Independent film directed by Bao Trana (“Bidder”) called "Paper Tigers" (The Paper Tigers) is by far perhaps our most anticipated hand-to-hand action movie from the semi-professional community. And news about the project is just coming.
Мы already wrote about the film, the creation of which was made possible thanks to two successful companies on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. Let us remind you that "Paper Tigers" is a kung fu comedy about three friends who are not feeling very well in life, who gather again in order to find out who killed their sensei, who trained the heroes at a young age.
As far as we know, the film will take place in two time periods: past and present. To do this, six actors were cast in the roles of the main characters. Young characters named Danny, Hing and Jim were played by stuntmen Yoshi Sudarso ("Cowboys"), Peter Sudarso ("Power Rangers") and Guy DaSilva ("On the ropes"). The adult roles were divided between the actors. Alain Huy (TV series "Rebirth"), Ron Yuan (TV series "Marco Polo") and Michael Shannon Jenkins ("Undisputed 3").
It also became known that the antagonists in the film will be stuntmen and actors Philip Dun, Andy Le и Brian Le. All of them are known for their short films.
The role of sensei went to Roger Yuan ("Lethal Weapon 4", "Shanghai Noon"), and the rest of the cast are involved Mark Poletti ("Made in Chinatown"), Keiran Tamondon (TV series "Warrior") and Yuji Okumoto (“Nemesis”, “Beta Test”), who also produces "Paper Tigers".
Hand-to-hand combat in the film is choreographed by Ken Quitugua, who was part of such famous stunt teams as The Stunt People и Zerp Gravity Stunts.
Bao Tran is filming in Seattle, Washington and plans to release "Paper Tigers" at the end of next year. We can only wait for the trailer and, in fact, the release.
Former Greco-Roman wrestling and mixed martial arts champion Randy Couture, which thanks to the trilogy "The Expendables" Sylvester Stallone gained popularity and, as an action actor, joined a project called "Defender" (The Protector).
The film is the brainchild of the writer and director Justina Lee (“The Big Legend”, “Any Bullet Will Do”, “Desert”) and the genre is a thriller, in which, however, they plan to leave room for hand-to-hand combat scenes. Lee intended The Protector to be an homage to 80s action films like "Deadly weapon", "Midnight Run" or "48 hours".
The story revolves around aging witness protection specialist Mickey Rome, who is ready to retire after completing his last government assignment - protecting a husband and wife in a town in the middle of Central America. However, everything does not go according to plan and the quiet work turns into a dashing action movie.
The main roles in the film went to Edu Morrone (TV series "White Collar") and the action hero of the 90s Billy Zane (“Sniper”, “Predatory Fire”, “Phantom”), and the rest of the cast, in addition to Couture, is filled with: Danny Trejo (duology "Machete"), James Russo ("Donnie Brasco") Wil Rothaar ("Alien Invasion") James P. Bennett (“Finish Them All”) and other actors.
"Defender" filmed in the USA and Thailand using local stuntmen. However, there is no release date for the film yet. But we will keep our finger on the pulse.
Martial arts practitioner and niche film director Art Camacho (“Fantastic Fighter”, “Chemist”, Wild League”) is preparing his new film called "Immigrant" (The Immigrant).
In general, it turns out that this screenwriter's project Esteban Carbajal For almost seven years and until Camacho took the film for himself, the story passed from hand to hand, but never made it to actual filming.
The film tells the story of a simple guy from Argentina who arrives in New York in search of a better life. But the main character is unlucky: he is robbed and beaten. In desperation, the protagonist finds an MMA club that hosts semi-legal fights, and it is there that he will have to start earning a living.
The film stars a taekwondo practitioner. Juan Manuel Olmedo, who appeared in several short films and a full-length independent film "Cabal", which we recently wrote about.
"Immigrant" is currently at the pre-production stage, but the creators assure that the film will certainly be released. But when is the question.
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