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Keanu Reeves to play assassin in upcoming television series Rain

Slingshot Global Media announced today that Keanu Reeves is attached to executive produce and star in the television series Rain, based on the New York Times best-selling book series written by Barry Eisler. Rain is being described as a globe-trotting action drama featuring lead character “John Rain,” a half-Japanese, half-American contract assassin who specializes in ….

Infernal Affairs director tackles Chinatown New York street gangs in Revenge of the Green Dragons

Revenge of the Green Dragons is based on Frederick Dannen’s New Yorker article that chronicled the underworld of Asian-American gang life in 80’s and 90’s New York City. Andrew Lau & Andrew Loo co-directed the film from a script Loo co-wrote with Michael DiJiacomo. Revenge of the Green Dragons stars Justin Chon (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), ….

Producer of cult classic films Enter the Ninja, Breakin’ and Bloodsport – Menachem Golan – dies at 85

Sadly, Variety and Haaretz have reported that producer and director Menachem Golan, whose Cannon Film Group crafted hundreds of popular low budget movie productions during the 1980s and 90s, featuring the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris, before going bust, died Friday in Israel. He was 85. Myself, along with millions of American teenagers ….

The Rock circling spy thriller based on novel by Jason Bourne creator Robert Ludlum

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in early discussions to star in a film adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s book “The Janson Directive” for Universal, Variety reports. Johnson would also produce the film with Universal, which is currently seeking writers to develop the screenplay. “The Janson Directive” centers on a former consular ops agent named Janson who, ….