Streaming On Netflix: Jon Foo’s THE OUTSIDER
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Jon Foo
THE OUTSIDER Official Trailer: The Dark Side Of The American Dream Is A Fight To The Finish
I can’t iterate enough how important it is that we don’t fall asleep on Jon Foo. The martial arts wunderkind who appeared in hits like House Of Fury, Tom Yum Goong and Universal Soldier: Regeneration is back once again with Timothy Woodward Jr. (4Got10, Weaponized) for western thriller, The Outsider, and the official trailer is here following its acquisition by Cinedigm a few days ago. In search of the American dream, a railroad worker (Jon Foo) finds himself on the wrong side of a lawless frontier. As the Marshall attempts to control his corrupt town, tragedy strikes sending the railroad worker on a path of retaliation. Rounding out the cast of principles are Trace Adkins who plays the Marshall, and actors Sean Patrick Flanery and Danny Trejo. Obviously The Outsider isn’t exactly the most original title but the trailer looks as good as it does in teasing the kind of […]
Watch Two New Promos And A Featurette For CBS Series, RUSH HOUR
Two new promos are online for the upcoming season premiere for CBS’s Rush Hour. There’s no telling yet if this series will match or set itself apart upwards of the film trilogy that precedes it, but it sure looks toward identifying itself as something worthwhile. Justin Hires and Jon Foo star in ths respective roles of Los Angeles and Hong Kong detectives Carter and Lee who reluctantly partner together to solve their latest big case. Action and comedy ensues and both our cast and crew discuss it further in a behind-the-scenes featurette further beneath. March 31 is the date!
CBS Reboot Series, RUSH HOUR, Gets A Premiere Date
It’s been a little under a year since news started generating for CBS’s upcoming series reboot of the 1998 hit film, Rush Hour. Thankfully some new footage finally began rolling out late last year for the new show which now sees actors Justin Hires and martial artist Jon Foo in place of film franchise stars, Chris Tucker and action star Jackie Chan. As of this week now, the trades are now confirming with word from THR that the show will premiere on Thursday, March 31 at 10:00 Eastern Standard Time. The update stems from CBS shuffling its programs, including Elementary which will now play on Sundays. The new show will reinterpret the three-film franchise with Hires in the role of Carter, a maverick LAPD detective reluctantly partnered with a cop on a mission to avenge his sister’s death, straight-laced detective Lee played by Foo. Executive producer Jon Turtletaub directed the […]
WEAPONiZED Locks And Loads In A New Trailer!
4Got10 helmer Timothy Woodward Jr. is delving into sci-fi as of late with the new film, Weaponized. Currently circulating the American Film Market thanks to VMI Worldwide, a trailer has surfaced revealing what’s in store with some screentime with Johnny Messner, Mickey Rourke and Tom Sizemore, and upcoming CBS series Rush Hour co-star, action star Jon Foo getting sciency. And kicky! SYNOPSIS: Detective Mitch Walker (JOHNNY MESSNER) doubts the guilt of army vet Jack Simon, who has been accused of a machine gun attack on civilians. Walker is soon contacted by Clarence Peterson (MICKEY ROURKE), a stranger who requests to meet him in a secluded place and hands off a vial of blue liquid and a flash drive in turn involving Walker in a top-secret, highly dangerous, military program called SWAP that is run by a private contractor seeking personal revenge for the death of his son. Against the orders of his […]
[UPDATED] Get An Official First Look At CBS's RUSH HOUR!
