Independent film duo Robert Samuels and Robert Jefferson are developing Blood Brothers, a new action thriller set as the first of a new line of feature projects out of R4 Films LLC. The duo is also in talks with actor and martial artist Marrese Crump for a lead role, with Jefferson penning the script for a hopeful Q4 2023 or early 2024 shoot in Thailand.
An amnesiac black ops agent/black bag courier is in for the fight of his life as he struggles to survive waves of assassins bent on stopping him from removing an apocalypse-level chemical compound from his own blood. With time running out, can he make it across the border before it’s too late? If so can he retrace his steps and truly reclaim his own identity?
Following a brief release window through Vimeo On Demand, action thriller Jugando Con Fuego is now available to watch via YouTube in the player below. The short haila from Tambuli Media, R4 Films, and Deviant Children Productions, and sees actor, martial artist and Hong Kong stunt laureate Robert Samuels take on the role of a CIA agent on a mission of vengeance against a notorious cartel leader scorned from a tragedy of his own.
I think at least one other important lesson I must always remember is that I don’t get out enough.
Actor, filmmaker and Hong Kong cinema legend Robert Samuels (Yes, Auntie: My Asian Auntie S2, Red Wolf, No Problem) has a big weekend ahead of him as he ramps up his most recent pet project of the last several years with Red Sash Theater, a digital library of independent shortfilms aimed toward fans of Asian films, action and martial arts.
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Folks looking to attend the Urban Action Showcase can expect to catch film multihyphenate, actor/director Robert Samuels (H.K.S.A.) among the talent line-up emerging for this year’s seventh installment in New York City this November.
Writer and producer Mark Wiley’s Made In Chinatown is firmly planting its feet in for its freshman premiere at the third annual Newark International Film Festival which kicks off its 4-day event in September.
The 67th Melbourne International Film Festival kicks off on August 1 with a versatile line-up of titles, several of which are making the rounds in other fests as we speak. This no less extends to prolific documentary filmmaker and producer Serge Ou who sits at the helm for the world premiere of Iron Fists And Kung Fu Kicks, thanks in key part to the festival’s MIFF Premiere Fund.
Art School Dropouts’ martial arts comedy sequel webseries, Yes, Auntie!: My Asian Auntie Season 2, is now available on Amazon Prime as of May 21. The New Jersey-based independent film banner took to YouTube on Thursday to make the announcement of the feature film edition’s acquisition by New York-based Asiancrush as of late February/early March.
The last several years have been provenly ripe with the rollout of forefront Asian feature film talents, and I’ve proudly hyped them all up on this platform. As of Wednesday, I couldn’t be any prouder to add the name Jay Kwon to the list now with the first promo trailer online for upcoming martial arts comedy, Made In Chinatown, a project long shepherded by author and screenwriter Mark V. Wiley, and directed by martial arts legends, co-stars James Lew (The Perfect Weapon, Rush Hour) and Robert Samuels (Red Wolf, Yes Auntie!)
The last seventy-two or so hours as of this post have been nothing short of abuzz since the premiere of Art School Dropouts’ Yes Auntie: My Asian Auntie – Season 2.
The last several years have been great in getting to acquaint myself with filmmaker Joey Min and his team at Art School Dropouts. They’ve amassed multiple awards at festivals and continue to garner support from fans and viewers in a field that Min has been hustling in since long before when Team FistyleZ was a thing. Nowadays and with a rousing quintet of talents in collusion with some of the best of the best in the northeast, the team is on deck to finish up and release their first feature film in My Asian Auntie Season 2: Yes Auntie!.
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