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Officer Black Belt is a South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Joo-hwan Kim. The Netflix film follows the story of Lee Jong-do, a skilled martial arts fighter as he is recruited by a probation officer to help closely manage the criminals wearing electronic ankle bracelets to stop them from hurting innocent people. Officer Black Belt stars Kim Woo-bin in the lead role with Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Hae Young, and Kim Yool-ho starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the thrilling action, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Officer Black Belt here are some similar movies to watch next.

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Midnight Runner is a South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Jason Kim. The 2017 film follows two new students at the Korean National Police University...

Following their adventures in three seasons of the Disney+ show, Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and Grogu are set to further extend their journey in the highly anticipated film, The Mandalorian & Grogu. Details surrounding the project remain shrouded in secrecy/ However, new updates have suggested that the studio has moved up the filming schedule to May, which was originally slated to start in June 2024.

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Disney Reportedly Moved Up Filming Schedule For The Mandalorian & Grogu

Earlier this year, Lucasfilm announced that The Mandalorian and Grogu will continue their next adventure on the big screen in Jon Favreau’s film, which would lead Lucasfilm’s ongoing feature-development slate. The report also stated that the Pedro Pascal starrer would begin filming in June 2024.

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However, recent reports are suggesting that the production of the film could commence sooner than expected. Making Star Wars,...

We’ve come a long way, baby. But we’re finally ready to start handing out the 2023 Emmy Awards, a full four months after they were initially scheduled. The successful resolutions of two strikes later, the winners of the Creative Arts Emmys will be announced on January 6 (scripted programming) and January 7 (non-scripted programming), starting at 8 p.m. Et, prior to an edited broadcast of the ceremonies airing on Fxx January 13.

Just how long have the 2023 Emmys been in the making? Well, nominees include “The White Lotus,” which hasn’t aired since December 2022. Likewise, Hulu’s “Fire Island,” “Welcome to Chippendales,” and “Hocus Pocus 2” (remember that?!) are all among the TV projects nominated, as well as more recent shows like “Poker Face.”

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards are a helpful bellwether for the Primetime Emmy Awards winners, signaling whether or not we might expect a sweep. And this season brought plenty of critical favorites,...

"Star Wars" fans know that there are few things more ridiculously fun than playing around with toy lightsabers, so it's probably pure joy to get to swing around the saber props on the set of a "Star Wars" movie or tv show. So when it came to filming the big fight in the finale of "The Mandalorian," Giancarlo Esposito understandably wanted to do it himself. Esposito told Kelly Clarkson (via SyFy) that when he got to set and saw the much younger, smaller stunt performer that would be appearing as him opposite stuntman Lateef Crowder as Din Djarin, he stepped in and trained to do it instead. 

One big difference between actors doing their own stunts and trained stunt performers is that the latter know how to pull their thrusts and swings with a saber just enough while still selling the action. It turns out that while Esposito did a...

There were a lot of things about "Star Wars: Episode VI -- The Return of the Jedi" that gave fans closure for the trilogy. The second Death Star was blown up. The Emperor (Ian McDiarmid) was defeated. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) finally admitted their feelings and kissed. We also found out that Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Leia were siblings and saw Darth Vader redeemed and unmasked before his death. That last one might have been wonderful for fans, but for David Prowse, who did all the physical work for the role (with the voice of James Earl Jones replacing his own), it was a disappointment. 

That is according to an interview with Prowse with Rock Cellar Magazine in 2012. The actor, who passed away at the age of 85 in 2020, had been a bodybuilder, helped train Christopher Reeve for his 1978 "Superman" role, and appeared in projects like "A Clockwork Orange,...

While Pedro Pascal will now and forever be associated with "The Mandalorian," as he has helped bring the title character of the beloved "Star Wars" show to life, the actor is only owed partial credit these days. Pascal has confirmed that he is mostly just providing the voice for Mando these days, with the rest of the team doing the heavy lifting on set. So for those who may have been wondering how much time Pascal spends on set, the answer seems to be close to none at all.

Pascal recently participated in a roundtable with several other actors for The Hollywood Reporter, including Kieran Culkin ("Succession") and Jeff Bridges ("The Old Man"). During the conversation, was asked how he balanced being in both "The Last of Us" and "The Mandalorian." The actor was asked if his work in "Star Wars" can just be voiceover, and Pascal said, "For a lot of it,...

For a high octane action film starring Vin Diesel as an extreme athlete version of James Bond, "XXX3: Return of Xander Cage" is much more entertaining than it has any right to be. With "Fast X" quickly approaching to help kick-off the summer season, it's clear Diesel has learned that, sometimes, there is safety in numbers. Having a huge cast around you helps take the pressure off of the actor at the top of the call sheet, and Diesel embraced the idea of having a team of some of the best action stars in the world come on board for the third adventure of Xander Cage.

