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[UPDATED] Amy Johnston Debut, LADY BLOODFIGHT, Scores Its Official North American Trailer

Kiss Of The Dragon helmer Chris Nahon’s latest action adventure, Lady Bloodfight, took quite the time from its elongated development as a loose female-centric sequel to the 1989 hit, Bloodsport, to a movie all its own. Such the shape it has taken now lends Hollywood stuntwoman and actress Amy Johnston her first major stab at a lead role with a bevy of female screenfighting talents showcasing stylish action sequences by Hung Yan Yan (Coweb [U.S. title: Ninja Masters]). SYNOPSIS: Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking her way through Hong Kong. When she successfully fends off three thugs trying to rob her, she draws the attention of Shu, a Wudang champion, who is impressed by her raw street fighting abilities. Shu recruits Jane and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as “The Kumite.” After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready […]

All-Female Fight Thriller, LADY BLOODFIGHT, Lands A U.S. Release Date

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It’s an endeavor that has gone for several years now but Chris Nahon’s Lady Bloodfight is finally gearing up for a limited U.S. release from Vertical Entertainment on May 26. The film marks the starring feature debut of actress and stuntwoman Amy Johnston who has all but begun her career ascension into acting and prominently so with several prospects already in tow. Johnston leads from a script by Bey Logan and Judd Bloch which centers on a young backpacker in Asia whose fighting prowess becomes the central query for a martial arts master looking to train her for a deadly underground tournament. An international cast that includes Jenny Wu, Jet Tranter, Mayling Ng and Muriel Hoffman will also partake in the action-packed line up with fight scenes directed by none other than Hong Kong cinema legend Hung Yan Yan. Trailers are already circulating while filmgoers in Asia can purchase their […]

LADY BLOODFIGHT: Catch The New Trailer For Amy Johnston’s Feature Debut

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Last November’s initial trailer for director Chris Nahon’s Lady Bloodfight was an ample serving of actress and martial artist Amy Johnston for her lead acting debut in a film. This week, however, we have a new trailer which is much more color-graded and shorter which still sells what it promises in Johnston’s latest turn as an American backpacker in Hong Kong whose fight for survival now extends in an all-female underground fighting tournament between rivaling masters and apprentices. Consequently in this regard, the film is already being pirated like crazy online following its theatrical run in parts of Asia so don’t be surprised if you see fanboys and hack writers claiming to have the exclusive bits on the film. Yes, those jokers exist. That said, hopefully there is still a breath of life left for proper releases in various territories including North America, which would be a great send-off for […]

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Hell Hath No Fury Like LADY BLOODFIGHT In The First Trailer

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Having undergone a quiet post-production period with little publicity thus far, director Chris Nahon’s latest film has officially kicked off with an international turn for its release. For this, we turn to Lady Bloodfight, centric on female martial arts stunt and screenfighting talent all around with Hollywood stuntwoman-turned-actress Amy Johnston front and center. SYNOPSIS: Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking her way through Hong Kong. When she successfully fends off three thugs trying to rob her, it draws the attention of Shu, a Wudang champion, who is impressed by her raw street fighting abilities. Shu recruits Jane and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as “The Kumite.” After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready to face off against the deadliest female fighters in the world, including Ling, the apprentice of Shu’s nemesis, Wai, a Shaolin master. Other nefarious forces […]

Chris Nahon's LADY BLOODFIGHT Rumbles Online With A New Behind The Scenes Featurette

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Actress and martial artist Amy Johnston once sparked the internet with a conceptual action sequence choreographed by James Young in 2012. Since then, her budding stunt career has rightly taken off while others in more advantageous positions began taking notice, namely over at Voltage Pictures as of a few years ago for Johnston’s now forthcoming lead debut in Kiss Of The Dragon helmer Chris Nahon’s new thriller, Lady Bloodfight. Bey Logan’s script casts Johnston in the role of Jane, a troubled backpacker in Hong Kong who incidentally becomes the prospect of a Wudang champion for an underground martial arts tournament, ultimately pitting her against opponents both in the ring, and hidden in the shadows. Johnston stands among a plurality of talented female screenfighters for this one as the film finally comes to fruition since developing several years ago as a female-centric loose remake of the 1988 Van Damme classic, Bloodsport. […]

'Lady Bloodfight' Actress Jenny Wu To Hit The Film Festival Circuit In Macau This Weekend

