John Woo

Dead Soldier series coming from Liquid Comics and Max Payne director

Liquid Comics announced a partnership to release an original four-issue comic book series titled Dead Soldier from filmmakers John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Max Payne) and Richie Smyth (upcoming Parkour), according to THR. Liquid Comics – which also has partnerships with filmmakers John Woo, Shekhar Kapur and Guy Ritchie – will create art for the ….

Spy Hunter film adaptation back on track at Warner Bros.

Spy Hunter, which had been in development hell for years at Universal, is back on track for the big screen at Warner Bros., according to HeatVisionBlog. John Woo and Dwayne Johnson were attached to direct and star, respectively, in Spy Hunter while Universal had film rights. Then Paul W.S. Anderson attempted to relight the fire ….

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 ….

Hong Kong officials launch design competition for Bruce Lee museum

Officials are moving forward with plans to turn Bruce Lee’s Hong Kong home, which is currently a ‘love motel’, into a museum, by launching a design competition today, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The redesigned mansion will include a memorial hall, library, kung fu studio and a film archive, which should please fans, who have ….

Win one of two copies of the documentary How Bruce Lee Changed the World on DVD

On August 25th, the History Channel will release the fascinating documentary How Bruce Lee Changed the World on DVD, which offers new insight into the life of legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee. I am especially pleased to be able to offer readers the opportunity to win one of two copies of this DVD release.

Action director/icon John Woo to tackle Flying Tigers in next World War II epic

Hong Kong action icon John Woo will direct a China-U.S. co-production about the Flying Tigers, according to the community website GoKunming. The film, titled Flying Tiger Heroes, will start shooting this year, and is expected to cost $100 million, making it the most expensive Chinese film made to date, according to the report.

John Woo to direct Michelle Yeoh martial arts film The Sword and the Martial Arts World

At a press conference during the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival on Sunday, actress Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) said that she’ll star in an upcoming martial arts film to be directed by John Woo, who saw recent success with his two part historical war epic Red Cliff. That’s according to ….

Paycheck Blu-ray review

Paycheck is based on the short story by noted science fiction author Phillip K. Dick, and revolves around Jennings (Ben Affleck), an engineer who works for a company that uses his unique gifts to reverse engineer their rivals’ technology, alter it slightly, and then wipes his memory after he completes every project. When he is ….

Bryan Singer eyes comic adaptation Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland

New Regency has nabbed film rights to the Radical Publishing sci-fi comic Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland, which will be developed as a potential directing vehicle for Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns, Valkyrie), according to Variety. The movie will be distributed by Fox, which worked with Singer on X-Men 2. Michael Finch – who ….