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Legendary action director John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 cult classic Hard Boiled for the epic historical drama Red Cliff (Chi bi), based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. Red Cliff opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao ….

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 ….

A pair of new trailers for John Woo’s Red Cliff

Their are two new trailers online for John Woo’s epic tale Red Cliff. Red Cliff tells the story of Chinese leaders Liu Bei, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, who led 100,000 peasants to safety from the invading army of Cao Cao, and them hatched a plan to destroy the invading general’s ships, before he can ….

Max Payne Unrated Edition Blu-ray review

Yesterday, Fox Home Entertainment released the noir thriller Max Payne on DVD and Blu-ray. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as a damaged cop, hellbent on avenging the murder of his family. He’s joined by Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), who plays Russian assassin Mona Sax, who doesn’t seem to totally fill-out the dark leather outfits ….

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 ….

Horror Western film Priest lands director

Scott Charles Stewart, who’s doing post-production work on his debut feature, the action thriller Legion, has signed on to helm the film Priest, an adaptation of what’s described as a horror Western comic book from TokyoPop, that was written by Min-Woo Hyung, and tells the story of a world ravaged by battles between humans and ….

John Woo eyes sports film project

Action auteur John Woo may be shifting gears for his next project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director told attendees of a charity dinner recently in Beijing, that he hopes to make a sports movie with champion Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang and gold medalist diver Guo Jingjing. Woo has a full plate right now, ….