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EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Chooses Oka Antara For The Latest Character Poster

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from director Ranjeet Marwa since the crank-up began last year for his most recent films, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. To be clear though, Marwa and producer Djonny Chen have been busy developing other projects as well as toiling through post-production, including a small round of additional shoots which wrapped in Jakarta. Having since completed the Birmingham shoot late last year for most of the cast including Sunny Pang and Hannah Al-Rashid, the new footage now includes shots of Oka Antara as promised upon earlier casting, including a shot Marwa teased on Instagram on Wednesday. Marwa also sent us a character poster featuring Antara which you can view below. After a man-made virus failed to reduce the world’s overpopulated areas, global leaders would start a new program that would legitimize a new venture in a game show. The game would be broadcast live, […]

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BARBARIC: ‘Exiled: The Chosen Ones’ Director Segues Into Psych Horror Thriller For Early 2021 Shoot [EXCLUSIVE]

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Pre-production will officially begin next week when Ranjeet S. Marwa and Djonny Chen reteam for psychological horror thriller, Barbaric. Marwa has written and will direct, in addition to producing via his Rocket Sky High Motion Pictures Ltd banner next to Chen’s Silent D Pictures. Here’s the official logline: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. When an innocent young woman is drugged and violently raped at a party, the accused believe they have gotten away with their sins. What they fail to realize is that when a person is completely broken, absolutely torn down to the core, they are incapable of being the same person ever again. The accused soon find out what it means to be accused and pay for their sins. Not even God can help them when the young woman disguises herself to be raped once more, this time she appears as a young innocent girl, […]

WOLVES: Hannah Al-Rashid And Julie Estelle In The Running For Female-Fronted Revenge Thriller In Early 2021 [EXCLUSIVE]

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There’s certainly been a build-up of things in the works for filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa, and with as the new year approaches. Following up from last week’s mention of Wolves, we can officially report further on the project’s development with Marwa penning the script to direct, as well as produce. The film is billed as a female-fronted revenge thriller in the vein of John Wick, and is currently circling a shortlist of actresses including Hannah Al-Rashid (Buffalo Boys) and Julie Estelle (Foxtrot Six) for the lead role. The film’s official logline reads as follows: “Old ghosts may prove hard to kill for Tora, a beautiful and deadly assassin who’s since traded in her former life of violence and bloodshed for that of marriage, and motherhood to their young son. On one fateful day, Tora’s world comes crashing down when her family is summarily executed, pulling her back into the fray […]

BLIND RAGE: Sunny Pang Inks A Deadly Reveal In Preliminary Key Art For The Upcoming Assassin Thriller [EXCLUSIVE]

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Film Combat Syndicate is proudly announcing Blind Rage, the next project to begin rolling in the June of 2021 starring actor Sunny Pang. He’ll be teaming up once more with Ranjeet S. Marwa, who will write and direct the project in Birmingham, U.K., just as they did on their latest endeavor, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, which stars Pang and is currently in post-production. The Singaporean action star will play the role of an blind, assuming character who serves as a government assassin. Plot details are under wraps for the new movie, barring the overall vision and tone which I’m told aims as a cross between The Equalizer, Marvel’s Daredevil and the 1980 jidaigeki classic, Shogun Assassin. Marwa will produce out of his Rocket Sky High Motion Pictures Ltd. label next to Djonny Chen (Daemon Mind) of Silent D Pictures. Pang has been a working actor since 1993, and has worked […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Spotlights Sunny Pang And Hannah Al-Rashid In The New Survival Thriller [EXCLUSIVE]

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It would be an understatement to call 2020 a challenging year, what with politics, catastrophic disasters, and a global pandemic all being major factors in how the rest of us who’ve managed to stay alive through all have remained so. To each end, you might even suggest these as suitable a backdrop for a creative offshoot. Filmmaker Ranjeet Marwa’s inspiration kept steadfast during 2020, with efforts to crowdfund one film prior to announcing several others, and ultimately leading the charge with his latest production, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. The film signals Marwa’s premiere stake in martial arts action cinema with Southeast Asian allure, hailing direct from the UK as the first of its kind, with Marwa taking inspiration from the likes of Gareth Evans, and Indonesia’s own Timo Tjahjanto. “What we have in store for the audience is very unique in terms of both actors and location. Nothing of this […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Is A Brutal Exhibition Of Violence And Gore In The First Teaser Trailer

