Following the release of an animated trailer teaser on Wednesday with a recent slate of teaser photos this month a new trailer was unveiled for the upcoming release of Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, written to interlink stories set before and after the events of the 2005 film, Sin City. The film arrives in theaters on August 22, 2014 with plans already in motion for a third installment.
Multifaceted film director and cult cinema icon Robert Rodriguez continues his momentum this year with the forthcoming release of Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For, and the diversified programming to be featured on his new television platform, El Rey Network, headlined by the March 11 airing of From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series. Time will tell if the new show proves to be a success as it takes a prequelized approach following the cult success of the 1996 feature thriller on which the show is based, while the network also ramps up efforts to assemble another exciting new action adventure series in the form of Matador, from executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, and newly starring actor Gabriel Luna and actress Nicky Whelan.
Reports are saying plans are now underway for the network to begin airing Shaw Brothers martial arts titles, following a multi-year deal with Hong Kong-based distribution company, Celestial Pictures. The films, to be varied between English-subs and dubbed tracks and as per El Rey’s monthly Saturday Kung Fu marathon, namely include The 36th Chamber Chamber Of Shaolin, The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter and Executioners From Shaolin – three popular collaborations between legendary film actors Gordon Liu and the late Lau Kar-Leung, along with the 1975 Chen Kuen-Tai actioner, The Flying Guillotine and the 1968 flick, The Sword Of Swords starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
Deadline is reporting that a new announcement has been made for a new partnership between Univision Networks and FactoryMade for an upcoming Comcast cable network headed by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez called The El Rey Network. At an event in New York City on Tuesday, Rodriguez told the public “The El Ray Network is going to be the home of kick-ass entertainment,”