Action

Weinstein Co. teams with Celestial to remake Shaw Bros. classic martial arts films

The Weinstein Co. has signed a two-picture deal with Celestial Pictures to remake a pair of classic martial arts action films from the Golden Era of Hong Kong cinema. The companies will produce English-language versions of Come Drink With Me and Avenging Eagle. John Fusco, who wrote the Marco Polo TV series and co-wrote the ….

Live-action Akira film gets a “new” director

Variety reports that filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra is in talks with Warner Bros. to return to the Akira directors chair for the studio. Collet-Serra left in early 2012 after production on the project stalled. According to the report, in early 2012, the studio shut down pre-production for script rewrites and budgetary concerns. At the time, Collet-Serra ….

Samuel L. Jackson joins Matthew Vaughn’s Secret Service

Variety reports that Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of director Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming Secret Service. Fox has already locked in its two heroes – Colin Firth and Taron Egerton. Now the production looks one step closer to ramping up production on The Secret Service with Jackson now set to play the villain. Production ….

Tom Cruise sci-fi action thriller Yukikaze will be adapted from epic Japanese novel

Variety reports that Warner Bros. is taking Tom Cruise‘s sci-fi action thriller Yukikaze into production with Wrath of the Titans screenwriter Dan Mazeau set to adapt the original Japanese novel by Chohei Kambayashi. The Studio nabbed film rights to Kambayashi’s Yukikaze earlier this year and attached Cruise to star in the movie. The producers of ….

Bloodsport remake coming with new story and Ninja Assassin director

Variety reports that Relativity Media is prepping a re-boot of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s 1988 cult hit Bloodsport, with V for Vendetta director James McTeigue at the helm. According to the report, Relativity will produce the new Bloodsport with Edward R. Pressman, Chris Brown, Alberto Lensi, Australia-based Pictures in Paradise and Trans-American Films International. The new ….