Johnnie To Talks ELECTION 3, Retirement and Five Films He Has Put The Most Effort Into Making
Master director Johnnie To, the man behind such classics as Election, Running Out Of Time, A Hero Never Dies and Throw Down, has been in Cannes promoting his latest film, Blind Detective. Three pieces of news have come out of... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

Donnie Yen Cometh In ICEMAN 3D. Watch The Trailer Now!
Donnie Yen is all thawed out and ready to go in Iceman 3D, the Law Wing Cheong directed remake of the 1989 Clarence Fok directed The Iceman Cometh, with Yen playing the role of a Ming era warrior frozen on... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Park's SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE Remake Moving Ahead
It was really only a matter of time before the first chapter in Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, was optioned. Again. With the Oldboy remake by Spike Lee on the way this Fall and plans for Sympathy For Lady... More »
  

More Is Not Always Better. Extended EMPIRES OF THE DEEP Trailer Every Bit As Laughable As The First.
Oh, golly. After keeping an eye on Chinese financed vanity project Empires Of The Deep for years - it first crossed our desks in 2009 - Twitch ran the first trailer for the film back in October of 2012. And... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Korean Box Office: IRON MAN 3 Makes It 4 During Crowded Weekend
Business was strong again during the mid-May holiday weekend but local fare still found itself at a loss to match Hollywood's stream of tentpoles. Total business came in at 2.56 million admissions, up from 2.07 last year. Meanwhile the local... More »
  

Li Bingbing Joins TRANSFORMERS 4
Mainland actress Li Bingbing has been announced as the first Chinese star to join Michael Bay's Transformers 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The co-production between Paramount Pictures, Jiaflix Enterprises and China Movie Channel is planning to feature a number of... More »
  

Cannes 2013: Quinzaine Organizers Denounce Iranian Filmmaker
A bit of controversy over at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar (or Quinzaine des réalisateurs) yesterday when Iranian director Alireza Khatami made some pretty scathing remarks for the stage about the Taiwanese film Taipei Factory. As filmbiz.asia reports: Khatami said that... More »
  

Chinese Only Trailer For Jet Li's BADGES OF FURY Aims Up-Kilt
Let there be no doubt about it. While the western marketing for upcoming Jet Li starring picture Badges Of Fury has done everything in its power to present the film as an action thriller, this is a comedy through and... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Yuen Woo Ping To Direct ZU WARRIORS In 3D For Tsui Hark
It's Yuen Woo Ping this week here at Twitch. Only yesterday we heard news the prolific director and veteran stunt coordinator would direct the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and not to be outdone, Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark... More »
  

Hong Kong Hits The Marche! New Posters For Donnie Yen Starrers SPECIAL IDENTITY And THE ICEMAN COMETH Plus Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN
You want poster art? The Cannes Marche Du Films - the sales market component of the Cannes Film Festival - has got poster art. Lots and lots and lots of poster art. And popping up over the last twenty four... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen Set For CROUCHING TIGER II, Yuen Woo Ping To Direct
Where there's a will there's The Weinsteins. So goes the old Chinese saying. And their iron will has proven unstoppable once again, with The Weinstein Company powering along in its plans to follow up its 2000 international smash hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon... More »
  

Cannes 2013: First Teaser for LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
If you're one of the fans anxiously awaiting the first word on the newest picture from Hirokazu Kora-Eda, the man behind such critically acclaimed films as Nobody Knows, Still Walking, and I Wish, you might want to check out the first... More »
  

Fox International to Remake Sundance Hit METRO MANILA
Fox International Productions has bought the remake rights to Metro Manila, the Tagalog-language heist thriller directed by Sean Ellis that won the Sundance World Cinema audience award at the 2013 Park City festival.The original story centres on a Filipino farmer... More »
  

The Lion Roars Again In The First Look For Suriya's SINGAM 2
The last time we saw Kollywood's leading action star, Suriya, he was playing kung fu fighting conjoined twins in K.V. Anand's medical action thriller, Maattrraan. That film, while okay, never really delivered on the promise that is inherent in a... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Exciting First Trailer for Benny Chan's THE WHITE STORM
Hot on the heels of Johnnie To's Drug War, the latest Hong Kong film about the Asian drug war is coming soon! The White Storm - originally touted by Universe under the title Metamorphosis at HK Filmart earlier this year - comes from director... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

NSFW: Dare to Press Play on the V/H/S/2 Red Band Trailer!

Two things to note heading into the red band trailer for V/H/S/2. One, if you want to be really impressed by what this second batch of directors have pulled off for the sequel then go right ahead. Two, there is... More »
  

Life Imitates Art In Korean Thriller KILLER TOON
Life imitating art is the central premise of upcoming Korean thriller Killer Toon, the story of a series of murders closely mimicking the works of a popular comic artist.Popular horror webcomic artist Ji-yoon finds life imitating her own work when... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Watch The First Teaser For Matsumoto's R100!
It was just yesterday that word broke about Matsumoto Hitoshi's upcoming sex comedy R100 and, hey look! There's a teaser for it out there today! There's never any way to really tell what the creatively restless director of Big Man... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

More Letters! More Death! Iglesia, Sono, Natali And More Anchor THE ABCs OF DEATH 2!
Are you ready for a second lesson in mortality? Because word is out today that horror anthology The ABCs Of Death is getting a sequel and the initial lineup includes some big names from all around the world with a... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

5th Terracotta Far East Film Festival Brings the Best Asian Cinema to London
Tickets are now on sale for the 5th Terracotta Far East Film Festival, which yet again proves to be an excellent showcase of the best new films from around Asia. Taking place at the Prince Charles Cinema and ICA in... More »
  
 
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