KICKBOXER Adds Darren Shahlavi!
Filming is currently underway with director John Stockwell‘s reinterpretation of the 1989 martial arts thriller, Kickboxer. Actor and martial artist Alain Moussi (Immortals, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Warcraft) tops the currently brewing list of announcements finally being made in the last several months in addition to the leading actress Sara Malakul Lane and actors T.J. Storm and Matthew Ziff, with action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Well as of this week, fellow action star and co-star of the upcoming Zambo Dende shortfilm, actor Darren Shahlavi (Bloodmoon, Ip Man 2, Metal Hurlant Chronicles) is being announced for a principle role in the new film, according to Impact. Shahlavi will star as Eric Sloan, whose reluctant master trains his younger brother, Kurt, to avenge Eric’s death at the hands of vicious Muay Thai brawler Tong Po. The film will mark Moussi‘s debut lead role in a film following a lucrative career in stunts, alongside the original’s film’s star, Van Damme, now in the role intially played by Dennis Chan, and opposite Bautista – currently lined up this week as Mr. Hinx in the new Bond thriller, Spectre, who will portray the villainous Tong Po.
Kickboxer is expected to release later next year while fans may also catch Shahlavi and Van Damme going toe-to-toe hopefully earlier in Falcon Rising helmer Ernie Barbarash’s new actioner, Pound Of Flesh. Stay tuned for more info!
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