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[Editor’s note: The following story contains major spoilers for “Anora.”]

“Anora” ends with a grand gesture, and a moment of gratitude that curdles into despair and possibly hope. And Sean Baker is here to talk how it was done.

The writer/director’s finale, set inside a car as snow falls on Brighton Beach outside it and windshield wipers lull the audience into a kind of trance until Baker and team drop the hammer, is one of the all-time great movie endings. It’s the sort of shattering cut-to-black that leaves you stuck to your seat, an emotional sendoff to what was heretofore a deceptively screwball comedy about a sex worker and exotic dancer, Ani (Mikey Madison), whose “greatest day” leads to a rock-bottom revelation.

Dispatched Russian henchman Igor has carted Ani from Vegas, where she had a whirlwind contract marriage to a party-hopping childish whisp of an oligarch’s son (Mark Eydelshteyn), back to New York. The marriage (“a fraud marriage?...

Blazing fast combat. Pronounced tension between tradition and modernity. Sound effects so intense that several foley artists probably died of exhaustion. A fight to inherit a famous martial arts academy, galvanized by a mutual obsession over the late master’s unbeatable secret technique. “100 Yards” is nothing if not a classic martial arts movie, and yet this bruising story about turn-of-the-century Tianjin — co-directed by Xu Haofeng, who previously scripted Wong Kar Wai’s “The Grandmaster” — has been shot and staged with such radical elegance that it seems less like a throwback than it does the pursuit of a new form. It’s a form this film is only able to achieve at the cost of its soul, as Xu and his brother Xu Junfeng struggle to sustain any of what makes their initial premise so compelling, but the moments when “100 Yards” lands its blows are exhilarating in a way...

Dazzling martial arts and stylish production design do battle with an undercooked story and one-note central characters in “100 Yards,” which comes to U.S. theaters on Friday after a limited local release for China in September. Initially an engaging portrait of two fighting aces duking it out for control of a martial arts academy in 1920s Tianjin, this handsomely packaged effort directed by brothers Xu Haofeng (“The Final Master” and co-writer of Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster”) and feature debutant Xu Junfeng is great to look at but runs aground with a seemingly endless series of encounters between status-obsessed males who become less and less interesting the longer their feud drags on. Action fans simply seeking top-drawer wushu combat should be satisfied, but general viewers may grow impatient with a repetitive plot that struggles to deliver compelling human drama from its promising elements.

“100 Yards” gets off to a...

Ke Huy Quan discussed how Kevin Feige invited him to join MCU (Photo Credit – Instagram/Facebook)

Ke Huy Quan’s leap from The Goonies to Loki is as legendary as his roles. In a chat, he revealed how Marvel Studios’ head, Kevin Feige, personally called him to join the MCU—and his excitement went through the roof.

“When I got that call, that was incredible. I got emotional,” Quan admitted. “I was driving, and Kevin Feige said he loved Everything Everywhere All at Once and my performance.” And as if that wasn’t enough to make anyone tear up, Feige added the kicker: “Ke, we want you to join the MCU family.” Quan had to pull over because his vision got a little blurry—tears of joy do that.

That wasn’t the first time Quan and Feige crossed paths. They met way back in the early 2000s on the set of X-Men.

A dream team is assembling for another action thriller under the Lionsgate banner, with Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan set to lead and Jalmari Helander directing. The movie has an intriguing title, Fairytale In New York, and it promises to offer a spectacular cinematic experience that fans simply would not want to miss.

The plot of the Fairytale In New York, as described by Deadline, centers on a very demure cab driver who embarks on a relentless quest through the streets of New York City to retrieve a gift for his estranged son after a life-threatening run-in with a gang of criminals, following which, he wishes to spend Christmas with his family. Set in the citys criminal underbelly, it poises to be an intense and gripping thriller that showcases Quans physical and emotional skills.

Currently, Ke Huy Quan is all set to throw down in Love Hurts, an action...

Ke Huy Quan, known for his roles in the Everything Everywhere All At Once cast and Disney+'s Loki, will star in the upcoming movie Fairytale in New York. Lionsgate will produce the action thriller, with Jelamari Helander directing, who previously helmed the acclaimed World War II action film Sisu. Fairytale in New York will follow a New York City taxi driver on his last ride before going to celebrate Christmas with his estranged son. However, he crosses paths with a gang of criminals and then is forced to chase them down to retrieve his son's priceless Christmas gift.

