HAZEL: Cameras Rolling For New Revenge Thriller From Vincent Soberano
Production recently wrapped its first leg in the Philippines this week and will next shoot scenes in Taiwan.
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CIRCLE OF BONES: ‘Blood Hunters’ Star And Director Return To The Action-Horror Vain In The Official Trailer
Venturing into his third feature, actor and filmmaker Vincent Soberano has rolled out the official trailer for supernatural thriller, Circle Of Bones. Soberano penned the script with co-writer Larry Dela Cruz for a story that teams him once again with actress and martial artist Sarah Chang following their previous work on tournament thriller The Trigonal, and action horror, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids. When Filipino police investigate a lone survivor from a series of bizarre and macabre cult murder-sacrifices that has left a trail of bloody, dismembered bodies and bones, they find a former American FBI agent living in seclusion – disfigured, traumatized and mentally unstable. Her accounts of supernatural events, demonic possessions, ancient prophecies and child sacrifices only sound too incredulous, where lines are blurred, bordering between truth, deception or delusion. Soberano is currently aiming to get some festival traction this year along with some market movement before […]
Review: Vincent Soberano’s BLOOD HUNTERS: RISE OF THE HYBRIDS Whets The Appetite For New Horror Lore
Far from his maritime documentary exploits and a long ways before The Trigonal would surface, ex-soldier, martial artist and film-hyphenate Vincent Soberano would find himself in award-winning territory with an action horror proof that found its prominence en route to feature film fruition. Casting Chinese American international martial arts champion athlete, actress Sarah Chang, our story for Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids dives head first into the origins of its narrative, immersing you in a world where Aswang, a fabled, bloodthirsty beast of Filipino folklore, exist. The film’s preambling flashback scenes are comprised of the inaugural shortfilm that foundate the current story going forward. That story introduces Gabriela (Chang), a former cop-turned-rogue hunter in search of the Aswang beast that killed her family, Naga (Temujin Shirzada). A close call with death finds her suddenly resuced and awakening at a remote jungle training facility led by Monte (Monsour Del Rosario) […]
Aswang Action Horror BLOOD HUNTERS: RISE OF THE HYBRIDS Hunts Down A March 2020 U.S. Release From TriCoast
A March 2020 release has been set for actor and director Vincent Soberano’s latest action horror, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids. TriCoast Entertainment officially announced its acquisition this week and is launching world sales at AFM. The news comes duly as the film is set to premiere in front of an audience at the seventh-annual Urban Action Showcase at the AMC Empire 25 cinemas in New York City on Saturday, November 9. The film marks Soberano’s return to the UASE three years since Blood Hunters – his inaugural proof of concept short – won Best Short Film at the 2016 Cinemax HBO Action Film Competition at the UASE. Produced by IndieGo Pictures, Soberano stars opposite Chinese-American martial artist, actress and stunt professional Sarah Chang who makes her lead debut. In the film, Chang plays Gabriella, an ex-cop who sets out to find the Aswang beast that murdered her family. […]
BLOOD HUNTERS: RISE OF THE HYBRIDS Emulates Graphic Novel Fervor In A Brand New Poster
At this point, three years is a long-enough wait for a film to release, and actor and director Vincent Soberano has seen more than his share of the process and patience that cosigns with today’s film politics – particularly with his feature debut production, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids. In wake of this, Soberano posted a new announcement on Thursday along with an illustrious new official poster to garner attention. “After post-production delays and redesigns, Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids is now getting ready for a 2019 international release!” the announcement reads. “In the tradition of movies like Sin City and graphic novel films, this action-packed martial arts action fantasy is coming soon to theaters and digital platforms worldwide!” Advanced from his 2016 award-winning Urban Action Showcase shortfilm and with action sequences by Jeff Centauri and Revrick Jocson, Soberano also stars in a key role in which he […]
Down But Not Out, THE TRIGONAL Emerges With A Victor
Ian Ignacio stars in THE TRIGONAL with Rhian Ramos, Gus Liem, action director Sarah Chang and writer/director Vincent Soberano.
