GHOST RIDER And HELSTROM: Hulu Stacks Its Marvel Deck With Two Live-Action Programs For 2020
Marvel is keeping with its Hulu consumer base with two new live action series dramas set for next year with Marvel’s Ghost-Rider and Marvel’s Helstrom.
Marvel is keeping with its Hulu consumer base with two new live action series dramas set for next year with Marvel’s Ghost-Rider and Marvel’s Helstrom.
Following a short local tour promoting the first two seasons of their survival series drama, Northbound, Lullskull Ltd. and “A” Street Films, LLC. officially took to their Light It Up campaign on Kickstarter last week announcing crowdfunding to help fundraise for production on Season 3 with a four-episode finale also in tow for 2019/2020.
It was certainly a matter of time, but Cinemax is making it official as of Wednesday with news that Warrior has been renewed for a second season. Len Amato, president, HBO Films, Miniseries and CINEMAX Programming, made the announcement this week as episode four of the hit martial arts series remains pending for its Friday broadcast on Cinemax.
The panel over at Star Wars Celebration this weekend for upcoming series, The Mandalorian, were reluctant to reveal any footage in the live-stream beyond the indoor crowd (save for the ones who braved it with their phones and leaked it on YouTube). Nevertheless, Disney/Lucasfilm proudly revealed several first looks at some of the key characters in costume via social media which you can view below.
I didn’t even know this was legally available online to watch right now, but Cinemax proudly hosted the first episode of its hit martial arts drama, Warrior, on its Facebook page last week. Actor Andrew Koji (a recurring talent on our site) leads the intertwining drama set in the 1870s as Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from Foshan whose arrival, while a mystery to most in terms of his purpose, sees him linking up with the most powerful tong in all of Chinatown.
I know I’m not earning any particular points for this, but the mood is definitely about right this week just shy of 48 hours until Cinemax’s series premiere, Warrior. For those not yet familiar with one of starring actor Andrew Koji’s recent exploits, indie director Charlie Dennis’s kickstarter-backed action short, Deep Pan Fury, I humbly invite any and all to check it out above.
There’s no question about it. I’ve been covering independent action for a long time and the latest trailer for upcoming series Warigami, reads a LOT like Edward Kim’s concept I covered in The Hit List column back in 2015 from Shuriken Films.
Last year’s first season of YouTube Premium series, Cobra Kai, was an explosive success in re-energizing the fandom for the original coming-of-age saga that started it all, The Karate Kid trilogy.
If updates from last year were any hint, classic Tsuburaya property, Ultraman, has a bright future ahead of itself. The latest serial treatment from the minds of Kamiyama Kenji and Aramaki Shinji (Eden Of The East Appleseed and Ghost In The Shell franchises), are staking their next claim in its Netflix rollout which commences April 1 from Production I.G and Sola Digital, and the official trailer is out this week.
As it stands, the future couldn’t be brighter for the fate of martial arts cinema on television. With Into The Badlands making its exit from AMC in a few weeks, Cinemax is officially next in line with its own roster led by breakout actor Andrew Koji in the new series, Warrior, born and bread from the mind of the late Bruce Lee and re-birthed through the auspices of daughter Shannon Lee, and creators Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm and Jonathan Tropper’s Tropper Ink.
The otherwise heartbreaking announcement stemming from last weekend’s cancellation of AMC’s Into The Badlands still adds on hope for a steady and fitting conclusion. The official series finale trailer is online and gearing fans up with what looks to be a spectacular bookend culminating three seasons of harrowing adventure, supernatural mystery, political peril and exhilirating kung fu action.
By all accounts, 2019 may very well put debate to rest on how to hold a phone while viewing video…
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