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Photo: JennyWu.info – Credit: Shane Kavanagh It’s been a few years since the production of director Chris Nahon’s latest, Lady Bloodfight, landed co-star, Aussie actress Jenny Wu on our radar. Hopefully we’ll learn more about the film in the coming months while attendees can expect to catch the Dragon Blade co-star in town for the inaugural events at the Gold Aries Award Macau International Film Festival. A press release has been issued this week which you can view below. In the meantime, you’ll find plenty more info about the actress at her official website with sublinks to Facebook and Twitter. Sydney – This year, the Chinese box office is predicted to surpass the US box office, officially becoming the largest film market in the world. China’s market grew an astonishing 48.7% last year, reaching a record AUD$9.5 billion. This phenomenon has grabbed the attention of filmmakers and entertainers worldwide. Australian actress Jenny Wu, […]

FIVE A DAY: Ring In The New Year With These Heavy Hitters!

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At long last, we’ve come to the last day of 2015 and we have ten more titles to list by Friday. Once more, quite a few of these are just here as worthy reminders as some of these titles tend to fall into obscurity until something major happens, so I’m glad to help keep the attention going for these and rest assured, I’ll be tracking other titles as always. So, here is the next slate of my Five-A-Day round-up! Out of all the people you could list as high profile in martial arts cinema, in many ways actor and filmmaker Michael Jai White clearly falls in that category. For this, the first title I want to list in that regard is, what was once a surprise to me at the time, his addition to Christian Sesma’s Vigilante Diaries starring Paul Sloan, Quinton Jackson and Jay Mewes. The film spawned as […]

THE HIT LIST – September 7, 2015

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The Hit List is back this week once more with some more new reels and gems, as well as some great new and exclusve insight and imagery with the fall festivals kicking off after this week. For this, I can certainly promise there will be MUCH more to share in the weeks and months ahead. For now, there’s only one way I’m starting off this Hit List: Stunt reels aplenty! Actress Mayling Ng gets this week’s stunt reel playlist started with a weapons showcase, sampling a taste for viewers who will soon see her next year in Chris Nahon’s action thriller, Lady Bloodfight starring Amy Johnston. The playlist rounds it all out with an updated reel by Brett Easton, and new reels by Karine Mauffrey, Cole Petty, Jake Eavey, Nick deKay, Donny Nichols, Jessica Erin Bennett, a two-part showreel completed this week by Taiwanese stuntman Scott Hung, and the latest […]

Amy Johnston And Yayan Ruhian To Star In Kellie Madison's THE GATE

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The age of martial arts in television continues with word from City On Fire of a new teaser pitch for the planned series, The Gate. The Tank and The Caul helmer Kellie Madison is directing the teaser pitch with actress and stuntwoman Amy Johnson set to lead with Indonesian import, The Raid franchise co-star Yayan Ruhian. The series’ theme will reportedly focus on the story of an angel who embraces her power to battle forces of darkness. Johnston has been slowly blooming as a stand out actress with a natural knack for screenfighting and stunt performance talent with accumulative credits in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3, and the upcoming Marvel adaptation at Fox, Deadpool, in addition to her lead role in Epic Rival’s pilot pitch, Clandestine. The Gate, while definitely befitting for film material, definitely fits the mold for television and serves as an excellent platform for […]

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Amy Johnston's Lead Debut, LADY BLOODFIGHT, Wraps Filming

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The nature of independent online action filmmaking is one that is full of surprises. It certainly lended us one in the form of actress and martial artist Amy Johnston in a viral choreography video that began making the rounds three years ago, and its benefitted her greatly with a number of appearances in several projects, including Epic Rival’s 2015 2-episode release, Clandestine. Needless to say, it’s been a good journey for the up-and-coming actress whose skillset has since earned the attention of Voltage Pictures with Kiss Of The Dragon helmer, director Chris Nahon attached to direct the female-centric martial arts action adventure, Lady Bloodfight. The film itself has taken a few years to evolve in pre-production and development as a whole, and thankfully the film has earned its way forward with news that the film has finally wrapped principal photography. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: The Green Legend producer Bey […]

LADY BLOODFIGHT Officially Adds Two More With Four New Posters

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The production of director Chris Nahon‘s new tournament action thriller, Lady Bloodfight, is set to resume at some point between later this month and February. Not all the details are being handed out just yet, although we’ve already been graced with a number of viral photos dating back to late last year with Nahon joined by actress Amy Johnston, producer Bey Logan and action choreographer Hung Yan Yan and others. Nowadays, with filming almost right around the corner, Logan is currently unveiling four new promotional character photos for two of the film’s actresses, Kathy Wu as Wai and Jet Tranter as Cassidy. For those of you who have been keeping up, Tranter was previously attached to star in the film in its previous iteration as Lady Bloodsport with a different cast line-up being prepped for plans to film late in 2013. For whatever reasons there were, however, evidently the production […]

