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John Woo, Jet Li, Tony Jaa, Luc Besson, David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli and more to be included in new Six Shooter Film Series

Magnet Releasing announced today that it’s kicking off a second volume of its cult favorite Six Shooter Film Series with Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, which begins airing this Friday On-Demand, ahead of it’s October U.S. theatrical release. Where the first Six Shooter Film Series took a broad look at smart international genre ….

Win one of two copies of the new Special DVD Edition of martial arts classic Hero

On September 15th, Miramax Home Entertainment will release a very special edition of Jet Li’s martial arts epic Hero (Ying xiong) on DVD. To celebrate this release, Film Fetish is giving away 2 copies for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, your eNews profile must be ….

Jet Li returning to Chinese-language film with Ocean Paradise

THR reports that Jet Li is set to star in his first Chinese-language film since the 2007 Peter Chan-directed historical epic The Warlords. Li will top-line the directorial debut of Chinese screenwriter Xue Xiao-lu (Together With You), titled Ocean Paradise. After two successful Hollywood/Chinese co-productions, including The Forbidden Kingdom, which he co-starred with Jackie Chan, ….

House of Flying Daggers director to remake the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple?

Back in February, Shockya reported that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached to produce a remake of the martial arts film House of Flying Daggers. Now comes a report from Empire, that Zhang Yimou – director of that seminal kung fu epic as well as Jet Li’s Hero, and choreographer of the amazing display at ….

Jet Li and Andy Lau’s action epic Warlords picks up U.S. distribution

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired North American distribution rights to Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s historical action epic, Warlords, featuring Jet Li (The Forbidden Kingdom), Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (Returner). Warlords was a huge critical and commercial hit in China, winning eight Hong ….

Check out these clips of Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming The Expendables

The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s action icon reunion flick due out on April 23, 2010, now has some behind-the-scenes footage online, to go along with the photos that have making the rounds. It features several scenes from the film, including Stallone directing an action sequence and firing a gun, along with clip of Eric Roberts and ….

Sly Stallone did his best to lure Tango & Cash co-star Kurt Russell to appear in Expendables

According to the StalloneZone fan site, Sly did his best to lure his Tango & Cash so-star Kurt Russell to his forthcoming action film The Expendables. With a supporting cast including action movie icons Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts and even a cameo appearance by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, ….

Check out the Blood: The Last Vampire full bloody Japanese trailer right here

The first full Asian trailer for the live-action Blood: The Last Vampire, has appeared online. While the trailer looked pretty good for the film, the full trailer looks awesome. Chris Nahon – who helmed the 2001 Jet Li action thriller Kiss of the Dragon – is handling directing duties on Blood. Blood: The Last Vampire ….

50 Cent is out and Terry Crews is now in Sly Stallone’s war flick Expendables

AICN, which has a direct dialogue going with Sly Stallone regarding his upcoming action flick, The Expendables, has been updating the casting of the roles Agent Will Sands and Hale Caesar. Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker was attached to the film, but a push in the schedule forced him to withdraw. Apparently Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, had ….

Check out the live action Blood: The Last Vampire teaser trailer

The teaser trailer for Blood: The Last Vampire is online, and it looks good, although the video quality could be better. For the uninitiated, Blood: The Last Vampire follows the story of vampire and demon hunter Saya, who is part of a covert government agency in post-WWII Japan. She goes undercover in a military school ….

Cult Cinema Icons ready to explore

The DVD store has a fun new section called Cult Cinema Icons. It features film collections of actors, directors, writers and producers, that have created “cult” favorites of genre cinema, particularly in the action, adventure, horror and sci-fi genres. Along with obvious choices like Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Charles Bronson, Sonny Chiba, Quentin Tarantino and ….