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Iko Uwais To Direct Fight Action For THE NIGHT COMES FOR US

Hours after Killers co-writer and director Timo Tjahjanto delivered the brand new sales poster for his next directorial effort, The Night Comes For Us, Twitchfilm founder and writer, and XYZ Films executive producing partner, Todd Brown brought exclusive updates for the film, regarding credits and a new synopsis. The film made plenty of headlines within the last few years as the script was being developed with PT Merantau’s own, The Raid and The Raid 2: Berandal helmer Gareth Huw Evans reported to direct. Further reports indicated he would be serving as action director and producer. Sunday’s report from Brown, whose company is producing The Night Comes For Us with PT Merantau, confirms that international action star Iko Uwais will be directing the action sequences tailor made for lead actor Joe Taslim to showcase a hybrid blend of MMA, Silat, and Judo, the latter of which Taslim shares the accolades of […]

Gareth Evans Teases The World With A Bloody New Screenshot Of 'Hammer Girl' Julie Estelle From THE RAID 2: BERANDAL

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Director Gareth Evans took to Twitter over the weekend to release the latest still of actress Julie Estelle who plays the claw-hammer wielding “Hammer Girl” in the tentatively-titled film, The Raid 2: Berandal. The still shot comes from a roughly edited action preview Evans brought to the 14th annual Film4 Frightfest a few days ago where a variety of horror films were showcased to festival goers in the UK as of August 22, 2013. The festival runs through Monday, August 26. Previous character stills of the actress were released during production, with the first still introduced in April, with a second one released in late-May. Twitchfilm contributor Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg posted an article on what happened while visiting Film4 Frightfest, illustrating the moment Evans stepped out to introduce the clip, and also detailing the style actress Estelle uses to perform her character in the film, and a bit more on […]

New Photos From MAN OF TAI CHI

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Today there are new reports out featuring the first promotional photos for the upcoming directorial debut of Keanu Reeves‘s latest martial arts action film, Man Of Tai Chi, courtesy of Chinese online periodical, QQ. The film, based on a screenplay by Michael G. Cooney, is a co-production from China Film Group, Wanda Group and Village Roadshow Pictures will also feature Reeves opposite lead actor Tiger Hu Chen in his first starring role. Yuen Woo-Ping is the film’s action director, along with Chad Stahelski and Jon Valera designing and coordinating the fights. The film will also star Karen Mok along with Iko Uwais, Jeremy Marinas, Steven Dasz and Brahim Achabbakhe and Ocean Hou. Lemore Syvan and Daxing Zhang are producers. Johnny Lee and Sharon Miller are serving as line producers. Reeves, Chen and Yuen share the historic success of working together on the highly acclaimed science fiction martial arts fantasy action […]