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"Ip Man 3" Has New Release Date in China and Posters to Prove It

Thu, 01/14/2016 - 1:41pm — senh

Donnie Yen showing off his Wing Chun in "Ip Man 3"

Over at MoviesWithButter.com, I’ve written two articles regarding “Ip Man 3,” the film that’s holding its own in Asian territories against “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

If you’re not familiar with Asian cinema,”Ip Man” one of the most popular franchises in that area of the world. It stars Donnie Yen, arguably the top Asian action star in the last decade.

1st in Chinese action trilogy premiers in Venice

Director Stephen Fung has incorporated comic book-style graphics and heavy metal music into `'Tai Chi 0," as he reaches for a younger and perhaps global audience in his new martial arts trilogy....

'Rush Hour 4' Will Be 'More Gritty'

In a CraveOnline interview, producer Arthur Sarkissian says he's working on Rush Hour 4 with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. It doesn't sound like he has a story yet but he wants it to be “more down to earth” and “more gritty” than Rush Hour 3.

Bruce Lee 'fathered' MMA fighting

Almost 40 years after his death, a new documentary on the life of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is being released, showing him as a film star, fighter and philosopher, and produced by his daughter Shannon Lee.

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'TMNT' Reboot Directed By 'Battle: Los Angeles' Director Jonathan Liebesman

Word is that Battle: Los Angeles director Jonathan Liebesman is in talks to direct the franchise reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Unlike the last Turtles movie, the new one will be a live-action origin story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so we'll get to see once again how the Turtles came to be. Paramount Pictures will be distributing.

Fox Signs Deal With Ultimate Fighting

The Ultimate Fighting Championship said Thursday that it signed a multiyear deal with News Corp.'s Fox that will bring its popular mixed martial-arts bouts to the broadcast network and various cable channels.

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Jury recommends death in Fla. ninja slaying

A former karate instructor should be put to death for leading a group of men dressed like ninjas to rob and kill a wealthy Florida couple while their nine special-needs children slept or cowered nearby, a jury recommended Friday.

Ong Bak 3 to break your bones this January

It's an ongoing debate among my friends and I which is the better Tony Jaa film, ONG BAK, THE PROTECTOR or ONG BAK 2. And by "better film" we clearly mean which has the better action, as the plots of any of these movies are worse than most Atari games (which are ironically now all being turned into feature films). But after the abrupt ending of ONG BAK 2, we knew that Jaa would return in a new installment,...
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Senh: I wasn't a fan of the Ong Bak 2, but I'll watch it just for completeness sake. I was blown away by Ong Bak and The Protector, but Ong Bak 2 didn't bring anything new to the table. In the past couple years, I've been more impressed by Donnie Yen with the Ip Man films.

Wu-Tang Vs. The Golden Phoenix trailer is a throat chop of martial arts excellence

Not to be confused with The RZA's THE MAN WITH THE IRON FIST (which is said to be more modern like BLADE), The RZA's WU-TANG VS. THE GOLDEN PHOENIX is old school Shaw Brothers through and through.

The low budget martial arts extravaganza was supposed to see a release late in 2009, but it was decided instead that it be held off to coincide with the celebration of The RZA's 20th anniversary of being in...
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