News Briefs: James Hong In GIMME MY MONEY; Shudder, RLJE Films On DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS; ‘Top Gun 2’ Actor In HITMAN; THUG From ‘Cold Pursuit’ Duo
• Hot on the heels of scoring his long-awaited star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, celebrated character actor James Hong’s newest film, kung fu comedy Gimme My Money, will be shopping at Cannes for Taiwan/L.A.-based Organic Media Group. Hong is joined by Marci Miller and Raymond J. Barry, with a script by director Bill Vigil “about a tough, mysterious woman who calls on the mob to collect and makes sure that this time, crime is going to pay.” (Variety) • AMC’s Shudder and RLJE Films are partnering on Destroy All Neighbors. Directed by Josh Forbes and starring Jonah Ray Rodrigues (Mystery Science Theater 3000) and Alex Winter (Bill and Ted franchise), 2023-dated film is written by Mike Benner, Jared Logan, and Charles Pieper, and centers on a struggling prog-rock musician William Brown (Rodrigues) who finds himself in a living nightmare when he accidentally kills Vlad (Winter), the neighbor from […]