Directed by DJ Caruso, the culmination of one of the most ridiculously entertaining action franchises in recent memory featured a stacked cast that included Donnie Yen, Ruby Rose, Samuel L. Jackson, Kris Wu, Toni Collette, and Thai boxer extraordinaire Tony Jaa as a bleach blonde villain named Talon.

This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers.

Before The Mandalorian season 3, few Star Wars fans would have ever even considered a potentially tragic end to Din Djarin’s story on the show. Or an end at all. After all, Pedro Pascal’s stoic bounty hunter with a heart of gold has quickly become one of the most beloved and popular characters in a franchise that doesn’t often kill off its valuable IP. Yet, for some viewers, season 3 may have set the stage for just that: Din’s exit from The Mandalorian as the show, and the Mandoverse as a whole, moves on to a new stage.

The penultimate episode of season 3, “The Spies,” ends with Din stuck in a dire situation. Captured by Moff Gideon’s commandos and dragged deeper into the top-secret Imperial installation on Mandalore, we don’t know what plans the villain has for Din...

It sounds like only a Snuggie made of beskar might keep you from getting wounded by The Mandalorian‘s upcoming Season 3 finale.

As if — Spoiler Alert For The Latest Episode! — seeing Din Djarin get hogtied like… well, a hog… by Moff Gideon’s troopers didn’t drum up enough anxiety (especially for a harrowed, onlooking Grogu), the Season 3 finale streaming this Wednesday, April 19 promises to “hurt” viewers in its own special way.

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Last week at Star Wars Celebration, Disney released a flurry of exciting announcements, such as an Ahsoka trailer and three new movies (which are really, truly going to happen this time, promise!). Yet while fans embraced the news, the crown jewel of Disney’s Star Wars TV universe — The Mandalorian — was arguably having its worst week ever.

The show’s latest episode, “Guns for Hire,” scored the drama’s weakest fan reviews (via IMDb) since the neo-Western sci-fi drama launched four years ago. The episode wasn’t entirely an outlier, as fan gripes about the show’s third season have been rising in general, with the series’ Rotten Tomatoes user reviews this season plummeting from their usual low-90s perch to just 57 percent and its IMDb average similarly (though not as sharply) ebbing downward.

Critics widely praised the show’s third-season premiere (Disney typically only provides one episode of The Mandalorian...

After waiting nearly three years after the end of season two, The Mandalorian is back with new weekly episodes on Disney+. Fans are captivated by the adventures of Din Djarin and Grogu but the show is also notable for the unique circumstances of its production. The Mandalorian uses innovative technology and a cadre of notable filmmakers to bring each chapter to life. The amount of time and effort needed for every episode could be daunting for some actors, but Pedro Pascal greatly enjoys being part of such a distinctive program.

‘The Mandalorian’ season 3 digs deeper into the culture of Mandalore

The opening episodes of the third season of The Mandalorian focus more on the lore of Din’s chosen family as he attempts to atone for his oath-breaking helmet removal in “Chapter 15: The Believer”.

Din helps some Mandalorians fight off a monster that attacks a child’s induction ceremony,...

The Mandalorian is one of the most popular and engaging shows on Disney+. As the first live-action Star Wars series on the streaming platform, expectations were high when The Mandalorian premiered in late 2019 — and it met every one of them, rewarding fans who had been clamoring for a show that truly felt like “old school” Star Wars. At the forefront of the series is Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin/The Mandalorian. For many, Pascal is the heart and soul of the hit show. In a recent interview, Pascal admitted how special The Mandalorian is to him, revealing that he has no plans to ever stop playing the beloved character.

Pedro Pascal has been playing Din Djarin since 2019 Pedro Pascal appears alongside his character at a premiere event for “The Mandalorian” season 3 I Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney

Pascal already had a history of playing popular characters by the time...

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The Mandalorian has quickly become one of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars franchise. Pedro Pascal is credited for playing Din Djarin/the Mandalorian, but did you know he isn't always in the suit? During the 2022 Star Wars Celebration event, Pascal joked that Grogu has "two other daddies" because it takes multiple people to bring the character to life. So, who's really wearing the helmet? Well, it's actually a combined effort between Pascal and his doubles Brendan Wayne (who is the grandson of John Wayne) and Lateef Crowder, who both bring their own unique skills to the Mandalorian character.

In the 2020 docuseries "Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian," Pascal explained that Wayne and Crowder are behind a lot of the character's mannerisms and stuntwork. "I'm modeling my performance around their physicality in a lot of ways, and I wouldn't be able to do it without them,...

