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The Wachowski's Next Film Is "Full On Martial Arts", Casting Details Emerge!!
Merrick here...
Collin Chou, who was Seraph in the MATRIX movies (a role turned down by Jet Li), will play one of four leads in a new Wachowski martial arts project.
Rain, a Korean music star who is in the Wachowski's upcoming SPEED RACER film, will appear as one of the three remaining leads.
All of this per an article at scifi.com, which you can find HERE.
Wackowski cohort Joel Silver recently told Collider that the project is a completely original story & “full on martial arts movie." He also says it’s a revenge movie. You can find video of this HERE.
The film is called NINJA ASSASSIN and will be directed by James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA), and should start filming in a month or so for release next year.
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Serious potential to kick seven deadly shades of ass!
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You heard me. R.I.P Anthony Minghella.
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how they slipped in that "directed by James McTeigue" part. Subtle.
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was hoping for a fest pack!! why so slow getting around to those things?
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...but the Wachowski freaks know how to shoot kung fu fighting.
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are they producing?do i care?i don't think i do.
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Oh well.
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They released the details about Bi-chan a while ago.
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somebody restrain them from philosophizing and all is good.
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I have missed ninja movies since the older films like Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, etc. They tended to be cheesey and some produced by Golan-Globus, but they still kicked ass. I loved them as a kid and would love to see a big budget take on the ninja.
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Blissfully retarded!
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...are awesome, but, and I think I may be the only person, I find Ninjas lame and cheesy not bad ass. Would love to see those two in a serious action movie but I just can't think serious movie with a title like "Ninja Assassin", it just screams wannabe.
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who cares anymore- they laid the biggest egg of modern day film with the matrix sequels
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Ninja A to Ninja B
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Says Ninja A with look of surprise
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Bring on the Ninja's!YEAH!
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master!Also Donnie Yen should be in it.
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Unless theyre like assassians who specialize in Ninja... like pirates.
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yes i do
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The ninjas need something done to them first in order to justify revenge. So...
Wachowski Bros: Attack of the Samurais -
I love me some kung fu movies. But the name seems a little generic. It basically translates to "Assassin Assassin". This title kinda sounds like a 3rd rate video game...for the Wii.
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So big a let down that I dont even want to watch the first 2 anymore. However, V for Vendetta was wickedly cool, so if the same director can pull off the same tone and drama but with NINJAS and have agent Smith in the concoction somehow then bring it on!
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Mar 18, 2008 11:14:32 AM CDT
Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams are the 3 Ninjas
by theycallmemrglass
Yeah this will kick ass just thinking of their agility and being of the silent type...
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that would be awesome.
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These two clowns haven't had an original idea in their life. They'll rip off Ninja Scroll just like they ripped off the last 15 to 20 years of anime in The Matrix movies.
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Does anybody have any ideas on where to get one exactly like his? I've looked online but most of them don't look as thick (fabric wise) or as cool. The collars seem different, too. I'd also like authentic dirt and sweat stains.
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Okay, so you can do backflips and flying kicks and throw edged weapons with deadly accuracy. --But can you change a diaper? (snort!)
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Yeah, I hated Matrix 2 and 3, but the strength of Matrix 1 is making me give them a second chance. Speed Racer looks Awesome. Ninja Revenge SOUNDS awesome.
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It's about a cross dressing ninja warrior who gets revenge on his tailor for using the wrong kind of sequins.
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I still think he's just a friend of theirs who they use as a "pseudonym" for their own side projects.
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http://www.imdb.com/media/rm998938880/nm0574625
How could he not exist? -
I love it.But to each their own.
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Of course he's a person, I mean he's not directing the films. He's their public marionette -- hence the term pseudonym in quotes.
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Why in the world would they have any reason to use a puppet director or "pseudonym"? V for Vendetta got a lot more love than their last two Matrix films - why wouldn't they want to take credit for it if they really directed it?
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They didn't know it was going to be big beforehand! Plus pseudonyms are often successful (See Stephen King's, others) -- they are usually just experiments in style or deviations from public perception.
