Get our your pitch forks and torches Kung Fu aficionados! The Tracking Board is reporting tonight that Rush Hour director Bret Ratner is going to produce and remake the Shaw Brothers Kung Fu classic King Boxer. Ratner and partner James Packer will produce the project, which is set up under their RatPac Entertainment banner. They'll be working alongside Celestial Pictures, the Hong Kong-based company which owns the rights to the Shaw Brothers film library. Agustine Calderon will serve as the executive for RatPac, while Adam DeMello will oversee for Celestial.The original movie, directed by Chang Ho Cheng, follows the story of a young student fighter who is sent away by his master to train with an expert. When he returns, he finds that one of his...
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- 2/19/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Get our your pitch forks and torches Kung Fu aficionados! The Tracking Board is reporting tonight that Rush Hour director Bret Ratner is going to produce and remake the Shaw Brothers Kung Fu classic King Boxer. Ratner and partner James Packer will produce the project, which is set up under their RatPac Entertainment banner. They'll be working alongside Celestial Pictures, the Hong Kong-based company which owns the rights to the Shaw Brothers film library. Agustine Calderon will serve as the executive for RatPac, while Adam DeMello will oversee for Celestial.The original movie, directed by Chang Ho Cheng, follows the story of a young student fighter who is sent away by his master to train with an expert. When he returns, he finds that one of his...
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- 2/19/2016
- Screen Anarchy
With The Raid: Redemption now in cinemas around the world or on the cusp or release, the names of its stars have been gaining traction, those names being Iko Uwais, the star and master practitioner of Pencak Silat, and the director, Gareth Evans, from the Welsh valleys, who grew up with a love of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sam Peckinpah and John Woo. That love relayed itself into pursuing a career in cinema. Despite the misstep in 2006, with his little seen directorial debut, Footsteps, Evans never gave up on his dream until a moment of genuine serendipity when he found himself with the opportunity to direct a documentary about martial arts in Indonesia, an opportunity that lead from his Japanese-Indonesian wife. That lead to him making his next film, Merantau, where he started his work partnership with Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian, and the rest is history, as they say.
- 5/18/2012
- by Rob Simpson
- SoundOnSight
From Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers, the founding fathers of kung fu film, comes the groundbreaking cult movie King Boxer (Five Fingers Of Death). Required viewing for cinephiles and martial arts fans alike, King Boxer took world audiences by storm with the tale of a young martial artist who battles his way into a national tournament in the name of love, honour and revenge. His journey from young fighter in training to master of the Iron Fist delves deep into mythic kung fu lore and is laced with explosive action and dazzling fight sequences. Amazing special features included extremely rare film commentary by Quentin Tarantino.
As well as the Quentin Tarantino commentary also included are: Interview with filmmaker Chang-Hwa Jeong, Interviews and commentaries with film scholars David Chute and Elvis Mitchell, Interview with action director Lau Kar Wing, Stills gallery, Trailer gallery and Commentator biographies
Directed by Chang Chang Ho, Five Fingers Of Death...
As well as the Quentin Tarantino commentary also included are: Interview with filmmaker Chang-Hwa Jeong, Interviews and commentaries with film scholars David Chute and Elvis Mitchell, Interview with action director Lau Kar Wing, Stills gallery, Trailer gallery and Commentator biographies
Directed by Chang Chang Ho, Five Fingers Of Death...
- 1/28/2009
- by Leigh
- Latemag.com/film
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