LEVEL 3: Mike Le Needs Your Help To Level Up His Latest Indie Production
Independent filmmaker Mike Le needs your help to level up his new indie martial arts action thriller, LEVEL 3!
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RISE OF SMITH Trailer: Help 3Run Jack Into Agent Smith’s Origin Tale For The New Sci-Fi Action Short
In case you’re still frothing at the mouth with questions about the mysteries of The Matrix, select creatives over at prolific parkour, film and stunt performance unit 3run are aiming to fill those curiosities. More specifically, fans keen on a story told from the perspective of Hugo Weaving’s mesmerising performance as Agent Smith in Warner Bros.’ blockbuster film trilogy will be greatly obliged as actor, action director Adam Brashaw, and Chase and Cane Armitage hope to achieve in Rise Of Smith. Rise of Smith is a prequel Matrix story that has been years in the making. Brought to you by industry stunt professionals, ‘The Rise of Smith’ is a fast paced high octane sci-fi action thriller. Set before the events of the original trilogy it follows the story of Agent Smith and his mysterious back story and how he became the head of the computer programmes known only as ‘Agents’. […]
FALLEN BLADE: Help Crowdfund James Couche’s New Arthouse-Style Assassin Indie Thriller
Setting out to cover independent action cinema eventually brought me in the throes of then film duo, Dylan Hintz and James Couche. That was about three or four years ago and both have since gone their individual ways with Hintz currently traveling whilst overseeing his own stunt and training facility in Washington, D.C.. The latter, following his service in our military, still continues to make his own projects with well over a decade into the craft of keeping authentic, genuine action cinema alive. This time however, things are a lot more different with Couche now looking to pivot from his usual short-duration projects to developing and actually shooting a feature length film now in the form of arthouse-style assassin thriller, Fallen Blade. Fallen Blade is an art-house action anthology with an innovative approach to storytelling and blistering action sequences. It’s a traditional assassin revenge tale shown through the eyes of […]
Help Killerwolf Films And Leo Fong Meet The CHALLENGE OF THE FIVE GAUNTLETS At Indiegogo
Filmmaker and actor Len Kabasinski (Ninja: Prophecy Of Death, Angel Of Reckoning) is crowdfunding a first in his independent stride at Killerwolf Films. Challenge Of The Five Gauntlets is planning a late July/early August shoot with newly-added co-star, actor martial artist and legendary action thesp, Leo Fong. The action adventure centers on a family that has exhausted all known avenues to save their gravely ill young child. Their last ditch hopes now rest in the hands of Kane, a relic hunter and gifted pugilist who must battle his way through a spate of warrior gatekeepers to abstain the clues necessary to find the mystical healing artifact known as “Buddha’s Tooth”. The film marks Kabasinski’s own debut into the martial arts genre sans the usual low budget horror, action and creature lore seen in his work. Fong’s own film history is far from mainstream but nonetheless shares DNA with the legendary […]
MARTIAL ARTS AND MOVIE MUSINGS: Author Ramona Lee Soo-Jun Talks Adapting Her 2017 Novel KUNG FU BODYGUARD
Ramona Lee Soo-Jun It takes a lot to make a film, especially one embodied in martial arts. It also takes an enduring creative stride that supercedes limitations (or as many as possible), a fact known by virtually every artist there is. Ramona Lee Soo-Jun bears foremost knowledge of this fact since bearing witness to the legendary feats of some of the most celebrated martial arts film heroes in the last four decades. With this, her mother would soon be the compass she needed to find a way forward. “When I was four years old, I asked my mom how I could one day be as awesome as the heroes I saw on screen.” says Lee, who became a purveyor of TaeKwonDo just two years later. “She told me I should start training martial arts. Or become a writer, because many books are made into movies. I remember I said: ‘If […]
THE OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK: Michael Jai White Challenges Fans And Supporters To #GoOutlaw With Jaigantic's Indiegogo Campaign
Action star Michael Jai White has been up to all sorts of good in the last several months. Fans on Twitter got a taste in recent weeks of the actor’s upcoming blaxploitation Western spectacle initially thought to be a follow-up to his martial arts throwback retro favorite, Black Dynamite. Further updates then confirming the film’s title of an entirely different label with The Outlaw Johnny Black made things a little more clearer with both teasers on White’s Twitter page still boasting the same celebrated look and feel of blaxploitation cinema. And not for nothing either as director Scott Sanders’s hit 2009 film officially set a gripping tone for festive fans eager to see White’s profusion as one of today’s biggest and genuine action stars. Sadly, the same can’t be said regarding the politics of a myopic film industry rife with creative stagnation among other ailments. Alas, White and production partner, […]
LOOK INTO THE FIRE: Tim Morrill’s Ambitious Indie Psych Thriller Needs Your Help Finishing!