With the anxiously awaited third season of "The Mandalorian" coming to Disney+ on March 1, the current crown jewel of the "Star Wars" galaxy is going to quickly become much larger in scale and more epic in tone. The previous two seasons introduced lone bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his adorably cute cargo, Grogu, as they traversed the Outer Rim Territories in search of a Jedi capable of training the Mandalorian's small but powerful young passenger. In "The Book of Boba Fett," which essentially operated as "The Mandalorian" season 2.5, Grogu made the choice to return to Mando's care, setting the stage for a Force user to actually be welcomed into Mandalorian culture.

Previous seasons explored the zealotry of Mando's clan, whose members all follow a strict code known as "The Way" where removing your beskar helmet in front of others is strictly forbidden. After being banned for admitting...

Pedro Pascal is currently battling fungus-infected zombies on HBO’s “The Last of Us,” but he’ll soon be returning to a galaxy far, far away when his popular “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” returns for its long-awaited third season in March. Speaking to Empire magazine, Pascal got real about the challenges and limitations of wearing Mando’s intimidating armor.

“It’s like putting on a head-to-toe glove with weights on it,” Pascal said. “It’s ironic that you can’t see any facial expression because it puts you in the world so completely, and instantly makes the character feel real — but you can’t see shit!”

“They’ve continued to finesse and make it more comfortable, but it’s like going blind,” Pascal continued. “Your breath completely fogs up the narrow slit that you can see through. There’s no peripheral vision. If there’s a hole, I’m gonna fall into it.

New York Comic Con has announced its 2022 panel lineup, which includes a number of notable events taking place throughout the three-day convention.

Toplining the panels is a tribute to 45 years of “Halloween” and Laurie Strode with Jamie Lee Curtis, moderated by “Scream” star Drew Barrymore. The panel – which takes place Saturday, Oct. 8 – will find Curtis discussing her journey with the “Halloween” franchise up through the latest (and final?) installment “Halloween Ends.”

Nycc will also host the first-ever screening of “Violent Night,” a new film from director Tommy Wirkola (“Dead Snow”) that stars David Harbour as Santa Claus who takes on a crew of bad guys who aim to hold a family compound hostage. The movie hails from 87North, the producers behind “Atomic Blonde” and “Deadpool 2,” so hold on to your butts. The screening will take place the night of Friday, Oct. 7.

Dan Harmon will also be in attendance on...

“You are a Mandalorian no more,” Pedro Pascal’s titular character is told in the first trailer for Season 3 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian. Watch it above.

It seems that’s not the only point of contention as we see scenes that seem to suggest an internecine war among those in the helmeted sect. We also hear Katie Sackhoff’s character Bo-Katan Kryze refer to them as “a cult.”

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Sackhoff is returning to the series for Season 3 alongside newcomers Christopher Lloyd (in a guest-starring role), Nick Nolte in a voice-over role as the alien ugnaught Kuill. Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder, Giancarlo Esposito and Temuera Morrison also are returning.

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During the Star Wars Day celebration earlier this year, lead Pedro Pascal shared only three words to describe the upcoming third season of the Disney+ series: “Action.

Pedro Pascal admitted he may have been a little tentative about just how much success “The Mandalorian” could find among “Star Wars” fans.

The “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” actor and “Narcos” alum leads the hit Disney+ series, which debuted in 2019. Pascal plays bounty hunter Din Djarin, who saves Baby Yoda and ventures on quests throughout the galaxy. Due to its unique plot and episodic structure (plus viral love for Baby Yoda), “The Mandalorian” was a breakthrough for the “Star Wars” canon.

“I think it was so easy to trust how much Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni love ‘Star Wars’ and [how they’re] taking that love and developing new ways of telling ‘Star Wars’ stories,” Pascal told Entertainment Weekly of signing on to the role. “That’s a big safety net. But there were things, like, will this character be compelling? Will people want to follow him through these adventures? Will the...

Pedro Pascal shared only three words to describe the upcoming third season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian.

“Action. Spectacle. Surprises,” the star said Saturday during the second day of the Star Wars Celebration event held at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Pascal joined The Mandalorian bosses Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni and co-stars Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder, Giancarlo Esposito, Temuera Morrison and more for a panel centered on Disney+ series. The conversation, titled “Mando+: A Conversation with Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni,” saw Pascal and fellow members of The Mandalorian team tease what’s to come in the junior season, which will debut in 2023.

Whether it’s cameos, easter eggs or new characters, The Mandalorian has continued to delight Star Wars fans with a range of surprises throughout its run so far. Season 3 seems to be no exception as Pascal doubles down on the idea that “there are surprises coming” when...

“The Mandalorian” is expanding its reach across the galaxy.

