Happy Birthday, Tony Jaa!
It’s been a bit of a somber weekend for me, but social media reminders nudged me a bit to get on here to pay some respects to another beloved action star many like me have been fond of for about twenty years now: Tony Jaa.
It’s been a bit of a somber weekend for me, but social media reminders nudged me a bit to get on here to pay some respects to another beloved action star many like me have been fond of for about twenty years now: Tony Jaa.
Screendaily‘s Jeremy Kay is exclusively reporting the additions of Sheila Shah, Jacob Scipio and Levy Tran to the current cast roster of the fourth installment of The Expendables franchise.
Best known for reimagining 1989’s Kickboxer with two storied back-to-back reboots, filmmaker Dimitri Logothetis segways into the comic book genre for the first time, adapting Acme Rocket Fuel’s in-house IP, Jiu Jitsu. Teeming with action-heavy talent per usual, the film rejoins Logothetis with Kickboxer Vengeance and Kickboxer Retaliation star Alain Moussi, having since escalated from stunt performance to achieving leading man status for the martial arts niche.
Right about now if you’re a Nicolas Cage or Tony Jaa fan and you’ve been caught up in the buzz for the new film, Jiu Jitsu, chances are you’re already lining up your viewing plans for next Friday going forward.
Actor Tony Jaa (Furious Seven, xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage) is officially at the tip of the spear for a new action franchise targeting a hopeful trilogy from Starlight Entertainment (Midway, Crazy Rich Asians), Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman reported exclusively on Thursday. It is being billed as an English-language action trilogy and is being produced by Jaa, along with Peter Luo (Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark) and Mike Selby (Triple Threat).
Going two-for-two this week following the trailer premiere for Jiu Jitsu is actor and martial arts star Tony Jaa, at long last getting in some monster-huntin’ screentime with actress Milla Jovovich who leads the way in Paul W.S. Anderson’s latest, Monster Hunter. Anderson’s already been on a major PR campaign in the last few weeks teasing bits of the film, including through this year’s virtual New York Comic-Con which wrapped a few days ago.
At long last after two Kickboxer reboots, martial arts fans can now take a gander at what director Dimitri Logothetis has in store with sci-fi thriller, Jiu Jitsu, starring Nicolas Cage, and Kickboxer reboot star of late, actor and martial artist Alain Moussi. And if you’re gettin’ some Mortal Kombat-meets-Predator vibes, I guess you’re not alone!
Alain Moussi, Tony Jaa, JuJu Chan, Frank Grillo and Marrese Crump on the set of Jiu-Jitsu
Warner Bros. Pictures has gladly taken the wheel in repping North American distribution rights for writer/director Chen Sicheng’s Detective Chinatown films since 2015.
Back and building once again on his first two successes, director Chen Sicheng reignites the Detective Chinatown fervor with a third offering now headed for a January 2020 release. Actors Turbo Liu and Wang Baoqiang reprise their roles for another tale that chronicles their haphazard crimefighting exploits from Bangkok and New York City, and now to the far east in Japan.
International action star, actor Tony Jaa (S.P.L. 2, Paradox, Triple Threat) is back in the habit once again with the forthcoming production of Silent. The news comes on the heels of Jaa’s latest officiated casting addition in Dimitri Logothetis’s Jiu-Jitsu with Alain Moussi, Nicolas Cage and JuJu Chan.
It’s high-time for everyone stateside who hasn’t yet torrented a copy of Ip Man 3 spin-off, Well Go USA’s Master Z: Ip Man Legacy ahead of its U.S. release on April 12. Enter a cadre of some of the biggest names in kung fu cinema of late with none other than Max Zhang making his next stride with the role of disgraced wing chun master Cheung Tin-Chi following his consequential battle with Donnie Yen’s title character in the previous film.
Martial arts action cinema fans are just weeks away from catching Jesse V. Johnson’s newest ensemble action adventure thriller, Triple Threat. Respective reviews will likely go out by the week of Friday, March 15, which is when we’ll proudly post ours.
For some of us, the last two years have been an eternity with the planned release of forthcoming ensemble actioner, Triple Threat.
The last few years have been crazy with news and updates over action star Max Zhang’s upcoming releases of which at least a few are now pending.
EXCLUSIVE: On Tueday evening, Film Combat Syndicate reported an exclusive story essentially tying into news over at The Hollywood Reporter about Screen Gems’ forthcoming production of Capcom video game adaptation, Monster Hunter. Beckoning the involvement of Resident Evil cohorts and producing partners Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer, the film also has actors T.I. Harris and Ron Perlman and actress Milla Jovovich all starring.
Thai actor Tony Jaa poses upon arrival to attend the European Premiere of the film “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” in London on January 10, 2017. / AFP / Chris J Ratcliffe – ‘XXX-Return Of Xander Cage’ Premiere – VIP Arrivals
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