He was all the craze at Fantastic Fest and ahead of its sold out screening at Beyond Fest this weekend and at Sitges. Now, folks outside the festival purview will get a taste of things to come with a teaser for Legendary’s latest revival out of Troma history, The Toxic Avenger.
It’s Friday morning and it’s as good as time as any to make note of a Tiger Shroff action flick if you’re up for it. Yes, the official teaser trailer is circulating for Ganapath: A Hero Is Born, a futuristic tale brimming with money shots of the airborne action star joined by a nunchaku-wielding Kriti Sanon and veteran star Amitabh Bachchan, with action scenes designed and coordinated by Tim Man and his team.
Shout! Studios will release action comedy Showdown At The Grand in select theaters and across all VOD platforms beginning November 3. The film stars Terrence Howard (Iron Man, Hustle & Flow), John Savage (The Last Full Measure, The Deer Hunter), and Piper Curda (Legacies, The Wretched), with Amanda Righetti (The Mentalist, Reagan) and Dolph Lundgren (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Expendables franchise).
Director Rainer Sarnet’s Estonian kung fu comedy, The Invisible Fight, is currently enjoying reactions out of Fantastic Fest this week following its previous main competition premiere at Locarno last month. The film is currently set to screen at the next edition of Sitges in October, as well as Latvia for the tenth Riga International Film Festival.
Making its way to the Asian Future section of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival is Tatsumi, a new revenge drama from writer/director Hiroshi Shoji. The film stars Yuya Endo (Onoda: 10,000 Nights In The Jungle) in the title role opposite actress Kokoro Morita (The Legend & Butterfly), and centers on a lonely Yakuza underling who ventures out to find his ex-girlfriend’s killer with the help of her vengeful younger sister.
Mill Creek Entertainment is proudly releasing the Ultraseven 55th Anniversary Anthology collector’s set on Blu-Ray beginning November 14. The set is comprised of over 27 hours of episodes and specials spanning across a total of 18 epic seasons, and a special 12-page booklet on the fan favorite Tsuburaya property.
CMC Pictures is taking the reigns with select releases in multiple territories for action adventure, Moscow Mission. Rejoiing screen leads Andy Lau and Zhang Hanyu since Feng Xiaogang’s A World Without Thieves and Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall, director Herman Yau’s latest is based on a true story set in 1993, and centers on a pair of Chinese detectives on a mission to hunt down ruthless robbers plaguing the trans-Siberian railway with violence and chaos.
Late author Doan Gioi’s 1957 novel is now the subject of a new iteration headed for the big screen with period drama, Song Of The South. The official trailer is live as of last week signaling the latest from director Nguyen Quang Dung whose credits partly include The Lady Assassin, 2015 action comedy Super X, and 2020 comedy drama Blood Moon Party.
The newest official trailer has arrived for Kubi, actor “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s final bow in the director’s chair which opens in Japan cinemas on November 23. Kubi is inspired by Kitano’s own novel and takes a satirical look into multi-angular lens exploring the last several years leading up to the deadly Honno-ji incident that presumably took the life of 16th century warlord, Oda Nobunaga.
Gautham Vasudev Menon is back, and between sequel duties as well seeing as he’s currently prepping one for last year’s Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Part 1: The Kindling.
Takashi Miike has a new film worth reminding ourselves over as we await his latest arrival over at Netflix in the animation arena with Onimusha. For this, we turn to a new minute-long trailer for Lumberjack The Monster which hit the web last week with actor Kazuya Kamenashi starring based on the hit manga by author Mayusuke Kurai.
Lionsgate is taking up arms with Blu-Ray and DVDs to send out to the masses on October 31 for Kevin Grevioux’s feature debut, King Of Killers. The film is based on Grevioux’s own graphic novel with a cast led by Alain Moussi and Frank Grillo, leading the story of an expert killer whose quest for vengeance thrusts him into the center of one man’s thirst for the thrill, having ordained himself as the “King Of Killers,” and coralling a room full of the world’s most elite assassins to challenge him for the crown and a $10 million dollar prize to boot.
Unbowed and National Security helmer Chung Ji-young returns to audiences this Winter with crime drama procedural, The Boys, from CJ Entertainment. Chung reunites with Unbowed scribe Chung Sang-hyup who penned the story based on real-life events that took place in 1999.
The newest official trailer is out this week for Lee Chung-hyun’s Netflix actioner, Ballerina. The film will have its premiere in the Korean Cimema Today section of the 28th edition of the Busan International Film Festival, beginning a day ahead of its October 6 premiere on the streamer.
Director Jesse V. Johnson continues his reign as a genre favorite with recent hits like The Beautiful Ones, Accident Man and Avengement in his rearview. One of his more recent completions now finds him dealing in the medieval arena with none other than Olga Kurylenko taking the mantle for Johnson’s Boudica, based on the real-life legend of the ancient warrioress.
Well Go USA Entertainment is taking the wheel for the latest rollout of director Kim Sung-sik’s new fantasy adventure, Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman. The film stars Gang Dong-won, Huh Joon-ho, Esom, Lee Dong-hwi, Kim Jong-soo and Park Soi, and opens exclusively in theaters October 6.
Sitges is the place to be if you’re keen on getting an early glimpse at Awareness, the newest Spanish language thriller from Xtremo and Tracers director Daniel Benmayor. The film has been picking up steam slowly but surely since announcing last year via Prime Video, followed by a teaser back in March.
Kim Chang-hoon’s feature debut will have its October 11 release through Plus M in South Korea for crime drama noir, Hopeless, following its premiere at Cannes. The film, also written by Kim, also has a new trailer which you can view below.
Currently available on digital from Well Go USA is Kensuke Sonomura’s hit action crime thriller, Bad City. The film will also make landfall on Blu-Ray and DVD beginning Tuesday, September 19, and we’re giving away two (2) copies to winners.
Deadman Inferno, Drop and Slapstick Brothers helmer Hiroshi Shinagawa’s latest return to the live-action manga format brings us his newest beat ’em up effort, Out, with a full trailer following a teaser back in April. Shinagawa adapted the screenplay based on the original Young Champion publication by mangaka duo Tatsuya Iguchi and Makoto Mizuta, and with Yuki Kura (Suicide Forest Village) leading the cast.
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