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Hey Austin! Come Take A Seminar With ONE-PERCENTER Star Tak Sakaguchi!

Actor and action star Tak Sakaguchi is returning to Texas next week to host stunt action and self-defense seminar at Tukong Martial Arts in Austin on September 22. In addition, the seminar will coincide with the promotion of the actor’s latest feat, One-Percenter, which will have its next premiere on Saturday, September 23 at this year’s edition of Fantastic Fest. One-Percenter is written and directed by Yudai Yamaguchi, and centers on an aging stuntman whose dreams of achieving the production of a pure action movie arrives when he finds himself crossing blows with yakuza mobsters looking for a hidden cache of drugs. The film is produced by Takayuki Ota (Crazy Samurai Musashi) and Ryo Uchiyama, and also marks a reunion for both the star and director following previous credits like Battlefield Baseball, Tebana Sankichi: Snot Rocket & Super Detective, Cromartie High: The Movie, Deadball and Yakuza Weapon, as well as […]

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Shinsuke Sato’s KINGDOM Saga Continues With A Fourth Movie On The Way

Principal photography has already wrapped on a fourth installment of Shinsuke Sato’s sprawling live-action adaptation of the hit manga, Kingdom. The news comes following the release of the Toho/Sony Pictures International saga’s third chapter, Kingdom: Flame Of Destiny, which opened in Japan back in July. Kento Yamazaki (Netflix’s “Alice In Borderland”) leads a cast that includes Ryo Yoshizawa (Bleach) and Kanna Hashimoto (Gintama), for a story based on Yasuhisa Hara’s hit manga and adapted for the screen by Tsutomu Kuroiwa. Set during the Warring States, the saga chronicles war orphan Shin (Yamazaki) on his harrowing quest to become a great general, while aiding King Eisei (Yoshizawa) on his mission to unify China. The first and second films are currently streaming on Netflix in the U.S.. Further details on the fourth title and release remain pending as the film resume’s post-production. Read more at Eiga. Lead pic: Poster art for Kingdom: […]

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Fantastic Fest XVIII: Full Line-Up Includes Studio Selects, Genre Delights, Fantasy, Action, Horror And Docs to Exicite This Year’s Audience

Fantastic Fest XVIII: TRIGGERED, 100 YARDS, And More Titles To Check Out At This Year’s Festival

I’ve been away from the internet for a while but I haven’t forgotten the excitement of getting to cover Fantastic Fest for a second year in a row. It’ll be virtual, as always, since I can’t make the trip, and as such, I’m still obliged to share in the indulgences of what’s to come, and for that, I now offer you a slew of titles to help raise the curtain ahead of the festival’s start date on September 21… Fifteen titles, in fact, all ranging in the usual assortment of genres that this site covers, a few honorable mentions notwithstanding: Gareth Edwards’ newest ambitious sci-fi adventure The Creator, Joe Lynch’s enticing new horror thriller Suitable Flesh, and Kim Tae-gon’s fifth career entry at the helm, Project Silence; I started with ten in mind at first but there was just too many to consider, obviously, and barring some of the reviews […]

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ONE PIECE: Eiichiro Oda, Netflix Announce Season Two Development For Hit Live-Action Series Adaptation

Netflix is setting sail with a second season of its live-action treatment of hit series, One Piece. The show is the latest evolution based on the brainchild of manga and creator Eiichiro Oda who also serves as one of the show’s key exec producers, and who has undoubtedly been a prominent voice in helping steer the show’s first season eight-episode volley into fruition. Netflix took to its multiple platforms on social media and YouTube, with Oda taking up the megaphone via Transponder Snail, a key fixture within the series. Oda’s announcement reads as follows: “To the Straw Hat Grand Fleet: What did you think of Season 1 of the live-action ONE PIECE? I spent a long time working on it with Netflix and Tomorrow Studios. It seems people around the world have been enjoying the show, which makes the hard work from the production team truly worth it. To everyone […]

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EXPEND4BLES Teases Statham V. Uwais In A New Clip That Takes Hollywood To Task Once Again

Lionsgate is currently campaigning for the upcoming release of Expend4bles next week, and that includes its volley of preview clips that’ll be circulating online until then. The latest clip is available below as well, featuring Jason Statham and Iko Uwais which you can view below: Here’s the thing: We’ve been here before. Say what you will about Mile 22, I certainly have. Indeed, that film was in different hands, although it doesn’t change the fact that Uwais hasn’t had a proper presentation of his skillset as an action star apart from his feature film showcase in “Wu Assssins” spin-off, Fistful Of Vengeance on Netflix. Expend4bles is directed by Scott Waugh who we last heard from following the aforementioned streamer’s release of his Jackie Chan/John Cena headliner, Hidden Strike. The film is an ample serving of action for fans of the genre and Chan alike, but it’s important to note that […]

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TIME ADDICTS Turns The Clock To Release Later This Month In The UK!

