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HELL DOGS Take A Bite Out Of The Yakuza Underworld In The First Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

I haven’t seen Sekigahara or Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai yet, or any of director Masato Harada’s films safe for his screen appearances in The Last Samurai and Jet Li’s Fearless. To that end, it’s no easy thing to mull over how he’s been discussed in recent local Japanese media reports regarding his on-set demeanor, and for better understanding, you’re invited to catch up with actor Yuki Matsuzaki’s own tweet threads discussing it and forging your own opinions from there. It’s a bit brutal given all else that’s been reported. So to say the least, the better focus here lies on how fond I am of actor Junichi Okada who’s done nothing but deliver the goods in recent memory, with the addition of the aforementioned films and lately with Kan Eguchi’s lean and mean action comedy manga adaptations of The Fable which are currently on Netflix. Okada’s return to the screen now […]

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HIGH & LOW: THE WORST – X (CROSS) Unleashes Thirty Seconds Of Delinquent Mayhem In The First Teaser

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Three years after the events of High & Low‘s S.W.O.R.D. saga and Sigeaki Kubo’s High & Low: The Worst, the countdown officially begins with the first official teaser now running online for sequel crossover, High & Low: The Worst – X (Cross), from DTC Yukemuri Junjo hen From High & Low helmer, Norihisa Hiranuma. The teaser comes following last December’s announcement enlisting the return of leading man Kazuma Kawamura of pop band The Rampage for the action-packed follow-up centered on Oya High’s full-time baddest of the bad asses. The new chapter will also include major characters performed by fellow pop sensation cohorts, Yuta Nakamoto of South Korean boyband NCT 127, and Ryoki Miyama of Japanese pop music septet, Be:First. Rounding out the cast are Hokuto Yoshino, Ryuji Sato, Fuju Kamio, Kohei Fukuyama, Ryu, Takahide Suzuki, Satoshi Uekiya, Ken Nakajima and Goki Maeda will all rejoin their 2019 cast including Akihisa […]

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Aaron Toney’s ‘PROJECT H’ Project Gets An Official Title

Lee B. Golden III

There are lessons to be learned when you play the long game, and actor and stunt performer Aaron Toney (Falcon And The Winter Soldier, The Debt Collectors) exudes this in much of his work after nearly two decades in stunts and screenfighting for film and television. With an additional eye toward creating and filmmaking, we now get to taste just a little more of what’s to come with a new look at the official title, poster and logo for Toney’s long-awaited, crowdfunded endeavor, Throne: The Liforian Odyssey. Formerly titled “Project H”, there are no plot or story details are available other than some key voice narration from Toney in the teaser above, as well as what’s been released as of last year with a small logline that reads the following: The story of a king in a new frontier, trying to fight his way back into the hearts of his […]

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VIOLENCE ACTION: Kanna Hashimoto Toplines Toichiro Suto’s Live Action Adaptation This Summer!

Lee B. Golden III

I was actually looking up something entirely different other than what you see in the headline and thumbnail. And that’s basically what you get when you stumble your way down a rabbit hole of a particular subject matter… And so what did I get? Boom! A first look teaser featuring Kanna Hashimoto in Toichiro Ruto’s latest comedy, Violence Action. The film takes its cues from the webcomic of the same name by author duo Renji Asai and Shin Sawada, and is directed by Ruto who also penned the script with Itaru Era. Possible plot details aren’t fully available for those of us unwise to the deets of the manga, but the gist of it here is that Hashimoto plays Kei Kikuno, a student at a vocational school who works part time as a contract killer. Hashimoto is no stranger when it comes to plying her trade physically demanding roles, and […]

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Oxide Pang’s FLASHOVER Sets Ablaze With A New Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

Hong Kong-based Universe Films has quite the bundle for moviegoers braving theatrical releases this year as distributors continue to follow-up with long-delayed titles. Oxide Pang’s latest firefighter drama, Flashover, for one, now sets sail for a likely July 8 release this year according to the key art below, and at long last, we have a teaser to share which you can view above. A mild earthquake ignites a disastrous explosion in a chemical plant, which wipes out the entire industrial zone. A group of firefighters put their lives on the line to combat the blaze that is to devour the neighbourhood and demand sacrifices… Pang is already at the helm for another actioner which we’ll get to at another time. For now, he’s got leading man Du Jiang who is no stranger to the firefighter subgenre of resuce thrillers having previously starred in Tony Chan’s explosive hit, The Bravest. Also […]

