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Mickey Rourke Is Back In THE EXPENDABLES 3
Action legend Sylvester Stallone took to twitter last night to drop a few names and provide some update on The Expendables 3. Among his major reveal is the return of Mickey Rourke.  Rouke originally appeared only in the first Expendables... More »
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Second Teaser For Animated Film TARZAN 3D
This ain't your father's Tarzan. Unlike the Disney version, Constantin Film and Ambient Entertainment bring a fresh, modern spin on Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes in Reinhard Klooss's 3D animated film Tarzan with Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga) providing the... More »
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Watch A Gorilla Blast A Home Run In MR. GO Clip
As a joint co-production between Huayi Brothers of China and Showbox of Korea, its only natural that Kim Yong-hwa's Mr. Go will receive a heavy push as a must-see Pan-Asian summer blockbuster event in both countries.  A "superstar" conference was... More »
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Jet Li Soars Into Action In BADGES OF FURY Trailer
Enlight Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for the Wang Zi Ming-directed/Po Chu Chui-produced action comedy Badges of Fury. In true buddy cop fashion, Jet Li as Huang Fei Hong is a hard boiled cop capable of delivering ass-kicking martial... More »
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Second Teaser For Korean Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO
The chances of Korean sports comedy Mr. Go successfully winning over the hearts and minds of the family-friendly crowd rest squarely on the broad shoulders of the Baseball-playing Gorilla, a CG character created through director Kim Yong-hwa's own studio Dexter... More »
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First Teaser For Live Action GATCHAMAN
The wait is finally over! After months of great anticipation, our first look at the live-action film adaptation of Tatsunoko's classic anime Gatchaman (aka Battle Of The Planets or G-Force depending on which version) has arrived in the form of... More »
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Second Teaser For SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK
Toei Animation has updated the official site for the CG animated film adaptation of Space Pirate Captain Harlock with the second teaser. The video contains some new footage with one of the major set-pieces featuring the skull-emblazoned starship Arcadia launching... More »
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Watch Hilarious Animated Short FLAMINGO PRIDE
It ain't easy finding love.  Even more so when your the only heterosexual in a predominantly homosexual setting.  Produced by Germany-based animation studio Talking Animals and directed by Tomer Eshed, Flamingo Pride explores the themes of sexuality, prejudices and cultural... More »
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Watch Nick Cross' Trippy Animated Short PERIHELION
Canadian director Nick Cross (Yellow Cake, The Pig Farmer), who has a reputation for his bizarre yet visually intriguing animation, has taken a break on his solo independent feature film Black Sunrise to produce another animated short, Perihelion. To say his... More »
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Get Your First Look at Dante Lam's MMA
Among the eye-catching productions at Hong Kong Filmart earlier this week were no less than two films boasting the winning partnership of director Dante Lam and actor Nick Cheung. First was Emperor's The Demon Within, but also Distribution Workshop has... More »
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Get Behind the Scenes of Korean Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO
Just yesterday, Showbox unveiled the first teaser for their major summer title Mr. Go via Naver and now, there is a behind-the-scenes video via Daum that features the technical process of creating this CG character and integrating it in a... More »
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Get Behind The Scenes With Vidyut Jammwal In COMMANDO - A ONE MAN ARMY
A new action star is rising in Bollywood and his name is Vidyut Jammwal. From his stunt performances to busting out some spectacular moves without the assistance of CGI or cables, the martial artist/model-turned-actor turned many heads when the Commando... More »
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Gorilla Hits a Baseball In MR. GO Teaser
Last week brought us our first look at Mr. Go, a Baseball-playing Gorilla headlining Showbox's new Korean comedy, but how does he look in action? Naver has the answer with the first 30-second teaser, featuring this CG character indulging in... More »
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Xing Yu Battles Deadly Cult In THE WRATH OF VAJRA Promo
At the Hong Kong Filmart today, Golden Network Asia Limited held a press conference to unveil the promo for The Wrath Of Vajra, a martial arts film from the producers behind the Painted Skin series. This marks Xing Yu's (aka... More »
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Watch Visual Effects Reel For Stephen Chow's JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Korean-based visual effects house Macrograph has posted the VFX making-of reel for Stephen Chow's Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, providing a CG breakdown on some of the shots. The company completed around 140 special effects shots in the... More »
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Teaser Poster For Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO
[UPDATE: Added teaser poster and another concept art in our gallery.] Meet Mr. Go, a gorilla who also happens to be a professional Baseball player.  And he may very well establish a benchmark in Korean visual effects for a photorealistic... More »
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Chow Yun Fat And Liam Neeson To Star In U.S./China Co-Production TRAGEDY OF THE CHINESE LABORERS
With Hollywood's ever growing interest in tapping into China's lucrative box office market, it comes as no surprise that 20th Century Fox has partnered up with China Film Group to produce Tragedy of the Chinese Laborers (華工血淚史), a historical film... More »
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First Teaser For Korean Action Comedy THE HUNTRESSES
Get ready for some girl power and campy hijinks in The Huntresses, a period action comedy in the same vein as The Three Musketeers and Charlie's Angels but with Ha Ji-won, Kang Ye-won and Son Ga-in as the trio bounty... More »
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Second Trailer For Herman Yau's IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT

With the recent announcement of Herman Yau's martial arts semi-biopic Ip Man: The Final Fight opening the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Emperor Motion Pictures has posted the second trailer to commemorate the occasion. Compared to the previous trailer,... More »
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First Poster For Cop Thriller BADGES OF FURY Has Jet Li Packing Heat
Hot on the heels of the European Film Market, the first promotional art for the cop actioner Badges of Fury (aka The One Detective) has debuted via Easternlight Films, featuring an explosive Jet Li standing tall and gun ready.  The... More »
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