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CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON: SWORD OF DESTINY Wields A Trailer Tease!

If you’re pining for more Donnie Yen action post-Ip Man 3D, you won’t have to wait very long. Director Yuen Woo-Ping’s latest directorial offering in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword Of Destiny, is on course for a theatrical and Netflix release in February and the first footage is now available in the form of a trailer teaser. Preceded by a tie-in novel next month from Weinstein Publishing, the film rejoins Yen with returning actress, martial arts star Michelle Yeoh from a script by John Fusco that centers on a band of warriors aimed at protecting the 400-year old blade, The Green Destiny. Other cast members include Harry Shum Jr., Jason Scott Lee, Roger Yuan, Eugenia Yuan and Veronica Ngo and we’ll soon learn a little more about how they all fit into the visual feats aimed at continuing the legacy awarded in director Ang Lee’s 2000 hit film. For […]

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Watch The Final Trailer For IP MAN 3

What with all the talk of marital arts action star Donnie Yen possibly retiring from films in the upcoming months after Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, there’s probably a lot riding on his latest film with director Wilson Yip, Ip Man 3. As it stands however, the franchise is already a major success with plenty of momentum, having established itself quite nicely with a meaty roster of Hong Kong film legends like Sammo Hung, Fung Hak-On and the late Darren Shahlavi. Here and now, we come full circle with a series of new challenges for our title character loosely based on the life of the legendary Wing Chun Grandmaster as he takes on the local triads, a corrupt businessman and his Thai hitman, and a fellow Wing Chun purveyor with a bone to pick against our protagonist. Yuen Woo-Ping styles the action for this explosive finale, and more than […]

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Danny Chan Does Bruce Lee Once More In New Viral IP MAN 3 Stills

If you have any doubts that any actor could revive a once-living cinematic legend on screen like the incomparable Bruce Lee, you’re probably right. Nonetheless and actor Philip Ng’s own prospects notwithstanding with respect to the current production of Bruce Lee biopic, Birth Of The Dragon, certainly bearing the late martial arts master’s image is a benefit for actor Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan who is reprising him as a younger version of the real-life star to be in Wilson Yip‘s latest, Ip Man 3. It’ll notably be the third time Chan has portrayed Bruce Lee’s persona in some capacity following the 2008 TV series, The Legend Of Bruce Lee and Stephen Chow’s 2004 sports comedy, Shaolin Soccer as a Game Of Death-inspired character. As the saying goes – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Check out Chan winning over the camera lens as the young and ambitious once and future […]

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It's A War Of Words And Wing Chun In The New Trailer For IP MAN 3

With the promise of a January 22 release of director Wilson Yip‘s Ip Man 3 in the U.S., folks in Hong Kong and China aren’t too far off with film getting its day a month earlier this Christmas. Alas, this week’s new trailer for the film comes just at the right time, and it may very well just be action star Donnie Yen‘s last foray in kung fu cinema, though time will tell if that changes. For now though, we’re taking it all in. The Ip Man trilogy from the Yip/Yen end of the spectrum has been nothing short of memorable for fans of the action star and its legendary co-stars past and present, even amidst criticisms of its lack of historical correctness in some capacity. Yuen Woo-Ping also joins in on the Wing Chun fun as the film’s action director and for what it’s worth, Ip Man 3 looks […]

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Everyone Fights Back In The New U.S. Trailer For IP MAN 3

And like sweet nectar, it’s the small things in life that mean so much. The latest trailer for Ip Man 3 lends but a smidget of the action and drama that ensues, but packs it all in a collage of shots host to Danny Chan as the legendary younger Bruce Lee, along with Max Zhang, Thai action actor Simon Kuke, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, and international action star Donnie Yen in the title role. Chalk this up as another on the wishlist, folks! It’s coming to North America on January 22, 2016 theatrically following its Christmas release in Asia. Wilson Yip directs with choreography by the one and only Master Yuen Woo Ping and his team. Watch the trailer below!