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SELLBLOCK Revs Up With Gritty Pre-Production Teaser For New Filipino Crime Drama

Lee B. Golden III

The first pre-production teaser is online for Filipino TV prison drama, Sellblock, with news signaling actor Jericho Rosales to lead the cast. Sellblock is the first on an Asian genre slate of projects announced back in February to be jointly backed and produced by companies in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and United States. A fictional series which chronicles one of Asia’s biggest drug empires, operating from inside the Philippines’ largest maximum-security prison. Discover how the drug lords made it their Las Vegas of prisons. Also starring are Tirso Cruz III, Cherry Pie Picache, Ronnie Lazaro, Rosanna Roces, Mon Confiado and RK Bagatsing, with more casting announcements ahead. Sellblock hails from Manila-based ABS-CBN in association with BlackOps Studios Asia. (Variety, ScreenAnarchy)

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Jacky Heung Steals The Lens In A New Still Promo For Xu Haofeng’s Latest Collaborative Martial Arts Period Drama

Lee B. Golden III

Several stills have already begun making the rounds for Men Qian Baodi (a.k.a. A Treasure In Front Of The Door), the latest from filmmaker Xu Haofeng and co-director Xu Junfeng. Some of these can be seen with additional stills from the film as well as a bit of dialog from actor Jacky Heung who stars among the line-up, all well-knit in a photo promo which you can view above. Production wrapped in the first week of March with a cast that also lists Andy On, Bea Hayden, Shiyi Tang and Zhao Zheng. The film itself takes place in 1920 and centers on the aftermath of the death of a Tianjin martial arts museum curator, whose eldest disciple steps up and takes his pre-ordained place. When his controversial practices compel the community to summon the late curator’s son to claim what is his, a new rivalry for a new era in […]

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THE SMOKE MASTER Teaser: A Look At The New Indie Stoner Kung Fu Comedy Out Of Brazil

Lee B. Golden III

Freshman filmmaker Augusto Soares has teamed up on his first filmmaking venture with noted cinematographer André Sigwalt sharing the helm to bring us their newest independent outing, The Smoke Master, starring Daniel Rocha (The Fall, There’s Something About Mario) and Thiago Stechinni (Skull: The Mask). Penned by Soares and Sigwalt, the film focuses on a tri-generational vendetta by the Chinese mafia, one that now stares down on the fates of brothers Daniel (Stechinni) and Gabriel (Rocha). Upon Daniel’s 27th birthday, the two must journey to the far reaches of China in search of a kung fu master who can teach one of the brothers the ancient secrets of Tao Lu da Fumaça, a cannibis-based fighting style, in order to defend himself against their assassins on equal terms. Fusing kung fu cinema with stoner comedy tropes of the early 2000s, the film is partly billed as a humble nod to Jackie […]

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Get A Glimpse Of The Action In The First Explosive Teaser For SATRIA DEWA: GATOTKACA

Lee B. Golden III

Filmmaker Hanung Bramantyo is finally out and making headway having moved up with his latest and ambitious endeavor, Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca. The new superhero action adventure now due out in June has been years in the making with a proof of concept shelled out in 2019, and principal photography then following suit with a changing of hands. Billed to be the first in an eight-film line-up, Bramantyo directs the new action adventure from a script by Night Bus scribe Rahabi Mandra, based on a series of Indonesian comics from creator Rene Ishak, who also serves as exec producer with Celerina Judisari producing. Actor Rizky Nazar stars as our title hero for the inagural thriller which now has offered a first look teaser which you can view above, as well as a few posters at the bottom. A young Indonesian man named Yuda learns the shocking truth that he is the […]

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LAYERS OF LIES: Bloody Knuckles And High-Flying Action Laid Out In The First Official Teaser For Ramin Sohrab’s Debut

Lee B. Golden III

Screen Anarchy‘s Todd Brown unveiled on Tuesday the first official teaser for Layers Of Lies, the long-awaited milestone feature debut for Finnish-Iranian actor, martial artist and filmmaker Ramin Sohrab. Filming began early on in 2018 as Sohrab had already ramped up his profile a bit through a number of screen credits, in addition to spectacular demo reels and cuts of his shortfilms showcasing what he can do. With Layer Of Lies, he gets to do all of it and much more, starring as well as producing, and directing from a script he wrote with Chris Larsen (Dearest Sister, The Long Walk) who he added to the project later on as co-writer, according to the initial report. XYZ Films is repping the film for sales in North America while the film readies to screen this year at the 40th Fajr Film Festival in Tehran to inaugurate the film’s festival circulation. In […]

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YASUKE: DESCENDANTS Teaser Pits Centuries-Old Conflict In Present Day L.A.