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That's my opinion at least. I think the guy should get the credit he deserves for directing V for Vendetta and the Wachowski's should get the credit they deserve for directing The Matrix Revolutions.
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And wrote V for Vendetta. So I like them still.
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just making sure no one forgot that
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He produced COMMANDO and ACTION JACKSON!
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Because I haven't seen an actual martial arts movie in a very long time. I've seen a lot of special effects, wire fu, bullshit movies where they assume that excellent physical conditioning isn't entertaining enough, and they decide to throw in some supernatural element-- but no martial arts.
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Mar 18, 2008 3:42:21 PM CDT
Potential sequels: Knight Fighter, Pirate Outlaw and Clown Humor
by darth_inedible
I can't wait
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Is traditionally defined as a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. So things like Christian Science, Free Speech Zone, Microsoft Works or Deafening Silence would constitute an oxymoron. The word ninja and the word assassin are not contradictory terms. It may be repetitive since ninjas are assassins. All ninjas are assassins while not all assassins are ninjas.
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that's the ticket.
When Ninja Met Sally
One Flew Over the Ninja Nest
12 Angry Ninjas
Lord of the Ninjas
Dr. Strangeninja
Silence of the Ninja
American Ninja...wait, that ones been done. But you get the idea.Oh Ninja, Where Art Thou?
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STAR NINJATHE ICE NINJANINJA, PLEASE!I've exhausted enough creativity today. I'm spent.
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A Ninja's Life
Snow White and the Seven Ninjas
Ninjatouille
The Iron Ninja
And, of course, Finding Ninja -
Brokeback Ninja. Or maybe,
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...And fucking Rain? Why? I can understand using this fucking half assed Justin Timberlake for a pile of ugly dumb ass kids crap, but not an actual movie. Oh well, at least we know they can shoot Kung Fu better than any other white men out there.
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But when I think about it, where they go wrong is when they get so seriously pretentious that they lose themselves up their own asses. I will keep my fingers crossed solely on the enticing ingredients and the fact they made Matrix and Vendetta. I will blank the last Matrix crapfest out of existence.
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Awesome!!
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What the fuck? Its not even a Wachowski movie! Who gives a fuck then. Unless McTieuge can get us some quality panty flash from Portman again, I don't give a shit about no Ninja movie that doesn't star Shô Kosugi. Stupid lying asshats with that title.
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Coz as nifty as the fights in The Matrix may have looked, they really know dick about the flow of a martial arts fight scene. then again, most of Luc Besson's ventures suffer from the same problem as well. They figure as long as people are doing "kicks and shit" they're doing a bang-up job.
In the case of The Wachowski's there's no excuse, but in other cases I dunno if it comes down to director's incompetence or just studio notes wanting it edited down to a nice snack-size sequence. But either way, if you're unable to tell a story beyond "protagonist kicks ass" or "antagonist kicks ass, but then protagonist kicks ass more all of a sudden" within a martial arts scene it's generally a pretty piss poor effort. -
the Wachowski duo aping their culture and inspirations. If Matrix was live-action Ghost in the Shell and now Speed Racer, then this... would they mind? Not trying to offend, just offer a question...?
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Mar 18, 2008 5:01:11 PM CDT
Oh Shit... More Bloated Big Words Dialog, Slow Mo, and Wire Fu
by thepilgrim
Count Me outta Dis One! Bad Bombing..
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Who's The Master!!!
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Resident Ninja
Ninjacop
Aliens Vs. Ninja
Ninja Returns
Ninjaz In The Hood
An American Ninja In London
They could even spice up some tv shows:
Saved By The Ninja
Ninja's Creek
Seventh Ninja
Ninja And Grace
Little Ninja, Big World
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never.
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they couldnt think of anything better?
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Especially on these huge projects. Most of the real work is done by the 1st and 2nd ADs and 2nd unit directors. The Director is more like a head coach these days.
