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Stars: D.Y. Sao, Brian Le, Bear Williams, Sahajak Boontanakij, Ron Smoorenburg | Written by Laurence Walsh | Directed by Chaya Supannarat

Our story kicks off with Special Agent Andrew Kang (D.Y. Sao), a U.S.-based operative with a serious love for solving problems with his fists or more accurately, his entire arsenal of martial arts skills. After a drug bust in Los Angeles uncovers a shipment laced with tragedy (five dead bodies stashed among the contraband), Kang worms his way into an undercover mission in Bangkok. His task? Impersonate a captured cartel operative, Benz Wu (Brian Le), and dismantle a ruthless Thai crime syndicate from the inside. The plot is straightforward in fact it’s almost skeletal, but that’s by design and really not an issue for me. The script knows its role: it’s a bullet point checklist that accommodates the real spectacle, the fights and it executes that role with flawless precision.

Bangkok Dog is a visceral exploration of morals and identity at a time when the distinction between hero and villain is becoming more ambiguous. The film, directed by Chaya Supannarat, is about a U.S. agent named Andrew Kang (D.Y. Sao) who infiltrates a Thai drug gang.

Bangkok Dog reflects our times at its core. The harsh world of the drug trade is used as a setting for more in-depth studies of trust and betrayal. Kang’s transition from police officer to criminal shows how roles are set by circumstances rather than conviction.

As Supannarat’s first film as a director, it stands out for its lively choreography and exploration of modern themes. Supporting characters, like Charn Chai Yoodee, played by Byron Bishop, make the story more complicated by showing a wide range of human emotions.

At a key point in the comeback of Thai action movies, Bangkok Dog tries to change the genre.

Batman Beyond's futuristic version of Gotham has been imagined in live-action thanks to a fantastic fan film, over two decades after the animated show's conclusion. Batman Beyond was a highly acclaimed installment in the timeline of DC's Animated Universe and ushered in a now-fan-favorite variation of Gotham's Dark Knight. Set way into the future, Batman Beyond's rewatchable episodes depicted a new hero donning the mantle of Batman, Terry McGinnis. With several new upcoming Batman movies and shows in development, many have been holding out hope for Batman Beyond to be adapted into live-action.

As it turns out, a fan film by Lumis Entertainment has beaten DC Studios to the punch, providing an excellent look at Batman Beyond through the live-action lens. The fan film features Titans' Ryan Potter as Terry McGinnis in a story titled Batman Beyond: Year One, as the young hero balances budding relationships with his...

"One wrong move... and you just disappear." Well Go USA has unveiled the official trailer for a Thai action crime thriller film titled Bangkok Dog, the feature debut of director Chaya Supannarat. Another generic title that will get lost in the mix with everything else out there on VOD – this will be out to watch digitally in November. From the cast and stunt team behind the Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All At Once – an American agent is sent on a dangerous undercover mission in Thailand to dismantle a sadistic crime lord. As he works to gain the trust of higher-ups in the gang’s inner circle, the line between cop & criminal becomes increasingly blurred "One agent. Two lives. No mercy." It's described as a "high-octane martial arts thriller" starring D.Y. Sao, Brian Le, Byron Bishop, Jenny Philomena Van Der Sluijs, as well as Sahajak Boontanakji. The main guy in here...

Witness the rise of a new Batman. A stunning new fan film looks to have finally achieved what DC fans have been longing for...a Batman Beyond live-action movie. Titled Batman: Beyond Year One, the short film has been created by Lumis Entertainment, who have now released the first trailer for the project. Starring Titans actor Ryan Potter as the new Dark Knight Terry McGinnis, the footage brings the neon-lights of a future Gotham City to life as well as revealing live-action takes on the street gang the Jokerz and McGinnis high-tech Batsuit.

You can check out the newly released trailer for the Batman Beyond: Year One fan film below.

As stated by Lumis Entertainment, Batman Beyond: Year One is a non-profit proof of concept short film and is not affiliated with DC Comics or Warner Bros. Discovery. The fan film is set to be released next month on November...