LADY BLOODFIGHT Sports Fresh New Character Posters

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Pre-production is currently finished and awaiting filming beginning in January of next year for Kiss Of The Dragon helmer Chris Nahon‘s latest martial arts tournament thriller, Lady Bloodfight from Voltage Pictures. The film picked up some steam at the top of the year upon launching at the European Film Market with actress and Hollywood stuntwoman Amy Johnston (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Clandestine) making her lead debut, and with principal photography to follow, we now have four new promotional art featuring Johnston and co-star Jenny Wu in the gallery below. Featuring illustrious fight choreography by action cinema veteran Xiong Xin Xin (Coweb, Shaolin), Johnston and Wu will star in the story of Jane, a traveling backpacker in Asia who, when taken under the wing of karate master, Oshima for her exceptional fighting skills, will pit her side by side with Ling, the apprentice of her master’s nemesis, against nefarious forces that […]

DRAGON BALL Z: THE LIGHT OF HOPE Brings New Hope For A New Webseries!

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Amy Johnston lends an evil glare as Android 18 in the new trailer for DRAGON BALL Z: THE LIGHT OF HOPE On Monday, husband and wife, and independent filmmaking and production duo Donnie and Rita McMillin unveiled a brand new crowdfunding campaign for an ambitious new live-action webseries take on a familiar Shonen Jump manga classic with Dragon Ball Z: The Light Of Hope. The project headlines the latest efforts from their content creation platform, Robot Underdog, which began roughly a year and a half ago, now succeeded by a new and growing website, and a Facebook page with well over 11,000 loyal followers. “In it’s core, Robot Underdog is simply the idea that when normal people come together we can make awesome things.”, says Underdog, in a recent discussion with both Donnie who directs, and Rita who serves as producer for all RUD projects. “We had a lot of learning […]

REEL TIME: Amy Johnston (2014)

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The martial arts cinema community rallied when word got out that actress and Hollywood stuntwoman Amy Johnston landed a lead role in director Chris Nahon‘s upcoming international tournament action thriller, Lady Bloodfight. She fought actress Zoë Bell in Josh Waller’s new thriller, Raze, and is also slated to appear in Captain America: The Winter Soldier doubling for actress Scarlett Johansson, to name a few, and with more surprises to come, we now get to see a new reel this week showcasing Johnston’s latest montage of material from over the last several years. More surprises lurk in the near future action fans between now and this Spring, including Johnston‘s upcoming role in the latest Dragon Ball-inspired project from Robot Underdog, for which a trailer is expected to arrive in the very near future. On that note, check out the ‘Lady’s’ new reel in the following embed below where you may also […]

Amy Johnston Transforms From Student To Badass In New Sales Art For LADY BLOODFIGHT!

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This week’s launching of the all-female international martial arts action vehicle, Lady Bloodfight, has officially delivered its first promotional artwork prior to its pending production this Fall. The two posters featuring Hollywood actress, stuntwoman and viral internet martial arts sensation, Amy Johnston (available below the synopsis), come just a little less than a few days after the official Facebook page for B&E Productions announced the film’s presentation at this month’s events at the European Film Market joined by Voltage Pictures. SYNOPSIS: Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as “The Kumite”. After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready to face off against the deadliest female fighters in the world, including Ling, the Chinese apprentice of […]

Amy Johnston Lands The Lead In LADY BLOODFIGHT

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It seems the production of the all-female underground martial arts action thriller, Lady Bloodsport, has undergone some changes in the past year since training began for the actresses slated to appear in it at the time. This week, the word now from the official Facebook page for Bey Logan’s production banner, B&E Productions states the film’s latest rebranding as Lady Bloodfight. And while further casting details will need some clarity, the film has officially aligned itself with the screenfighting stunt prowess of Raze co-star, actress Amy Johnston, who can currently be seen in Epic Rival’s first trailer for the fantasy martial arts action series, Clandestine. As per the benefits of being a viral internet sensation, the actress has gained a ton of notoriety from a simple demo test fight shot at a gym in California several years ago by the original creators of Clandestine over at Thousand Pounds Action Company […]