Writer/director Sam Odlum’s latest, Time Addicts, is coming to the UK later this month with an official trailer below announcing its arrival. Starring Freya Tingley (Jersey Boys) and Charles Grounds (Crazy Rich Asians), the film will open exclusively on the Icon Film Channel on September 25 before releasing in selected UK cinemas on October 27. Get ready for a warped, mind-bending and darkly funny experience from the executive producer of The Babadook. In desperate debt to their volatile drug dealer, best friends Denise and Johnny agree to a sketchy job to pay off their last hit – breaking into a decrepit stash house to steal a bag of mysterious drugs. But whilst getting into the house may be easy, escape proves more troublesome, as the pair find themselves trapped inside with a deranged fiend. With no way out and not one to miss an opportunity, Johnny smokes the new drug […]

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Beyond Fest XI: THE CREATOR, THE TOXIC AVENGER, THE RAID in 4K And More Announced For This Year’s Line-Up

The eleventh edition of Beyond Fest is kicking off later month and the full line-up is finally available. The roster is pretty wicked with a list of new premieres and encores of classics with Gareth Edwards’ upcoming sci-fi adventure, The Creator, screening on opening night, with other titles such as Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s promising new Hindi thrillride, Kill, director David Gregory’s exciting new documentary Enter The Clones Of Bruce, Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger, Xavier Gens’ French actioner Mayhem!, a special edition presentation of James Cameron’s 1989 deep sea thriller, The Abyss, an NC-17 presentation of David Cronenberg’s erotic thriller Crash, Sam Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s revenge drama, Femme, and Gareth Evans’ The Raid in 4K to name a few. There are two shorts blocks as well, and among the screenings there will be a few free ones, as well as others with guests in attendance. All screenings are […]

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ROBODOC: THE CREATION OF ROBOCOP Gets Streaming And Disc UK Release Dates

Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has officiated an October start date for the release of four-part docuseries, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop. The UK’s own Icon Film Channel will launch the weekly series on October 2, followed by the Blu-ray Collector’s Edition on December 18, with TVOD/EST releasing as of January 1, 2024. The definitive RoboCop documentary has landed! Get ready to deep-dive into the making of the seminal 80’s sci-fi sensation with this 4-part series. Episode 1: 68 MinutesEpisode 2: 78 MinutesEpisode 3: 69 MinutesEpisode 4: 84 Minutes Specs for the 2-disc Special Edition Blu-Ray contains 60 minutes of bonus content and UK-exclusive A4 poster, as well as X4 art cards. Bonus materials are listed as follows: •Meet the Makers•The Weapons of Robocop•Robo Cast Quotes•Art of the Steel•Call To Action•Guns Guns Guns•Part Gan Part Machine All Video Game•Roboteam Assemble•A4 poster•X4 art cards The series is also produced by Michael Perez (Scream: The […]

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Animated FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Reboot In Development From WB Japan

Fist Of The North Star is getting an animated reboot as announced by Warner Bros. Japan in time for the original manga’s 40th anniversary. The studio is says it will use the latest animation technology combined with an all-new cast and creators on the project according to the company’s press release. In 199x, world was engulfed in the blaze of nuclear war. With the Ocean drying up and Earth torn asunder, all life seems to be lost but humans survived stubbornly. However, what dominated the post-apocalyptic world was a seer violence. The remaining humanity was split in two groups: those who kill and take whatever they can and those who are exploited. When all hope seemed lost for the weak, a man in ragged cloth appears. He is Kenshiro, the rightful successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts with seven studs-like scars in a shape of the Big Dipper. His […]

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THE ASTRONAUT: Highland Launches Sales As October Sci-Fi Shoot Adds Cast

