“The type of action movie that just feels dated and not in a fun way either,” says East Coast Editor Edward Douglas.
Jackie Chan
When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor teams up with an American former Marine to stop the attackers from stealing a fortune in oil.
The long-in-development project Five Against a Bullet has found its new star in action veteran Jackie Chan. Joe Carnahan is still set to direct and is also doing rewrites on the script from the original scribe, The Three Musketeers’ Alex Litvak.
Everything is awesome for Warner Bros. as they have tapped an all-star voice cast for The Lego Ninjago Movie. Dave Franco, Olivia Munn, and Jackie Chan have signed on to lend their voice to the animated feature and they are joined by a host of others including Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, Abbi Jacobson, and Zach Woods.
Follows a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman with whom he felt a special connection from a sinister criminal grant.
Martin Campbell is in negotiations to direct Jackie Chan in STX Entertainment’s action-thriller, formerly known as The Foreigner.
Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An, an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. She meets Roman soldier and the pair begin to form an unlikely alliance.
Wen, a cop with a history of violence, reunites with his daughter and exposes a high-stakes hostage plot, forcing Wen to choose between justice and revenge.
Logline: Kept under wraps, the continued adventures of Chon Wang and Roy O’ Bannon, portrayed by Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.
MGM is officially moving forward with the third film in the series that consists of the 2000 film “Shanghai Noon”, and the 2003 sequel “Shanghai Knights”. Chan and Wilson are officially set to return.
Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An, an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. SHe meets Roman soldier and the pair begin to form an unlikely alliance.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Chan will star in and Hung will direct the Vladivostok-set film.
Logline: A thief must rush to escape from Russian and U.S. law enforcement after stealing valuable jewelry in Vladivostok.
Johnny Knoxville will star alongside Jackie Chan in the upcoming action comedy.
Logline: Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An, an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. SHe meets Roman soldier and the pair begin to form an unlikely alliance.
Their kung-fu is strong.
Logline: Follows a teacher who is diagnosed with cancer and what he imparts to his students, friends, and lovers to better the world before his time runs out.
A series of treasure heists across the globe are linked via the Chinese Zodiac.
Centering on the battle of Ninjago City, the story follows Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret warriors and Lego Master Builders. Led by kung fu master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, the worst guy ever, who also happens to be Lloyd’s dad
Patrick Hughes thinks they’re expendable.
A series of treasure heists across the globe are linked via the Chinese Zodiac.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: An aspiring fashion designer, who works as a bridesmaid for hire in order to pay the rent, ends up falling in love with China’s most eligible bachelor-and the groom in her biggest wedding yet.
Logline: Follows a detective who must track down an American gambler and bring him to Hong Kong to save his niece, who is in trouble with a powerful crime syndicate.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: After his father, a respected Mexican politician, is brutally murdered, his son vows to clean up the streets, and to run for office to take back the country he loves. And to do it, he’s going to need to hire four of the most dangerous men in the world to help him.
Logline: Story of an American kid who must win a mixed martial arts tournament in Hong Kong to save his master from the Triad.
Logline: A new installment in the “Drunken Master” martial arts franchise.
Logline: While off discovering where he came from, Po, the kung fu-loving panda, runs into a group of bandits intent on stealing metal in order to make weapons.
