Hou's THE ASSASSIN Lands At Well Go USA
Stay tuned for more info…and hopefully some footage to spare as well!
Stay tuned for more info…and hopefully some footage to spare as well!
The production of action star and debut director Wu Jing‘s newest helming effort, Wolf Warrior, has seen quite an addition to his journey in film. It certainly lended its fair share of physical challenges in recent months as well as technical ones, considering the film was supposed to release late last year at some point or another.
The film joins Wu principally with actress Yu Nan and fellow action star Scott Adkins in a story of a rebellious Chinese solider ousted from the army before being given a second chance with a special commando unit, only to end up in the crosshairs of a vengeful foreign mercenary and his team of killers. The film is poised to present another in an epic array of fantastic action sequences, one which will ultimately pit action star Wu and Adkins opposite each other for the first time, and even better, in 3D and IMAX when it releases in
China on April 2.
That said, fans of the genre in North America may be familiar with the recent patterned allocation of Asian action films through Texas-based Well Go USA, who have been a leading figure in showcasing Asian cinema in the U.S. for several years now. Lately, having theatrically presented films in select theaters and cities like Tsui Hark’s The Taking Of Tiger Mountain at the top of the year before February’s release of Jacob Cheng’s Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal, the model here was done also, in part, to help combat piracy.
It seems to be a working vehicle for the company as they move forward with their acquisitions and other endeavors, and as of this week with news broken from Screendaily, Well Go USA will be adding another – Wu’s Wolf Warrior, to its platform, which could mean a possible limited theatrical release in North America and Canada as early as April 3 or a week thereafter.
With a pattern like this, Asian cinema lovers in the U.S. and abroad have plenty of reason to hope to catch titles like these on the big screen instead of just catching them straight-to-disc or on digital. It’s what anyone who loves martial arts action could hope for, and for an opportunity to see Wu on the big screen stateside with Adkins, it’s a plus to hardly argue against.
Stay tuned for a new trailer from Well Go USA and official details on its release!
Tsui Hark’s thrilling adaptation of Qu Bo’s beloved adventure novel stars Tony LEUNG Ka-fai as a ruthless bandit, ruling the lands of Northeast China from his fortress on Tiger Mountain. A captain of the Liberation Army (LIN Gengxin) launches a counter-insurgency against the dictator with a skilled investigator (ZHANG Hanyu) sent to destroy the gang from the inside.
Director Tsui Hark‘s latest period action epic, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain is still on track for a Christmay Day 3D release in China next week, but now the word is that Well Go USA is granting a limited theatrical opening January 2, 2015 in limited cities. The film is based on late author Qu Bo’s 1957 debut short novel and subsequent 1960’s Beijing opera centers on a real-life event that took place in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War about a hero Communist soldier who infiltrates a gang of bandits.
The Taking Of Tiger Mountain stars Zhang Hanyu, Zhou Dongyu, Gao Hu, Tong Liya, Lin Gengxin and Han Geng. The release is reportedly being timed for Asians audiences in the U.S. and Canada with twenty locations between the cities of New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver. For more information, visit the official Well Go USA website.
H/T: Deadline