It seems like a comic book superhero movie universe Marvel will get his own big-budget film about a kung fu master. It's about a comic book character "Shang-Chi" (Shang-Chi), whom studio bosses want to see on the big screen to attract the Asian segment of the audience.
Blockbuster "Shang-Chi" will enter the third phase of the so-called cinematic universe Marvel. According to the report Deadline, a screenwriter has already been involved in the project Dave Callaham, who wrote the scripts for the trilogy "The Expendables", films "Godzilla" и "Doom"and also director Destin Daniel Cretton ("The Glass Castle", "Short Term 12").
Shang-Chi in the Marvel Universe is a martial artist from China whose superpower is to create huge numbers of copies of himself (who said Naruto?). The character first appeared on the pages of comics in 1973 and he was created with an eye on Bruce Lee's character from "Enter the Dragon" and David Carradine from the series "Kung Fu".
Like many Marvel works, like "Captain America" и "Hulka", the story of Shang-Chi was going to be filmed back in the early 90s. It is known that before his tragic death he was considered for the main role. Brandon Lee. Next, Chi was supposed to appear in a series from Netflix and Marvel "Iron Fist", but this idea was eventually abandoned.
Today, casting specialists are trying to find an actor for the main role. Foreign sources predict a variety of names of Asians who are suitable in age and have made some kind of career in Hollywood: Tiger Chen, Philip Ng, Mike Mo и Andy He. Of course, the role could be taken by someone completely new to the big screen.
Who would you like to see in the role of Shang-Chi? Leave your options in the comments. And we will keep our finger on the pulse.
A British actor of Indian descent is set to direct his own hand-to-hand action movie. Dev Patel, who may be known for films such as "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008) "Airbender" (2010) "A Robot Named Chappie" (2015) and "A lion" (2016)
For Patel, a film called "The Monkey Man" (Monkey Man) will be his directorial debut in terms of big cinema. Dev makes short films (“The Home Shopper,” “Roborovski”) and also writes scripts for them. Actually, he also “had a hand” in his film as a screenwriter, together with Paul Anguthavela ("Keith Lemon") and John Colley ("Hotel Mumbai": Confrontation).
A nice addition to this news is the information that Patel will be working closely on the project along with a famous stunt team 87Eleven (John Wick franchise, Atomic Blonde, Logan).
As the "The Wrap", movie "The Monkey Man" the genre will be a social drama about a young guy who came from places not so remote and is trying to adapt to modern realities, where corporate values, greed and the desire to destroy the individual reign. The main character, nicknamed the Kid, opposes himself to the system and stumbles upon a criminal element.
An important fact for us is Patel’s sports background, who has a black belt in taekwondo and multiple prizes in various competitions. By the way, Dev has already demonstrated his fighting skills in the failed film adaptation "Avatar" - "Elemental Masters" 2010 year.
The film is set to start shooting soon in the heart of Bollywood (Mumbai) and we are really waiting for the latest news on the project. We are interested in him. And you?
It seems that the leader of all our votes over the three years of the existence of the FFI project to sum up the results of combat films Scott Adkins has a “motor” in the body that allows it to be incredibly efficient. Perhaps the director is encouraging him in every possible way Jesse W. Johnson, which Scott practically never parts with. Between them, the tandem already has seven projects, of which only "Revenge", scheduled for 2019.
Not long ago, information appeared that Adkins and Johnson were working together on... a series. Yes, yes, a project ascenders ("Rising"?) is a ten-hour action film that its producers are currently trying to sell Ehud Bleiberg ("Close Distance") and Greg Bishop ("Dancing of the Dead").
ascenders is an explosive mixture of franchise ideas "Terminator", TV series "The walking Dead" и "Staying Alive", as well as works Agatha Christie. The series is about a dead doctor who returns to the world of the living to solve the mystery of his own murder. But since the main character escaped from the world of the dead without “permission,” the Reapers, demonic bounty hunters, are on his trail. The series also has a side storyline, in which Adkins’ hero finds and calms the damned and restless souls remaining in the world of the living.
There is no more information about the project. It’s not even clear: the series has been filmed or not yet, whether there are potential buyers or not, and whether there will be familiar names in the rest of the cast?
Hollywood actor, winner of Oscar and Golden Globe awards Nicolas Cage (Face/Off, Mandy) has joined the cast of the upcoming hand-to-hand action film Jiu Jitsu director Demetrius Logothetis ("The Kickboxer Returns").
We have already wrote about the acting ensemble, which is headed by the star of the reboot of “Kickboxer” Alain Moussi, joined Tony JAA. Alas, as it turned out, these were just rumors and exact confirmation of the presence of Jha in the caste could not be found. However, Cage is officially part of the project.
A synopsis of the future hand-to-hand action movie has also appeared, suspiciously similar to the plot "Mortal Kombat": Once every generation, terrifying alien invaders arrive on Earth with the goal of conquering it, but they are opposed by jiu-jitsu fighters from an ancient order. They present the best fighter who defends the Earth's right to be independent. The story follows Master Jake Barnes (Mussy), who refuses to face an alien henchman in a duel. Wounded and depressed, he is found by Master Wiley (Cage), who must help him recover for the final fight for the fate of humanity.
The film is still in pre-production stage and even the tentative release date is unknown.
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