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KUNG FU JUNGLE Gets A Third Trailer!

If the goal was to keep the anticipation going for actor Donnie Yen‘s upcoming martial arts thriller, Kung Fu Jungle, then needless to say, the team over at Emperor Motion Pictures is faring pretty well in that department…almost to the point where it’s annoying as all heck. Kinda makes you wish you were a Londoner yourself, eh? Yes, I feel your pain, which is more than I can say for the lucky attendees at the 58th Annual BFI London Film Festival kicking off this weekend, and open to a flurry of some pretty cool titles and star-studded appearances, including Yen and co-star Michelle Bai. Well, on the eve of the impending weekend and three months in since July’s teaser and subsequent full trailer and scattered featurettes, we now have a third minute-long trailer that promises what so many Yen-fans have been hoping for. Kung Fu Jungle is written and directed […]

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What's This? ANOTHER New KUNG FU JUNGLE Featurette? Yes, Please!

Lee B. Golden III

For filmgoers and festival attendees in the U.K., it’s certainly a matter of mere days before the premiere of writer and director Teddy Chen‘s new martial arts action thriller, Kung Fu Jungle, while fans in Hong Kong and China anxiously await its release at home. Of course, official critiques of the film may come as early as next week, although the film is already serving up a dish of hard-hitting expectations with great trailers, crisp photos and behind-the-scenes glimpses of Chen and leading man of action, actor Donnie Yen on set. There are currently three featurettes that many of us may know of which have gone viral in the month since the film’s promotional campaign began picking up steam. However, that isn’t stopping the movement anytime soon, especially since we now have ANOTHER new featurette for the upcoming movie just days before its unveiling at the 58th Annual BFI London […]

Go Behind The Scenes In Another New KUNG FU JUNGLE Featurette!

Lee B. Golden III

With the forthcoming release still pending for writer/director Teddy Chen‘s intense new action thriller Kung Fu Jungle, pics, trailers and featurettes are all we have to go on right now until audiences worldwide get to see the film. As such, another new featurette has since gone viral in anticipation for the new film this week, ahead of its upcoming premiere this Sunday at 6:30pm at the Empire Leicester Square Cinema for the 58th Annual BFI London Film Festival. Hahou (Donnie Yen) is a former martial arts instructor, imprisoned after accidentally slaying an opponent. When vicious killer Fung (Wang Baoqiang) starts targeting the reigning kung fu masters, Hahou offers to help the police catch him in return for his freedom. Despite her misgivings, the police inspector (Charlie Young) arranges his release, but when Hahou disappears she suspects him of conspiring with the killer. The shrewd Hahou has deduced the killer’s objective […]

KUNG FU JUNGLE Gets New Pics And Posters!

Lee B. Golden III

Ahead of its forthcoming premiere at the 58th annual BFI London Film Festival, Emperor Motion Pictures is maintaining its momentum with the latest unveiling of official promotional pictures for director Teddy Chen‘s newest thriller, Kung Fu Jungle. Their efforts come just off the heels of a fresh new trailer that went viral last week for the new film starring action star Donnie Yen among a line-up of cinematic heavy-hitters, including Fan Siu-Wong and Shi Yanneng (Ip Man) to name a few. They are joined by Yen’s Iceman co-star Wang Baoqiang in a story setting up the ultimate kung fu battle between an a convicted killer looking for redemption, and a serial killer targeting the city’s martial arts masters. The teaser and trailer so far hint a film jam-packed with mystery and psychological suspense, hybridized with blistering kung fu action. With any luck, the film will deliver ten-fold what these trailers […]

Psychological Kung Fu Warfare In The New Trailer For KUNG FU JUNGLE!

Lee B. Golden III

Action star Donnie Yen is poised to take the stage in a star-studded appearance at the 58th annual BFI London Film Festival soon with his latest martial arts thriller, Kung Fu Jungle. In lieu of this, a brand new trailer has gone viral for the film’s forthcoming release in China, showing just a little more visionary depth in a few of the stylish sequences that will be presented. It’s an eye-catcher, really, and if the film proves to up the ante from some of his recent work, then all the better. SYNOPSIS: A vicious killer (Wang Baoqiang) is going round Hong Kong killing top martial arts exponents. When convicted killer and kung fu expert, Xia (Donnie Yen) hears of this, he offers to help the police catch the killer, in return for his freedom. However, the canny and lethal killer eludes them again and again. Although the latter has made […]

KUNG FU JUNGLE To Premiere At The London Film Festival Next Month

Lee B. Golden III

Martial arts action star Donnie Yen has been drawing online crowds in anticipation of his next film, Kung Fu Jungle, which opens in Hong Kong and China the weekend of October 30. With new set pics now online accompanying the teaser and recent trailer, fans are ever hopeful that this next psychological pound-for-pound Fall thriller, directed by Teddy Chen will meet expectations. As such, courtesy of international sales agent, Emperor Motion Pictures, the film now is getting an early gig at the 58th annual BFI London Film Festival as a last minute announcement with Yen and actress Michelle Bai also in attendance. The film, which Chen also co-wrote, centers on Yen and actor Wang Baoqiang, in the story of a convicted killer released from jail on the condition of aiding the police in profiling and catching a cold-blooded methodical killer using his deadly martial arts to murder top masters. More […]