John Woo

Silent Night (2023) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Dec 1, 2023

Legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick present Silent Night, a gritty revenge tale centering on a tormented father (Joel Kinnaman) who witnesses the death of his young son after being caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance ….

John Woo to finally remake The Killer with Lupita Nyong’o in Chow Yun Fat’s role

JoBlo and Deadline report that Universal Pictures has fast tracked the long-in-development remake of John Woo’s cult classic gun-fu thriller The Killer, with iconic director Woo himself at the helm. Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther) is in talks to play the assassin who puts her own life on the line in order to save a woman ….

John Woo’s The Crossing and Jackie Chan’s Dragon Blade heading to 3D IMAX theaters in China

IMAX announced today that the 3D action-adventure film Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody, will be digitally re-mastered in the immersive IMAX 3D format and released by Shanghai Film Group Corporation in IMAX theatres in China on February 19, 2015. Additionally, writer-director John Woo’s epic two-part 3D film The Crossing will ….

John Woo going back to gangster film roots with yakuza classic remake Day of the Beast

John Woo is attached to direct the action thriller Day of the Beast, a remake of Suzuki Seijun’s 1963 yakuza classic Youth of the Beast, according to Film Business Asia. Day of the Beast is a co-production between Nikkatsu Corp, the production company behind the original movie, and John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock ….

Legendary director John Woo to use IMAX cameras to shoot war epic Flying Tigers action scenes

IMAX today announced that director John Woo and producer Terence Chang’s next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, will be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. Woo and Chang are the team behind Mission Impossible II, Face/Off, Red Cliff and many other international blockbusters. Upon being green lit for production, the film would mark an ….

Win a Six Shooter Prize Pack including cult cinema icons Ong Bak 2, Red Cliff and Bronson on BLU-RAY!

In honor of Centurion’s recent premiere on Video-On-Demand (VOD), XBOX, Playstation, VUDU and Amazon, FilmFetish is giving away a Six Shooter Blu-Ray Prize Pack including some of this year’s best international action releases including Ong Bak 2, Red Cliff and Bronson, which were all part of Magnet’s Six Shooter Film Series! PLEASE NOTE: To be ….