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Lin To Direct Cinemax Bruce Lee-Inspired Crime Series, WARRIOR

Well this is fancy! Cinemax is reportedly beefing up efforts toward developing a Bruce Lee-inspired serial crime drama titled Warrior. Fast And Furious franchise helmer Justin Lin is poised to executive produce and potentially direct the pilot from a script by executive producer, Banshee co-creator Jonathan Tropper which centers on an anti-heroic, gifted fighter who is thrown into a crisis that undermines his quest for revenge. The series was the first of several projects that began conception early on as Lin pacted with Chinese media magnate Bruno Wu for the launch of TV enterprise, Perfect Storm Entertainment a few years ago. The project is based on Lee’s earlier writings which never saw the light of day after his death in 1973, until they were discovered by Shannon Lee, daughter of the iconic film legend and CEO of Bruce Lee Enterprises, prior to jumping aboard with Lin and Wu and introducing […]

Holt McCallany Enrolls As The Villain In NBC’s WARRIOR TV Series Pilot

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The last time I saw Fight Club, The Losers and Blackhat co-star, actor Holt McCallany on television was back in 2000 during the short-lived run as an exiled former solider-turned-freedom fighter among three other co-stars for one of the best shows on television. The show was called Freedom, and the network at the time, UPN, cancelled its run and leftme nothing to do with my evenings. At any rate, that was well over a decade ago and now McCallany is about to move onto his next venture back on the small screen as the principle villain in NBC’s forthcoming pilot, Warrior. McCallany will play international crime lord Andriv Vorobin, head of his own gym and the local YOMI, and a former prize fighter who is still a mixed martial arts force to be reckoned with. McCallany stars opposite lead actress Natalie Martinez (Death Race) in the role of Kai Forrester, a […]

NBC's WARRIOR Adds Lance Gross And Andy Allo

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Television is currently the best place to catch some of the best action ever shot on film if movies can’t come fast enough for you. For this, we look to NBC’s most recent announcement of a new pilot for the potential series, Warrior, which is already getting some significant attention as of late with a cast that so far included actress Natalie Martinez leading opposite actor Will Yun Lee. Crossbones series co-executive producer David DiGilio is scripting the pilot and is executive producing with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald as things continue to take shape for director Phillip Noyce to helm. In the meantime, Deadline has reported the addition of two more names, Crisis co-star, actor Lance Gross, and actress/musician Andy Allo. The series itself described as being set in a grounded modern-day pseudo mystical setting with Martinez playing Kai Forrester, a troubled and damaged heroine working undercover with physical and […]

Natalie Martinez To Lead NBC’s WARRIOR

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Perhaps we should thank the uptick in the trend of martial arts action on television so noted by various folks responsible for the recent popularity of shows like the CW series, Arrow, among a few others on local and cable networks which happen to be presenting some of the best action on television in recent history. Thankfully it’s a trend that may not go away anytime soon with a number of shows being renewed or newly added this year, including NBC’s latest forthcoming contribution to the martial arts action genre, Warrior, which is already underway with casting since its announcement last month. On Friday night, word from Deadline revealed that Death Race (2008) and End Of Watch (2012), actress Natalie Martinez s added as the leading lady for the new series pilot following actor Will Yun Lee‘s attachment as the villain on Monday. Phillip Noyce is directing from a script by executive producer […]

NBC's New Martial Arts Drama, WARRIOR, Now In Development

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The recent successes over the years with animated action adventure shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Attack On Titan and The Legend Of Korra are certainly lending some credence to the notion that a bit of live-action fanfare is in order, especially with everything that has been happening online with shows like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. Alas, NBC is currently working on trying to muscle up its own programming according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter (via AV Club & i09). Crossbones series co-executive producer David DiGilio will write and executive produce the series with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald for a new female-centric martial arts drama titled Warrior, and it goes a little something like this: In a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, a damaged heroine works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international […]