Quan's casting in Fairytale in New York was recently reported by Deadline. In a statement about the upcoming film, Adam Fogelson from the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group praised both Quan and Helander and expressed his excitement to work with the actor and director. Read his full quote below:

As soon as we watched Sisu,...

Ke Huy Quan lit up the internet when the first trailer for his upcoming action film, Love Hurts, dropped last week, but the actor isn't done with the action genre as it was recently announced he is set to star in another action flick, by the director of Sisu.

Per Deadline, Quan will star in the upcoming film, Fairytale in New York, from Sisu director Jalmari Helander. The film is described as an action thriller and according to the outlet, the film "takes place on Christmas Eve in New York City, as an unassuming cab driver takes one last ride before going to celebrate the holiday with his estranged son. After a run-in with a gang of criminals, he embarks on a relentless pursuit to retrieve his kids priceless Christmas gift." Fairytale in New York is written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, who both served as writers on Black Adam.

The Quanaissance continues! Ever since Ke Huy Quan made his Oscar winning Hollywood comeback in The Daniels' Everything Everywhere All At Once in 2022, the phone's been ringing off the hook for the former Goonies and Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom child star. And after getting a tantalising glimpse at Quan's first true action leading role in upcoming 87North joint Love Hurts just last week, the in-demand actor has found his next star vehicle. Per THR's reporting, Quan has closed a deal to lead Fairytale In New York, an original action thriller from Sisu director Jelmari Hellander.

For those unfamiliar with Hellander's last movie, Sisu is a 90-minute exercise in insane, Looney Tunes level violence that sees a lone Finnish war veteran variously stabbing, shooting, exploding, and otherwise setting alight/wrecking Nazis. It's intense, action-packed, and ludicrously entertaining. And by the sounds of it, Fairytale In New York...

It’s been absolutely lovely to witness Ke Huy Quan’s return following the success of Everything Everywhere All at Once, and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Lionsgate announced today that it has just closed a deal for Ke Huy Quan to star in Fairytale in New York, a new action thriller from Sisu director Jalmari Helander.

The official description reads: “On Christmas Eve in New York City, an unassuming cab driver takes one last ride before going to celebrate the holiday with his estranged son. After a run-in with a gang of criminals, he embarks on a relentless pursuit to retrieve his kid’s priceless Christmas gift.” The film is written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, with Beau Flynn producing through his FlynnPictureCo. banner.

Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “As soon as we watched Sisu, we knew Jalmari was a filmmaker we...

Ke Huy Quan's successful Hollywood return and natural kindness made him the perfect choice for Love Hurts.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, fight coordinator-turned-director Jonathan Eusebio revealed how the idea for his action film came together and why Quan particularly caught his eye to play protagonist Marvin Gable. "It was right before the SAG strike, somewhere near there. The idea started during the awards season when he was campaigning for his Oscar," Eusebio said, recalling how the Everything Everywhere All At Once star "was winning awards, and he was giving all these inspiring speeches. So you could see that he's genuinely happy and very grateful, and everyone loves him. But to see that inspired me to go, 'Man, this guy makes everyone feel good about themselves.' I then saw parallels between him and the Marvin character, and I said, 'This guy is perfect.'"

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It’s fitting that the first look at Jonathan Eusebio’s Love Hurts came in the same week as John Wick’s 10th anniversary. Eusebio, who’s affectionately known as “JoJo,” met Wick co-directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski at a martial arts school in the early ‘90s, and the two stunt performers turned filmmakers have taken Eusebio under their wings ever since. It was quite a career pivot for someone who majored in biological sciences at Uc Irvine, but it wasn’t completely unforeseen considering Eusebio’s two first loves were martial arts and Hong Kong action cinema.

Eusebio then climbed the ranks, working on the stunt teams for features like Blade II (2002) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). He then gained more and more responsibility through roles such as the assistant fight coordinator on The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) to the actual fight coordinator on Iron Man 2 (2010) and The Avengers (2012).

Then,...

Loki’s Ke Huy Quan recently discussed the possibility of his character, Ouroboros, making a return in future Marvel movies or shows. While Quan doesn’t provide a definitive answer regarding Ob’s future, he expresses his affection for the character and shares insights from Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige about the potential for Ob’s comeback.

