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Interactive gang territory map and videos posted on District 13: Ultimatum (Banlieue 13 – Ultimatum) website

If you haven’t seen the Luc Besson-produced original District 13, it comes highly recommended. It’s a fast paced, gritty martial arts film, with an Escape from New York story-line, featuring an incredibly visual martial arts style called Parkour. I had the opportunity to get a first hand demonstration of Parkour, by its French stars David ….

Chocolate DVD review

Ong Bak and and Tom yum goong director Prachya Pinkaew, successfully adds another notch to his action genre belt to the with the kinetic film Chocolate, this time with a female protagonist played by the director’s new protégé, Jija Yanin Vismistananda, a charming newcomer who spent five years training for the role. Fans will not ….

Check out the live action Blood: The Last Vampire teaser trailer

The teaser trailer for Blood: The Last Vampire is online, and it looks good, although the video quality could be better. For the uninitiated, Blood: The Last Vampire follows the story of vampire and demon hunter Saya, who is part of a covert government agency in post-WWII Japan. She goes undercover in a military school ….

Dragonball: Evolution collectible figures to premiere at Toy Fair 2009

As Dragonball: Evolution hits theaters April 8, Bandai and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing will launch a new line of action figures based on the film. The new movie line is expected to be highly detailed toys styled after the stars from the film. The Bandai America line will reflect the look and feel of Dragonball: ….

Are The Wachowski Brothers directing Plastic Man next? Or Superman?

A contributor to Ain’t It Cool News sent the website some juicy news (and rumors) on the status of some high-profile projects over at Warner Bros. Among the tidbits they sent, the poster says that: Ninja Assassin is complete, and awaiting a suitable marketing strategy and release from the studio, which will most likely to ….

Win a copy of Afro Ninja: Destiny on DVD featuring iconic martial artist Jim Kelly

On March 17, 2009, Lightyear Entertainment unleashes the power of the Afro Ninja: Destiny, on DVD. Inspired by the wildly popular, oft-imitated Afro Ninja YouTube video – with over 80 million views – this laugh-out-loud martial arts extravaganza, stars International Stuntman Award Winner Mark Hicks from Rush Hour 2, super cool 1970’s Karate legend Jim ….

Dark Knight producer’s son carves his own path with martial arts, action and comics partnership

Creative Impulse Entertainment, which recently expanded from film and music video production into comics, and has the first comic series in the history of the industry to include DVD media with each issue (the flagship JFH: Justice-For-Hire) today announced a multimedia partnership with COG 1 Entertainment. COG 1 is headed by David Uslan, a second-generation ….

Win a copy of Ong Bak director’s new martial arts thriller Chocolate on DVD

Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing will release Chocolate, the new martial arts action thriller from Ong Bak director Prachya Pinkaew, in theaters this Friday, February 6th, and then on DVD and HDNet Ultra VOD, next Tuesday, February 10th. To celebrate the release, the distributor is giving FilmFetish.com DVD copies of the film to give away to ….

Third annual Asian Film Award nominations

Below is a complete list of nominations for the third annual Asian Film Awards, an event organizers hope will grow to become the Oscars of Asia, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Martial artist and actress Michelle Yeoh will head the jury that selects the winners, which will be announced in Hong Kong during a March ….

Ong Bak director has crime thriller Chocolate on tap

On February 10th, Magnolia Pictures, in another innovative distribution experiment, will release the martial arts crime thriller Chocolate on Blu-ray, four days after its theatrical premiere on February 6th. The story follows a girl named Zen, who was born out of an affair between two members of rival crime syndicates, that now lives in seclusion ….

Tsui Hark and Andy Lau team for Phantom Flame

According to THR, Tsui Hark (Seven Swords) will direct Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) in the period martial arts suspense thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which starts shooting in Hong Kong and China this May. Hark and production company Huayi Brothers, are looking to bring to life an imaginary case solved ….

Bruce Lee museum approved by officials

A bid by a Hong Kong tycoon to preserve the one-time estate of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, and transform it into a museum and tourist attraction, was approved, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The decision comes after a long struggle by fans to save the 5,700-square-foot, two-story home from the fate of becoming a ….

Chandni Chowk to China to have widest U.S. opening of any Bollywood film

Warner Bros. will be releasing the Indian martial arts comedy Chandni Chowk to China today in the U.S. The film will open on more than 125 screens in over 50 markets, making it the largest-ever opening of any Bollywood film in the United States and Canada. In addition, Chandni Chowk to China will also be ….

Keanu Reeves will top-line Cowboy Bebop live-action film for Fox

It’s been reported for some time that Fox is overseeing a big-screen version of the popular Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop. Variety has confirmed that Keanu Reeves in fact attached to star as the easygoing bounty hunter Spike Spiegel, who wanders through space in search of fortune and good times, in the year 2071. Cowboy ….

Jackie Chan may be the next Mr. Miyagi

Jackie Chan is in negotiations to star in Columbia Picture’s remake of 80’s hit The Karate Kid. Chan would play the role of Mr. Miyagi, originally played by the late Pat Morita. These developments are according to a posting by The Hollywood Reporter. Columbia also just signed Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks, upcoming The Pink ….