On Saturday, “Mandalorian” executive producers Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau took the stage at Star Wars Celebration for “Mando+,” a panel on the future of the smash-hit “Star Wars” Disney+ series, plus its spin-offs “The Book of Boba Fett” and the upcoming “Ahsoka.”

Joining them at onstage at the Anaheim Convention Center was a veritable bounty of guest stars, including the “Mandalorian” himself, Pedro Pascal, his doubles Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder, longtime series director Rick Famuyiwa and recurring cast members Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow and Katee Sackhoff. Also in attendance was “The Book of Boba Fett” lead Temuera Morrison and the stars of the upcoming “Ahsoka,” Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. The star-studded lineup chatted about joining the world of “Star Wars,” and, while remaining tight-lipped about plot details, teased events to come in the ever-expanding world of “The Mandalorian.

"The Mandalorian" and "Ahsoka" will definitely be delighting Star Wars fans soon. On May 28 at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA, series creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni spoke about their hit Disney+ Star Wars series, "The Mandalorian": where it's been and its future, plus some major details about the new "Ahsoka" show. Popsugar was on hand for the discussion, which featured a host of surprise guests including Pedro Pascal, who plays the title Mandalorian, Din Djarin, and Rosario Dawson, who will star in "Ahsoka"'s first season in 2023.

Favreau said of leading the new world of Star Wars television on Disney+, "To me it's been a dream come true." He said his interest was in telling "personal stories" fit to the small screen, which would then be able to bring in people who don't necessarily know everything Star Wars already, but become interested in the world.

"When I first saw Star Wars,...

Stars: Neal McDonough, Michael Jai White, Laila Ali, Lateef Crowder, Hazuki Kato, Masashi Odate, Jazmín Caratini, Millie Ruperto, Daniel Cardona, Jimmy Navarro, Arzoris Perez | Written by Y.T. Parazi | Directed by Ernie Barbarash

I am a huge fan of Michael Jai White. From his roles opposite Don “The Dragon” Wilson in Ring of Fire and its second sequel Lion Strike, to the first time I watched his starring role as the titular hero in the movie adaptation of Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn, to his directorial debut Never Back Down 2 (a truly under-rated Dtv action movie sequel), I have sat through and thoroughly enjoyed a Lot of White’s movies.

Until now that is.

As I found with this flick, sometimes as a movie reviewer you come across a film that – despite it, on paper, ticking all your filmic checkboxes – really doesn’t click with you. For me, Falcon Rising is one such movie…...

Last week, a worrying rumor started circulating that Pedro Pascal had exited The Mandalorian. Insider Grace Randolph shared that multiple sources had told her that the actor had proved “difficult” on set and was demanding a chance to take his helmet off in more scenes, due to the discomfort of wearing the heavy headgear. Producers wouldn’t budge on this, so Pascal was allegedly fired/resigned after a “pretty bad” split midway through production.

Of course, this isn’t what fans want to hear, to say the least, but thankfully, a new report has now come out which completely refutes the previous claims. Tipster Mikey Sutton of Geekosity has shared that his own sources close to the production “firmly deny” that Pascal has left the show in any capacity. And these sources provided a couple of reasons for why the Wonder Woman 1984 star making his alleged ultimatum wouldn’t make any sense.

Here’s a fun fact about The Mandalorian you might not have known: Pedro Pascal may voice the titular bounty hunter, but for much of the character’s screentime in season 1, he’s actually played in the flesh by stunt performers Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder. However, one of the few times Pascal filled out the armor was for the important scene where Ig-11 removes Din Djarin’s helmet in the finale, revealing his face to the audience for the first time.

It seems that things will be changing a bit for season 2, though, as Bespin Bulletin is reporting that Pascal was more directly involved with production on the sophomore run of the Disney Plus hit and got to suit up in the Mandalorian armor much more than in the first season. As you’d imagine, this is leading to speculation that Djarin will spend more time unmasked in the next batch of episodes,...

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Bryce Dallas Howard didn't direct Pedro Pascal at all in The Mandalorian episode 4. Instead, it was Brendan Wayne in the Mandalorian armor.

As Disney+ continues to stream its first live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, there has been an open flow of behind the scenes tidbits - from the eye-wateringly good concept art for each episode that appears during the credits to interviews with the series' carefully-selected directors.

Bryce Dallas Howard directed the fourth episode of the series, "Sanctuary," which sees the titular bounty hunter meet a group of peaceful villagers in full crisis mode. It's all very Seven Samurai, and also managed to spawn about a million memes in its aftermath. If you consider yourself to be an even marginally "online" person, chances are you've seen a lot of them by now.