Quan remembers Feige saying, “If the audience loves Ob, we’ll bring him back.” Here’s what Ke Huy Quan had to say:

Oh my gosh, I love that character. I remember reading him on the page, and he just jumped right off of it. I was so happy, and I felt so lucky to be able to play him. Also, when the series came out, you’ve got to understand, we couldn’t promote it because we were on strike, the actor’s strike. So, I didn’t get to talk much about it then.

‘Loki’s Ke Huy Quan recently talked about whether his character, Ouroboros, might appear in future Marvel movies or shows. Quan doesn’t give a clear answer about Ob’s return, but he shares his love for the character and mentions what Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige told him about possibly bringing Ob back.

Quan recalls Feige saying, “if the audience loves Ob, we’ll bring him back.” Here’s what Ke Huy Quan’s said:

Oh my gosh, I love that character. I remember reading him on the page, and he just jumped right off of it. I was so happy, and I felt so lucky to be able to play him. Also, when the series came out, you’ve got to understand, we couldn’t promote it because we were on strike, the actor’s strike. So, I didn’t get to talk much about it then. But when the show debuted,...

JoJo Eusebio is making his directorial debut with the upcoming action comedy “Love Hurts.” Eusebio has spent nearly three decades coordinating stunts and choreography for blockbuster movies. He saw the directorial transition as a natural progression in his career.

The film stars Ke Huy Quan, known for his role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” as Marvin Gable. Gable is a successful real estate agent whose life changes when an ex-partner contacts him. Ariana DeBose co-stars as Rose, Gable’s former associate who is now a notorious crime lord.

The story follows Gable as he’s forced to confront his violent criminal past. He must face off against his brother Knuckles, played by Daniel Wu, who takes over the crime family business. Eusebio tailored the script to highlight Quan’s martial arts skills and action experience from his Hong Kong film career.

Despite being new to action roles, DeBose impressed the filmmakers in rehearsals.

After nearly three decades of being involved on the stunt teams for some of the biggest projects in Hollywood, JoJo Eusebio is making his directorial debut with Love Hurts. Having begun as a stuntman on everything from Charmed to Blade II, Eusebio has steadily risen through the ranks as both a stunt and fight coordinator. Through the latter positions, as well as his early career, Eusebio found himself working both with and under David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, serving as the fight coordinator on the first three John Wick movies, as well as Violent Night and The Fall Guy.

With Love Hurts, Eusebio is taking everything learned from Leitch and the other filmmakers he's worked with to deliver another hit for 87North Productions, all with Ke Huy Quan at the forefront. The Oscar winner stars in the action-comedy as Marvin Gable, a former violent hitman who has left his criminal life behind,...

Loki star Ke Huy Quan weighs in on the possibility of Tva scientist Ouroboros a.k.a. Ob returning in the MCU anytime soon. Ke Huy Quan made his MCU debut in 2023's Loki season 2 as Ouroboros a.k.a. Ob, a genius scientist who works at the Tva. Ob is none other than the author of the Tva Guidebook, which holds the key to maintaining and repairing the Tva's technology. Ob plays a key role in controlling Loki's Time-Slipping abilities and helping the former God of Mischief become the God of Stories in the Loki season 2 finale. Following the finale, Ob reprogrammed Miss Minutes and returned to work at the Tva.

Speaking to Screen Rant about his latest role in the 2025 action comedy Love Hurts, Ke Huy Quan addresses the likelihood of Ouroboros' return in any of the McU's upcoming movies or shows. Quan doesn't confirm or deny Ob's return,...

Love Hurts leading star Ke Huy Quan teases the scope of the 2025 action movie's fight scenes. The upcoming action movie sees Quan play a former hitman, who left his life of violence behind to become a realtor, only for his past to catch up to him. Alongside Quan as Marvin Gable, Love Hurts also stars Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Mustafa Shakira, Leo Tipton, Rhys Darby, and Shawn Astin, while Jonathan Eusebio takes on directing duties.

In an interview with Screen Rant, Quan opened up about the movie's action sequences, with hopes that audiences would enjoy their efforts. The actor also praised the hard work of the creatives behind the camera, with the production reminding him of his earlier days in the industry.

Oh, this is an R. This is an R movie. We made this movie for the fans... The fight scenes are epic, and we're not trying to do anything,...

