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THE BROTHERS SUN Pilot Review: The Dawn Of An Intriguing New Crime Series With Action That Hits The Mark

The momentous arrival of new crime drama series The Brothers Sun brings promise with a first episode that delivers multitonal drama and comedy with several servings of violence and fisticuffs. Eight episodes are streaming on Netflix following its premiere on Thursday so after this, you’re welcome to dive in for yourselves if you’re keen as this review will just cover the pilot episode. The show starts off as best as action fans could ask for and probably expect, here with a scene set in a highrise in Taiwan where the residency of Sun family heir, Charles (Justin Chien) is ambushed by three masked men with weapons while he’s in the middle of baking. The ordeal leads to another twist early in the story that winds up with his father, Big Sun (Johnny Kou) comatose and fighting for his life, forcing Charles to take the next step as ordered and travel […]

WHAT DOES THE DAPPER FOX SAY?: An Interview With PANDA Director Trent Dickens

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Trent Dickens is somebody who’s accrued more than enough experience in his young life to venture into a variety of pursuits. The actor and oft dancer has since positioned himself behind the lens for his recent shortfilm debut, Panda, which even got Kevin Smith’s attention via Twitter at one point. Yes. That Kevin Smith. Panda goes live on Friday following my own review, and so at long last, we now take to our first interview to discuss his career and work going forward. Panda marks your directorial debut online soon but you got your start in entertainment as a dancer. Talk about that aspect of your career for us and your segue into film. My Mother is a dance teacher so I grew up in the studio. I always had a dream to make movies one day but had no idea how to go about it, dance was what I […]

MORTAL KOMBAT Screenwriter Talks Up His Completed Script, Characters And More

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This is gonna feel like such a tease, but the folks over at Discussing Film were able to get in touch with Greg Russo on his progress with the screenplay for the upcoming Mortal Kombat film. The script is complete according to the report, and for which Simon McQuoid remains attached to direct as he’s been since November 2016. The inquiry therein by Eric Moskowski delves into the issue of the overall tone in comparison of sorts to the Marvel movies, and also which characters Russo generally finds pivotal to the mythology – though it still remains to be seen if they’ll be the darn movie because the studio’s lips are remaining tighter the seals of the upcoming Mueller report. Here’s the full exchange: INTERVIEWER: “I want to get a feel for what the tone is going to be. Because in my eyes, I’ve always seen Mortal Kombat as kind […]

James Wan Has Reportedly Signed On To Produce The MORTAL KOMBAT Movie Reboot

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Back in October of last year, Warner Bros. and its digital production arm, Blue Ribbon Content, announced the production of a third installation of hit webseries Mortal Kombat Legacy which has taken a foothold within the fanbase. It’s the only other development in anything Mortal Kombat since Kevin Tancharoen blessed fans with an amazing shortfilm that went viral in 2010 prior to what sounded like promising news for a glorious return to feature film territory since 1995 and 1997 from New Line Cinema. However, with Warner Bros. staking its claim with Tancharoen helming Mortal Kombat Legacy in 2011, news was slow to come regarding anything film related and by the second season in 2013, it was all for naught as Tancharoen, after two years of getting followed and trolled obsessively by fans pining for the best of what should have come by now for a movie and didn’t, left the […]

WB's Untitled MORTAL KOMBAT Series Gets A Casting Call With Character Details And Potential Spoilers

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It’s getting a bit more hopeless with each passing month that we’ve been left with lesser and lesser prospects of a Mortal Kombat feature film since its announcement in 2010. However painful that may be to many, director Kevin Tancharoen’s application to the last two seasons of Mortal Kombat Legacy brought plenty of attention from fans for a successful webseries between 2011 and 2013 before he departed any and all business related to the franchise, and then reportedly came back in early 2014 for a mystery project leading toward a possible third season. Well, its been many months since that report with Warner Bros. eventually breaking the news in a press release announcing an untitled Mortal Kombat series as part of their new digital production arm, Blue Ribbon Content. As it turns out, filming is expected to begin in Los Angeles sometime this month, if not already, and information linked […]