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Pedro Pascal receives top billing on “The Mandalorian” for playing the title character, but it turns out that’s not actually Pascal underneath the helmet and armor in every episode of the buzzy Disney+ “Star Wars” series. In fact, at least one episode of “The Mandalorian” did not feature Pascal in any capacity. Bryce Dallas Howard tells Vulture that Pascal was absent from the fourth episode, “Sanctuary,” which she directed. Pascal did not act in the episode because he was starring on Broadway in “King Lear.”

So who is the real Mandalorian? The creation of the character was a joint effort among Pascal and doubles Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder. Howard worked closely with Wayne when she was helming her episode. Wayne happens to the grandson of legendary Western star John Wayne. “He absolutely just brought everything to that character,” Howard told Vulture about working with Wayne. “We were able...

Stars: John Hennigan, Osric Chau, Kevin Sorbo, Spencer Grammar, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Jonathan Lipnicki, Dominque Swain, Lorenzo Lamas, Richard Tyson, Jane Park Smith | Written by John Hennigan, Josh Burnell, Franco Movsesian, Jonathan Perkins | Directed by Robert Kirbyson

Boone, a fame-seeking reality show Bounty Hunter (think a douchier version of TV’s Dog the Bounty Hunter) gets carried away in his role and tries to bring down a drug lord and his empire. But when his quest for accolades ends with a bounty on his own head, Boone learns that serving justice is a heck of a lot more dangerous than just ratings.

Apparently conceived by star John Hennigan some five years ago, Boone: The Bounty Hunter has been a labour of love for the wrestler and actor ever since, with Hennigan eventually funding the film himself – no doubt through the money he earned wresting for the likes of Lucha Underground...

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Preacher wastes no time in its latest season two episode. Here's our spoiler-filled review...

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Of the characters on Preacher, there's only one that's essentially a truly good person. Cassidy is selfish, Jesse is violent and temperamental, Tulip is involved in some serious criminal activities... the only character that's a good guy, pitiable in his way, is Eugene. He's so positive and so upbeat, he always seems to be trying to make others feel better—whether we're talking about his father or Jesse—and every little bit of his background that we see only makes him all the more pitiable. In TV tropes terms, he's a woobie. Every nice thing he tries to do only ends up getting him hurt, and it all goes back to his very origin.

Stars: Neal McDonough, Michael Jai White, Laila Ali, Lateef Crowder, Hazuki Kato, Masashi Odate, Jazmín Caratini, Millie Ruperto, Daniel Cardona, Jimmy Navarro, Arzoris Perez | Written by Y.T. Parazi | Directed by Ernie Barbarash

I am a huge fan of Michael Jai White. From his roles opposite Don “The Dragon” Wilson in Ring of Fire and its second sequel Lion Strike, to the first time I watched his starring role as the titular hero in the movie adaptation of Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn, to his directorial debut Never Back Down 2 (a truly under-rated Dtv action movie sequel), I have sat through and thoroughly enjoyed a Lot of White’s movies.

Until now that is.

As I found with this flick, sometimes as a movie reviewer you come across a film that – despite it, on paper, ticking all your filmic checkboxes – really doesn’t click with you. For me, Falcon Rising is one such movie…...

On the Road movie reedited for Toronto screening Based on Jack Kerouac's '50s novel, Walter Salles' Otr adaptation starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, and Kristen Stewart (above photo) will be screened at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. We all knew that. What we didn't know is that Tiff 2012 will unveil a new cut of the film (via indieWIRE), which premiered last spring at the Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviews. The 2hr20m drama has been downsized to approximately 125 minutes. That's an interesting development, as Otr has already been screened in several countries, with varying degrees of box-office success. [Check out the On the Road trailer. Check out Kristen Stewart On the Road poster; Garrett Hedlund On the Road poster.] Otr movie reedit hardly unique On the other hand, different cuts shown in different countries is hardly something new. Whether as a result of poor critical/box-office reception, (perceived) local sensibilities, and/or censorship, the movie you watch in, say, Canada isn't necessarily the exact same movie watched by someone in Singapore,...

So it looks like Kevin Tancharoen is going to get his chance to bring the fighting video game Mortal Kombat franchise back to the big screen. This is the guy who directed the Fame remake and the Glee 3D concert movie but none of those failures won him this gig. It was instead the virals that got fanboys tongues wagging last summer when he self-financed a promo trailer for what he could do if he was even given the chance to bring the world’s greatest fighting tournament back into theatres.

Titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, the original 8 minute viral was of surprisingly high production value and included some recognisable faces, including Michael Jai White as the character Jax, Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade and explained in length the back-stories for Reptile, Baraka, Scorpion and a really well put together fight scene involving Johnny Cage.

Kombat geeks loved it and despite...