Ke Huy Quan is putting his action skills to the test as a realtor whose criminal past catches up with him in Love Hurts. Quan memorably broke out as a child actor with the back-to-back hits of The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom before stepping away from acting for nearly 20 years due to being typecast, instead turning to working behind the scenes as a stunt choreographer and assistant director. Following his breakout return in Everything Everywhere All at Once, which netted him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Quan has found acclaim with Loki season 2 and American Born Chinese.

Quan stars in Love Hurts as Marvin Gable, an upbeat realtor whose quiet-yet-successful life is thrown into turmoil when he receives a letter from Rose, a woman from his past, on Valentine's Day that confirms that he's no longer hidden and that his mob boss brother is hunting him.

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan reveals his one condition to star in the 2025 comedy action movie Love Hurts. Quan won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of time-traveling husband Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Love Hurts revolves around a familiar premise about an average nobody turning into an action hero. Quan plays a mild-mannered realtor, Marvin Gable, who's a hitman hiding in plain sight.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Quan shared the one big condition to starring in Love Hurts. As a big fan of Hong Kong action movies in the '80s, the actor found that era to be "really special" and part of the reason was actors like Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Jet Li performing their own stunts. With Love Hurts, one thing he requested was to "do all the fights," "every punch, every kick" by himself. He...

In his new film Love Hurts, Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan finds himself in the unfamiliar position of lead actor in an action comedy. While the film provides a new acting challenge, it also brings his career full circle, as it reunited him with some of his co-stars from The Goonies forty years after they made the 1980s classic. In a new interview with THR, Quan detailed how the film brought Data and Mikey together again.

While Love Hurts isn't the Goonies sequel fans have been hoping for, it will still bring nostalgia for fans of the 1985 adventure. According to Quan, while discussing casting possibilities for the role of Cliff, who plays the boss of Quan's character, producers mentioned Sean Astin as a possibility. "When I heard (Astin's name), I said 'Oh my God, we have to make that happen,'" he recalled. Astin was up for a Data/Mikey reunion,...

Ke Huy Quan se reúne con Sean Astin, su compañero de reparto en ‘Los Goonies’. © Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de la película de acción Este amor sí que duele (Love Hurts), del veterano coordinador de escenas de acción JoJo Eusebio, que debuta como director.

Este amor sí que duele sigue a un agente inmobiliario (Ke Huy Quan) que trabaja un suburbio de Milwaukee donde nunca faltan carteles de «Se vende». Un día, recibe un sobre rojo de Rose (Ariana DeBose), una antigua cómplice a la que daba por muerta. Y no precisamente con buenas noticias. Marvin se ve arrastrado de nuevo a un mundo de francotiradores implacables, con dobles traiciones y eventos inmobiliarios convertidos en trampas letales. Perseguido por su hermano Knuckles (Daniel Wu), un capo del crimen, Marvin debe enfrentarse a las decisiones que lo atormentan y enfrentarse a una historia que nunca llegó a enterrar.

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan continues to write new chapters in his feel-good comeback story, and this latest one is as an action star in Jonathan Eusebio’s Love Hurts.

After a nearly two-decade hiatus from acting, Quan won an Oscar for his supporting role as Waymond Wang in Daniels’ best picture-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. It was a storybook second chance for an actor who grew disillusioned with acting, opting to quit and enroll in USC’s film program. It wasn’t until watching 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians that he felt the urge to test the waters for any new opportunities.

In Love Hurts, Quan’s character, Marvin Gable, is one of Milwaukee’s best real estate agents, and he, too, has also been enjoying his own second bite of the apple until his much darker past as a hitman comes back to haunt him. In the lead-up...

Love Hurts is coming this Valentine’s Day!

The highly anticipated action movie is in theaters February 7, 2025, and the first trailer has just arrived.

Here’s a plot summary: “No matter how hard you try, you can’t break up with your past. This Valentine’s Day, Ke Huy Quan rockets into his first major leading man role as an unlikely hero, a seemingly mild-mannered realtor with a dark secret that he is desperate to leave behind. Spoiler alert: He won’t.”

Keep reading to find out more…

The synopsis continues: “Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where ‘For Sale’ signs bloom. Gable receives a crimson envelope from Rose (Ariana DeBose), a former partner-in-crime that he had left for dead. She’s not happy. Now, Marvin is thrust back into a world of ruthless hitmen, filled with double-crosses and open houses turned into deadly warzones.

