Well, the new year has begun and I’ve all but remained vigilant of any and all legitimate news regarding director Joe Carnahan’s development on The Raid given how much of my own time I’ve invested in covering this film – from pestering XYZ Films’ Todd Brown for info to covering as much ground on Indonesian films within the genre as possible.
Much to stunt professional and prolific showrunner Ben Bray’s credit, the premiere of his feature debut at last year’s exiting installment of the Los Angeles Film Festival for El Chicano would be one for the history books.
Our list continues once again as we round out the next five in our daily raft of five titles totaling 100 movies to keep an eye out for in 2019!
Stunt professional and filmmaker Ben Bray’s feature debut, El Chicano, is moving back from its initial planned November release now with a date set instead for March 22, 2019. The new release date comes on the heels of Thursday’s Deadline exclusive reporting the film’s North American distribution rights acquisition by Open Road’s distribution upstart, Briarcliff Entertainment (Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9).
WarParty Productions is ramping up the campaign for upcoming vigilante action drama, El Chicano. The film will have a November release this year following its inaugural premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 22, 2018.
Next month’s LA Film Festival is just the place for local cinephiles to be to Ben Bray’s directorial debut, El Chicano. Set forth on the streets of East Los Angeles, actor Raul Castillo takes center stage of the narrative with the promise of a haunting crime saga driven by vigilante fervor from a script by Bray and longtime cohort Joe Carnahan whose WarParty banner produced the new film.
I definitely wanted to hit the snooze button a bit this weekend, but I eventually found myself busy reviewing stuff and even catching up on Netflix’s latest Shaw Bros. additions (and frankly I couldn’t be happier)…
I normally try to spot some of these in full on YouTube but it’s a bit early in the game for this particular find. You can especially thank writing duo, producer Joe Carnahan and stunt multi-hyphenate Ben Bray for lending perhaps the closest we’ll see to footage in an unveiled proof-of-concept for Bray’s forthcoming directorial debut, El Chicano.
Things are brewing slowly for stuntman and coordinator Ben Bray whose feature directing debut, El Chicano, is currently on par for an in-competition premiere in the La Muse section of the L.A. Film Festival next month. The social media campaign has already begun and thus, a new still of what looks to be the enigmatic title character can be seen in a new post which you can view below.
The film marks a third entry for WarParty’s growing resume as it advances Carnahan’s filmic reset of 2011 Indonesian crime thriller, The Raid with XYZ Films, and readies the October release of Jeremy Rush’s new Netflix thriller, Wheelman starring actor Frank Grillo who launched WarParty with Carnahan more than a year ago. Both will be part of a three-to-five film production raft for WarParty to produce including some with franchise potential.
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