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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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!

IP MAN 3 Scores A Brand New Poster

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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, […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

Mike Tyson Officially Joins Donnie Yen For IP MAN 3D

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

DONNIE YEN: "…I'll definitely play Ip Man again."

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In a detailed interview with South China Morning Post to promote the week’s newly released action film from director Clarence Fok, Special ID, martial arts action cinema superstar Donnie Yen briefly talks to writer Edmund Lee about reprising his role as the iconic Wing Chun grandmaster, Ip Man, in the long-awaited third film. It was at the bottom of the interview, long after delving into the intricate details of his personal journey in film, the topic of his latest production company, Superhero Films, and the issue of doing films on subjects he likes, which he says is difficult in the movie business. “I’ll leave that to fate, but I’ll definitely play Ip Man again,” he says. “I won’t be doing it any time soon, though, because there are so many Ip Man [movies] around. You are Ip Man! He is Ip Man! Everyone is Ip Man! Even the audience is […]

Donnie Yen And Raymond Wong Begin Talks For IP MAN 3D

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Ip Man 3D updates of the past several years have been what I can only describe as a roller coaster of emotion for fans within the last several years since the success of the first two films directed by Wilson Yip and starring Donnie Yen. At one point in 2010 producer Raymond Wong reportedly had his own doubts that the film would even happen. In few years, however, things eventually changed as the film was finally announced back in April of last year with Wong set to produce. His son, Edmond Wong, was slated to provide the script for Yip to direct the film as well, starting at the end of 2012. Sales agents for Pegasus Motion Pictures even pushed the film during last year’s attendance at Cannes, promised with a budget of up to $36 million dollars, a pretty penny for a Hong Kong 3D production. Wow, so things […]