Warner Bros. Officially Announces Untitled Third Season Of MORTAL KOMBAT

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As much as many of us still may want a Mortal Kombat movie, it doesn’t appear to be happening anytime soon (I desperately want to be proven wrong). However, it looks like Warner Bros. is planning another live-action webseries as part of a new slate of projects courtesy of WB’s digital production branch, Blue Ribbon Content. The series is untitled, but is currently poised for an April 2015 airing in sync with the release of Mortal Kombat X, the newest game from WB and Netherealm Studios. Much ado has been said about a possible third season following an initial report earlier this year with surprise statements from once-former series director, Kevin Tancharoen. “With Legacy Season 1, it was kind of a big experiment.” said Tancharoen in acknowledging how a new season would be approached in comparison to the first two seasons. “No one has done it before, and we didn’t […]

Casper Van Dien And Mark Dacascos Pose For New Pic Teasing MORTAL KOMBAT LEGACY 3

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In case anyone here needed anymore indication that another installation of Mortal Kombat Legacy was in the making, then leave it to actor Casper Van Dien, who just posted this photo of him in training with martial arts star, actor Mark Dacascos for said series. Take a look: (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Post by Casper Van Dien. Van Dien already posted at least one photo back in June, indicating a possible return to the role of disenfranchised movie star Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat Legacy: Season 2. Dacascos played the role of Shaolin warrior monk, Kung Lao, one of the chosen under Raiden, the God of Thunder (David Lee McInnis) to fight in the latest tournament that hinges on the brink of world take over by Netherrealm warlord, […]

Kevin Tancharoen Set To Direct THE GUNS OF CHRISTMAS PAST

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Well, it’s not Mortal Kombat, but director Kevin Tancharoen is still very much an active filmmaker with a new project lined up in the form of The Guns Of Christmas Past for Voltage Pictures. The film reportedly puts a loose spin on Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic, A Christmas Story, centered on the modern day story of self-realization about a retired Chicago hitman who comes home to avenge the death of his friend, forced to fight his way past three unlikely adversaries from his past, present and future. The news comes as the director, best known for firing up the Mortal Kombat fan base in the past four years with a leaked stellar action packed shortfilm, and a two-season webseries, which were recently fueled by some micro blurbs of a possible third season in development. Tancharoen unceremoniously left the Mortal Kombat fray late last year prior to recent developments back in […]

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MORTAL KOMBAT LEGACY: SEASON 2 Gets A Home Release Date!

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Speculation continues over whether or not recent signs of a season three will come through for Mortal Kombat fans who have otherwise become fond of Machinima’s online webseries since any quantitative progress on a feature film remains to be seen. As such, given we have a new game on the way next year with a batch of hot new characters, I could see how some changes would likely need to be made if writer/director Kevin Tancharoen and screenwriter Oren Uziel so chose, but again, nothing is yet known since Tancharoen unceremoniously left the Mortal Kombat frey and mysteriously popped up earlier this year. It really is all just a mystery, and one that awaits solving as we approach a hopeful official announcement. In the meantime, Warner Bros. will be distributing last year’s Mortal Kombat Legacy: Season 2 on Blu-Ray on October 14. Fans can also find Mortal Kombat Legacy: Season […]

Check Out The Latest Character File For Upcoming Thriller SKIN TRADE

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What do you get when you bring gaming franchise Mortal Kombat’s most prolific online director and filmmaker and one of action cinema’s biggest leading martial arts movie heroes together on Twitter? Well, you get this: @tonyjaaofficial hope to meet you really soon as well! Huge fan of your work! — Kevin Tancharoen (@KTANCH) May 8, 2014 No, I won’t pretend to know what the root of all this is. And in all likelihood I probably couldn’t tell you even if I did know, as with most things I have learned in the past year or so about certain projects with repsect to their originators. But I have a gut feeling that this is worth bookmarking. So, yes. Kevin Tancharoen and Tony Jaa know who each other are. We can pretty much clarify that. However, the bigger question is what happens next? Well…only time will tell. At least we know what […]

Kevin Tancharoen Surprises The Internet With News On MORTAL KOMBAT LEGACY 3!

