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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 ….

Trailer for The Host director Joon-ho Bong and Michael Gondry’s next film Tokyo

Free screening of Japanese film Happy Flight

Director Shinobu Yaguchi’s (Waterboys, Swing Girls) latest film Happy Flight, will be screening for free tomorrow night in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Yaguchi’s intent was to create a realistic, completely new film that covers all aspects of the aviation industry. The setting of the film takes place at an airport on a All Nippon Airways ….

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 ….

Pusan International Film Festival 2009 dates set

The Pusan International Film Festival, Asia’s largest annual film industry event, has been scheduled for October 8-18, 2009, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 14th edition of PIFF will host sideline events promoting the growth of Asian cinema, including the Asian Cinema Fund, the Asian Network of Documentary fund, the Asian Film Academy and the ….

Big Man Japan screening at New York Comic-Con on Friday

Magnolia Pictures and the New York Asian Film Festival will host a screening of Big Man Japan at New York Comic-Con this Friday, February 6, 2009. The screening is free to convention attendees, and will be held in Room 1A04, starting at 3:15 PM. More about Big Man Japan Daisoto’s job involves being shocked by ….

Sci-fi goes global with new Japanese VIZ Media imprint

VIZ Media has announced the launch of a brand-new imprint called Haikasoru, which will publish an array of contemporary Japanese science fiction and fantasy stories for English audiences. This is the first time an imprint with a dedicated focus on Japanese sci-fi has launched in North America. Haikasoru is scheduled to publish twelve books a ….

Big Man Japan U.S. release trailer online

In March 2009, Magnet will release the comedy Big Man Japan, the sixth film in its ongoing Six Shooter Film Series, into North American theaters and on VOD. Big Man Japan follows a middle-aged slacker named Daisato, who’s living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum. His job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform ….

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 ….

Takashi Miike’s Yatterman world premiere at NY Comic-Con

Organizers of New York Comic Con revealed that maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike will appear at its 2009 event as a Guest of Honor, along with superstar actor and pop star Sho Sakurai. Miike and Sakurai will be speaking about their upcoming feature film Yatterman—and then present the world premiere of the highly-anticipated movie, produced ….

First trailer and details on Jackie Chan and Derek Yee film Shinjuku Incident

A few sites have been posting this first trailer for The Shinjuku Incident, which is directed by Derek “Tung-Shing” Yee and produced by Jackie Chan. The film also stars Naoto Takenaka, Xu Jinglei, Daniel Wu, Fan Bingbing and Ken Watanabe. The gritty-looking thriller is being described as a more dramatic turn for Chan, according to ….

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 ….

Costumes from Takashi Miike’s “kid’s film” Yatterman revealed

Variety Asia and Japan Today posted some pics from Takashi Miike’s next film Yattaman, or Yatterman, based on an animation which first aired in Japan in the late 1970s. Miike, who has directed some of the most violent crime thrillers and bloody horrors in recent memory, is trying the teen genre. But this won’t his ….