Crime

Tsui Hark’s crime thriller Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon to make IMAX debut

IMAX, in partnership with China Film Co-Production and Huayi Brothers Media, have announced that Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, filmmaker Tsui Hark’s follow-up to his 2010 action thriller Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame, will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX format and released into IMAX theatres in China starting on ….

Scarface remake may have a director

Deadline reports that, because both the 1932 Chicago bootlegging film and 1983 Miami cocaine-dealing versions of Scarface are such enduring cult classics Universal Pictures has been refining the script with several screenwriters, while keeping the new movie’s details under wraps. According to their report the studio is in heated talks with British director David Yates, ….

Win a copy of Park Hoon-Jeong’s gritty, violent mob thriller New World

Tomorrow Well Go USA Entertainment will release Park Hoon-Jeong’s gritty, violent mob thriller New World on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. The international box office hit centers on Korea’s largest crime organization, “Goldmoon,” as it begins to expand its reach. As a result, the Chief of Police (Min-sik Choi) orders an undercover cop (Lee Jeong-jae) to ….

Starz gives green light to 50 Cent-produced crime drama Power

Starz CEO Chris Albrecht announced today that the network will go into production on the crime drama Power, an hour-long original drama series executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and created by Courtney Kemp Agboh (The Good Wife). Power tells the story of James “Ghost” St. Patrick, a wealthy New York City nightclub owner ….

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson make Fast and Furious run for IMAX screens

IMAX and Universal Pictures today announced that Fast & Furious 6, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in select IMAX theatres internationally beginning May 22nd. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next ….