Ke Huy Quan is delivering the pain once again, as the Oscar-winning star of Everything Everywhere All at Once has become an action leading man in the new, John Wick-inspired Love Hurts. The Oscar-winning A24 action/comedy/drama revitalized Quan's career, and cemented his place as a new staple of the action genre thanks to some awesome fanny-pack fight scenes. The actor is taking those credentials to Love Hurts, a new action flick directed by Jonathan Eusebio.

Ke Huy Quan stars as Marvin, a realtor with a shady and dangerous past. When his former partner in crime tracks him down, Marvin is forced to kick some ass once again to confront his past and protect his new life. Alongside Ke Huy Quan, Love Hurts also stars Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Sean Astin, Lio Tipton, Rhys Darby, Stephanie Sy, and football legend Marshawn Lynch (who was phenomenal in Bottoms...

In his first major role since his 2023 Oscar win, Ke Huy Quan stars in Love Hurts, and here’s the trailer.

Academy Award-winner Ke Huy Quan’s new film? That’d be Love Hurts, produced by 87North, a company which has had huge success in recent years with the John Wick franchise, Nobody and Violent Night. Veteran stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio makes his directorial debut from a screenplay by Matthew Murray and Josh Stoddard.

Let’s get to the point fast: here’s the trailer…

The synopsis reads as follows:

From 87North—producers of the groundbreaking action films Nobody, Violent Night, Atomic Blonde, The Fall Guy—comes a visceral, high-octane story of wrath and revenge. Ke Huy Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where “For Sale” signs bloom. He receives a crimson envelope from Rose (Ariana DeBose), a former partner-in-crime that he had left for dead.

In the future, everyone will get their own “John Wick”-esque action comedy. The next person to get one is Ke Huy Quan, and the movie is “Love Hurts,” in which Quan plays a former hitman who comes out of retirement for one last mission. On Tuesday, Universal released a trailer for the film, which opens in theaters early next year. It features Quan’s impressive stunt work scored by the ironically easy-listening tones of Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.”

In his first lead role since winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his career-restoring performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a mild-mannered real estate agent with a secret past as an assassin that he’s trying to put behind him. Marvin is forced out of hiding when his former partner, Rose (Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose...

Stunt Coordinator JoJo Eusebio is making the move to the big chair and beloved actor Ke Huy Quan will be there to help!   Eusebio is directing their first feature film, a new action film called Love Hurts, with Quan in the lead as a mild-mannered realtor pulled back into a world of hitmen and gang lords. Quan takes the lead for the first time in this new era of theirs and is joined by Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Sean Astin, Mustafa Shakir, Lio Tipton, Rhys Darby, Marshawn Lynch, and André Eriksen.   Eusebio directs a screenplay written by Matthew Murray & Josh Stoddard and Luke Passmore. The action movie was produced by 87North, a trusted brand in the action genre. Eusebio worked in stunts...

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Action cinema is entering a new era, folks — the Quanaissance is upon us! Having made an extraordinary, Oscar-winning return to our screens after over three decades away in The Daniels' 2022 Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once, Ke Huy Quan has spent the last couple of years contributing high profile supporting turns to the likes of Loki S2 and Kung Fu Panda 4. But in veteran stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio's feature directorial debut Love Hurts, the latest action joint from John Wick and Nobody producers 87North, Quan is set to get his leading man moment at last playing a mild-mannered realtor with a violent past. Check out the high-octane trailer below:

Set to the dulcet tones of Céline Dion's 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now', this trailer sees Quan exhibiting the same magic combo of unassuming charm and ass kicking cool as he brought to Eeaao...

No matter how hard you try, you can’t break up with your past.

This Valentine’s Day, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan rockets into his first major leading man role as an unlikely hero, a seemingly mild-mannered realtor with a dark secret that he is desperate to leave behind. Spoiler alert: He won’t. From 87North—producers of the groundbreaking action films Nobody, Violent Night, Bullet Train, Atomic Blonde and The Fall Guy—comes a visceral, high-octane story of wrath and revenge.

Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where ‘For Sale’ signs bloom. Gable receives a crimson envelope from Rose, a former partner-in-crime that he had left for dead. She’s not happy. Now, Marvin is thrust back into a world of ruthless hitmen, filled with double-crosses and open houses turned into deadly warzones. With his brother Knuckles, a volatile crime lord, hunting him,...