Production is set to kick off in Ireland next month under SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreement for sci-fi thriller The Astronaut which just added (A Teacher, The Martian, “House of Cards”) and Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate, “The Last Of Us”), and Laurence Fishburne (John Wick films, The Matrix trilogy). Jess Varley (Phobias) will debut-direct the pic per announcements over the weekend out of Toronto’s TIFF market.    When astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) returns from her first space mission, she’s found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Expecting to be reunited with her husband (Luna), she finds herself placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing under the control of General William Harris (Fishburne). However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth. Brad Fuller (Paramount’s A […]

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WHAT REMAINS OF US: Kit Harrington Has An Axe To Grind In The First Look At The Upcoming Horror Thriller

Production is completed for the Yorkshire, England-shot horror thriller, What Remains Of Us, and the official first look has been revealed above. Award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Alexander J. Farrell (Refugee) is making his directorial debut from a script he wrote alongside Greer Ellison (Butterfly Kisses, winner of the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale) Featuring Kit Harington (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Eternals, upcoming Blood For Dust), What Remains Of Us is set deep in rural England, and framed from the point of view of Harington’s character’s 10-year-old daughter (Caoilinn Springall, Midnight Sky). Behind the walls of her family’s isolated, fortified compound, she begins to question her unusual life. She discovers that once a month her father turns into a monster. Her parents say the monster is nothing to be afraid of but when the monster escapes, the girl has to confront the harsh reality of her father’s identity and make […]

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NOT WITHOUT HOPE: First Look At Zachary Levi Survival Drama Revealed As Key Deals Announced

The first official look at writer/director Joe Carnahan’s new survival thriller Not Without Hope is now online with sales agent Highland Film Group announcing locked distribution deals in key international territories. Zachary Levi (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Josh Duhamel (Transformers franchise), JoBeth Williams (The Big Chill), Quentin Plair (Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales”), Terrence Terrell (Netflix’s “Obliterated”) Marshall Cook (NBC’s “Parenthood”), and Floriana Lima (Disney+’s “The Punisher”) star in the pic which wrapped its Malta shoot in June. Based on the New York Times non-fiction best-seller, Not Without Hope follows best friends Nick Schuyler (Levi) and Will Bleakley (Marshall Cook), and NFL players Marquis Cooper (Plair) and Corey Smith (Terrell), as they depart Clearwater, Florida for a day trip at their favorite fishing spot 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. As a severe storm heads their way, a trapped anchor causes the boat to capsize, throwing the four friends violently into the freezing water. US Coast […]

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Well Go USA Announces CREATION OF THE GODS I: KINGDOM OF THE STORMS For September North American Release. Catch The Trailer!

On the cusp of raking in up to $375 million dollars for its local release, director Wuershan’s Creation Of The Gods I: Kingdom Of Storms will enjoy a North American release later this month from Well Go USA. The film will have special IMAX previews at select theaters from September 20 before rolling out in theaters on September 22. The first installment of the trilogy’s legendary tale — which takes place amidst the furor of mythical ancient wars between humans, immortals and monsters — depicts the rise and fall of King Zhou, the villainous final ruler of the Shang dynasty. After falling prey to the whims of a conniving fox demon and his own thirst for power, the king devolves into a brutal tyrant who incurs the very wrath of heaven for his misdeeds. After seemingly never-ending strings of bloody conflicts, humans and supernatural beings alike will wage a desperate […]

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THE CROW: Lionsgate Picks Up Revenge Thriller Reboot Starring Bill Skarsgård Out Of Toronto

Lionsgate has acquired the newest reboot effort from director Rupert Sanders (Ghost In The Shell) with The Crow, featuring Bill Skarsgård (John Wick: Chapter 4) in the lead role. Danny Huston (Marlowe) and critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter FKA twigs (Honeyboy) also star in the Prague-shot film along with Laura Birn (Foundation), Sami Bouajila (A Son), and Jordan Bolger (The Woman King). Zach Baylin (King Richard) and Will Schneider wrote the script based on the original graphic novel by James O’Barr, whose 1994 Miramax release from director Alex Proyas centered on musician Eric Draven, brought back from the dead to avenge himself and his fiancé a year after their murder on Devil’s Night. Actor Brandon Lee, son of martial arts and screen legend Bruce Lee, was 28 when he landed the title role in the months leading up to his accidental death on the Wilmington, North Carolina set in Spring 1993. As Deadline’s […]

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RAGE OF STARS: Learn More About Lukasz Rog’s Upcoming Polish Sci-Fi Action Flick