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I’m a little beside myself this morning as I just sat in front of some really intriguing news involving the fever-pitch campaign of enduring patience for any and all news regarding Mortal Kombat. Ever since filmmaker Kevin Tancharoen shook the fan community with news of his departure from the franchise, one could only assume what would happen next only after a seven-minute pitch trailer for a potential feature film, and a two-season Machinima webseries based on the highly popular game. Well, after recently unveiling his latest collaborations with the Jabbawockeez for Regenerate, and the latest pilot episode for The Gable 5, the director is now on record stating talks with Mortal Kombat co-creator and producer Ed Boon and the execs at Warner Bros. will occur this week to get the third season approved. “We are starting to talk about it [Legacy Season 3] literally this week (knock on wood).” Tancharoen […]

Eliza Dushku Takes On A Hidden Enemy In The New Pilot Shortfilm, THE GABLE 5

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Kevin Tancharoen may have abstained from his former prospects as the hopeful director of a once-promised live action Mortal Kombat feature film, but his filmmaking days are clearly far from over as he has since moved forward with other creative ideas at his disposal. As such, we are now accommodated with Tancharoen‘s s brand new shortfilm, The Gable 5, which sees Dollhouse star and TV genre icon, actress Eliza Dushku as the unwitting subject of a government-sanctioned off-the-books experiment to find a way to end mankind’s capacity for war. Dushku expressed her excitement for the project in a recent interview with Crave Online, stating, in part, the following: “I loved this idea of deconstructing science and psychology to change current and future humanity. It’s something that we attempted — and were limited in doing — with ‘Dollhouse.’ It’s in the same vein and we of course, jam packed it full of […]

[UPDATED] Krowdfunding Begins For MORTAL KOMBAT: THE ONE

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UPDATE: This article now includes newly added links to the crowdfunding page that began on Wednesday, following the Tuesday posting of this article. While any promise of screenwriter Oren Uziel’s script for a feature-length live-action Mortal Kombat movie continues to sit in a painful state of limbo, inspired fan film efforts are keep things moving forward with the latest trailer for the unofficial shortfilm production, Mortal Kombat: The One. Set to begin production later this year for a Fall airing, the new project comes from from student filmmaker Anthony Pellino, whose script for the film’s possible 12-to-15 minute duration will center namely on characters, Lin Kuei ninja Sub-Zero and the God of Thunder himself, Raiden, loosely based on the plot from the original games. SYNOPSIS: Set a few years before the 10th tournament in Manhattan, Rayden is desperate. He has very few leads on potential fighters, and he knows this […]

Kevin Tancharoen Retires From MORTAL KOMBAT

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Writer and director Kevin Tancharoen (left) with actor Ian Anthony Dale on the set of Mortal Kombat Legacy (2011) April Fools’ Day is long gone for the remainder of its following year. So, one may be baffled by Kevin Tancharoen‘s latest announcement on Twitter on Friday night, stating he would be parting ways with Mortal Kombat, ending his role with the franchise as the writer and director of the pending film and two previous webseries seasons for Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. After 3 years of Kombat,I’ve decided to move on to other creative opportunities. I wish everyone involved in the movie big success. Thanks! — Kevin Tancharoen (@KTANCH) October 25, 2013 The announcement comes just a month off the release of the second season of Mortal Kombat Legacy with talk of a third season and a film that has since been reported to be actively developing. Progress on the film […]

Prepare Yourself For A New Season Of MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY

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Versatile television personality Chris Hardwick was the host of the Streamy Awards on Sunday, February 17th, 2013. The show featured musical performances and also paid tribute to quality online content creators who produce their own material to broadcast to audiences worldwide on the internet. One segment viewers got to look at on Sunday was the new footage for the upcoming second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, produced by the Bandito Brothers and directed by none other than Kevin Tancharoen, which you can view below: Mortal Kombat Legacy Season 2 – Trailer Unlike the first season written by Aaron and Todd Helbing, Tancharoen along with new writers Josh Baizer and Marshall Johnson put focus solely on the tournament for the second season. The cast will comprise of old and new faces, including Ian Anthony Dale and Samantha Jo Tjhia reprising their roles as Scorpion and Kitana respectively, along with Kim Do […]