The current online platforms releasing the film include iTunes US, Google Play, Xbox, Amazon Instant, Amazon DVD, Vudu (Walmart online), and Playstation. The cable providers are Comcast, Cos, Time Warner Cable, Brighthouse, Verizon Fios, Frontier, Suddenlink, Charter, Mediacom, CenturyLink, Google Play, Dish, DirecTV, and Blockbuster/Sling TV.
The fallout hasn’t been easy to deal with for fans since the mysterious debacle behind the stifled development of Mo’ Brothers films, Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us, and incidentally, Kimo Stamboel’s One Good Thing, the latter for which Redeemer star, action maestro Marko Zaror (pictured left, right of Arnold Chon) was supposed to be filming about now. Gladly however, this is not at all hampering Zaror‘s career as the film could very well possibly take off once again further somewhere down the line.
In the meantime, the Chilean martial arts action star is now keeping firmly busy in Texas ahead of the upcoming production of the new comedy, The Green Ghost, from Mutt Productions. Splinter (2006) and Filly Brown (2013) helmer Michael D. Olmos is on board to direct from a script by Holy Hell (2009) scribe Rafael Antonio Ruiz, which centers on the story of Charlie, a gringo raised in the barrio with a secret family gift and destined for a journey of self-discovery that will prepare him to battle an evil Aztec servant witch for the fate of the world. The film will reunite Zaror with Machete Kills lead actor Danny Trejo, in addition to Zambo Dende co-star, actress and martial artist Michelle Charlene Lee, along with action coordinators Arnold Chon (Arena, AWOL-72) and Freddie Poole (Rope-A-Dope 2, The Sector), accompanied by numerous action actors and stunt performers. There’s no word yet on who will play our heroic lead while filming is set to start next week in the town of Lockhart in Austin, Texas.
Zaror left 2014 on a pretty high note with forthcoming appearances in this summer’s U.S. release of Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s revenge thriller, Redeemer, in addition to the live-action shortfilm adaptation of Latin American comic book superhero Zambo Dende, now in post-production. All I’m saying is to pay close attention to what happens next for Zaror in 2015, because I think more suprises are in store. Just going with my gut here.
Stay tuned for more on The Green Ghost!
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Following a successful crowdfunding campaign going into the new year, Blood And Bone helmer, director Ben Ramsey recently wrapped a week-long production on the forthcoming shortfilm, Black Salt. Rising star, lead actor Kinyumba Mutakabbir takes on the title role with a script by based on the original comic book by creator and producer Owen Ratliff with a script by Phillip Daay.
SYNOPSIS:
Black Salt is a live-action short film project. With only four days left the clock ticks down towards a new world holocaust. The only thing standing in its path is Interpol’s deadliest black-ops agent, Samuel Tharpe. Sam hunts down the path of a game-changing weapon of mass destruction called the Exterminatus. He follows hot on its trail deep into the ancient land of China where he must seek aid from the Abbot at the Shaolin Temple. An evil Yakuza master stole the Exterminatus and seeks to use it in the East. Sam must prove his worthiness by fighting one of the Temple’s most skilled monks. Prepared to lay down his own life in exchange for the lives of his family and the world, Sam steps forward and engages in combat. Only his long-past training by the Shaolin master, Yu Bai Shek will make him a worthy hero.
Also starring are James Lew (Three Bullets, Lethal Weapon 4), Michelle Lee (Mutant Hurlant Chronicles, Mortal Kombat Legacy Season 2), Arnold Chon (Mortal Kombat Conquest, Wake Of Death), Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom (Broken Path, Iron Man 3) and Sheena Chou (The Last Ship, Meet The Spartans), with fight choreography by Ron Yuan (Black And White 2: The Dawn Of Justice 3D, Drive, Fast And Furious).
Associate producer and Martial Arts Entertainment contributor Dana Stamos is hosting a small behind-the-scenes offering with new set footage of Mutakabbir, Nanakornpanom, Yuan and Ramsey at work. Check it out below, along with three BTS collages.
I enjoyed previewing this interview for myself beforehand and learning of all of the names of the ladies involved in this massive project, and I am very glad to have had Wiley on board for the time I did as this is his final piece for the site before he moves on to other projects and responsibilities. And now, it is my pleasure to now share that very discussion with you, and help expand and grant the audience that Kung Fu Femmes deserves.
Two years after crowdfunding, filming, post production, hitting the LA Expo last year with conceptual shortfilm releases and promotional efforts in addition to searching for a worthy television platform for their new series, Clandestine, the multifaceted independent filmmakers Christopher Cowan and Haile Lee have finally launched the official trailer for the first two episodes of their ambitious new webseries. Best known for their visually stunning depiction of martial arts action with much adherence to a fanbase of amime, manga, movie and game lovers, Cowan and Lee, and series co-creator Lex Randleman, in conjunction with their production bases at Thousand Pounds Action Company and and their newest vehicle, Epic Rival, aim to use Clandestine to showcase the raw talents of some of the most prominent and rising action actors and actresses to make their mark in recent years.
Actress, martial artist, stuntwoman and Inside Kung Fu Magazine covergirl Michelle Lee is a bona fide badass. She recently doubled for actress Rinko Kikuchi in Guillermo Del Toro’s blockbuster Jaeger vs. Kaiju throwdown hit, Pacific Rim, and can currently be seen in Mortal Kombat Legacy: Season 2 as the half-Tarkatan warrior princess, Mileena.