Matt Damon Goes To Fight Club In The First Set Photo Of BOURNE 5
First day of principal photography complete and happy to report, BOURNE is back! #Bourne2016 pic.twitter.com/ncIILnGKWr— Frank Marshall (@LeDoctor) September 8, 2015
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A Chance For Happiness Runs Thin In The New Martial Arts Drama, BLOODY DESTINY. Watch The Teaser And Trailer!
Tournament martial arts dramas always lend a good bit of lip service to the genre for fans. Keep this in mind with less than a month before director Zang Xichuan‘s latest mainland feature, Bloody Destiny, provides another step forward for the locals and the niche abroad.
Gu Shang Wei leads the cast in a story of a former underground fighter whose past comes back to haunt him and the life he wants with his newfound love interest. There aren’t any English plot details as of this write-up, but there is a teaser and trailer that should offer something much more convenient to appease the curiousity.
Also starring are Haitao Du and Yun-su Choi, Feng Xinyao, Feng Gang and longstanding thesp Ka-Yan Leung as the villan. Check out both videos below as well as a batch of posters and still.
H/T: Filmsmash
Lundgren/Adkins Actioner 4 TOWERS Adds Caitlin Dechelle
It was only a matter of time before further updates would continue trickling for the forthcoming production of the new action thriller, 4 Towers following an initial report last month. Filming is soon set to begin in Italy, marking Puncture Wounds co-helmer James Coyne‘s solo directorial debut, with a script co-written by Coyne and Alessandro Riccardi which centers on Italy’s tactical SWAT team and interpol units as they infiltrate an 11th century castle where a Serbian ex-soldier has taken a corporate dinner company hostage in an attempt to capture Mussolini’s cursed gold and treasure.
The film reunites Expendables 2, Legendary and Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning co-stars, action legends Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins headling most of the action, and this week, the official word from the director himself promises the addition of a woman’s touch, in the form of actress, stuntwoman and XMA purveyor Caitlin Dechelle (CZ12, Teen Wolf, Fast And Furious 7). Coyne confirmed the details of her role with Film Combat Syndicate. “I can tell you that she’ll be playing a cop who is part of an international undercover unit that works with Interpol and UK’s special branch.” says Coyne. “She’ll be involved in plenty of the action. We’re really excited to have a martial artist of her caliber in the film and we’re reconfiguring some things now to see more of her ability at work.”
Dechelle has spent since the ages of eight and thirteen making her mark in the world of martial arts, winning up to 85 international world titles while pursuing a fruitful career in acting. She has also done some impressive work within the online action community, most recently for indie action auteur Vlad Rimburg’s online hit tribute to The Raid 2, titled Hammergirl.
There’s no official word yet on who is delivering the action for 4 Towers, although the production is boasting some pretty thrilling stuntwork with integral knife fighting and choreography to boot.
Actress Andrea Tidona rounds out the current cast with actor Gianni Capaldi who is also producing with Riccardi and Gianluca Varriale. Production is expected to commense on November 7 for a likely 2015 release. Stay tuned for more info!
Dolph Lundgren To Star In WAR PIGS And 4 TOWERS
With Skin Trade currently in post production, cinematic blockbuster action hero Dolph Lundgren‘s time is now being spent with Saints And Soldiers trilogy helmer Ryan Little for the forthcoming production of War Pigs, a World War II action adventure epic about a disgraced U.S. Army captain assigned to train a rag tag team of soldiers to infiltrate the Nazi regime and destroy their secret “wonder weapon”. Screenwriters Andrew Knightlinger and producer Steven Luke are providing the script with a meaty cast of action muscle with fellow Expendables alum Mickey Rourke along with MMA pro Chuck Liddell and actor Luke Goss.
The film reportedly has funding, but recently tried to raise a little extra on Kickstarter to pay for extras and other vehicle props before crowdfunding was cancelled sometime thereafter. I suppose this means they have the funds now, although I’m not sure. Whatever the case may be, Lundgren fans clammoring for more of the usual action fanfare have something to look forward to when War Pigs finally comes out.
On the other hand, things get even better with word that Lundgren will be joining another Expendables franchise alum and Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning co-star, action star Scott Adkins for their new flick, 4 Towers, with actor Gianni Capaldi rumored to be joining the two along with actress Kelly Overton. The writers and director are unknown at this point but the plot is said to center around Italy’s tactical SWAT team and interpol units as they infiltrate an 11th century castle where a Serbian ex-soldier has taken a corporate dinner company hostage in an attempt to capture Mussolini’s cursed gold and treasure. Promising another chock-full of action and spectacle with thrilling knife fights to boot, 4 Towers sounds like a good way to keep things running on the action front, especially if you’ve been hoping for another Adkins actioner following his departure from director Stephen Fung’s Kickboxer remake.
Adkins is on the way with his next collaboration with director Isaac Florentine in Close Range, and is also up to appear opposite action star and debut director Wu Jing in Wolf Warrior this December in China. Next year he’ll be seen with actor Sacha Baron Cohen in the upcoming comedy, Grimsby, and director Ariel Vroman’s Criminal with Kevin Costner and Ryan Renyolds.
Lundgren will join fellow action hero Tony Jaa in Skin Trade sometime next year, with dates also to be announced for Goss‘s appearances in director Christian Sesma’s AWOL 72 with RZA, and The Nightcrew with Paul Sloan and Bokeem Woodbine.
Stay tuned for more info!
H/T: The Action Elite