No matter how hard you try, you cant break up with your past. Ke Huy Quan stars in his first major leading role in the trailer for Love Hurts, formerly titled With Love.

Per the official synopsis, "Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where For Sale signs bloom. Gable receives a crimson envelope from Rose (Ariana DeBose), a former partner-in-crime that he had left for dead. Shes not happy. Now, Marvin is thrust back into a world of ruthless hitmen, filled with double-crosses and open houses turned into deadly warzones. With his brother Knuckles (Daniel Wu), a volatile crime lord, hunting him, Marvin must confront the choices that haunt him and the history he never truly buried." Check out the official trailer below.

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Love Hurts is scheduled to hit theaters on Feb. 7, 2025.

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No matter how hard you try, you can’t break up with your past. Universal Pictures has just released the trailer for Love Hurts.

This Valentine’s Day, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan rockets into his first major leading man role as an unlikely hero, a seemingly mild-mannered realtor with a dark secret that he is desperate to leave behind. Spoiler alert: He won’t.

From 87North—producers of the groundbreaking action films Nobody, Violent Night, Bullet Train, Atomic Blonde and The Fall Guy—comes a visceral, high-octane story of wrath and revenge.

Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where ‘For Sale’ signs bloom. Gable receives a crimson envelope from Rose, a former partner-in-crime that he had left for dead. She’s not happy. Now, Marvin is thrust back into a world of ruthless hitmen, filled with double-crosses and open houses turned into deadly warzones.

Ke Huy Quan is getting back into the action genre with the Love Hurts trailer. Hailing from stunt and fight coordinator-turned-director Jonathan Eusebio, the movie stars Quan as mild-mannered real estate agent Marvin who, after receiving a mysterious note, finds the secrets of his criminal past coming to light and is thrust into a fight for survival against his brother and the various men he sends after Marvin. Alongside Quan, the ensemble Love Hurts cast includes Oscar-winning West Side Story star Ariana DeBose, Cam Gigadent, Daniel Wu, Mustafa Shakir and Marshawn Lynch.

With a few months remaining until the movie's release, Universal Pictures has released the first Love Hurts trailer. The video starts out by introducing viewers to Quan's Marvin, showcasing his popularity in his neighborhood and the extent of his success as a realtor, winning multiple awards. Things suddenly take a shift when, while sorting through his mail, Marvin...

Some star-chemistry pairings are obvious, and some are a surprise. You wouldn't have guessed, for instance, when Oscar winner Ariana DeBose handed an Oscar to Ke Huy Quan, that those two would be starring as partners in crime in an action movie. And yet that's the exact premise of Love Hurts,...

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The career renaissance of Everything Everywhere All At Once's Academy Award-winning star Ke Huy Quan continues as he's set to lead his own action project in Love Hurts. Here is everything you need to know about his upcoming cinematic comeback!

When Does Ke Huy Quan's Love Hurts Hit Theaters?

US/Vietnamese actor Ke Huy Quan's second flick slated to premiere on the big screens is the anticipated Universal/87North project titled Love Hurts.

While Quan is best known for being the rising child actor in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Goonies, he eventually returned with an Oscar-winning performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Since then, he has been cast under Marvel Studios for a minor role in Loki season 2, Disney's American Born Chinese, and even voiced Han the...

Update: The new Ke Huy Quan action movie from Universal and 87North is now titled Love Hurts. The release date for Feb. 7, 2025 remains unchanged.

Previous March 14: With Love, the new action movie from Universal and 87North starring Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, will be released in theaters on Feb. 7, 2025.

87North has been behind such Uni action movies as Nobody, Violent Night, Atomic Blonde and this summer’s The Fall Guy which won over SXSW audiences in its world premiere on Tuesday night as well as scoring 92% on Rotten Tomatoes with critics.

With Love is produced by 87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, and it’s written by Josh Stoddard, Luke Passmore, and Matthew Murray. Guy Danella (Violent Night) is also producing for 87North. The pic reps the feature directorial debut of veteran stunt coordinator and fight coordinator Jonathan Eusebio,...

Having trouble predicting who will win Best Drama Supporting Actor at the upcoming Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s 2024 Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their predictions, and the majority of them believe the trophy will go to Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”). The other potential nominees, per the Experts’ current racetrack odds, are Tadanobu Asano (“Shōgun”), Jon Hamm (“The Morning Show”), Khalid Abdalla (“The Crown”), Ke Huy Quan (“Loki”) and Jonathan Pryce (“The Crown”).

