MANTIS Teases Action-Packed ‘Kill Boksoon’ Spin-Off Coming In September!
MANTIS releases September 26 on Netflix!
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MANTIS: Netflix Announces ‘Kill Boksoon’ Spin-Off
Netflix is announcing “Mantis,” a tentatively titled spin-off to Byun Sung-hyun’s 2023 actioner, Kill Boksoon. Lee Tae-sung will debut direct the pic from a script he wrote with Byun. The casting lists Yim Si-wan (Unlocked, Emergency Declaration), Park Gyu-young (Sweet Home, Celebrity), and Jo Woo-jin (Narco-Saints, Alienoid) for the new flick which follows Mantis (Yim), an ace assassin returning to a collapsed-order hired killer industry after his vacation. Upon reentering this anarchic world, Mantis encounters Jae-yi (Park), his fellow trainee and rival, and Dok-go (Jo), a retired legendary killer, and realizes they are all vying for the top spot among the killers. The title character of Mantis was first mentioned in Kill Bok-soon by Cha Min-kyu (Sol Kyung-gu) in the previous film to “have gone on a vacation”. Per the announcement, Mantis Mantis “returns to a chaotic industry in search of new opportunities.” Byun’s Kill Boksoon premiered at the 73rd […]
Watch Two Bulgarians In Suits Beat Each Other Up In MANTIS
Currently available online for viewing couple of YouTube vids as part of a mini-project by a small group of independent filmmaking stunt performers from Bulgaria. Thematically speaking, it is a “Kung Fu vs. Karate” mini-series that doesn’t explore either martial arts style, but points to an underlying joke that carries over at the end of each episode. The first, Crane, one was released back in July with K.K. Kostadinov and Hristan Hristov, joined by fellow martial arts performer Dacio Caballero, of which you can view two different versions HERE and HERE. The newest episode, Mantis, was filmed a month later in August and is available in the embed below where you can also subscribe for more content.