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[Praying] Please, Lord, PLEASE let the technically gifted but creatively soulless Wachowski brothers do just that ... please, please leave off your regular duties (making sure particular sports teams win, watching innocents die, sh*t like that) and convince the Wachowskis to nick every good idea lock, stock and barrel from NINJA SCROLL, which is just a cartoon but it kicks so much ass. Thanks, Lord.
Oh, and Lord? One more ... since the Bros. definitely enjoy ripping off anime, please let them decide to do nothing except kickass live-action adaptations of existing anime films. For the rest of their lives. That would be an efficient use of their peculiar "talents." That's not a crowd-pleasing prayer, that one's just for me. That OK Lord?
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then there was shit known as reloaded and revolutions the even bigger shit known as V for Vendetta.
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Vampire Ninja Assassin
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Wherein a giant plothole* the size of Clooney's ego was opened upon the whole mess.
*WTF is the point of blowing up parliament if you've killed off the top two members of a fascist government? The government's over. Kaput. It can't survive that.
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Ask a Ninja guy is one of the leads.
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I liked the first Matrix but he's got carried away in making everything in that style. Even his hip hop, kung fu trilogy had that Matrix vibe. The only post Matrix film, that felt old school, was Kiss,Kiss Bang, Bang. I'd love to see him reteam with John McTiernan, instead.
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really
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Heh heh mm heh mm he said 'Enter'
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THEY ARE TURD DIRECTORS.
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It will suck in some new, never-before-seen way.
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it's symbolic, it's anarchy. You stupid stupid fuck.
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Say what you will about the matrix reloaded, but the chateau fight scene is the most well filmed fight scene. EVER. There has not been a fight scene that choreography aside has been as well framed, lit, edited. The way the music is written and is synced so perfectly at the right beats is outstanding, it flows so goddamned incredibly. I watch that fight scene again and again and again, it's a mini movie in itself. A Masterpiece. Look at that, someone objective.
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Okay, look, I think we can all agree that Revolutions was pee wash. But, Reloaded wasn't terrible (the highway scene with Trinity still causes me tiny nerdgasms) and V for Vendetta was fricking awesome! If you haven't seen it cause you're afraid that it will suck because of close relations with the Wachowski's, see it, it's great. Meantime, I'll go see Speed Racer (it can't be any worse than the new DBZ movie), and I'll go see this one. I mean, it's ninjas. How can they mess that up? Also, as far as Rain goes, I mean, the guy is hot, but he's not really the first person I think of when I hear bad-ass ninja. Just putting that out there.
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Mar 19, 2008 10:06:57 AM CDT
The Matrix Reloaded is the worst film i've ever seen
by kwisatzhaderach
and the Burly Brawl is the worst movie scene i've ever seen. Congrats guys.
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You stupid bitches better recognize it's greatness! And to update your reading comprehension, Chou said that Ninja Assassins probably isn't the final title, it's probably just a working/shooting title like Burly man or Rorry's first kiss or something... But even if it was, the title would depend on the approach they take with this movie... If it's a fun ninja actionfest then the blatant straightforward title may very well work to its advantage! See? You people need to think a little before running off at the mouth to comment on films you know nothing about or haven't even seen yet, and that's also why you're too stupid to appreciate the matrix sequels. Bad fight coreography in the Matrix? You idiots do realize the revered Yuen Woo Ping was behind most of that right? Hate the Matrix all you want but the fight scenes are head and shoulders above pretty much everything in live action cinema!
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not interested otherwise.
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Mar 19, 2008 12:26:14 PM CDT
The title sounds like something I'd play on the nintendo.
by reel american hero
Ninja Assasin, followed by Super Ninja Assasin, and then Ninja Assasin 64.
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There is only one that is worthy enough for that, and he will not be appearing in this movie.
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if you need your "real" and not wire fu martial arts fix then watch the Protector and Ong Bak. Those are a few recent ones I can think of.
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Does that mean you didn't stick around for Revolutions or are you actually saying it was better than Reloaded?
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but it does not look good 'on paper'.
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