Long before TV series and movies were available for us to binge-watch on streaming platforms, many of us would be glued to our TV screens, eagerly waiting for the next episode of our favorite cartoons. Back in that day, for fans of the superhero world and DC, Batman Beyond proved to be an exceptional piece of work, whose futuristic depiction of Gotham City made it an absolute gem.

Batman Beyond | Credit: Warner Bros. Television Animation

So for years, fans of the beloved series have longed for a live-action project, only to be left disappointed year after year. But their wish might finally be fulfilled thanks to one upcoming fan film, Batman Beyond: Year One, starring Titans star Ryan Potter as Terry McGinnis.

Batman Beyond: Year One— A Fan Film Based on the 1999 Animated Series Batman Beyond: Year One | Credit: Lumis Entertainment / YouTube

The 1999 animated series Batman Beyond is...

The final trailer has been released for Batman Beyond: Year One, a fan film imagining a live-action adaptation of the original animated series. Though this is a fan-made project with no involvement from DC, a Titans actor happens to be playing the lead role.

Batman Beyond: Year One imagines Beast Boy actor Ryan Potter in the role of Terry McGinnis, a futuristic version of Batman who takes on the mantle with an older Bruce Wayne serving as his mentor. It will be made available to stream for free when it is released, which will be on Nov. 16, 2024. For now, the final trailer showcases Potter's Terry in and out of the suit, depicted in a version of Gotham City that's reminiscent of the animated show. The trailer can be watched below.

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Exclusive: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Thai martial arts action film Bangkok Dog, with plans to release the film in October this year.

Marking director Chaya Supannarat’s feature film debut, Bangkok Dog stars D.Y. Sao and Brian Le. Sao and Le originally rose to prominence alongside Andy Le through the Martial Club channel on YouTube and have built their careers in stunt work and choreography, with credits in Everything Everywhere All at Once and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Bangkok Dog‘s executive producer, Prachya Pinkaew, is behind Thai martial arts hits Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior and The Protector, both starring Muay Thai megastar Tony Jaa.

Bangkok Dog follows an American agent who is sent to Thailand on a dangerous undercover mission to take down a sadistic crime lord. His street smarts and fighting skills win over the...

A teaser trailer for Batman Beyond: Year One introduces a live-action incarnation of Terry McGinnis.

Airing for three seasons from 1999 to 2001, Batman Beyond served as a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series, but set decades into the future. A much older Bruce Wayne has since retired, while teenager Terry McGinnis suits up as the new Batman in a futuristic Gotham City. Officially, the animated series was never given a live-action adaptation, but Lumis Entertainment has done so instead with the upcoming fan film Batman Beyond: Year One. The trailer showcases Terry McGinnis in action along with a look at the Joker and Royal Flush Gang. It can be watched below.

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The synopsis for the fan film reads, "The...

Stars: Cam Gigandet, Natalie Burn, Ser’Darius Blain, Jason Patric, Nicole Arlyn, Orlando Jones, Pancho Moler, D.Y. Sao | Written by Chad Law, Shane Dax Taylor | Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr.

As Til Death Do Us Part opens The Best Man sits in a pew working on his speech as upbeat music plays in the background. That’s followed by similar glimpses of other wedding party members prepping for the ceremony. A flashback to The Bride and Groom, nobody in this film has a name, on vacation serves to reinforce the happy image.

But Til Death Do Us Part isn’t a Hallmark Channel rom-com or Lifetime Channel thriller. Because when The Bride gets cold feet and bails on the wedding, we find out everyone involved in the ceremony is a highly skilled assassin. Now the stood-up Groom wants more than just his ring back, and their employer doesn’t take resignations well.

An exclusive clip from the upcoming action thriller Til Death Do Us Part teases what’s at stake when a bride finds herself doing battle with her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen after bailing on her wedding. Coming courtesy of Cineverse, Til Death Do Us Part promises to bring audiences the same stylish violence and blood-soaked action as the likes of John Wick and Kill Bill as the movie seamlessly blends slick, kinetic thrills with a dark, twisted tale of revenge.