Six films in, San Francisco’s Uncia Films’s latest now pairs them with a notable cast with respective varying credits from shows like Stranger Things and 13 Reasons Why to films such as Mel Gibson’s Payback and the CW’s upcoming new DC series adaptation, Black Lightning. Enter psychological suspense thriller, Look Into The Fire, with Uncia describing it as their biggest project yet and hailing Tim Morrill’s feature debut in association with Full 88 and Burnout Pictures, and for all intents and purposes, their latest campaign on Indiegogo to help provide the necessary funds to complete the last 1% of work needed for final editing. A group of neuropsychology graduate students work to unlock the potential of the brain. One student, Adam, takes his lab work too far. When his self-induced experiment goes wrong, he unwittingly unlocks repressed memories and begins to be haunted by disturbing visions. As Adam digs deeper, he […]
MASTER: Help ‘The Last Dragon’ Star Crowdfund His New Shaw-Inspired Kung Fu Adventure
Cinephiles and cult martial arts fans alike might be keen on actor, author and martial artist Taimak’s recent and forthcoming activity. The acclaimed and noted star of Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon has begun moving forward with a campaign to help finance a brand new proof-of-concept concept for hopeful feature film, Master, hailing it as his cinematic comeback. Set in ancient China, Master is a martial arts adventure that tells the tale of a reluctant warrior (Taimak) who embarks on an epic journey of vengeance and self-discovery. Co-written by Taimak, the film’s story centers around a Persian-African soldier on a quest to avenge the murder of his adopted Chinese family. Hunted by a band of ruthless assassins, our hero must battle unknown forces while trying to uncover the truth about his past. Inspired by the Shaw Brothers classics of the 1970s and the works of Akira Kurosawa and Sergio Leone, Masterwill go back […]
British Martial Arts Spy Comedy, THE REAL TARGET, Lands New Behind-The-Scenes Stills
EXCLUSIVE: Recent weeks have seen film trio David Cheung, Yolanda Lynes and Wing Chun instructor Master Wong working in collaboration with JetLi.com for a martial arts documentary in Vietnam. We’ll have more on this in due time, while production continues on the forthcoming independent action comedy adventure, The Real Target, a David Cheung and Yolanda Lynes Production in association with K&K Productions. In a world full of corruption, conspiracy and criminals, The Kung Fu Couple and their vigilante team target villains to save the planet from lethal weapons of mass destruction, starring international actors, martial artists and champion athletes. When a deadly man-made virus is created, they must fight to save the world and take down evil controllers of the global financial system. The film is the latest advancement of an award-winning proof of concept shortfilm that aided last year’s efforts launched at IndieGoGo, amply meeting its funding goals as […]
David Newton’s Hitman Action Adventure, AMBER, Needs Your Help
Recent weeks showed the unveiling of a proof-of-concept action trailer featuring stuntman Jack Jagodka. That proof of concept, Amber, is tentatively available in the player above while you are now welcome to bring your focus to the film’s current production with the first round of filming nearing its end in London. The film marks Jagodka’s acting debut with fellow stunt player, acclaimed stunt performer David Newton whose credits of almost almost 80 films now bookend with Amber hailing his feature turn at the helm following his 2015 debut short, Wrath Of God. Jagodka leads the cast from a script by Newton who also produces with Eloise Carrow. After an assignment goes wrong, hit man Jack accepts he must give up his life to protect his daughter Amber. Just moments before his fate, a government agent offers him a second chance providing he brings in company boss Eastwood. It becomes a race against […]
CODE 8: Jeff Chan’s Action Sci-Fi Now Filming And Still Needs Your Help!