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Welp, less than a year in after trying to crowdfund one project, filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa least expected he’d be ramping up three more instead. Assuredly, the Covid-19 pandemic became pivotal in how things eventually fluctuated among other factors, and thus, he we are with Marwa’s latest priority, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, which wrapped principal photography last month. After a man-made virus failed to reduce the world’s overpopulated areas, global leaders would start a new program that would legitimize a new venture in a game show. The game would be broadcast live, where random contestants would be exiled into a concrete jungle, forced to kill each other for their freedom. Viewers would place their bets on who had a chance at survival. Be that as it may…no one survives the game. Make no mistake here in noticing actor Sunny Pang’s name having recurred all year in news updates with Marwa’s […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Commences The Anarchy In Six New Stills From The Upcoming Thriller

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Six new stills are online from Ranjeet S. Marwa’s upcoming action thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, which you can check out in the gallery above. Written and directed by Marwa, the film centers on Hiro (Sunny Pang), a cold and calculating Yakuza hitman forced to compete for his life among a row of society’s worst criminals, in a deadly game devised by a corporate cabal overseeing a nefarious population control scheme, while the rich place their bets. Principal photography wrapped last month in Birmingham, U.K.. The film is now in post-production with release plans brewing for 2021. Exiled: The Chosen Ones also stars Hannah Al-Rashid, Oka Antara, and Nisaro Karim, along with David Blackwell, James J. Bryhan and action actor Nick Khan who also serves as fight choreographer. Marwa is also producing the pic via Rocket Sky High Motion Pictures, Ltd., alongside Djonny Chen of Silent D Pictures. A trailer […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Hammers Out Official Key Art For The New Sunny Pang Action Survival Thriller (EXCLUSIVE)

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Film Combat Syndicate is happy to debut the first official poster artwork for upcoming action thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, which you can check out below. Emerging U.K. director Ranjeet S. Marwa wrote the film which stars Singaporean actor Sunny Pang, and London-born Indonesian actress Hannah Al-Rashid, both who shared the screen in Mike Wiluan’s Buffalo Boys, and in Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us. Pang stars as Hiro, a cold and calculating Yakuza hitman forced to compete for his life among a row of society’s worst criminals, in a deadly game devised by a corporate cabal overseeing a nefarious population control scheme, while the rich place their bets. Also starring are James J. Bryhan, Oka Antara, Carl Wharton, Jon Xue Zhang and David Blackwell, and actor/stunt performer Nick Khan who also serves as fight choreographer. Principal photography wrapped last weekend after a thirty two-day key shoot in Birmingham, […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES: Bloodied And Beaten Sunny Pang, Cast And Crew Wrap Principal Photography For New U.K. Action Thriller

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Production is wrapped as of Saturday for upcoming survival action thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. Ranjeet S. Marwa is writing and directing the film which embarked on a consecutive twelve-day principal Birmingham, U.K shoot earlier thie month. The indie thriller features Singaporean actor Sunny Pang (The Collector, Headshot, Kill-Fist) in the role of Hiro, a cold and calculating Yakuza hitman forced to compete for his life among a row of society’s worst criminals, in a deadly game devised by a corporate cabal overseeing a nefarious population control scheme, while the rich place their bets. Pang was able to make the festival rounds over the last several years joining fellow cast and crew for North American premieres of Headshot (2016) at TIFF in Toronto, Canada, and The Night Comes For Us (2018) at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. His latest endeavor also rejoined him with fellow The Night Comes For Us […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Adds ‘The Raid 2’, ‘Foxtrot Six’ Actor Oka Antara (EXCLUSIVE)

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Oka Antara (The Raid 2) is officially on board for writer/director Ranjeet S. Marwa’s new indie survival action thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. Production is currently underway as cameras have just wrapped its fifth day into what’s expected to be a month-long shoot in Birmingham, U.K.. Strict Covid-19 protocols are in place for the indie thriller which stars Sunny Pang (The Night Comes For Us, Kill-Fist) in the role of Hiro, a cold and calculating Yakuza hitman forced to compete for his life among a row of society’s worst criminals, in a deadly game devised by a corporate cabal overseeing a nefarious population control scheme, while the rich place their bets. Serving as the gamemaster’s trump card, Antara will star in the role of Kruz, who I am told is a sniper assigned to eliminate disobedient players, as well as kill players to make the game interesting when the game […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Rolls Camera, Unveils Key Cast