It began last June when the nearly 8-minute longform trailer you see above for a supposed movie titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth hit the Internet and was viewed by millions of people. Shortly thereafter a nine-episode web series titled Mortal Kombat: Legacy was launched this last April, directed by Kevin Tancharoen (Fame, Glee 3D). Now New Line has decided the experiment was a success and has tapped Tancharoen to direct a feature film based on the popular fighting game back to the big screen.

This will mark Mortal Kombat's return to theaters after a 1995 adaptation and the 1997 sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Oren Uziel, who wrote the web series, is on board to pen the feature adaptation and word is this new story will not serve as an extension of the game of digital series. The short film featured Michael Jai White as Jax, Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade, Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage,...

New Line Cinema is bringing back Mortal Kombat, setting up a live-action reboot of the martial arts-heavy franchise that will be written by Oren Uziel and directed by Kevin Tancharoen. The director wouldn’t be the first guy one would think of for a chopsocky action film given a resume that includes Fame and, most recently, Glee: The Documentary, the 3D concert movie that didn’t do much business this summer. But both of those guys have earned the work, since it was their unauthorized viral short that breathed life into a dormant franchise. Uziel wrote and Tancharoen directed the eight-minute short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, which starred Michael Jai White as Jax, Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade, Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage, Ian Anthony Dale as Scorpion and Lateef Crowder as Baraka. Tancharoen did this with the idea that he could prove himself to Warner Bros as an action...

Title: Fading of the Cries Writer-director: Brian Metcalf Starring: Jordan Matthews, Hallee Hirsch, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Brad Dourif, Mackenzie Rosman, Elaine Hendrix, Jessica Morris, Julia Whelan, Lateef Crowder A hobbled sci-fi thriller that cobbles together various disparate mythologies, the independently produced Fading of the Cries clearly doesn’t have the money to compete with the genre big boys, but it also lacks an imagination in presentation or execution that might enable it to escape the downward pull of its limitations. Writer-director Brian Metcalf utilizes special effects as a sort of tech-age concealer, to try to spackle over various production cracks and shore up narrative deficiencies, but the result is a risible hodge-podge...

Check out this action sequence ("Iron Fist Open Call" DVD clip) as well as a "Stunt Stars" Bts clip (featuring fight choreographer Cyril Raffaelli) from the upcoming U.S. release of Tekken from Anchor Bay. The live-Action epic is available on July 19th in Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo and DVD Editions

The videogame of the future comes to full live-action life when Anchor Bay Films and Manga Entertainment release Tekken on July 19th. Directed by Dwight H. Little ("Bones," Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers), Tekken stars Jon Foo, Kelly Overton (The Ring Two), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Planet of the Apes, Pearl Harbor, Balls of Fury), Ian Anthony Dale (The Hangover, The Bucket List), Darrin DeWitt Henson (Stomp The Yard, "Soul Food"), former world champion kick boxer Gary Daniels (The Expendables), Mma fighters Cung Le (Pandorum, Dragon Eyes), and Roger Huerta, Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Blade II...

Anchor Bay Entertainment is set to bring cage fights to martial arts fans, with the film Tekken. Now, an official trailer is available, which shows fighters of the future portrayed by mixed martial artists of today. Fighters Cung Le and Roger Huerta will star, along with well known actors Luke Goss (Death Race 2) and John Foo (Universal Soldier: Regeneration). Check out the tension of the future; in which, world wars have decimated the planet and survivors must fight in "deadly combat tournaments!" (Anchor).

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"Witness the warrior of the future today!"

The synopsis for Tekken is here:

"The year is 2039. World wars have destroyed everything and territories are run by corporations, the mightiest -- and cruelest -- of which is Tekken. Jin Kazama (John Foo) witnesses the death of his mother Jun (Tomita) by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. Vowing vengeance, and armed only with his street smarts and raw fighting skills,...

Its release date and trailer have been revealed over the past month or so, and now Brian Metcalf's Fading of the Cries has provided us with its new official one-sheet. Look for the flick on June 24th in Los Angeles and July 8th in New York.

Fading of the Cries stars Brad Dourif, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mackenzie Rosman, Hallee Hirsch, Julia Whelan, Jessica Morris, Lateef Crowder, Elaine Hendrix, and Jordan Matthews. It was written and directed by Brian A. Metcalf (making his debut) with Karoline Kautz, Thomas Ian Nicholas, and Metcalf serving as producers.

For an indie film Fading of the Cries is epic in scope with more than 1,100 special effects, an astronomical number for such a film. There is every type of visual effect in this film — digital doubles, keying, crowd-simulation scenes, CG blood, compositing, digital environments, matte paintings, and more.

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Evil is resurrected in a small town threatening to destroy mankind,...

