The Eternals and Train To Busan actor Don Lee confirmed the development of Non Stop, a new action film whose existence went viral with the release of a concept poster late last year. The following quote comes via Variety’s Patrick Frater who interviewed Lee as his latest film, The Roundup: Punishment, is set to screen at the Berlinale.
“I still have a project left for Marvel. Also ‘The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil,’ which I’m remaking with Sylvester Stallone. And then I’m getting ready for something called ‘Non Stop,’ which is an actual franchise where Asian martial art actors [‘The Raid’ star] Iko Uwais, [‘Ong Bak’ star Tony Jaa] and Jet Li – get together in one movie,” says Lee.
The poster began making the rounds on Instagram and in news sites overseas in the Southeast. Actor Lee shared it on his Instagram page in December while Jaa later shared it on his page last month.
Story and plot details on the project remain unknown, as do cast and crew info.
The report also confirms Lee is in active development with a number of projects. Included, but not limited to, are the next four installments of his hit successful crime saga following 2017’s The Outlaws, as well as possible television ventures in the detective genre to include stories set in Berlin, and a feature adaptation of author Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s NY Times bestseller, “Hell Divers” as reported by the trades last summer.
Jaa and Uwais most recently appeared together in the action ensemble, Expend4bles from Lionsgate, as well as in 2019’s Jesse Johnson’s Triple Threat alongside Tiger Chen. Venerable action star and fellow Expendables franchise cohort Li retired from the physical rigmarole of action stardom following his hyperthyroidism diagnosis in 2010, barring smaller, less physically demanding roles on the feature film front, as seen in 2020’s Mulan and 2016’s League Of Gods.
The Roundup: Punishment marks Lee’s latest pairing with stunt multi-hyphenate-turned-filmmaker Heo Myeong-haeng following the Netflix release, Badland Hunters. The movie succeeds Lee’s third entry, The Roundup: No Way Out from director Lee Sang-yong, which released in the U.S. on Digital next month, and 4K UHD/Blu-Ray in April via MPI Media Group.
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