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If it feels like things have shifted drastically since January, you’re not going nuts. Things definitely have been remapped to an immense degree, and that no less goes for director Ranjeet S. Marwa as he begins the next phase of production for survival thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. Cameras are rolliing in Birmingham in the U.K. as of Monday with Marwa directing from his own script, a cast that reunites The Night Comes For Us actors Sunny Pang and Hannah Al-Rashid in lead roles, and also co-stars and serves as action director. In addition to the aforementioned, producer Djonny Chen took to social media this week to affirm the announcement with an official cast roster that also lists James Jaysen Bryhan, Jon Xue Zhang, Craig Edwards, Carl Wharton, Francois Mequer, Ermar Alexander, Nisaro Karim, Ken Hough, David Blackwell, Jordan Hale, actor and hip-hop recording artist J. Cheung (a.k.a. Cryptik Soul), […]

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Ranjeet S. Marwa’s EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Casts Hannah Al-Rashid (EXCLUSIVE)

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English-born actress Hannah Al-Rashid has taken the female lead in Exiled: The Chosen Ones, the new independent action thriller from Ranjeet S. Marwa (The Boy Who Never Came Home). Talks have been underway as pre-production continued this past week with Singaporean actor Sunny Pang (Headshot, TV series Code Of Law) arriving in Birmingham, U.K. for Monday’s start of principal photography. Marwa is directing from his own script, reteaming Al-Rashid with her The Night Comes For Us co-star, Pang, and joining a primary cast that also lists Carl Wharton (The Tombs), and a reunion for Marwa with Faith Can Wait actors James Bryhan (Shadow And Bone) and Craig Edwards (Pumpkins), and actor and stunt performer Nick Khan (Tribal: Get Out Alive, The Asian Connection) who is also designing the gruesome action sequences. Production also marks the latest tenacious effort by Marwa who initially started the year out by promoting crowdfunding for […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Reveals A Behind-The-Scenes Glimpse Of Pre-Production On The Covid-Safe Survival Thriller

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Tune in to director Ranjeet S. Marwa’s Instagram for the next several days and you’ll likely spot him on the Birmingham set for his new independent survival actioner, now titled Exiled: The Chosen Ones. The filmmaker is currently teasing several photos from the set, three in which are enclosed in a collage he’s sent to our inbox which you can tap to view above, with Marwa joined by lead actor Sunny Pang (The Night Comes For Us) and co-star/stunt performer Nick Khan (Tribal: Get Out Alive) who also serves as fight choreographer. Pang stars from a script by Marwa, playing Hiro, a cold and calculating Yakuza hitman forced to compete for his life among a row of society’s worst criminals, in a deadly game devised by a corporate cabal overseeing a nefarious population control scheme, while the rich place their bets. Other cast members will be officially announced in the […]

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THE CHOSEN ONES: Sunny Pang To Star In Survival Thriller From Ranjeet S. Marwa [EXCLUSIVE]

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Filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa is officially set to move forward on The Chosen Ones, a sprawling new survival thriller set to shoot in the U.K. starting in the first week of October through November. With Covid-19 safety protocols in place, Marwa will be directing from his own script and producing for his Rocket Sky High Motion Pictures Ltd. banner alongside Djonny Chen of Silent D Films, and with Sunny Pang (Headshot, The Night Comes For Us) attached to star. The project is one of several feature films that Marwa kept in the works since launching crowdfunding in January for action thriller, Blood Rush (which would have filmed this summer), prior to setting forth plans to direct again with Traced by this time in 2020 after pitching the two projects to this year virtual Cannes market. The pandemic, among other factors, has since affected progress on both Traced and Blood Rush, […]

COVID-19: THE IMPACT ON ASIAN CINEMA Review: Ranjeet S. Marwa’s New Mini-Doc Is A Requisite Tip Of The Iceberg

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Nearly eight months into a global pandemic that still has many parts of the world in its clutches, it’s important to take in consideration, the complex impact being had on industries the world around. The film and television fields are in the midst of a drastic reshapening as cities around the globe work to adapt to a new working environment, with new safety guidelines that now remove many of the previous liberties people on film and television sets used to have. Some parts of the world haven’t been so lucky, to date. Earlier this year, places in Singapore, Indonesia and the U.K. were no different in bearing the brunt of economic fallout over the rise in cases of Covid-19. These are the respective locations of actors Sunny Pang, Oka Antara and stunt performer/fight choreographer Nick Blade Khan, subjects of director Ranjeet S. Marwa’s new independent documentary, Covid-19: The Impact Of […]