CHAMPION ROAD: An Interview With Actor And Filmmaker Vincent Soberano
It’s been roughly a couple of years since I was made aware by Facebook friend and stunt performer Eulver Presto of actor and martial artist Vincent Soberano‘s endeavors in film. His 2016 action horror proof, Blood Hunters, won Best Short Film at the Urban Action Showcase that year, and ultimately drew a turning point for the martial arts journeyman, MMA trailblazer and filmmaker whose directing career now brings a fully-loaded schedule. He has at least two trailers already running; His first release is still forthcoming next month with martial arts tournanent thriller, The Trigonal. Ironically, his narrative directing debut advancing his shortfilm concept into feature film fruition for Aswang action horror, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids, came prior just last year with its production and with its trailer came hopes of release. As such, questions followed for anyone wondering what’s been procuring the long wait period. This week, Soberano […]
THE TRIGONAL Teases Deadly Competition In The Latest Official Trailer
Ian Ignacio stars in THE TRIGONAL, the newest feature from actor, martial artist and director Vincent Soberano.
Martial Arts Tournament Thriller THE TRIGONAL Teases Justice By Design In The Official Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: The bustling career path faced by actor, martial artist and filmmaker Vincent Soberano is one that seems to have been continually ripe at nearly every turn in the past two years. Several films completed in his wake and with more in tow with partnerships currently in bloom, he is well on his way into the summer film festival season with a momentous brand that moviegoers and action fans will be very keen on in the coming months if not already. Further details are still pending following the news we broke last month for upcoming thriller, No Man’s Waters and romantic action comedy, Three Poles, but keep these titles in mind as we now look toward the forthcoming release of Soberano’s new tournament action thriller, The Trigonal. Actor and martial artist Ian Ignacio leads the film among a raft of screen talents comprising the story of a retired martial arts […]
Vincent Soberano To Direct Two Action Titles In New Film Partnership With China And South Korea
Courtesy of Vincent Soberano EXCLUSIVE: Muay Thai champion and emerging film multi-hyphenate, actor Vincent Soberano is on deck to add to his directing repetoire with least two big-budget films going forward: Action-packed high-seas military/naval techno-thriller, No Man’s Waters, and romantic action comedy, Three Poles. The films will hail from Soberano’s Cinefenio Film Studios, designated as co-productions with Origin Pictures Beijing, and a South Korean production company with the Philippines serving as a major production location with local film crews to be hired. The news comes in the wake of a robust week for the Filipino filmmaker whose business in Beijing saw him host screenings for his two recently-completed titles, tournament revenge action thriller The Trigonal, and dystopian survival novel adaptation, We Are War. Both were showcased for a rousing audience of major distrubutors and executives, adding to a growing list of career milestone ‘firsts’ for a Filipino filmmaker, his latest […]
Vincent Soberano’s WE ARE WAR Seethes With Dystopian Chills And Fight Fare In The First Official Teaser Trailer
As expected, films like Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids and The Trigonal won’t be the last we hear from director and actor Vincent Soberano. The emerging film talent on both sides of the lens is now taking an even greater stage in recent days with his work now central to the attention of a number of industry figures, one of which enlists his latest thriller, We Are War. The film takes its cues from the work of writer and author Ruben Payan Jr. for a film set in 2029 as world governments collapse, and remnants of military might are deployed to Japan to seize control and ownership of what little remains of the world’s purest natural resource: water. Soberano stars and is also joined by Liang Shih and Death Trance co-star Chuck Johnson. Other news is seldom known about the film other than what we get to see with […]
THE TRIGONAL: Vincent Soberano’s Martial Arts Revenge Thriller Lands A New Official Poster