You can check out our exclusive clip from Til Death Do Us Part below, which combines the dark humor and vicious vibes of the film well.

From the creator of Final Destination, Til Death Do Us Part portrays the grim reality that not every romance story ends with happily ever after. After running away on her wedding day, a bride-to-be must fight for survival against her former fiancé and his seven deadly groomsmen.

Cineverse will be bringing “the ultimate horror showdown” ‘Til Death Do Us Part to theatres on August 4th, and with that release date just around the corner they have unveiled a clip from the film that gives a preview of a scene where a bride engages in a brutal fight with a groomsman. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.

Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. (The Final Wish) from a screenplay by Chad Law (Black Water) and Shane Dax Taylor (Isolation), ‘Til Death Do Us Part portrays the grim reality that not every romance story ends with happily ever after. After running away on her wedding day, a bride-to-be must fight for survival against her former fiancé and his seven deadly groomsmen. In the ultimate horror showdown, the groomsmen soon discover that she has no intention of going back to the life she left behind.

The...

"Where is that beautiful bride?" Cineverse has revealed an official trailer for a horror action thriller titled Til Death Do Us Part, another new bride-fights-back film in the same vein as Ready or Not (which is still the queen of this growing subgenre). This is getting a full theatrical release in August, they're hoping people will come out to see it. After bailing on her wedding, a former bride-to-be must fight off her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen in order to survive the night. Til Death Do Us Part is a fresh and frightening, genre-bending ride led by Natalie Burn as the Bride, Ser'Darius Blain as the Groom, Cam Gigandet, Jason Patric, D.Y. Sao, Pancho Moler, & Orlando Jones. Brimming with stylish violence & blood-soaked action, Til Death Do Us Part seamlessly blends the slick, kinetic thrills of John Wick with the dark, twisted revenge tale of Kill Bill. Sounds cool,...

Final Destination screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick has produced a new film that’s said to bring “the ultimate horror showdown” to the screen! The film in question is ‘Til Death Do Us Part, and it’s set to reach theatres on August 4th. With that date just two months away, a trailer has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. (The Final Wish) from a screenplay by Chad Law (Black Water) and Shane Dax Taylor (Isolation), ‘Til Death Do Us Part portrays the grim reality that not every romance story ends with happily ever after. After running away on her wedding day, a bride-to-be must fight for survival against her former fiancé and his seven deadly groomsmen. In the ultimate horror showdown, the groomsmen soon discover that she has no intention of going back to the life she left behind.

The film is...

Exclusive: Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to the revenge flick Til Death Do Us Part starring Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), Natalie Burn (Black Adam) and Orlando Jones (The Time Machine), slating it for an exclusive release in theaters nationwide this summer.

The genre-bending feature directed by Daytime Emmy winner Timothy Woodward Jr. follows a bride-to-be (Burn) who, after running away on her wedding day, must fight for survival against her ex-fiancé’s seven deadly groomsmen. In the ultimate horror showdown, the groomsmen soon discover that she has no intention of going back to the life she left behind.

Also starring Ser’Darius Blain (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), D.Y. Sao (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Neb Chupin (Mindcage) and Pancho Moler (3 from Hell), the film is based on a script written by Chad Law (Black Water) and Shane Dax Taylor (Isolation).

Producers include Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), Woodward Jr.

Pearry Reginald Teo, the Singaporean-born genre filmmaker behind the Bai Ling-starring The Gene Generation and Dmx‘s last movie, Fast Vengeance, has died. He was 44.

Teo died Thursday of an unknown cause in his home in North Hollywood, his rep Italia Gandolfo told The Hollywood Reporter.

The writer-director’s body of work included the Hellraiser-inspired Necromentia (2009) and The Assent (2019), a movie about exorcism that featured Tatum O’Neal and premiered at the Toronto After Dark Festival.

