STEP UP: CHINA: First Teaser Poster Signals Ron Yuan’s Directorial Dance/Martial Arts Hybrid Debut For Lionsgate Co-Production
It was going to happen eventually, I reckon. Indeed, pick almost any dance movie in recent memory and you’re bound to see some choreography blending a dose or several of martial arts. Such is what appears to be happening now over at Lionsgate who, joined by China’s Infinity Pictures/CMC and Yue Hua Entertainment Culture Communications, are now signaling their latest movement with the first teaser poster for a sixth installment of the Step Up franchise to begin on December 9 with locations in Beijing and Los Angeles. Ron Yuan, a multifaceted film, acting and stunt professional with credits such as Blade, Steve Wang’s acclaimed 1996 thriller Drive, The Art Of War, Black Dynamite, Blood And Bone and Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant, and hit shortfilms like the Michael Jai White-led Three Bullets and Ben Ramsey’s award-winning hit short, Black Salt, will be making his directorial feature debut. Casting news remains pending […]