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MASTER: Check Out A Supercharged First Look At The Upcoming Animated Martial Arts Thriller From Pop Willy And Steamroller

Ever the curious type to find animators who are keen on kung fu thrills to whet your appetite? Enter the world of Master, created by 20-year animation vet Jamaal Bradley who is proudly touting the latest trailer launch as of Tuesday. The project announced its acquisition by Central Florida-based Steamroller Studios, with whom Bradley’s Pop Willy Productions will be joining forces to develop an explosive animated feature based on the concept you now see above. Master follows the story of Olivia, a once-promising martial arts champion who is on a journey to guide her family to what she believes is a better life. Along the way, Olivia discovers that the life she is leaving behind is the one she should be fighting for. Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rise of the Guardians) is serving as executive producer on the new film with a release date currently pending. Steamroller is […]

MASTER Brings Its Own Triple Threat Together With Donnie Yen, Wu Jing And Jet Li

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The past few weeks have been stirring the fan fervor a bit between Wu Jing’s current Hong Kong run with hit sequel, Wolf Warrior 2, as well as Donnie Yen in lieu of his upcoming crime drama, Chasing The Dragon. Both names circulated the rumormill in hyperbolic fanboy fashion next to that of action star Jet Li (League Of Gods) who himself scaled back substantially on physically demanding roles in recent years due to his own health. Whatever the case may be now, of course there’s a photo flying around on social media with no context to it whatsoever, and doing nothing to ease the curiousity with specifics. For this, we now have some much-needed clarity with news of the new shortfilm, Master, now in production with Yen, Wu and Li involved. Unknown are the respective degrees of involvement while it is also reported that Jack Ma invited the trio […]

Catch The Latest Trailer For Cho Ui-Seok’s MASTER

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A friend of mine named Takai got on my case for not remembering an action scene from the film, Kundo which featured actor Gang Dong-Won as the main villain. She’s an avowed fan of his and that being said, she sort of put me in the doghouse (jokingly) even though I hadn’t seen the film in a couple of years. Still though, I give her credit for following up on Gang and his activity with his most recent film, director Chi Ui-Seok’s Master, in which he leads the tale of a intellectual crime unit led by a detective as they take on a massive fraud case. Also starring principally are Lee Byung-Hun and Kim Woo-Bin as the respective president and brains of the very corporation now in Gang’s sights and clearly our villains are trying to hide something, considering the conniving, scheming and explosive chaos occuring as a result. The […]

MASTER: Catch The Full Trailer For Cho Ui-Suk’s New Thriller

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Cold Eyes helmer Cho Ui-Suk looks to have plenty going for him with the forthcoming release of his latest action crime thriller, Master. It’s a marvelous feat so far and as exemplary as ever for Korean action fans with a cast as vibrant and stellar as ever with Kundo and The Priests actor Gang Dong-Won in his first role as a detective out to bring down the president of a company involved in a massive fraud case. On the villainous end of things are Lee Byung-Hun of I Saw The Devil, Paramounts G.I. Joe and Red 2 fame, along with Kim Woo-Bin from Twenty and Friend, The Great Legacy, all three headlining with, Uhm Ji-Won, The Tunnel and Veteran co-star Oh Dal-Su and Assassination co-star Jin Kyung. The film opens in cinemas this December and with this, the first full trailer has arrived, citing elements of action, drama and espionage aplenty. Take […]

Catch The First Teaser For Jo Eui-Seok's New Crime Thriller, MASTER

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I have to say, I’m pretty thrilled to see actor Lee Byung-Hun standing out so well in the last several years. The first I’d heard of him was in the live-action rendition of G.I. Joe in 2009 prior to its protracted sequel’s release in 2013 and it’s really exciting to see him take up action roles. Here, he does just that with a dash of salt and pepper in his air as a crimeboss at the center of a massive fraud investigation opposite Woochi and Kundo actor Kang Dong-Won in his debut role as a detective in the new thriller, Master. The film opens this December a year after its announcement in 2015 from CJ E&M with Cold Eyes helmer Jo Eui-Seok directing, and actors and actresses Friend, The Great Legacy actor Kim Woo-Bin, Uhm Ji-Won, The Tunnel and Veteran co-star Oh Dal-Su and Assassination co-star Jin Kyung also starring. […]

Lee, Kang, Kim Headline Jo's MASTER Early Next Year

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Actor Lee Byung-Hun, co-star of Terminator: Genisys, currently has a flourishing overseas career with Paramount Pictures’s G.I. Joe movies in 2009 and 2013 among others, and with any luck he’ll be doing the same with the studio now in tow with a universe of crossover films for Hasbro’s Allspark shingle. In the meantime, Lee is still a star at home in South Korea with hits like the long-awaited release of Woo Min-Ho’s political thriller, Inside Men, which finally opened last month. This week, his momentum into the new year continues with Master, which is set to begin filming in early 2016. The film marks Make It Big and The World Of Silence helmer Jo Eui-Seok’s third solo directorial debut as well as his latest gig since working at the helm with Kim Byung-Seo on the 2013 surveillance hit, Cold Eyes. Lee will be joined by opposite fellow leading South Korean sensation, […]