Teo also served as an executive producer on Warner Bros.’ Cloud Atlas, directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer.

The Gene Generation (2007), released by Lionsgate and made for a reported $2.5 million, starred Ling as a kick-ass assassin battling DNA hackers and included a cameo by Faye Dunaway.

Fast Vengeance (2021), starring martial arts star D.Y. Sao, centered on the world of underground motorcycle racing. (Sao and Teo would reunite for 2022’s Shadow Master.)

Teo...

As a child I was fascinated by “Manimal” an old TV series where a man could transform into various creatures. Also, by “Braveheart” a cartoon sheriff with the powers of hawk, wolf, puma, and bear (currently singing that as I write this). So, the concept of a guy revived with martial animal powers caught my attention. With one of the executive producers (Prachya Pinkaew) being the man who brought us Tony Jaa it looked like there could be some potential here. I mean what martial arts movie fan doesn’t mind a bit of Tiger or Monkey Style? Can’t be too bad right???

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Told in flashback to Detective Russells (Layton Matthews), An Voaen (D.Y. Sao) takes a watchman job at a mental institute. Here Mephisto and the Four Horsemen are abducting children for a sacrificial ritual to bring about the end of times,...

Someone or something is abducting children from an asylum. Step forward the new nightwatchman, a martial arts star battling demonic voices ordering him to kill. Cue mayhem

This pulpy, ultraviolent horror-sci-fi-action whatnot of a film seems to unfold in a post-apocalyptic end-time – or maybe just a very rough suburb of Los Angeles. It’s hard to tell, nor does it much matter. Whatever the context, this is a world where it’s always night, where colours are so desaturated that everything’s a kind of slushy orangey brown, everybody has unkempt hair or dreads, and the borders between the spirit world and that of the living are somewhat porous.

A young man named Voaen (played by martial arts champ Dy Sao) arrives to take a night watchman job at a crusty squat which is in fact some sort of asylum for families with sick family members. After introductions to the many and varied residents,...

Stars: Layton Matthews, D.Y. Sao, Anna Harr, Dominique Swain, Craig Ng | Written and Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo

Set in what appears to be a dystopian, and possibly post-apocalyptic America, Shadow Master opens with a Swat team walking in on a martial arts battle in what looks like a hospital turned into a slaughterhouse complete with hooks and chains.

They arrest the only person still alive. Back at the station Detective Russells begins interrogating the suspect. He claims to be John Doe, although we’ll later find out his mane is actually An Voaen, the hospital’s night watchman. A job that paid him with food and a place to live.

The hospital is actually abandoned, and judging by its occupants such as the Harley Quinn wannabe Dewitt and her mother might have been an asylum. The group’s leader Boon-Nam tells him that there have been issues with children disappearing in the night,...

D.Y. Sao in Shadow Master. Courtesy of Saban Films

When you’re making an urban post-apocalyptic, supernatural martial arts movie a lot can go wrong, and most of it does in Shadow Master. The plot is mostly drivel about The Four Horsemen (without horses) of the Apocalypse snatching children from a rundown multi-story warehouse that is shelter for a bedraggled group of survivors of whatever the unspecified disaster was that left the world all gray and smoky, inside and out. The evil quartet is doing this for a world-conquering ritual, opposed by some sort of Death God, who recruits our hero (D.Y. Sao) to take on his powers at the cost of his soul to protect the folks he’s only just met when the thing starts.

Actually, the opening scene has Sao, face obscured by long hair like the creepy gal from The Ring, killing a bunch of cops,...

Filmbridge International, One Dollar Studios Present A Hillin Entertainment Productions In Association With Benetone Films Fast Vengeance Starring D.Y. Sao, Natalie Burn, Bai Ling with Dmx and Jeff Fahey Written and Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo Premieres On Digital, Blu-ray™ And DVD August 17, 2021 For Watch-at-home This summer, action-packed thriller Fast Vengeance, starring D.Y. …

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