David Vo

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UPDATE: Russell Crowe (Kraven the Hunter) is set to join Henry Cavill in Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot!“We’re bringing it forward from the early 1500s in the Highlands to the beyond present-day New York and Hong Kong. There’s big opportunity for action… and it’s a bit of a love story — but not how you think,” Stahelski told Collider. He added, “My selling point to [Henry] was, look, you’ve got a guy that’s been alive for over 500 years.

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UPDATE: Filming has been completed and a post-production campaign is underway for Five by Five and Echo 8 Beyond!SOURCE: Maria Tran FBDirector, producer, and actor Maria Tran has just announced that crowdfunding has begun for a prequel and sequel to her independent actioner Echo 8.

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At the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival, Chinese cinema took a major leap into the future with the unveiling of two ambitious AI-driven projects designed to preserve and reimagine martial arts storytelling.

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From Italian filmmaker Gabriele Mainetti (They Call Me Jeeg) comes the action thriller Kung Fu in Rome. Set in Rome’s culturally diverse Piazza Vittorio neighborhood, the film unfolds in the vibrant, multi-ethnic heart of the Italian capital, where two seemingly opposite lives collide. One is the son of a debt-ridden restaurant owner who vanished with his lover; the other is a mysterious young woman newly arrived in Rome, desperately searching for her missing sister.

1 week ago | maactioncinema.com | David Vo

Hong Kong-based Edko Films is rolling out international sales at Cannes for two highly anticipated prequels to the acclaimed Cold War franchise, with Daniel Wu (Love Hurts) and Terrance Lau (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In) headlining both titles. Titled Cold War 1994 and Cold War 1995, the films are produced by veteran industry figures Bill Kong and Ivy Ho, known for recent hits A Guilty Conscience and Anita.