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First poster revealed for Tony Jaa’s bone-crunching Ong Bak 3

Martial arts legend and ‘Cult Cinema Icon’ Tony Jaa writes, directs, produces and stars in Ong Bak 3, the third and final installment in one of the most beloved action series of all time. Picking up at the cliffhanger ending where Ong Bak 2 leaves off, Jaa ramps up the epic supernatural elements of the ….

Magnet grabs U.S. rights to Takashi Miike’s samurai action film 13 Assassins and releases two bloody photos to prove it

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Takashi Miike’s epic samurai masterpiece, 13 Assassins. The historical action epic, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, recently had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, has just been named as the Closing Night film at this ….

Trailer for House of Flying Dagger director’s remake of Coen Brother’s Blood Simple is here

Donnie Yen’s Legend of the Fist gets distributor

Disaster film Aftershock makes waves at Asian IMAX theaters

Fantastic Fest schedule includes yakuza crime thrillers, cult horrors and martial arts heroes

The sixth edition of Fantastic Fest, which describes itself as a film festival with the boring parts cut out, is scheduled for September 23-30th, in Austin, Texas. The festival announced part of its programming for this year’s event, including: Bedevilled (2010) Director: Cheol-soo Jang, South Korea, 115 minutes If you beat, brutalize, dehumanize and torment ….

Asian cult cinema to bloody Comic-Con, plus exclusive pics from Mutant Girls Squad & Con screenings

These are the kind of panels and film screenings I love to attend. They’re just so much fun – plus having the filmmakers there to discuss the carnage takes it over the top. FUNimation Entertainment has set up a panel and Friday night film screenings for Tokyo gore and cult film favorites Alien vs. Ninja ….

Ip Man 2 gets U.S. theatrical distributor

Well Go USA has selected Variance Films to distribute Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster North America, in addition to future high-profile Asian films. “With Well Go USA, we have finally found a partner that’s dedicated to releasing the best of Asian cinema while keeping the original vision of the film intact. With a ….

New Bruce Lee biopic to begin lensing next month

A new biopic on iconic martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, titled Bruce Lee, My Brother, goes into production in a few days, starring Aarif Lee (Echoes of the Rainbow) as Bruce Lee and screen newcomer Jennifer Tse as Lee’s girlfriend, according to FilmBusinessAsia. The new film is being directed by Raymond Yip, who co-directed ….