EXCLUSIVE: Emerging director, actor and martial artist Vincent Soberano is hot on the campaign trail for his current film slate this week in Beijing. With at least two of his upcoming releases now privately showcasing in Beijing for an audience comprised of major Hollywood and Chinese industry executives and distributors therein, it’s a milestone to marvel at with Soberano now hailing as the first Filipino director to be privy to a screening of this kind. Not for nothing either, as the footage speaks for itself and those who’ve seen last year’s teaser trailer for Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids would likely stand in accordance. Since then, the eight-time world Muay Thai champion’s craft behind the lens has only continued to grow and with none other than latest of one of the aforementioned two titles now readying for a local theatrical release this May with martial arts revenge thriller, The […]
THE TRIGONAL: Vincent Soberano’s Martial Arts Revenge Thriller Takes Shape In The First Official Teaser
With at least one directing debut coming down the pipeline, another is well on the way from filmmaker multihyphenate Vincent Soberano. The first teaser for The Trigonal has arrived over the weekend ahead of its May 2 release with a cast that enlists Ian Taylor Ignacio, Sarah Chang and Rhian Ramos. An underground fighting circuit run by an international crime syndicate invades a retired martial arts champion’s small idyllic town. When syndicate thugs brutally assault his wife and murder his best friend, he is left with no other choice but to fight for justice. Ignacio, who appears and Soberano’s upcoming Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids, currently has a few noteworthy credits among those listed while The Trigonal certainly serves as a potential continuation of the local action genre revival in wake of films like Nilalang and Erik Matti’s upcoming BuyBust. It’s a credible prospect for Soberano whose Best Short Film […]
TAPADO: FIGHT FOR JUSTICE: Filming Starts On Vincent Soberano’s New FMA Action Drama
It hasn’t been that long since actor and filmmaker Vincent Soberano completed his debut feature action horror, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids, an effort no less aiming to bring quality action cinema to the fray along with some meaty, prolific FMA action to the screen as well. He’s not resting just yet either as he’s now onto the next for the sophomore filmmaker with the start of production this week for supernatural martial arts action drama, Tapado: Fight For Justice, following a press conference in Bacolod City at the start of the week. The film’s title itself is a word that stems from stick fighting in Filipino martial arts, one that no less speaks highly to Soberano’s contined goal of bringing FMA to the forefront of action by next year as there are already a few films brewing in the action genre in the region. Headlining are Soberano in […]
Mercenaries Are Out For Aswang Blood In The First BLOOD HUNTERS: RISE OF THE HYBRIDS Teaser
With The Philippines standing as one of numerous film markets around the world where the action genre has been left stagnant, the brunt of progress is, instead, left in the hands of inspired creatives working independently to produce their own contributions without major studio backing. It’s something that people like Vincent Soberano has had to accustom to in order to for his new movie, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids, with the film partly founded on its acclaimed shortfilm predecessor, and with this comes a fresh new teaser now out and about to help sample some of the goods. It’s not a bad looking effort either and quite the opposite, especially for his first feature film. Soberano himself is an actor as well as a Muay Thai champion and documentary filmmaker, and it is here he furthers his film debut as well in a lead role from his own script, […]
Vincent Soberano Debuts FMA Action Horror Thrills In BLOOD HUNTERS
EXCLUSIVE: Currently in post production is the new Filipino action horror, Blood Hunters, from documentary filmmaker, Muay Thai champion and debut director Vincent Soberano. The film is the latest advancement of the proof-of-concept short of the same name for which Soberano won Best Short Film at the Urban Action Showcase and Expo in New York City last November prior to acquiring funding. Poised as an English-language pic with international appeal, the film centers on a team of mercenaries assigned to battle swarms of hybrid, vampiric creatures and hunt down their Queen in order to harness her blood to prevent an Aswang apocalypse. Soberano also makes his lead acting debut in the movie from his own script in addition to designing some of the action, provided in part with Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) serving as the bedrock for most of the film’s fight sequences by choreographer Revirick Jocson and action director […]
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