The prospects of remaking a certain property always carry some form of worry for fans. Despite this, early screenings of footage this year for the upcoming premiere of the CBS action comedy series, Rush Hour, have proven positive and thus promising a show fans might well enjoy. A premiere date hasn’t been announced yet although the show is arriving in 2016. Martial artist and actor Jon Foo teams up with actor and comedian Justin Hires to reprise respective roles of their film predecessors and the hit trilogy from New Line Cinema. Rush Hour—a reimagining of the hit feature film franchise—is a buddy-cop drama about a maverick LAPD detective and a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong who knock heads when they are forced to partner together. Detective Lee (Jon Foo) is a reserved, honorable master martial artist with lightning-fast moves who comes to L.A. to avenge his sister’s alleged death and […]
Amidst Rave Buyer Reviews, CBS's RUSH HOUR Gets A Showrunner
The virility of the most recently-leaked trailer for CBS’s forthcoming small screen transition of New Line Cinema’s Jackie Chan vehicle, Rush Hour, got its fair bit of mixed reactions going whilst sustaining fanfare among the bases of its respective leads, actor and martial artist Jon Foo and comedian Justin Hires. That said, reactions drawn from worldwide distributors on hand at LA Screenings a few weekends ago appear to say much more than immediately known to many outside of the loop, with director Jon Turtletaub’s pilot reportedly drawing ‘huge laughs’, and a friendly blurb from Warners worldwide distribution chief, Jeffrey Schlesinger. “It resonated more than any show I’ve ever seen,” he said. “Everyone praised the casting [Jon Foo and Justin Hires] and how easy it would be to program.” Perhaps that ought to lend a bit more lip service to the upcoming pilot arriving early next year. That said, while we […]
In Defense Of A TEKKEN Reboot
*The following article is a crosspost from my debut on Monday, November 18, 2013 at The Action Elite. In the course of the past four years, I’ve had a thought brewing in my mind regarding tournament fighting games and movies. You see a lot of editorials out there about why those kinds of films suck, or articles listing best-to-worsts or worst-to-worser titles, or even some write-ups on what kind of fighting games or RPGs would make good live-action installations for film. Of course, the biggest, most notable fighting games to be mentioned over the years have been titles like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Tekken and King Of Fighters, and so on. And I look at some of those articles fancasting actors and I get twisted when I see some suggestions for certain characters, especially since their picks don’t necessarily match the reality of how the character could look on screen. […]
Film Of The Week: EXTRACTION (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A major feature exclusively for digital, EXTRACTION follows a U.S. Black Ops team member who finds himself the only survivor of a botched prisoner extraction mission. Forced to fight his way out of a maximum-security Chechen prison, he must keep his target alive in order to catch a terrorist arms-dealer who is a threat to thousands of lives. EXTRACTION features Danny Glover (LETHAL WEAPON, THE COLOR PURPLE), Vinnie Jones (SNATCH), Sean Astin (THE LORD OF THE RINGS franchise, RUDY), John Foo (TEKKEN), Joanne Kelly (WAREHOUSE 13) and Falk Hentschel (KNIGHT AND DAY). The movie is written and directed by Tony Giglio (CHAOS, IN ENEMY HANDS), and produced by RANGER 7 FILMS, founded by executive producers Mike Callaghan, Reuben Liber and Justin Bursch. REVIEW: Executive producer, writer and director Tony Giglio‘s latest feature thriller, Extraction, arrives with the start of Crackle’s latest slate of online-content for the Fall season of 2013. The film stars Jon Foo in his newest leading role since […]
New Trailer And Clip For Crackle's Upcoming Online Release, EXTRACTION
We have a new trailer for the upcoming contained action thriller Extraction. The film is part of a new slate of action movies and web shows set to premiere this fall only on Crackle.com, as per an announcement from the network made at a star-studded conference hosted by NewFronts in New York City earlier this year. The film stars Jon Foo, back in the limelight and back in action in his latest lead role since the martial arts thrillers, Tekken (2011) and Bangkok Revenge (2012). Joining him is actor Falk Hentschel, best known for his role as the train assassin in the James Mangold-directed romantic action comedy adventure, Knight And Day with Tom Cruise. Rounding out the cast of the film are Danny Glover, Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones and Joanne Kelly, and will be the first feature film to premiere on Crackle.com on September 5, 2013. Watch the trailer below. […]
Greg Mandry's SOLDIER GIRLS Currently In-Development
It’s “GI Jane” meets “The Expendables” for the lastest new sexy military actioner from producer/director, Greg Mandry. The upcoming film is titled Soldier Girls and its current cast listing includes Sasha Jackson, Natasha Malthe, actress/journalist Naja Hill and South African actress, stuntwoman and action choreographer LeeAnn Liebenberg in a story about a team of elite fighting femme fatales recruited by a UN female soldier to rescue her journalist sister, captured by a crime syndicate in Thailand. Malthe, a Malaysian/Norwegian actress and model, is also known for her roles in previous action films such as Bloodrayne 2 and 3, and the live adap of the martial arts fighting game D.O.A.: Dead Or Alive. Liebenberg is also known for her stunt performances in such films as Wake Of Death, Doomsday and Prey. Rounding out the men of the group are actors Gianni Capaldi, martial arts action stars Gary Daniels and Jon Foo […]