Asian film

Ray Park playing Chuck Norris in The Legend of Bruce Lee TV series PLUS the trailer

Biography TV Series Martial Arts Action Synopsis Chinese-produced TV series based on the life and times of Bruce Lee, following his life from Hong Kong to America and back. A lot of Hollywood action film stars show, including Mark Dacascos, Gary Daniels, Michael Jai White, Tim Storms, and Ray Park (as yes, Chuck Norris). Director ….

20th Century Boys a.k.a. 20-seiki shonen a.k.a. Twentieth Century Boys a.k.a. 20 Seiki Shounen film information

Fantasy Manga Comic-Based Action Adventure Science Fiction Synopsis 20th Century Boys is the first film in a planned trilogy with a budget of $57 million, that will be shot in seven countries, including China, Thailand, the U.K., Japan and the U.S. The first film will revolve around a “Book of Revelations” written by the main ….

French thriller Max et les Ferrailleurs (Max and the Junkmen) getting remake treatment

France’s StudioCanal and John Woo’s Lion Rock Productions are joining forces to push forward a remake of the 1970 French thriller Max et les Ferrailleurs, to be directed by Kim Jee-woon, whose film The Good the Bad the Weird just wrapped this year’s Cannes Film Fest. This is according to a story from Variety. Ferrailleurs ….

The Weinsteins Get Blueberry Nights

The Weinstein Company is proud to announce that it has acquired all U.S., Australian and New Zealand rights to the romantic comedy My Blueberry Nights from award-winning director Wong Kar Wai, (In the Mood for Love, Happy Together and Chungking Express) who was this years jury president of the Cannes Film Festival. This film marks Wong’s English-language feature film ….

2006 South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival

The Network of South Asian Professionals (NetSAP DC) will host the Sixth Annual South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival (SALTAF) on November 4, 2006 at the Baird Auditorium in the National Museum of Natural History. SALTAF 2006 marks the third year of its partnership with the Smithsonian Institute’s Asian Pacific American Program. Since its ….

The Messengers Trailer

The Grudge 2 had a trailer attached to it for Ghost House Picture’s first release for 2007, called The Messengers. The thriller marks the U.S. directorial debut for Hong Kong wunderkind director-brothers Oxide and Danny Pang, known as The Pang Brothers (The Eye). The Messengers involves an ominous darkness that invades a sunflower farm in North Dakota, tearing apart a family ….