We received a press release today for director Brian Metcalf’s long-awaited Fading of the Cries trailer debut. Brad Dourif, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mackenzie Rosman, Hallee Hirsch, Julia Whelan, Jessica Morris, Lateef Crowder, Elaine Hendrix and Jordan Matthews star, which will be released theatrically on June 24th in Los Angeles and July 8th in New York from Eammon Films.

For an indie film, Fading of the Cries is epic in scope with more than 1,100 special effects, an astronomical number for such a film. There is every type of visual effect in this film.digital doubles, keying, crowd-simulation scenes, CG blood, compositing, digital environments, matte paintings and more.

Evil is resurrected in a small town threatening to destroy mankind, and the only force that can stop it is a young man wielding a powerful sword.

Jacob (Jordan Matthews), a young man armed with a deadly sword, saves Sarah (Hallee Hirsh), a teenage girl,...

A new trailer for Brian Metcalf's Fading of the Cries ended up in our inbox this morning in anticipation of the flick's June 24th Los Angeles and July 8th New York premieres from Eammon Films, and since you're all so very sexy, we've decided to share.

Fading of the Cries stars Brad Dourif, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mackenzie Rosman, Hallee Hirsch, Julia Whelan, Jessica Morris, Lateef Crowder, Elaine Hendrix, and Jordan Matthews. It was written and directed by Brian A. Metcalf (making his debut) with Karoline Kautz, Thomas Ian Nicholas, and Metcalf serving as producers.

For an indie film Fading of the Cries is epic in scope with more than 1,100 special effects, an astronomical number for such a film. There is every type of visual effect in this film — digital doubles, keying, crowd-simulation scenes, CG blood, compositing, digital environments, matte paintings, and more.

Synopsis

Evil is resurrected in a small town threatening to destroy mankind,...

Eammon Films has finally announced a release date of late May/early June for director Brian A. Metcalf’s long in-development genre hybrid, Fading of the Cries. As the press release says, for an indie film, Fading of the Cries is epic in scope . with more than 1,100 special effects, an astronomical number for such a film. There is every type of visual effect in this film.digital doubles, keying, crowd-simulation scenes, CG blood, compositing, digital environments, matte paintings and more, which has lead to the long post-production.

The plot? “A young man armed with a deadly sword saves a teenage girl named Sarah from a malevolent evil that has begun plaguing a small farmland town. While in search of an ancient necklace that had belonged to Sarah.’s Uncle, the two set out to get to Sarah’s home safely, running through streets, fields, churches and underground tunnels, while being...

Back in August of 2009 we weren't kidding when we said this one was deep in post-production, with release far off. However, almost two years later, the good folks behind Fading of the Cries have finally has announced a release for sometime in late May or early June. This is no direct-to-video release though, Eammon Films is planning on sending this one to theatres.

No details yet on how wide this will release, or the after-market plans. However, with a film of this scope, it's only fitting that it get some kind of theatrical release. Check out the trailer ... g'head we'll wait.

This looks like something far removed from the average indie film; boasting over 1,100 effects shots and genre mainstay Brad Douriff. Quite frankly, I'm also kind of a fan of Thomas Ian Nicholas. No I'm not kidding, he entertains me.

Fading of the Cries stars Brad Dourif, Thomas Ian Nicholas,...

Brad Dourif, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mackenzie Rosman, Hallee Hirsch, Julia Whelan, Jessica Morris, Lateef Crowder, Elaine Hendrix and Jordan Matthews star in Fading of the Cries , which will be released theatrically in late May/early-June from Eammon Films. The film, which blends action, fantasy and horror, is the debut movie writtenand directed by Brian A. Metcalf, with Karoline Kautz, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Brian A. Metcalf serving as producers. In Fading of the Cries , a young man armed with a deadly sword saves a teenage girl named Sarah from a malevolent evil that has begun plaguing a small farmland town. While in search of an ancient necklace that had belonged to Sarah.s Uncle, the two set out to get to Sarah's home safely, running through streets, fields, churches and...

My God, the internet exploded with nerdalicious nerdliness over the last few days. Nothing really mind-blowing, but still, some fun/weird/profoundly disturbing things came bopping around last week, and to make things interesting, there's a video clip for all of them.

First, let's start with the biggest news: There's a new Thor clip, and while it doesn't show much that we haven't already seen, it does have one itty bitty interesting moment, around 25 seconds in:

Yeah, pretty sure that's Hawkeye, who you may remember will be played by Jeremy Renner in the eventual Avengers film. And since the Avengers-related movies have a habit of having characters cameo here and there... well...

Next up, I've talked for a while about how interested I am in Kevin Tancharoen's upcoming Mortal Kombat: Rebirth webseries. The original trailer, which was actually just a short film that he made to try to get...

Directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Oren Uziel. Pic was taken inbetween takes: Mortal Kombat: Rebirth is now filming in Vancouver. Stars: Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade Michael Jai White as Jackson Briggs Ian Anthony Dale as Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion) Lateef Crowder Alan Zane (Baraka) Richard Dorton as Reptile Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage LEEE777 - Mortal Kombat!!! Looks interesting to say the least.

Directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Oren Uziel. Pic was taken inbetween takes: Mortal Kombat: Rebirth is now filming in Vancouver. Stars: Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade Michael Jai White as Jackson Briggs Ian Anthony Dale as Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion) Lateef Crowder Alan Zane (Baraka) Richard Dorton as Reptile Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage LEEE777 - Mortal Kombat!!! Looks interesting to say the least.

The "Tekken" games have been coming out for more than 15 years, and the series stands as one of the most popular fighting game franchises ever. They're full of the kind of quintessentially Japanese quirks and cultural references that people think about when they imagine that country's pop culture: Pandas that do kung-fu with glow bracelets on, cyborg ninjas who do a hara-kiri move to stab themselves and the enemies behind them, a brooding young heir to a powerful corporation who also can turn into a demon. That kind of stuff.

There've been animated versions of the "Tekken" saga made in Japan and a Western live-action version has been in the works for nearly a decade. After lots of personnel changes, production wrapped more than a year ago but the film was still angling for a distributor. Anchor Bay--who released last years' "The Slammin' Salmon"--recently announced that they'd picked up the Us distro rights.

For some reason Anchor Bay Films acquired the the U.S. and Australia/New Zealand distribution rights to the awful looking new video game based film Tekkan. 

Tekken was written by Alan McElroy and directed by Dwight Little. Anchor Bay plans on giving this film a wide release in the United States in 2011.

I'm shocked this movie got picked up! I know it's based on a popular video game, but the film looks so bad. When I see a movie like this get picked up, it just proves anything can get a distribution deal.

The film is set in a world run by all-powerful corporations, of which the mightiest is the Tekken Corporation, headed by Heiachi Mishima. These corporations regularly send their best fighters to challenge each other in the ring. After running contraband outside the fortified walls of Tekken City, Jin Kazama returns home in time to witness Tekken...

A new challenger has entered the arena... As a gamer and lover of all game-based films (even the bad ones), it was no surprise when Crystal Sky Pictures announced they would be handling the live-action treatment of game developer Namco/Bandai’s critically and commercially successful fighting franchise, Tekken.

With a flowing storyline full of twists and turns at every angle, a cavalcade of deeply written characters, and some of the best martial arts representation in any fighting game, it was only a matter of time before the Iron Fist competitors found themselves on the big screen.

Set in the distant year of 2039, war has ravaged much of the planet. Corporations have moved in where governments once stood. Brutal, physical combat is the primary form of entertainment and source of income for many. For some, though it’s about the glory. It’s about becoming a legend amongst men. For the champions,...

A brand new trailer has been released for the upcoming video game adaptation of Tekken.

Tekken is directed by Dwight H. Little (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Marked for Death, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid). It’s based on Namco’s popular series of fighting games, which first debuted in 1994.

A Young Man Who seeks revenge of his mothers death. He finds his grand-father, Heihachi Mishima, and pleas to be trained. When the Mishima leader announces a “King of Iron Fist” tournament. He finds out that his mother’s killer, Ogre, will be participating in the tournament. He must fight against the worlds top competitors to achieve his goal with no interference.

The film stars Jon Foo, Luke Goss, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Cung Le, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gary Daniels, Ian Anthony Dale, Tamlyn Tomita, Kelly Overton, Mircea Monroe, Lateef Crowder, Candice Hillebrand, Gary Ray Stearns and Marian Zapico.

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Trailer Is As Brutal As We Remember

In a major sneak trailer that recently hit the web, martial arts sensation (and all around bad-ass) Michael Jai White and sci-fi bombshell Jeri Ryan show up as Capt. Jackson "Jax" Briggs and partner Dt. Sonya Blade.  White, looking as epically pissed off as usual, sits in a darkened interrogation room and lays out the dossiers on several vicious killers to an appropriately shadowed prisoner, the dull orange of his prison garb standing out amidst the dirty sepia of the room.  Apparently the city is going all to hell and Jax is willing to go the distance to make sure the good guys win.

Michael Jai White as "Jax" Jeri Ryan as "Sonya Blade"

As the prisoner sits quietly, Jax describes the graphic bloody details behind the brutal serial killer codenamed "Reptile" and the surgeon-gone-psychotic codenamed "Baraka".  Bringing mention to former action star Johnny Cage,...