Just over a year after debuting their winning independently-funded shortfilm, Code 8, production is already underway in Toronto. Actor Robbie Amell starring with Arrow series star, actor Stephen Amell executive producing and otherwise confirmed to star. Jeff Chan who directed the short is helming the film. Plot details remain pending which has the former Amell leading the cast -the shortfilm centers on a struggling daylaborer taught by a criminal how to use his superhuman powers in a world where “specials” are the oppressed minority and constantly targeted by militarized police forces, as told in the short. Also starring are Sung Kang, Aaron Abrams, Chad Donella and Greg Byrk. XYZ Films acquired the film in February for international sales. Co-writer Chris Paré is also executive producing as well as Thick Water Entertainment and Resolute Films’s own Lee Kim. The Code 8 short is still online and is 2.5 million views strong. […]
Help Robin Hood And His Ragtag Team Of Legendary Badasses Get Medieval For THE SIEGE!
You’re forgiven for being a little apprehensive when you’re introduced to a film that promises Raid-like expectations. Some titles make the cut while others fall may short, and nowadays you’ll find lead actor and producer Paul Allica lending his own effort to measure with the new period action thriller, The Siege. This one promises a story featuring an assortment of notable medieval heroes and Arthurian legends led by the English folkloric outlaw himself, Robin Hood, as they descend unto a castle dead set on hunting down the sheriff of Nottingham. The concept further bolsters an Expendables-style feel by way of A Knight’s Tale and other medieval tropes therein for a bold production hopefully starting later this year. After the brutal murder of his mother at the hand of the Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood vows revenge. However, this is not a fight he can win alone – first he must […]
Before The Movie Can Be Made, THE MAN FROM DEATH Needs Your Help To Stage A Script Reading Event!
Roughly over a year ago I managed to procure an interview actor and producer Eric R. Lim (Greenside, Ghost Source Zero) whose creative influx at the time came at a purely raw, emotional and pivotal point in his life after his sister’s death in 2012. Netizens took hold of that creativity a year later with director Stephen Reedy’s beautifully-crafted, fiery, action-packed message drama, The Forge, a project that proved fortuitous enough to bring Lim and Reedy together again the following year for their latest shortfilm success, The Man From Death. Housed at Lim’s Baby Under The Moon Productions, the project itself was two years in the making and had long been considered as a proof-of-concept for a more grand presentation, and has since gone on to win numerous awards and shots of praise from the festival circuit at large. As they say, the proof is in the pudding, and festival […]
The Third Annual ARTEMIS WOMEN IN ACTION FILM FESTIVAL Launches This April And Needs Your Help!
Any year is a good year to support women in action cinema. That’s something that actress and stuntwoman Melanie Wise and her team have been working toward every year since she founded The Artemis Women In Action Film Festival in 2015 and they’ve returned once more for a third go-at-it for this year’s events to be held in April. The Artemis Women In Action Film Festival is back to bring you a third year of empowered and powerful kick-ass women in film! This year women are rising with a force never seen before and we bring those stories to you. From female action heroes and stuntwomen to female activists and businesswomen, we’re lifting up a mirror to women in the world and reflecting power. The Artemis Women In Action Film Festival has paid homage to icons like actresses Linda Hamilton and Gina Torres and hard hitting stuntwomen like Jessie Graff […]
Help Crowdfund British Martial Arts Spy Comedy THE REAL TARGET, Now Aiming At Early 2017 Start Date
News back in February hinted at the production of a proof-of-concept for The Real Target, a British martial arts comedy about a kung fu couple whose missions unravel and unveil an even more nefarious plot by a hidden enemy. As it was then and still is, the core of the film’s team are some of the best people covered by any film or fansite and mainly if you’re familiar with the online work of directing duo George and Harry Kirby of K&K Productions. Projects like Frieza Saga, Batman, or this little wicked zombie action short from a few years back come to mind, but like any independent film company that’s been simmering for long, it’s only natural that the Kirbys’ progression would lead them to bringing a movie like The Real Target to full feature film fruition. This, after a year and a half of development and in the company […]
