THE MAN FROM NOWHERE: Tanigaki And Taslim Circling Indonesian Remake For New Asian Film Production Pact
Also in the slate are “The Good Samaritan” with Daisy Ridley, and “Pendekar: Warrior” with Iko Uwais.
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Big Bad 2023: Lee Jeong-Beom’s THE MAN FROM NOWHERE Signals New Action Film Festival Launching In LA Next Month!
The inaugural Big Bad Film Fest is partnering with Secret Movie Club and Well Go USA’s exclusive Asian film streamer, Hi-YAH!, to host a repertory screening of Lee Jeong-beom’s multi-award winning hit 2010 action thriller, The Man From Nowhere. Tickets are now on sale for the August 26 screening as the first of the festival’s ten-title presentation to be announced, with the remaining line-up set to go live in the next few weeks. Produced by Opus Pictures, Lee’s third film pairs him with lead actor Won Bin (Guns And Talks, Mother) and then-burgeoning screen talent Kim Sae-ron (A Brand New Life). Bin plays Tae-Sik, a reclusive widower whose newfound friendship with a neglected young girl named So-mi, finds him thrust into the seedy underworld when she is suddenly kidnapped by a vicious gang. Hell-bent on justice after being framed for a crime he didn’t commit, Tae-sik treads into a dark […]
South Korean Smash Hit, THE MAN FROM NOWHERE, Nabs ‘John Wick’ Franchise Screenwriter For Remake
Screenwriter Derek Kolstad‘s name has been recurring news for some of the best reasons in the past few years – one of which lists his recent work on the upcoming third chapter of the John Wick franchise from Lionsgate. As of Thursday, you can now tack on a remake of Lee Jeong-beom’s The Man From Nowhere as among the lot with word from Deadline that Kolstad is penning the script following the studio’s attachment in 2016. Lee’s film became an explosive South Korean hit that won multiple awards next to it’s critical acclaim and preceding its five-week sustenance at the No.1 spot whilst earning $42 million dollars. Featuring slick action sequences by Park Jung-ryul (Inside Men, Typhoon), actor Won Bin led the film alongside young actress Kim Sae-Ron for the riveting story of a reclusive pawnshop keeper and former assassin who, in the wake of a police investigation into his […]
TICKER TEST: An Interview With Actor And Filmmaker Dennis Ruel
One might safely say that 2018 is assuredly Dennis Ruel’s banner year with THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN and the re-release of UNLUCKY STARS. We discuss all that and more in our latest interview!
New Line Lines Up To Remake THE MAN FROM NOWHERE
It was director Lee Jeong-Beom whose 2010 actioner, The Man From Nowhere became a fireball of a hit among moviegoers in Korea, holding the number one spot for five weeks. There’s no mistaking why though, taking nods from films like Pierre Morel’s Taken (2009) and Tony Scott’s Man On Fire (2004) with a formula that provided the necessary means for some of the most terrific and gripping performances ever seen in an action thriller of this caliber. Actor Won Bin led the film alongside young actress Kim Sae-Ron for the riveting story of a reclusive pawnshop keeper and former assassin who, in the wake of a police investigation into his past, turns to his old skillset when his junkie neighbor’s daughter is kidnapped by gangsters looking for stolen drugs. Slick action sequences by Park Jung-ryul (Inside Men, Typhoon), stellar scoring and substantive drama with Kim as the absolute heart and […]