Lee B. Golden III

Four years in the making since launching a crowdfunder, actor and director Calvert David Miles is finally down the home stretch with his latest inspired indie, Yasuke: Descendants. Miles took to social media teasing a March 2022 target release conciding with what we now have as a first look teaser for the modern-day samurai fantasy thriller inspired by the story of the first and only recorded samurai of African descent to serve Lord Nobunaga Oda in the 16th century. That story, casting Miles alongside leads Gichi Gamba and Danielle Larracuente, transcends from its period roots to present-day Los Angeles where an FBI agent’s innocent family is suddenly caught in the crosshairs of a heated, generations-old rivalry between crime figures Phoenix and Ryo – respective descendants of both the legendary Yasuke, and Akechi Mitsuhide, the general who betrayed and murdered the daimyo centuries ago – when a mystical family heirloom goes […]

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Shinsuke Sato’s KINGDOM Sequel Campaign Kicks Off 2022 With New Teaser Announcement And Artwork Goods!

Lee B. Golden III

We now have our first look at new teaser and poster art for the brand new Kingdom sequel from Toho, thanks to the film’s campaign announcing a Summer 2022 release. Filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (Bleach, Alice In Borderland) is back in the director’s chair with a mix of new and returning cast members headlining, including Kento Yamazaki, Kanna Hashimoto, Ryo Yoshizawa and Takao Ozawa all reprising their roles. Kingdom was released in 2019, based on Yasuhisa Hara’s 2006 Weekly Young Jump publication. The story for the inaugural epic is set against the backdrop of Qin – one of the seven major territories in 255 B.C. during the Warring States period – where a young war orphan named Shin (Yamazaki) bans together with a tribal drifter, and an exiled king with a keen likeness to Shin’s departed best friend, to help unify China by defeating the king’s evil younger half-brother who’s usurped […]

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WARRIORS OF FUTURE: Ng Yuen-Fai’s New Sci-Fi Thriller Revs Up A 2022 Hong Kong SAR China Release

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been about eight years since actor Louis Koo planted his producer flag at One Cool Film, having built a successful slate of active and developing projects. One such title includes VFX steward Ng Yuen-Fai’s long-awaited feature directing debut, Warriors Of Future, starring Koo and actor Sean Lau – both who’ve kept busy in the years since completing the film. Fast forward to today, and after surviving a changing industrial atmosphere in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the film’s campaign is on a roll as of last week, rolling out two Breaking News-style promos published online for Hong Kong SAR China readers – the latest of which you can view above. The film, according to HK01, is revving up a release on 200 theatrical screens in 2022, which will also include outdoor theaters. In the not-too-distant future, pollution and global warming have left Earth barren, a giant meteorite […]

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SHIN ULTRAMAN Attacks In A Brand New Teaser Ahead Of May 2022 Release

Lee B. Golden III

It’s taken all of this year for things to finally align for Tsuburaya Productions and Toho as the two companies worked to further mitigate the hampering conditions of the on-going pandemic. Invariably though, Shin Ultraman is finally coming as announced on Monday during the Tsuburaya Convention 2021 special program with two pairs of updated posters and teasers – one of the latter which you can view above showcasing our titular hero. Slated for a May 13, 2022 release from Toho, Shin Ultraman is directed by Shinji Higuchi, in reunion with Shin Godzilla cohort, screenwriter Hideaki Anno who is also producing the pic via his Studio Khara banner following the film’s announcement several years ago. The film stars Takumi Saito (Kiba: The Fangs Of Fiction, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku) as the human host for the Ultraman armor in this throwback incarnation to the original. Also starring are Masami Nagasawa, […]

SPECIAL DELIVERY Packages An Explosive Teaser Ahead Of January Release

Lee B. Golden III

South Korea’s answer to The Transporter may just be what awaits in Park Dae-min’s (Private Eye, Seondal: The Man Who Sells The River) third feature, Special Delivery. The official trailer launched several days ago signaling the latest move for Next Entertainment World as its first title for 2022, lining up a January 5 release. “I deliver everything that the post office service does not handle.” Eun-ha, who is a normal junkyard employee, secretly works as a delivery clerk that deals with unusual delivery requests. One day, Eun-ha heads to Seoul to pick up a client who is involved in a gambling crime that wants to flee overseas. However, Eun-ha meets the client’s young son at the pick-up point, instead of the client himself. Kyung-pil, a current police officer who is actually masterminding the whole gambling crime, chases after the missing child who has the security key to the bank account […]