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IP MAN 3 Scores A Brand New Poster

Director Wilson Yip‘s third stint with action star and actor Donnie Yen in the upcoming biopictoral franchise drama, Ip Man 3, is less than a few months from its release in Asia. Pitting Yen against the likes of former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson and actor Max Zhang, it’ll be interesting to see how this threequel finishes things off and especially considering all the talk of retirement from kung movies Yen‘s teased in the past. Needless to say, though I take his rhetoric with a grain of salt in the face of an unforeseen career future that no less promises at least one role in a Star Wars spin-off movie, hopefully this latest bit of period gung-fu cinema lore will bode as something memorable. The promise of a suggestive glimpse at a younger version of Bruce Lee will also serve nicely to fans depending on how it’s handled as well, […]

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Mike Tyson Challenges Donnie Yen To A Fist Fight In The New IP MAN 3 Teaser

For all intents and purposes, a film franchise like Ip Man isn’t something to end lightly on. Keep this in mind while lead action star Donnie Yen has already since well-informed his fanbase that this might be his last gung-fu gig and thus promising his latest, Ip Man 3, will be his biggest and best yet. Yes, he’s trying to hype a movie and there’s nothing wrong there, although we can only hope that brewing expectations will be met accordingly, and five long years after such a stellar sequel pitting Yen opposite actor and action legends Sammo Hung and the now late Darren Shahlavi. Alas, the latter of December between Christmas and the new year is when we witness the forthcoming finale with Yen returning, along with Max Zhang and former heavyweight boxing champion-turned-actor Mike Tyson starring. Wilson Yip is back to direct the third as he did for the […]

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IP MAN 3 Punches In On A Christmas Release This Year!

Who says Christmas doesn’t come early? Minding the aforememtioned initial poster which actor and action star Donnie Yen shared earlier this year, Yen fans and sudden overnight practioners of Wing Chun can now revel in the comfort of a December 25, 2015 release of director Wilson Yip‘s Ip Man 3. A trailer is expected by the week of September 30 with a script by Edmond Wong and Yen returning one last time to portray the late great martial arts Grandmaster who spent a huge morsel of his life training the one and only Bruce Lee during his upbringing away from the U.S.. It’s rather sobering as well with Yen having been teasing an exit away from action movies for a while now even though he’s still knowingly attached to a few more, so I guess we’ll never know when that happens until it does. For now, after immortalizing the cinematic […]

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THE HIT LIST – July 13, 2015

It’s never a dull week when finding content online to share. Indeed, a new batch of stunt reels with an extra dash of tricking are now online, followed by new trailers as well as a couple of stellar action gems which keep things nothing short of exemplary…thus why the Hit List exists. Let’s get to it! First up are two playlists with the first showcasing this week’s stunt packed demo reels from Lukaz Leong, Greg Rementer, Adam Chase, Benjamin Hoffman, Dan Dargan Carter, Dom Kegel and stuntwoman Elisabeth P. Carpenter. The playlist beneath features a small batch of tricking samplers led by the gang over at Martial Club, Micah Karns, Matt Emig, John Franks, Lee Hye-Ji, a video highlight reel from a preliminary round at a Red Bull jam in South Korea late June, and a fun little demo reel featuring Jimmy James Pham. Moving forward, there is a TON […]

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Will Donnie Yen Join STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII?

There’s been no shortage within martial arts action superstar Donnie Yen‘s international fanbase for him to appear in major roles following his smaller stints in films like Highlander: Endgame, Blade 2 and Shanghai Knights opposite fellow genre mainstay Jackie Chan. Recent mentions in the last several years have even thrown his name in the mix for Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables franchise until the opposite was confirmed, leaving fans curious about his later prospects. So, of course we’ll be learning more about his forthcoming Hollywood lead debut in Noodle Man, for starters. Meanwhile, it appears that Disney’s latest rebranding of the Star Wars franchise for its future film prospects have shared in the fervor of several popular names in Asian cinema rumored to be joining the fray in some capacity. Those reports have kept quiet as a lot of these updates come at the behest of knee-jerk fandom, random leaks and tabloid […]

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KUNG FU KILLER Lands DVD/BD And Digital Release Dates!