BLOOD RUSH Key Sales Art Coats The Virtual Cannes Market In The Red Stuff

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I certainly wasn’t the one who first broke the news of Ranjeet S. Marwa’s Blood Rush at the top of the year, but it’s been an honor thusfar to be able to keep a finger on the pulse of the goings on these days with director Ranjeet S. Marwa, and seeing him take to his first-ever sales pitch at Cannes (albeit the Virtual Market) has been all the more exciting. He’s working on filming his next endeavor, Traced, later this year in the U.K. starring Sunny Pang, while plans remain in motion to round-up key impressive talent for an early 2021 start for blood-drenched action thriller, Blood Rush, about a widower whose secret life in the occult sends him in a downward spiral he’ll now have to fight his way out of, tooth and nail. The production has had its few snags along the way, unfortunately – most prevalently due […]

TRACED: Ultra-Violent Sunny Pang Thriller Hits The Virtual Cannes Market This Sunday [EXCLUSIVE]

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Steadfast and unabashed, director Ranjeet S. Marwa will be in good company with producer Djonny Chen they unveil their slate from Silent D Pictures and Rocket Sky High Motion Pictures, Ltd. on Sunday. Their primary focus at the forefront will be Traced, which currently has new mock-up sales art now making the rounds. The film features Singaporean actor Sunny Pang (Headshot, The Night Comes For Us), with more to be announced in the days ahead. Following our report on June 2, we now have an official logline that reads as follows: “After being locked in prison for three years, Noble must find the people responsible for his incarceration. However, revenge is not always the answer, redemption is.” A deeper insight into the film elucidates themes such as family, betrayal and redemption, with tones akin to the ultra-violent cinematic works of filmmakers like Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes For Us), Park […]

COVID-19: THE IMPACT ON ASIAN CINEMA Trailer: Sunny Pang, Oka Antara And Nick Khan Headline Ranjeet S. Marwa’s New Doc

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Updates on Blood Rush and Traced notwithstanding, director Ranjeet S. Marwa’s independent documentary, Covid-19: The Impact On Asian Cinema, looks to further arouse a discussion on the Coronavirus and its deadly affect on the world and global industries therein, principally the film industry at large since the top of the year. Featured interview subjects include two of Marwa’s Blood Rush co-stars, Singaporean actor Sunny Pang and British fight choreographer Nick Khan, as well as Balinese actor Oka Antara (The Raid 2, Foxtrot Six). I haven’t seen it yet, though I suspect there will be discussions regarding all-too prevalent racist fallout on a global scale, in addition to the financial collapse of various markets and closures, as well as the overall outlook in an industry that’s long been aware of streaming companies who’ve gained a foothold on home entertainment since January. Indeed the industry continues to suffer to this day, as […]

Horror Thriller TRACED To Star Sunny Pang For Fall Start; BLOOD RUSH Shoot Moves To Spring 2021 [EXCLUSIVE]

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Filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa is turning his focus over to Traced, a new horror thriller which has already locked Sunny Pang to star. The film is aimed as “a crime thriller with elements of extreme violence” along with a tone and vision akin to the works of directors like Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin), Takashi Miike (Ichi The Killer), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) and Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) to name a few. Traced follows King (Pang), a troubled man with a violent past, hired by a multimillionaire to rescue his daughter, Hannah, from being exploited for her rare blood type, by a criminal gang known as Blood Thieves. As King battles his own inner-turmoil, his mission unravels an even larger conspiracy, and so King will do whatever it takes to find and save Hannah – no rules, no exceptions, no remorse. Marwa is producing via his Rocket Sky […]

COVID-19: THE IMPACT ON ASIAN CINEMA Documentary Poster: There’s Blood On Someone’s Hands For Sure

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Here’s a fact worth facing: Covid-19 isn’t a hoax. Want another fact?… Were it not for this disease spreading throughout the world and killing thousands of people, filmmakers like Ranjeet S. Marwa would already be closer to the start of his own latest endeavor, Blood Rush. Already having to scale back on that prospect, he’s moved onto another with independent documentary, Covid-19: The Impact On Asian Cinema, and even throwing in a bloody new poster, which, to say the least, speaks some truth as to the leaders of the world like Agent Orange who’ve enabled this crisis so needlessly. Interview subjects include two of Marwa’s Blood Rush co-stars, Singaporean actor Sunny Pang and British fight choreographer Nick Khan, as well as Balinese actor Oka Antara (The Raid 2, Foxtrot Six). Post-production is already well underway with about an hour of runtime and details pending its Amazon Prime release. Peep the […]