Jam-Packed Ensemble Action Thriller, THE ORDER, Taps Nick Gillard To Direct
I heartfully remember growing up watching Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade as a kid, and seething with excitement everytime the tank chase finale came up. The moment when a soldier gets knocked out by his own periscope after mocking Indy as he’s fighting the Nazis just outside the tank always sticks out as one of the funnier points in the film. It’s also one of those moments in film you can appreciate as time passes. A quick few Google searches will promptly land you at the name Nick Gillard, having succeeded since the late 1970s in stunt performance with an incredible list of titles to his name, although cult fans of sci-fi may take notice of his work as the stunt coordinator for the light saber action in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Other credits include Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow and Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted, while it’s easy to see […]
Help Jonny Caines Take A Bite Out Of Evil In The New Martial Arts Horror Comedy Short, HOT DOG CART 666
The martial arts genre as of late, is one befallen to many a producer and director who take the genre for granted. They shouldn’t, and especially for guys like actor and martial artist Jonny Caines who, much like many performers I’ve written about, have done some incredible work contributing to the genre. Quick online searches will bring you to a handful of good examples here with titles like Do The Damn Thing: In Canada and the 2014 short, Fist Plus Face, along with stunt credits in features like Scott Pilgrim VS. The World and David Hayter’s Wolves. One other credit includes the 2015 Canadian action drama indie, 11 Blocks, from director Matthew Bennett who has since been after a few opportunities to reteam with Caines and enhance his talents and on-screen caliber in film. And so, we are brought to his latest effort, Hot Dog Cart 666, which aims to […]
100 BULLETS Takes Gruesome Comic Book Vengeance Through A Real-World Lens
I have to thank certain directors in my purview who are a bit more abreast of other up and coming filmmakers than I have been able to keep up with. And for this, we now look toward a very special project that will undoubtedly raise eyebrows and flutter hearts from filmmakers Matt and Simon Halsall (If I Only Had A Heart). Thus, take a gander at 100 Bullets, an inspiring webseries take on the popular Vertigo comic which, for this iteration, pits actor Min Jung Kim as a soldier in the heart of North Korea, mourning over the death of his wife and is given a unique opportunity to avenge her. Apart from the narrative brings a heavy-handed, attentive look past the façade of faux peace and harmony, casting a bright light onto the very darkness and horror of a dictatorship that has walls itself from the rest of the […]
THE ORDER Is In With An Explosive New Extended Sizzle Trailer
Select cast members of hit tokusatsu crossover Power Rangers series have had some degree of success in other projects apart from wearing superhero spandex. That said, it’s 2016 and we’ve come into a new era of fandom and support for these actors, many of whom now have assembled an ensemble roster for Hellbinders helmer David Wald in the new action thriller, The Order, which has since undergone an extensive crowdfunding campaign to meet certain ends for the production. Footage has already rolled out in lieu of filmimg with a piping-hot sizzle trailer and several teasers in various forms to help further showcase our cast in full form, and in my humble opinion, all of it sells brilliantly. Not a lot of projects like this come to fruition, and sometimes not soon enough. Thus, it’s good to see THIS one moving forward, and with special thanks to the progress at the […]
Rangers Unite To Kick Ass In Darker, Moodier, Action-Packed Thriller, THE ORDER
The past week or more have drawn a bit of uproar over a conspicuous looking promotional image in the form of a triangular glyph. That image has been popping up on various respective fan pages of veteran cast members of the various seasons of Ameritoku hit series, Power Rangers, whilst their admins have all but denied any relation between the two. Of course, that didn’t change the fact that something, indeed, was brewing in the background, and it’s only this week now that the people behind the forthcoming feature-length action thriller, The Order, are officially pulling the curtain to unveil their agenda. Thus, they’ve put together a slick, badass sizzle reel to pitch their concept a la crowdsourcing site, Indiegogo, to help raise awareness, as well as funds needed and perks you can earn for your monetary support. The project itself marks the latest effort from executive producers and co-stars, […]