HE BLED NEON Gets A Trippy, Brutal Teaser
The film plays for SXSW attendees next week!
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GANGS OF LONDON Debuts Official Trailer For Season Three Of The Hit Crime Drama Coming In March
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Joe Cole are back to reprise their roles along with a slate of new additions, including “Warrior,” and “Boy Kills World” actor Andrew Koji!
HE BLED NEON: Action Thriller Casts Joe Cole For Music Video Director’s Feature Debut
Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman reports that Drew Kirsch will debut direct action thriller feature, He Bled Neon. A Prayer Before Dawn star Joe Cole will lead from a script by Tim Cairo and Jake Gibson. After his estranged brother’s mysterious death, Ethan’s (Joe Cole) journey to Las Vegas for the funeral unravels a dark web of crime, forcing him to confront his past as he delves into the city’s gritty underworld to uncover the truth, risking everything he holds dear in the process. Wiseman notes He Bled Neon is based on a story by Nate Bolotin “who was inspired by his early experiences growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada.” Bolotin is co-founder of XYZ Films who is producing the pic alongside Two & Two Pictures. XYZ is also repping world sales next month at the Marche du Film with WME repping domestic. Music will be scored by Grammy nominated Zhu, and […]
GANGS OF LONDON Trailer Sets Exclusive October 1 Premiere Date On AMC+ For The Brutal Hit Crime Series
Folks in the U.S. patiently waiting to utilize their subscriptions to AMC+ will finally get their day with the official word of the hit British crime series, Gangs Of London, premeiring weekly episodes beginning October 1. The official trailer is now live, as well as keyart for the premiere with the show set to run on television starting in 2021. Actors Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Pure, Black Mirror) and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Humans), lead the critically-acclaimed show that’s taken the U.K. by storm, centered on the son of a powerful London crimeboss whose death creates a power vacuum that throws the city in chaos. Also starring are Colm Meaney (Star Trek, Hell on Wheels, Layer Cake), Lucian Msamati (His Dark Materials, Black Earth Rising Kiri), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones, Suits) Paapa Essiedu (Press, Kiri) and Pippa Bennett-Warner (MatherFatherSon, Harlots, Sick Note). Evans, best known for sweeping audience favor with film […]
GANGS OF LONDON Pilot Review: A Sinister Game Of Whodunit, Played With Wits, Blunt Force And Brutality
Aside from all the other names and minds brought onto help bring Sky’s latest crime series to life, Gangs Of London, it’s those of co-creators, filmmaker Gareth Huw Evans and noted cinematographer Matt Flannery who stand out the most. Being accredited for developing a film franchise with a world that exudes intrigue, suspense and heightened levels of action and gruesome horror would certainly do the trick, as it has for both veterans of Indonesian action in the last ten years with The Raid and The Raid 2. With the apparent denoument of their tenure in Indonesia, and no real iota as to what the prospects were, the announcement of a British gangster series that brought both action auteurs on board, along with Corin Hardy and Xavier Gens, to say the least, drew promise. As an original show with high-end demands for action to incorporate with the world-building drama, it also […]
GANGS OF LONDON Lay Waste In The Underworld On Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital In July From Dazzler
Unless you’re in the U.S. with a means of bypassing Cinemax’s television broadcast domain for U.K. crime series, Gangs Of London, chances are you’re twittling your thumbs in about as much excitement as I am. The series, which is led by Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu, has drawn significant buzz since its Sky debut in April with hopes for a second season, and all by celebrated action auteur Gareth Huw Evans and the company he’s kept on this show. At present Dazzler Media is proudly flying the flag with a Blu-ray, DVD & Digital release beginning July 27. As the rest of the presser details: “…Fresh from stunning TV audiences, it will take viewers back for an immersive journey into the hidden heart of the capital, with brand new extras.” Created by visionary, award-winning filmmakers, Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery of The Raid film franchise, the series stars a multi-talented […]
Gareth Evans’ GANGS OF LONDON Miniseries Now Filming, Cast Announced