As of this writing, a leading eight out of our 16 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Crudup: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Susan King (Gold Derby) and Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV). In Season 3 of the Apple TV+ drama, his CEO character Cory Ellison was involved in trying to get...

The 2024 Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host for the fourth time, joined onstage by an all-star list of presenters.

Kimmel previously said he returned to emcee the show partly because he had a feeling a popular movie might be nominated, arguing that it’s easier to joke about something the audience has seen.

“I am sitting in a movie theater watching Barbie and thinking, ‘Well, maybe I’ll do this again, because at least I have a point of reference with everyone,’” he said.

He said he also felt that with Top Gun: Maverick, which landed six Oscar nominations, including a nod for best picture, at the 2023 Oscars: “I knew there was a movie that people had seen, and it just makes the job easier.”

Oscars executive producer Molly McNearney echoed this appreciation for...

Kung Fu Panda and its sequels have a lot of heart and feature a talented cast that plays off each other well, contributing to the franchise's longevity. Kung Fu Panda was culturally accurate and well-received in China, serving as an example of cultural appreciation done right. While all the entries in the Kung Fu Panda trilogy are solid, the first movie remains the best in terms of quality, originality, and heart.

The Kung Fu Panda franchise has been going strong since 2008, but there's definitely a best and worst movie in DreamWorks' trilogy. The Kung Fu Panda movie and its sequels have a lot of heart, which has helped transform them into one of DreamWorks' most popular franchises. The cast includes Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, and Dustin Hoffman, as each of them was part of the franchise from the beginning. Audiences have continued to be invested in...

Ever since Mahershala Ali won the 2017 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for “Moonlight” with less than 21 minutes of screen time, the academy has consistently lauded much larger featured male roles, with all of the last half dozen honorees having comfortably surpassed the category’s screen time average. That streak is practically assured to end this year, however, since most of the men currently vying for the prize clock in below average and none of them appear in more than a quarter of their movies.

The 2024 supporting actor nominees have an average screen time of 29 minutes and 36 seconds, or 19.56% of their respective films. While they outpace last year’s group by 42 seconds, they also fall behind them by almost five percentage points. Their physical time average essentially puts them right in the middle of the category’s all-time ranking, while their percentage mean is the 17th lowest ever.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has added another round of presenters for its upcoming 96th Oscars that will take place on Sunday.

Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker round out the list of presenters.

Previously announced presenters include Mahershala Ali, Bad Bunny, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Octavia Spencer, Michelle Yeoh, Ramy Youssef and Zendaya.

Last week, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that five past winners will introduce the current nominees in all four acting categories. It was a hugely popular format that the Academy...

After a rather bumpy start, the winter awards season returned to smoother, more pleasurable sailing at the 29th Critics Choice Awards. Veteran host Chelsea Handler’s opening monologue was sharp and celebratory rather than condescending and snide. While not every single joke packed a comedic wallop, she clearly had the audience on her side and set the tone for an upbeat telecast. The pro didn’t overstay her welcome, either, occasionally returning after a commercial break with sharp, brief introductory quips.

See 2024 Critics Choice Awards: Complete winners list in all 41 categories

Most powerfully, after she observed that 2023 was a bona fide year of women, Handler appropriately used her post to welcome to the spotlight Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, who had won for Best Comedy Film for “Barbie” off-air and therefore didn’t get the chance to deliver a proper acceptance speech. It was a moment that demonstrated how a good host should function,...

Disney+ has lost yet another show after the company recently revealed it is not moving forward with a second season of the critically-acclaimed series American Born Chinese.

The series is an adaptation of Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel of the same name and follows teenager Jin Wang, who finds himself entangled in a battle between humanity and ancient Chinese gods and mythology. Starring Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, American Born Chinese ran for only eight episodes in its first season and despite its highly-praised, award-winning cast, failed to make it among the top performing series on the platform. Its cancelation was reported by Variety.

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An early piece of concept art for Loki Season 2 treats fans to a much different version of Ouroboros, who bears no resemblance to series star Ke Huy Quan.

Shared onto Instagram by Aleksi Briclot, the image sees Ouroboros as an older-looking Black man wearing an orange jumpsuit and blue shirt instead of the brown and green ensemble from the show while standing in front of a recycle logo and having a marking on his head with his eyes mostly closed. The last two pictures in the upload, which are blow-ups of the first, give fans an increasingly clearer look at the marking, which Briclot delves into the upload's description, where he also reveals this look was cooked up before Quan was cast.

