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!.
It looks like things are slowing down a little on the interwebs regarding shortfilms. I’ll do my best to scavenge for these gems as much as possible, though I am looking forward to taking another break (which probably won’t be one anyway since I’ll likely be using it to write ? …the cycle never ends).
So…how about that second season of Iron Fist?
2018 saw the proud partnership of action directors Art Camacho and Robert Samuels for the production of martial arts action comedy, Made In Chinatown. With the film currently in post-production, we now have our first official poster which you can check out below.
Production is currently underway for upcoming martial arts action comedy, Made In Chinatown, with scenes currently being filmed in Philidelphia. The film is being directed by Art Camacho and Robert Samuels (H.K.S.C.), the latter who plays a supporting role in the new film from Tambuli Media and R4 Films L.L.C.
The next several months should get interesting with a crew of knowledgeable action cinema favorites backing the next generation of burgeoning screen stars and stunt professionals. Such would be the latest pairing between acclaimed martial arts cinema stalwarts Art Camacho and Hong Kong stuntman/trailblazer, filmmaker Robert Samuels for independent martial arts comedy, Made In Chinatown from R4 Films L.L.C. and Tambuli Media.
Executive producer Mark V. Wiley penned the screenplay that now offsets action actor Jay Kwon in his debut role as Vinny, an underdog Asian whose identity crisis and romantic interest in a mafioso’s daughter inspires him to win her heart by becoming a “Made” man in the Italian mob. Kwon shares several TV and film stunt performance credits as well as a number of online shortfilms assembled together with some of today’s best finds I’ve sampled in our weekly Hit List column.
Actress Michelle Procida also stars along with Tony Sirico and Vincent Pastore, Joseph D’Onofrio and Raymond J. Barry with Puerto Rican martial arts action star José Manuel, and kung fu cinema mainstays, legends Lo Meng and Hwang Jang Lee, as well as Norman Chin and Wai Hong. Emmy winner James Lew will also co-star is shepherding action direction along with choreography and performance duties from Team One Take’s Hector Soria and Luis Candelario.
Cameras are expected to roll in New York City and Philidelphia from now through the remainder of July and likely in August with a 2019 release – such is my own estimation seeing as how independent productions are usually in almost constant flux. Definitely keep your eyes peeled!
Tambili Films is producing with R4 Films’ own Samuels and partner Robert Jefferson. Cameras are expected to roll on June 30.
Director Robert Samuels (H.K.S.A.) decided to get a headstart this week, shaving off a few days with the release of the official trailer for Jun, the independently produced martial arts thriller hailing from R4 Films L.L.C. following its recent poster debut. The trailer premiered over the past weekend at the Newark International Film Festival while its feature film premiere this Fall at the Urban Action Showcase and Expo this November.
Jun stars actress Cheyenne, debuting in the title role with a story centered on a clone who uses her immense abilities – mental and physical – to assemble a group of killers to eliminate the organization that created her, and to evade dark forces and factions in her pursuit. The film also enlists a raft of actors action performers among its cast, including Teniece Divya Johnson, David Chen, John DeBlasio, Kage Yami, Patrick Logan Pace, Eric Moran and David Lavallee Jr. with appearances by Tresa Man, Stephanie Pham and Angela Jordan.
Samuels is best known as the trailblazing member of the Hong Kong Stuntman Association with credits such as Clifton Ko’s The Gambling Ghost (1991), Sammo Hung’s No Problem (1995), and Yuen Woo-Ping’s Red Wolf (1995). Jun is produced by Robert Jefferson and Ariel Jade with Alan Goldberg, Oso Tayari Casel, Andy Eng, Mark Wiley and John T. Chang executive producing.
Watch the new trailer below!
Peep the teaser and poster below.
Filmmaker multihyphenate Robert Samuels (H.K.S.A.) is still on his toes these days representing the current progress being made at his independent production banner, R4 Films LLC. His feature debut, Jun, currently has a screening date being readied for this November at the Urban Action Showcase and Expo in New York City but has since garnered an audience over the weekend with the debut of its official teaser trailer.
Newcomer, actress Cheyenne, makes her debut in the title role with a story centered on a clone who uses her immense abilities – mental and physical – to assemble a group of killers to eliminate the organization that created her, and to evade dark forces and factions in her pursuit. The film also enlists a raft of actors action performers among its cast, including Teniece Divya Johnson, David Chen, John DeBlasio, Kage Yami, Patrick Logan Pace, Eric Moran and David Lavallee Jr..
Cheyenne is the daughter of Tresa Man who represents fourth generation of the Yip Man Wing Chun lineage as successor and Dai Si Tsie (or “Eldest Sister) of Jun Mo Wing Chun with sisters Sindy Man and Ling Man. Jun Mo Wing Chun is an active martial arts school and community organization based in London as well as New York City where Cheyenne and her mother continue to expand and carry on the legacy of her late father, Grandmaster Sifu Joseph Man.
Jun is produced by Robert Jefferson and Ariel Jade with Alan Goldberg, Oso Tayari Casel, Andy Eng, Mark Wiley and John T. Chang executive producing, and action sequences by Manny Ayala.
Samuels unveiled the first official poster last week which you can view below. Check it out and check back for the official trailer which goes live on Saturday.
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