Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme nailed two film deals this week, one of which includes Darkness Of Man from Hot Seat and fortress helmer James Cullen. The two spoke to THR this week in an interview wherein author Alex Ritman asked about the status of Jeremy Zag’s What’s My Name?, the film which was set to be the 62-year-old action star’s final bow as of its announcement back in February out of EFM.
Taking a page from Mabrouk El Mechri’s JCVD according to Mike Fleming Jr.’s Deadline exclusive on Friday, martial arts action movie superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme is closing the book on his stellar career with director Jeremy Zag’s What’s My Name?, as news rolls out of EFM with Wild Bunch International handling sales; CAA is repping domestic sales.
Sometime late last year, Robb Antequera of The Cinema Drunkie sought for the services of several online film reporters, bloggers and willing participants to help contribute to a top fifty list – with sets of ten of our own written summaries – of the previous decade’s best action gems. I contributed about twelve films among which can currently be read among a mix of forty others now opined online as of this article, and in the wake of entries published over at The Action Elite, Action Flix and Bulletproof Action, the series continues below.
I found myself on a bit of a Jean-Caude Van Damme kick on Tuesday morning what with all I had to blurt out as a guest writer over at The Action Elite. Alas, far be it for me to fall asleep on this latest bit anymore than I already have with the Belgian action star’s latest home entertainment outing courtesy of MVD Rewind Collection with Sheldon Lettich’s 1991 hit, Double Impact.
UPDATE (9:30am EST): I usually don’t make it my business to post April Fools’ Day articles much less fall for them myself, but certain signs point to this being nothing more than an April Fools joke piece from the minds at City On Fire, in which case…. Har-har-hardy-har-har. You got me.
It’s been a while since MVD announced Sheldon Lettich’s Double Impact to their growing ‘Rewind Collection’. The distro banner has been quiet from time to time as the rollout got a bit complicated with certian legalities involved, but is now back and fully elucidating the film’s preparation for its tentative May 28 Collector’s Edition release on Blu-Ray.
One of the biggest successes in the action genre today still stands with Jean-Claude Van Damme having revived his career greatly in the past decade adapting to grittier roles and projects with a certain appeal. Starring in Julien Leclercq’s The Bouncer certainly leaves one for the books in that regard and the action star’s fans in the UK will soon be able to gaze at his performance with a VoD, DVD and Blu-Ray release on April 8 from Dazzler Media.
Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme has been ramping up the past two years on titles for development since essentially taking off with notable roles in the rebooted Kickboxer franchise, and the short-lived Jean-Claude Van Johnson.
Julien Leclerq’s new film, Lukas, is inbound for a release in France on August 22. It signals what looks to be a phenomenal return of late for actor Jean-Claude Van Damme who stars as a beleagured, grizzled, punchy bouncer forced in bed with Interpol to bring down a Belgian crime syndicate in order to reunite with his estranged daughter.
Ocean Films unveiled a new poster on Friday for the upcoming thriller which also casts Sami Bouajila, Sveva Alviti and French hip-hop recording artist, Kaaris. Check it out below!
Saban Films has kept its own market waiting long enough it seems and thus, the official trailer went live for Pasha Patriki’s latest, Black Water, hailing a fifth pairing for action star duo Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. The film is written by Chad Law with a story that centers on a deep cover operative who awakens, imprisoned in the confines of a CIA black site on a submarine and forced in a race against the clock to search for answers amidst a daring escape.
The first official teaser and accommodation poster have both arrived and very befitting with one another in terms of mood and tone. Darkly-lit scenes with a visage of blue on its stronger contours lends it a refreshing noir look for a French production and to Van Damme’s benefit, looks damn good as well.
It was earlier this year that action star Jean-Claude Van Damme announced a whole raft of film titles to come hailing from his Rodin Entertainment banner which launched sales at Cannes this week. The official website took off as well with the annouced completion of at least two recent titles – We Die Young and The Bouncer, and further included the long-awaited title, Full Love, which is now on display at the market floor.
The film’s long journey to fruition began a decade ago with the film’s production, mired by reshoots and title changes after screening to a mixed reception at Cannes in 2010 and its subsequent languishing ever since. Van Damme wrote and directed this, his second feature film, in which he stars as Frenchy, former soldier with PTSD now working as a cabbie in East Asia, and is driven to fight to improve the situation of a beautiful, mysterious woman with the help of his brothers-in-arms.
What awaits now is confirmation of just who will acquire Full Love – much like Saban with the recent Van Damme/Lundgren thriller, Black Water – in addition to news of developments on at least two other JCVD properties, Double X2 Action and western pic, Three Coyotes.
The latest teaser trailer for Full Love can be viewed below along with a trio of first look photos from the Rodin Entertainment site.
Deteriorating from a deadly plague, 21st-Century America is descending into a barbaric nightmare. Only Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon), a beautiful half human/half cyborg, has the knowledge necessary to develop a vaccine. But during her quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote for themselves and rule the world. Now, only saber-wielding hero Gibson Rickenbacker (Van Damme) can rescue her and save civilization.
Van Damme is also teasing a premiere for the long-awaited Full Love in Toronto this Fall. It further adds to the current ground the actor aims toward covering in an industry rife with ideas that stay shelved more often than not.
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