had Malaysian actor and action star Hairul Azreen (Paskal, Wira) on set in the U.K. by now. I’m told that scheduling was the reason for the delay in addition to mitigating factors pertaining to the pandemic. The decision has also allowed Marwa to develop the project a little more in time for Azreen’s […]

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REFUGE: Voltage Takes World Sales For Renny Harlin Horror Thriller Now Filming

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Principal photography is currently underway in Bulgaria for the new horror thriller, Refuge, from director Renny Harlin, and will be presented to buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film on June 21 with Voltage handling worldwide sales. Refuge centers on the horrific revelations that ensue when wife Kate discovers the truth behind her husband’s PTSD after he returns home, changed, from his tour in Afghanistan. The film stars Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Raza Jaffrey (“Homeland”) and Sophie Simnett (Netflix’s “Daybreak”), with Johanna Harlin (Class Reunion 3) and Aston McAuley (20th Century Fox’s Rocketman) from a script by action sci-fi writer Ben Sztajnkrycer, with more cast TBA. Refuge is a Revelations Entertainment and B2Y Production; Yariv Lerner (Hellboy, Rambo: Last Blood) and Rob Van Norden (Olympus Has Fallen, Rambo: Last Blood) are producing alongside Revelations Entertainment’s Gary Lucchesi (Underworld franchise, The Lincoln Lawyer), Michael McKay (Brahms: The […]

WARHUNT: Mauro Borelli’s Supernatural War Thriller Gets A First Look Ahead Of Cannes

Lee B. Golden III

Highland Film Group has revealed a first look photo from The Recall helmer Mauro Borrelli’s supernatural war thriller, Warhunt. Borrelli reteamed with The Recall co-scribe Reggie Keyohara III to pen the script for an all-star cast that lists Mickey Rourke (Sin City, Immortals, The Expendables, Iron Man 2) Robert Knepper (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2, Fox’s “Prison Break”), and Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga, Paramount Pictures The Last Airbender, and MTV’s “Finding Carter”). In Warhunt, when Ruthless Major Johnson (Rourke) sends out a squad of his bravest soldiers (Rathbone, Knepper) on a dangerous rescue mission after the violent crash of a World War 2 cargo plane, they are soon attacked by a powerful, supernatural force. Fighting for their sanity and struggling to survive profound horrors, they must uncover the shocking truth behind the force before the Nazis, and remove all evidence that it ever existed, even at the […]

WHITE ELEPHANT Adds John Malkovich And More To The Jesse V. Johnson Action Thriller Now In Production

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Actor John Malkovich (Valley Of The Gods, Ava) leads an additional list of names joining Bruce Willis-led actioner, White Elephant. News of the film broke on Thursday through mainstream trade outlets also hailing actress Olga Kurylenko (The Courier) and Michael Rooker (The Suicide Squad) from a script by Erik Martinez, and action stalwart Jesse V. Johnson (Avengement, Triple Threat) who directs. The film, currently shooting in Georgia, also stars actor Vadhir Derbez (The Seventh Day), who plays Carl, a burgeoning assassin who botches his latest job, forcing his mentor, ex-marine-turned-mob enforcer Gabriel Tancredi (Willis) to mitigate his conscience and code of honor in order to set things right. The film also reteams Johnson with Debt Collectors co-stars Josef Cannon and Louie “Ski” Carr. Corey Large (Cosmic Sin, It Follows, The November Man, Lone Survivor) is producing the film for 308 Enterprises. The Exchange is handling international sales. Follow Johnson on Instagram for […]