BORIKEN: LAND OF THE BRAVE: Goons, Femme Fatales And Kung Fu In The Latest Teaser For Jose Manuel’s Action Comedy Short

Lee B. Golden III

My longstanding mission to help prop up actor José Manuel continues to this day, as it has since I first discovered his work for myself in 2015. His hustle remains an uphill climb, but there’s no doubt he’s made some strides along the way, delivering continuously solid and driven action and stunt work and acting to boot, all expressed and executed with the kind of exacting attentiveness to detail he’s grown to admire in bigger stars over the years like Jackie Chan. Surely enough, there are echoes of this in his latest labor of love, Boriken: Land Of The Brave, with a teaser currently running online. Combining inspirations from Indiana Jones and the physical hi-jinks and fast-paced action of the Armor Of God films, Manuel places the two firmly at the center of his concept, telling of an adventurer in search of a long lost item – one that could […]

HALO Teaser Reveals Master Chief For New Paramount+ Series Coming In 2022

HALO Teaser Reveals Master Chief For New Paramount+ Series Coming In 2022

Lee B. Golden III

I’m out of the loop on most things gaming, post-2000, so I’m dead in the water when it comes to any kind of Halo game play or trivia. The good news though is that if you’re subbed to Paramount+ and happen to be a fan, then you’ve come to the right place in case you’ve stumbled upon the first official teaser for the forthcoming live-action series dated for 2022. Monday’s presser notes the reveal occured during Xbox’s 20th anniversary celebration today (the teaser also leaked early on Facebook on Monday according to trade reports). Actor Pablo Schreiber (American Gods) leads the cast as as Master Chief, Spartan-117, the main for the show as inspired by the game franchise that launched 20 years ago. More on the series: In its adaptation for Paramount+, HALO will take place in the universe that first came to be in 2001 with the launch of […]

THE ROUNDUP: Don Lee Cleans House In The First Two Teasers For ‘The Outlaws’ Sequel

Lee B. Golden III

Fact is that even international film star Don Lee himself has alluded toward comedy roles as his preferred mode. There’s an interview out there from a few years back where he talks about this, and you can surely imagine the notion of just seeing him on screen and endulging in the overall charisma he brings to audiences in his performances. Safe to say, however, it’s all copasetic when it comes to watching him in action playing sincere and brooding tough guy roles, and he always brings a certain vitality to his performances which makes him one of the most watchable action stars anyone’s ever kept up with. That’s why he’s got a swelling fanbase, as well as an impending Marvel universe induction, and a potential Stallone collaboration… …Alas, it’s also why he’s got a sequel comimg soon since we learned earlier this year that he would be making his return […]

RRR Teaser Signals The Latest Post-Pandemic Janaury 2022 Epic From S.S. Rajamouli

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been well over three years since the wheels began turning for the production of director S.S. Rajamouli’s latest major film effort, RRR. The famed Baahubali helmer crafted the film with screenwriter K. V. Vijayendra Prasad for a cast led by actors N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan with plans initially to release the film last summer only to realize its forthwith battle with a lingering pandemic that infamously put the global film industry at a standstill. Thankfully though, production has stood the test of time and has since contended with the hurdles it needed to, with Lyca Productions stamping a January 7, 2022 release date to its current promotional campaign which now includes a fully-fledged and brief teaser trailer to sample some of Rajamouli’s epic 1920-set revolutionary tale. Also starring are Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody, and Ray Stevenson.

WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE Teaser Reveals More Undead Hell!

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Currently making the festival rounds is horror franchise continuation, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse from Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner. Arclight is repping the film internationally just as an official teaser has since begun making the rounds ahead of its Brisbane premiere this weekend. A sequel to the 2015 cult hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is post- apocalyptic zombie film that follows soldier Rhys on an arc of redemption as he turns against his evil bosses and joins forces with a group of rebel survivors to help rescue a girl who might hold the cure to the virus. A sci-fi, action, horror film packed with zombies. The film also has a bit of key art which you can view below courtesy of creator Jefferton James. Wyrmwood: Apocalypse stars Luke McKenzie, Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Jake Ryan, Tasia Zalar and Shantae Barnes Cowan.