If there is ever a filmmaker who knows how to flesh out the best from a multilayered crime thriller, you can bet it’s Gareth Evans whose handling of The Raid films also showed multiple degrees of brutality against flesh with fight scenes that weren’t afraid to stain everything in the room red. Having recently helmed Netflix’s Apostle you can especially adhere to that fact, while Evans moves onward to the playing field of TV with upcoming contemporary minidrama, Gangs Of London. With the 10-part series now filming, trade news casting announcements are now leading off with Joe Cole, BIFA Best Actor winning star of prison Muay Thai drama, A Prayer Before Dawn, and with The Huntsman: Winter’s War actor Sope Dirisu. via THR: Set in one of the world’s most dynamic, multicultural cities — one that is torn by the turbulent power struggles of the international gangs that control it […]
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN: Don’t Miss The Punishing And Brutal New Trailer For The Joe Cole Muay Thai Prison Drama
It’s been a long wait since Johnny Mad Dog helmer Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire stirred the festival pot last year with his latest entry into the arena, A Prayer Before Dawn. Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Green Room) stars in the new drama inspired by from Billy Moore’s autobiography of the same name echoing the true story of a boxer thrown in one of the most hellish prisons in Asia where he fights to redeem himself. That tale has already been receptive to critics at Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, Screendaily and Indiewire among others and currently sits home at DirecTV Cinema for an exclusive on-demand run with 72-hour rentals for consumers as of last week. Folks who are a bit more keen on a theatrical release, however, are welcome to mark the date on their calendars for an August 10 select release courtesy of A24. A Prayer Before Dawn is the remarkable […]
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN Takes You Ringside In The First Official Trailer
In what can otherwise be described as one hell of a harrowing moment of his life, author Billy Moore found inspiration in telling his story through the 2014 book, A Prayer Before Dawn. To date, the literature of Moore’s life has since transitioned onto the big screen from Johnny Mad Dog helmer Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, and actor Joe Cole (Green Room, Peaky Blinders, Thank You For Your Service) leading the cast and with acquisitions made in the past year in various territories including the U.K. and the U.S., North American distributor A24 is now following through with an official teaser trailer as of Monday. Based on the international best-seller, A Prayer Before Dawn is the true story of Billy Moore, a troubled young British boxer sent to one of Thailand’s most notorious jails. Refusing to die inside prison, Billy becomes a student of the lethal art of Muay Thai boxing, and in the process, finds a brotherhood that will guide him on an incredible […]
Muay Thai Prison Thriller, A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN, Lands At Altitude For The U.K.
Following its North American acquisition by A24 at EFM, pre-Cannes news is now stirring with word that Altitude has scooped up the U.K. rights for upcoming martial arts action drama, A Prayer Before Dawn. Jean-Stephane Sauvaire directed the film which is slated for the Midnight Screenings segment at Cannes next month. In Klong Prem, there are 10 rules. If you break them, you will almost certainly die. If you don’t break them, you will definitely die. This is the true story of Billy Moore — jailed in one of the world’s toughest prisons, Klong Prem, the notorious “Bangkok Hilton.” Refusing to die there, Billy becomes a student of the lethal art of Muay Thai Boxing and in the process finds a brotherhood that will help guide him on an incredible journey to redemption. Filmed in a real Thai prison, Peaky Blinders and Green Room actor Joe Cole leads the Muay […]
EFM 2017: Muay Thai Prison Action Drama, A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN Lands At A24
Hanway Johnny Mad Dog helmer, award-winning filmmaker Jean-Stephané Sauvaire’s new Muay Thai action movie, A Prayer Before Dawn, boasted well with hard-R action for its compelling drama with no time before reportedly landing at A24 for its U.S. release. Hanway and CAA brokered the deal while pushing the film to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin. via Deadline: In Klong Prem there are ten rules. If you break them you will almost certainly die. If you don’t break them you will definitely die. This is the true story of Billy Moore – jailed in one of the world’s toughest prisons, Klong Prem, the notorious “Bangkok Hilton.” Refusing to die there, Billy becomes a student of the lethal art of Muay Thai Boxing, and in the process finds a brotherhood that will help guide him on an incredible journey to redemption. Filmed in a real Thai prison, A Prayer […]
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