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SKIPTRACE Lands A Full Trailer!

With all that action star Jackie Chan is involved in these days, it’s easy and rather forgiveable to forget that his latest globetrotting action comedy, Skiptrace, still hasn’t seen a release. A date is still pending, no doubt, but all while we’ve had only a teaser since last year, we now have a full trailer that showcases a lot more and guarantees that Chan fans will have a good time with this one with actor Johnny Knoxville driving some of the high jinks. SYNOPSIS: One of the last good cops around, Hong Kong detective Bennie Black (Chan) has been tracking dangerous crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade. When Bennie’s beautiful young niece Samantha (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, he must track down the one man who can help her: fast-talking, American gambler Connor Watts (Knoxville). Watts, who is also on the run from the […]

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Jackie Chan Now Filming In London

Jackie Chan Now Filming In London

Head over to South London or other parts and you’ll likely find action star Jackie Chan filming scenes for his latest epic actioner – tentatively without an official title though previously branded as The Foreigner. The film is latest production from STX Entertainment and SR Media with Chan joined by Pierce Brosnan and a cast soon to be announced while the rest of us await further info on Chan’s previously-annoucned Renny Harlin globetrotter, Skiptrace, and Stanley Tong’s Kung Fu Yoga among others. Chan leads the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton publication by author Stephen Leather with a script by David Marconi and Peter Buchman, as a former member of the Viet Cong-turned-South London restaurant owner who sets out to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the IRA when the justice system fails. Brosnan is on deck to star as Liam Hennessy, […]

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Time Travel Thriller, FATAL COUNTDOWN: RESET, Officially Underway With Jackie Chan Supervising

At long last with a slate of vague viral posters and a teaser now making the rounds, the forthcoming sci-fi thriller, Fatal Countdown: Reset is officially underway from director Chang. Jackie Chan, the most prolific of the crew is on board according to Variety in a “supervisory executive role” for the new Korea/China production that joins actress Mini Yang and actor Wallace Huo in the story of a scientist on a mission to rescue her son from a kidnapper holding him hostage in exchange for her time travel technology. Chang’s attachment comes courtesy of The Lamp Films who provided original script developement and a crew comprised of the Choi Chan-Min who lensed the stunning martial arts action in last year’s Kundo, along with New World production designer Cho Hwa-Sung, music director Bang Jun-Seok who contributed to Song Kang-ho’s latest period drama starrer, The Throne and Kim Sang-Bum who cut Ryoo Seung-Wan’s […]

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Pierce Brosnan Joins Jackie Chan In Martin Campbell's Latest From STX And SR Media

It’s a busy Fall season for action star Jackie Chan in the wake of promoting his newest globetrotting comedy, Skiptrace, with his Abu Dhabi-set Kung Fu Yoga and Ding Sheng’s Railroad Tigers still on deck. However, chances are he’ll be well onto director Martin Campbell‘s forthcoming production soon enough with Campbell to begin Relativity’s Hunter Killer next Spring. The film in question still doesn’t have a title but does have a premise and a slowly-accumulating cast which now includes actor Pierce Brosnan as of this week’s report from The Wrap. The report describes the role as that of a former IRA-turned-government official who factors into the life of a Viet Cong-turned-South London restaurant owner who sets out to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the IRA. Formerly titled The Foreigner, Chan is to lead the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton […]

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And Now, A Word From Jackie Chan…

Check out what @EyeOfJackieChan thinks about @danielwuyanzu and the martial arts team behind #IntotheBadlands. https://t.co/zKtUMhTTFZ — Into the Badlands (@IntotheBadlands) November 12, 2015 Nuff said, Jackie. Nuff said. Tune in to AMC for Into The Badlands this Sunday night, guys!

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Production Starts In Dubai For Jackie Chan Actioner, KUNG FU YOGA

High profile action star Jackie Chan is not exactly easy to keep low key, so it’s no surprise to anyone paying attention that he and the cast and crew of the new action comedy, Kung Fu Yoga, have been on hand in Dubai for a while now. However, what’s finally been made clear is exactly where filming will take place, according to a memo sent out to guest at the Atlantis, The Palm Resort & Hotel which partly reads as follows: “We are very excited to be taking part in the filming of an epic new Kung Fu movie set for release in 2016. We would therefore like to warn you that filming will take place throughout the resort from September 28 to October 2015.  “Whilst the majority of the resort will be unaffected, we have put in place a number of temporary measures in order to minimise the disruption […]

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Chan: KARATE KID 2 Script Is Still Being Written

Some exclusive coverage over at The Hollywood Reporter has some details largely pertaining to the recovering relationship action star Jackie Chan is working on with his son, Jaycee, following the younger Chan’s six-month stint in jail over drugs last year. In the meantime, the article gave brief mention to the currently-developing sequel to the recent reboot of The Karate Kid starring Chan with Jaden Smith in the title role. The sequel, otherwise promising for fans faithful toward Harald Zwart’s 2010 adaptation of the original Ralph Macchio/Pat Morita trilogy, has been in the works for some time now. The repurposed approach to the original storyline sees Smith spirited away with his mother to China and forced to adjust to a new life with new people, only to get swept into a vortex of juvenile drama when the local bullies from a nearby martial arts school find, in him, a target for […]