I initally had to pass up reviewing action star Donnie Yen‘s most recent bit of Well Go USA martial arts fanfare, Teddy Chen‘s Kung Fu Killer, when I went to see it at AMC Empire 25 back in April. I ended up catching a late showing and by the time the movie was over, I was dead tired and couldn’t put together any words for a review – as much as I try to be a night person, I fail miserably. Nonetheless, I’m pretty sure most of you have heard the buzz and read the reviews by now. Or if you were lucky, you may have even seen the film. Trust when you read my writing here saying that the fandom behind this movie since last Fall has been well worth it, as a cinematic rumble of martial arts madness by way of an Alex Cross murder mystery that doesn’t […]

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Mike Tyson Officially Joins Donnie Yen For IP MAN 3D

Following an epic press conference in Shanghai several days ago, the official word and details involving former heavy weight boxing champion-cum-actor Mike Tyson‘s involvement in the current production of the forthcoming threequel, Ip Man 3D starring returning action hero Donnie Yen. Tyson‘s involvement was initially reported back in March as principal photography began with word on the plot’s focus toward titular martial arts Grandmaster’s relationship with then young martial arts purveyor, Bruce Lee. Details are still pending with regard to the latter as the production ended up at the business end of legal action from rights holders pertaining to the use of Lee’s image and persona to help construct a lifelike hybrid iteration of Lee. For now though, Yen and Tyson are the news this week, and time will tell how all these factors will play out before before the film’s planned release. It certainly helps the former boxer in […]

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My Two Cents: SPECIAL ID (2013)

Director Teddy Chen’s Kung Fu Killer is getting a limited theatrical and digital release here in the U.S. starting this Friday. In light of this, I decided to rent action star Donnie Yen‘s 2013 cop thriller, Special ID, one in a thematic trilogy of stylish MMA-formated Hong Kong action movies following the hits he’s had with director Wilson Yip on S.P.L. in 2005, and Flash Point several years later. Yen‘s role is one that transcends between actors on all three films in line with the familiar plot centric on an undercover cop in danger of being found out by the very criminal outfit he is investigating with every minute he gets closer to ending it. Here, Yen‘s iteration of said character, Chen Zilong, has been under for so long that even his own standing among his police force is dwindling whilst he adheres to his status as ‘big brother’ in […]

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Iron Dragon TV And Well Go USA Are Screening BLADE OF KINGS Next Week!

At some point between the years on both ends of the new millenium, the Hong Kong action genre remained in its prominence with films led by young pop stars. One such title included the modern zany vampire action flick, The Twins Effect, themed around the popularity of Hong Kong singing duo Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung as they were leaving their mark on the big screen as actresses in a few action comedies of their own. Quirky dialogue and stylish action with some vampiric lore featuring a particularly young cast are the formula here, and it surprisingly led to a sequel a year later which had absolutely nothing to do with it. That one was simply titled The Twins Effect 2 for its release with several of our young actors returning, including our lead actresses, with action legend Corey Yuen and Patrick Leung sharing the directors’ hat. These films weren’t […]

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[UPDATED] Yen's NOODLE MAN To Commence Filming This Summer

I blundered my earlier report on Wednesday pertaining to the news regarding one of action star Donnie Yen‘s most recent films announced, Noodle Man. The film was mentioned last year as the long-awaited Hollywood debut for the soon-to-be 52 year old martial arts superstar following an electric 31-year career in film spanning from Hong Kong cinema to action films in other markets, with just a few appearances in Hollywood to boot, and there is some actual news to share, still. The film will reportedly begin principal photography this summer with Daming Chen helming and Michael Shamberg producing. The film will center on Yen in the role of a down-and-out ex-cop-turned-noodle shop owner who crosses paths with the Chinese drug lord responsible for his partner’s death fifteen years earlier. Casting rumors are rampant with the IMDb page listing actress Michelle Yeoh with previous mentions of actors Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino […]

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IP MAN 3D Production In Trouble With Bruce Lee's Estate