Principal photography is just about finished on Lukasz Rog’s Polish action sci-fi production, Rage Of Stars. The English-language film marks Rog’s feature debut out of his Rzesow-based Lukra Films. Plot details are pending on Rage of Stars while the project is described as a feature-length expansion of a proof-of-concept Rog directed in 2021 titled “No Stars Anymore” – about a secret service agent battling with premonitions hinting at mankind’s impending extinction. British-Romanian actress Andrea Tivadar (“Warrior Nun”) leads the cast along with Jack McEvoy (The Rhythm Section), Elijah Rover (“Vikings”), Jord Knotter (“Goede tijden, slechte tijden”), and Polish TV stars Małgorzata Klara (“The Crown of the Kings”), Mayu Gralińska-Sakai (“Barwy szczescia”) and actor Jakub Ormaniec (“Papiery na szczescie”). Rog is currently in post-production and has been campaigning in the last few months through multiple Polish outlets about the project. That includes gracing followers over social media with months of behind-the-scenes […]

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3 CHAMBERS FEST Launches In October With Live-Music, THE CROW w/ Shaolin Jazz And More In October!

Residents and consumers of music and genre cinema delights will find themselves in good company come the arrival of the inaugural 3 Chambers Fest in Wilmington, North Carolina. Hosted by Speller Street Films, the festival will be home to a fusion of hip-hop, martial arts, and anime, featuring live music performances and immersive film and art experiences, and more. Per the announcement this Tuesday this week, 3 Chambers Fest commences on Friday, October 13, at Waterline Brewing Company with live performances by Solemn Brigham / Marlowe and Skyzoo live in concert. Advance tickets are now up for grabs at $10 with door prices at $20. Doors will open at 8:00pm with the show starting at 9:00 PM with opening performances by Wilmington hip-hop artists Louis. and MoeSOS DC. Friday’s event is sponsored by Waterline Brewing Company and Brooks Pierce. The following Saturday will see the newest edition of Can I […]

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Reiki Tsuno’s MAD CATS Is Coming To Midnight Pulp In Late 2023!

I’ve been living under a rock of immense work and with very little help, so I completely missed the announcement just over a month ago when Reiki Tsuno’s action comedy, Mad Cats, was acquired by Cineverse to begin streaming exclusively on Midnight Pulp in late 2023. Indeed, that’s the case and so finally folks who’ve been following action actress Ayane on social media and are keen on seeing her breakout role may finally be able to do so. The film had its initial premiere at Slamdance earlier this year and I was one of the fortunate ones to receive a virtual invite to screen and review it. Suffice it to say, I was a happy film critic. Tsuno makes his debut on Mad Cats casting Ayane alongside Sho Mineo, Yuya Matsura and So Yamanaka for the story of an aimless mobile home park dweller who receives a message about the […]

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FIST OF THE CONDOR: Dazzler Media Knuckles Up For Marko Zaror’s New Chilean Actioner This October

Dazzler Media is gearing up to release Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s latest thriller, Fist Of The Condor, and DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital Download beginning October 2. Pre-orders are also available which you can find here. The first of a hopeful trilogy, Zaror stars in the lead role of a monastic warrior beholden to the secrets of an ancient martial arts style. The story explores his origins through training and the incumbent drama that envelopes him into a story of vengeance, forcing him to fend off waves of assassins and hungry henchmen until the day he can step face-to-face with the man trying to kill him: his evil twin brother. The film also stars Gina Aguad, Eyal Meyer, Fernanda Urrejola and Man Soo Yoon.

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GODZILLA: MINUS ONE Official Trailer Wreaks Havoc On Post-War Japan!

Arriving just in time to mark its 70th anniversary, the latest devastating chapter in the Godzilla franchise has an official trailer for Godzilla: Minus One, following a teaser which premiered in July. The film is also set to close this year’s 36th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival ahead of its Japan release on November 3, with a nationwide U.S. rollout starting December 1. After the war, Japan has been reduced to zero. Godzilla appears and plunges the country into a negative state. Against the most desperate situation in the history of Japan, how — and with whom —will Japan stand up to it? Godzilla: Minus One is written, directed and VFX-scored by none other than Takashi Yamazaki (Returner, The Eternal Zero, The Great War Of Archimedes). The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando and Kuranosuke Sasaki.

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