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THE FOREIGNER Enlists Martin Campbell To Direct Jackie Chan's Next Action Thriller

It was late last year that Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell was a frontrunner to direct Relativity Media’s forthcoming book adaptation, Hunter Killer. That was long before this week’s news of the studio’s current financial troubles started making headlines, which now appears to be a reverting point for Campbell who is now in the running to direct one of several of action star Jackie Chan’s upcoming films, STX Entertainment’s The Foreigner with Wayne Godfrey producing. The film, which Deadline states will be retitled between now and throughout the course of production, was announced back in June off the heels of another busy season of Chan-related announcements with the film set to go into production this October. Chan will lead the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton publication by author Stephen Leather with a script by David Marconi and Peter Buchman, as a former member of […]

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Watch The Official U.S. Trailer For Jackie Chan Epic, DRAGON BLADE

Finally on par for a limited theatrical and digital release this Fall is writer and director Daniel Lee‘s latest period epic, Dragon Blade. The film is certainly a record breaker in several ways from its market sales last year to its production value and subsequent box office success in the first three days of its opening run, and it’s good to see a film like this now making some headway toward the big screen for audiences beyond. Nary a Jackie Chan epic like this gets the mainstream big screen treatment in the U.S. and that will certainly change in time, but aside from earlier reviews, its latest trailer surely demands it. SYNOPSIS: A massive success this year in its native China, “Dragon Blade” brings action spectacle on a grand scale to US audiences.  Featuring an international cast led by Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody, the […]

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DRAGON BLADE Gets A U.S. Release Date And Poster!

It was back in April that Lionsgate alerted moviegoers in a press release of its newly-formed  distribution arm, Lionsgate Premiere with action star Jackie Chan‘s Spring success story, Dragon Blade to be the first of the slate. Since then, it appears Chan has been intent on making headlines as much as possible whilst continuing to do away with any talk of retirement whatsoever with Rush Hour 4 and Shanghai Dawn among several to which he has since confirmed between now and the past year, on top of managing a new media academy in Wuhan as the Dean. This too, ON TOP of the latest teaser fof his new globetrotting action adventure, Skiptrace, make it all appear less of a peak for Chan‘s career and more like he’s just getting started as he isn’t stopping any time soon. While we’re at it though, it looks like we won’t have to wait […]

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Chan And Knoxville Jump Leaps And Bounds In The New SKIPTRACE Teaser!

Anyone here wondering if action star Jackie Chan can keep doing what he does on screen needn’t look further than his participation this month at the Shanghai International Film Festival in lieu of Jackie Chan Action Movie Week…or, for all intents and purposes, the latest official teaser for Renny Harlin‘s globetrotting action romp, Skiptrace. This one appears to welcome much more international appeal with English dialogue by Chan and co-star Johnny Knoxville with actress Fan BingBing playing the niece who needs rescuing, and MMA beauty Eve Torres squeezing into the mix! SYNOPSIS: One of the last good cops around, Hong Kong detective Bennie Black (Chan) has been tracking dangerous crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade. When Bennie’s beautiful young niece Samantha (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, he must track down the one man who can help her: fast-talking, American gambler Connor Watts (Knoxville). Watts, […]

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SKIPTRACE Fires A Dragon Through The Desert In The Latest Poster

Make room on your plate for the next few years because action star Jackie Chan hasn’t gone away just yet. Kung Fu Yoga, Civilian, Rush Hour 4, Shanghai Dawn and STX Entertainment’s The Foreigner are all worth bearing in mind as the devout action cinema mainstay and newly established film school dean keeps his focus just about everywhere in relation to anything involving film, specifically nowadays with director Renny Harlin‘s globetrotting sleuth buddy comedy, Skiptrace, in post-production. The film is certainly another sizeable up in antee for a China-based Chan film production following Daniel Lee’s Dragon Blade, and though Chan may be getting older and unable to do a lot of what he used to, he always manages to find a way to deliver grand-scale impact which is always refreshing. Of course, the accidental death of veteran cinematographer Chan Kwok-hung off the coast of Lantau Island back in December can’t […]

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Jackie Chan Enlists To Take On Terrorists In THE FOREIGNER

Nope, no vacations for action star Jackie Chan. He’s still a working actor and with all that’s already on his plate, he’s added some extra meat now with final negotiations for a new action thriller set to begin rolling cameras this October titled The Foreigner. The film is based on The Chinaman, a 1992 Hodder & Stoughton publication from author Stephen Leather, and services another tasty deal for STX Entertainment within a slate of films bolstering Chinese investment, and as for the film itself, the book description alone should give Chan fans something to look forward to. The Chinaman understood death.  Jungle-skilled, silent and lethal, Nguyen Ngoc Minh had killed for the Viet Cong and then for the Americans. Imprisoned and tortured after the Communist victory, he escaped with his wife and baby daughter to Hong Kong – but only after being forced to watch Thai pirates rape and kill […]