Production is only in its ninth day for director Wilson Yip’s fifth outing with actor and action star Donnie Yen with the new film, Ip Man 3D after years of sitting in development limbo. The news was joyful, to say the least, as filming commenced well over a week ago with Pegasus Motion Pictures announcing plans to star former world heavyweight champion boxer-cum-actor Mike Tyson with Yen in addition to a CG-enhanced young rendition of martial icon, Bruce Lee, as reportedly approved by his brother, Robert Lee. Well, it turns out we’ve hit our first snag, and it can’t be good either. THR has news that Bruce Lee Enterprises is reportedly trying to stop what it claims is the completely unauthorized use of the late Jeet Kune Do founder’s face and voice. BLE, of which daughter Shannon Lee is the CEO, has stated it has “undisputed ownership of all intellectual […]

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IP MAN 3D To Be Donnie Yen's Last Action Film

There’s no question that international action star Donnie Yen has had a massive and memorable career following his vast cultural upbringing in the states and abroad. His earlier career with Yuen Wo Ping before growing his own team which would see a diverse enlistment of names like Michael Woods, John Salvitti, Yuji Shimomura and Kenji Tanigaki have contributed greatly to his status as a Hong Kong superstar in film while wearing several hats from star to produer and director, and even crossing over between Asia, Europe, and for a time or two, Hollywood. Needless to say, it’s been a hell of a ride for Yen who has since moved onto starting his own production banner, Super Hero Films back in 2013 with the looming possibility that he would retire his footing in front of the camera one day. He’s made conversation of it on multiple occasions, and such a topic […]

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Donnie Yen Actioner KUNG FU KILLER Gets A Killer New U.S. Trailer

Being a Donnie Yen fan in 2015 comes with some perks, especially with distributors taking notice, and Well Go USA’s forthcoming U.S. release of Yen‘s 2014 martial arts crime hit, Kung Fu Killer is no exception. The film is one of the most highly measured titles to date from dear director Teddy Chen as of late with Yen making the most of his booming career in the expanding world of Asian film lore from Hong Kong and abroad for today’s generation. In lieu of this, fans ever-eager to enjoy what audiences in Hong Kong and China get dibs at first will proudly do so when Well Go USA finally releases Kung Fu Killer in select theaters on April 24. SYNOPSIS: A vicious serial killer is targeting top martial arts masters, and convicted criminal and kung-fu master Hahou (Donnie Yen) is the only one with the skills to stop him. Released […]

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IP MAN 3D Commences Filming, Casts Mike Tyson And A CGI Bruce Lee

It was only a few years ago as action star Donnie Yen was promting the 2013 cop thriller, Special ID, while pitching the idea of possibly casting former boxer Mike Tyson in a hopeful sequel at the time. You least expected that sort of thing would happen even as Tyson himself was bolstering his own acting career in TV and film, namely with Todd Phillips in the first two Hangover movies, and an appearance in Jean-Marc Mineo’s Gates Of The Sun to name a few. Alas, consider yourself surprised (or not) at the notion that Yen would finally be getting his wish featuring the former world heavyweight champion in the forthcoming production of Ip Man 3D, according to THR. Filming has begun today in Shanghai with Pegasus Motion Pictures and producer Raymond Wong behind the new film which will see Tyson in the role of a property developer as well […]

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Pegasus And Yen's Super Hero Films Board IP MAN 3D, WESLEY And THE SEVEN WEAPONS

Donnie Yen in “Kung Fu Jungle” (2014) Here’s at least one fact that I think a handful of us can agree on: Most of 2014 has been fairly critical of action star Donnie Yen leading up to the much more favored recent release of his newest endeavor, Kung Fu Jungle. Keep that in mind as we enter a new year that will see several of Yen’s upcoming projects unfold following the launch of his Super Hero Films banner a little less than a few years ago, including the long-awaited production of Ip Man 3D with legendary action masters Sammo Hung and Yuen Woo-Ping designing the fights, among other titles. That said, word has it from Jaynestars with news of producer Raymond Chow’s announcement of at least two more films to be produced in collaboration between his own company, Pegasus Entertainment, and Yen’s banner. One such title will be an adaptation […]

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