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Barbenheimer kicked off when both Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” were released in theatres on the same day last year on July 21. However, the fun-spirited, lighthearted rivalry between the Warner Bros. comedy and the Universal biopic has continued into this awards season. Both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” have often been the most nominated films at various awards groups and two performers have found themselves head to head in pretty much every precursor so far: supporting players Robert Downey Jr. and Ryan Gosling.

Downey Jr. plays scheming politician Lewis Strauss in “Oppenheimer” and produces a thoughtful, fierce performance as the film’s primary antagonist. Gosling, meanwhile, has the time of his life in the year’s most colorful performance — playing Ken, the doll obsessed with Barbie, in “Barbie.” You couldn’t get two more contrasting performances — both are genius in their own measure. They are nominated alongside one...

“American Born Chinese” has been canceled after one season at Disney+, Variety has learned.

According to an individual with knowledge of the decision, Disney was high on the creative of the series, but its viewership did not justify greenlighting a second season. The producers plan to shop the series to other outlets.

“American Born Chinese” debuted on Disney+ on May. The Disney Branded Television series was based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang. The official logline states that the show “chronicles the trials and tribulations of a regular American teenager whose life is forever changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god.”

The cast of the series included Ben Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Jimmy Liu, Ke Huy Quan, Sydney Taylor, and Daniel Wu. The show received positive reviews from critics, with the first season holding a 94% approval rating based on 51 reviews.

Disney+ is not proceeding with a second season of Disney Branded Television/20th Television’s action fantasy series American Born Chinese, which stars Oscar winners Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh.

The decision comes more than seven months after the eight-episode first season was released May 24. It also comes after the options on the cast expired yesterday, I hear. 20th Television still plans to shop the series elsewhere.

Created by Kelvin Yu based on Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel, American Born Chinese had an impeccable timing, launching on the heels of the 2023 awards season that saw Yeoh and Quan win trophy after trophy for their movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, culminating with both of them landing Oscars in March.

Despite featuring Hollywood’s “it” duo of the moment in Yeoh and Quan and garnering strong reviews, American Born Chinese could not attract a large enough audience and did...

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Ke Huy Quan, who is fresh from his role as O.B. in Marvel Studios' Loki Season 2 Disney+ series, has now landed a starring role in the brand-new action movie With Love by the team behind Deadpool 2.

After winning an Academy Award for his performance in A24's highly successful and critically acclaimed film Everything Everywhere All at Once, Quan has now landed a leading role in With Love, according to Deadline. The action film is being produced by the same directing and producing team behind The Fall Guy, David Leitch (Deadpool 2) and Kelly McCormick's 87North (Bullet Train). Universal is developing the movie, following their recent release of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster Oppenheimer, which grossed nearly a billion dollars. Jonathan Eusebio is set to make his directorial debut, having previously served as 2nd unit director on films such as Deadpool 2 and the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series.

Deadline reports that Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) is set to headline his very own action movie.

Ke Huy Quan will star in With Love, which comes from Universal and David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87North. Jonathan Eusebio will make his feature directorial debut with the movie after serving as a second unit director and stunt coordinator on projects such as Violent Night, Deadpool 2, Black Panther, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Deadline notes that With Love is being written by Luke Passmore based on an original script by Josh Stoddard & Matthew Murray.

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It’s been wonderful to see Ke Huy Quan back on our screens, and the thought of him starring in an action movie is just fantastic.

Exclusive: While Ke Huy Quan has carefully considered his next career moves following his triumph at the Oscars with Daniels’ A24 smash Everything Everywhere All at Once, not unlike the other winners of 2023, he’s now found his next feature lead in With Love, a Universal action pic from David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87North.

Set to direct the film in his theatrical feature debut is Jonathan Eusebio, a longtime 2nd unit director and stunt coordinator whose recent credits include Violent Night and Obi-Wan Kenobi. While plot details are under wraps, Luke Passmore is writing from an original script by Josh Stoddard & Matthew Murray.

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Leitch, McCormick, and Guy Danella will produce through 87North. Overseeing on Universal’s behalf are Executive Vice President of Production Development, Jay Polidoro, and Director of Production Development, Tony Ducret.

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