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Screener Review: POLICE STORY: LOCKDOWN (2013/2015)

SYNOPSIS: Police Captain Zhong Wen (Jackie Chan) knows all about sacrifice. He’s always been too busy chasing bad guys to be a father to his daughter Miao (Jing Tian).  Tonight, he’s seeing her for the first time in years – and meeting her fiance, club owner Wu Jiang (Liu Ye).  But Wu knows Zhong. And his plans for the evening include taking Miao, Zhong, and the entire club hostage.  Zhong knows about sacrifice. What will he give up to save his daughter? REVIEW: It’s been a few years since director Ding Sheng and action star Jackie Chan landed in the cinemas with Police Story 2013. Plenty of people have seen it in its previous iteration and its definitely drawn my curiousity having not seen it until opening night, especially with so many mixed reactions by fans. The film definitely sits apart from Chan‘s more popular Police Story franchise dating back […]

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WHO AM I? Gets A 2015 Remake With Jackie Chan Producing And A Trailer!

Remakes… They’re everywhere, and even in China where newly established film school dean, action legend Jackie Chan partook in producing one nearly seventeen years since the 1998 globetrotting espionage Chan-classic, Who Am I?. Producer and first time helmer Song Xi-Yin directs this latest revival with actor Ocean Wang now taking the lead in helping propel the next generation of action filmmakers and performers, and a cast featuring actreses Anna Yao and Zhang Lan-Xin, with fellow Chan cohorts Ken Lo and Yu Rong Guang also starring. If you’ve seen the 1998 original, you pretty much get the gist of it as this particular installation centers around similar plot points with lur lead actor having fallen into amnesia and forced to fight for his life while searching for answers. It’s a classic Chan film and the choice to remake a classic can always be a damming one if it’s not respected for […]

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Jackie Chan's Movie And Media School Opens In Wuhan

Remember back in 2013 when action star Jackie Chan talked about launching his own school for aspiring film professionals? Well, that just happened. While the 61-year old action cinema mainstay was busy stirring up enthusiam with a special award to fund young filmmakers with the aid of the Marche du Film at Cannes, plans were already unfolding for Chan‘s new school which had its celebratory opening six days ago as of this report. THR writes that The Jackie Chan Film and Television Academy of the Wuhan Institute of Design and Sciences officially opened to the public May 20, where Chan himself will serve as the Dean. The school, where Chan said he hopes to utilize his own experiences in conjunction with that of others to provide an outlet, as well as an interactive venue for students between classrooms and actual sets, is stated to be a lifelong dream for the […]

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Chan And Wilson Set To Complete The Trilogy With SHANGHAI DAWN

Well, another day has passed and another Jackie Chan film is currently in the works, and in this instance you would be forgiven for thinking this was too good to be true. Only it isn’t false, which for Chan-heads is probably not at all bad. ComingSoon.net had forwarded news from The Tracking Board that the action legend is set to reteam with actor Owen Wilson under producer and MGM president Jonathan Glickaman for the long-awaited threequel, Shanghai Dawn. It’s been twelve years since the first two left us off with Chan and Wilson in the respective roles of rogue imperial guardsman Chon Wang and former bandit Roy O’Bannon at the peak of Chan’s post Hong Kong action career, and Chan’s own career has been much more global and prominent in Asia since making Around The World In 80 Days and The Spy Next Door. There aren’t any solid specifics being […]

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Watch The New Trailer For Well Go USA's Release Of Jackie Chan's POLICE STORY: LOCKDOWN

Anyone who went and saw Well Go USA’s theatrical release of Kung Fu Killer last month likely caught a glimpse at a trailer for their forthcoming delivery of Jackie Chan‘s most recent gritty installation of one of his most popular film franchises to date, Police Story: Lockdown. Directed by Ding Sheng who will be helming Chan‘s next big action comedy entreé, Roaring Tigers, the film initially gained prominence in China under its Police Story 2013 iteration having released two years ago, but the film is finally making its way to the states with a trailer that comes just as its lead actor continues to make headlines out of Cannes. SYNOPSIS: Police Captain Zhong Wen (Jackie Chan) knows all about sacrifice. He’s always been too busy chasing bad guys to be a father to his daughter Miao (Jing Tian).  Tonight, he’s seeing her for the first time in years – and […]

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Cannes 2015: Jackie Chan And Ding Sheng Reunite For RAILROAD TIGERS

Continuing to destroy any dialogue of retirement is action cinema legend, Jackie Chan. His plate is already full but with Chan, you can pretty much expect him to have extra plates handy, especially with his activity over at Cannes. Word from THR writes that Chan will star in a fresh new $50 million dollar action comedy, Railroad Tigers, with the intent to reverb the greatness of previous classics like Project A and Drunken Master 2 while aiming for no less than the usual “bigger and better” approach to production value, action and stunts. The film will reteam him for a third outing with director Deng Sheng since their previous paring on Little Big Soldier in 2010, and Police Story 2013 a few years ago. Here, Chan will star as a railroad worker in China who bands together with a group of freedom fighters to use their knowledge of the railway system […]

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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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