Reader Bart Bacon sent along a trailer of the ever dishy and shirtless Jason Statham kicking quite a lot of ass in Transporter 3. I saw the first one and quite liked it, but missed the second. As much as I profess to hate sequels, this looks like a lot of dumb fun. I’ve got a soft spot for Jason Statham and love seeing him kicking the shit out of things. My guess is that Transporter 3 won’t offer much in terms of plot, but that’s not why we watch these kinds of movies.

Transporter 3 drops November 26, 2008. I might just have to check this out! Thanks for the trailer Bart.

[Via Joblo]

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More everything! Super high and super tight! There ain’t no hope for dude who deal dope you jive turkey mother fuckers!

Let it be known that AZM ally Mike Dent of R5 Central is both brilliant and twisted. He sent along this trailer for Black Dynamite which, believe it or not, is coming out this year and stars Michael Jai White! Haven’t seen him since Spawn. I mean, I’m sure he’s been in stuff since. I just haven’t seen it.

This looks like a lot of fun. Blaxploitation certainly falls into the “So horribly wrong it’s somehow right” category of film and probably shouldn’t be taken all that seriously. And while it explodes with stereotypes, I somehow find it less offensive than that stupid Who’s Your Caddy crap that I railed against a while back.

So, in the words of JJ Jimmy Walker, DYN-O-MITE!

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Alfred Molina will play Sheik Amar, Dastan’s mentor in the live action Prince of Persia, ’cause when I think sheik I think Alfred Molina. Oh, wait, no. No I don’t. Sheik is the last fuck thing I think about when I think about Alfred Molina!

Granted, I think he’s a superb actor. I think he’ll be one of the few reasons to see this film. However, casting him to play a sheik, casting Jake Gyllenhaal to play a Persian prince, that’s like casting David Carradine to play a Chinaman. Oh wait… fuck, they did that, didn’t they.

I’m sorry, but as brilliant as I think Molina is, I will continue to bash the shit out this movie for ignoring the fact that it takes place in ancient Persia and there’s no way a skinny American would be a prince or a Spanish/Italian would be a sheik. I know it’s all fantasy and acting and you can play a murderer without actually killing anyone, but I’m standing firm. No good can possibly come from this movie.

UPDATE: Anonymous points out that Carradine’s character in “Kung Fu” was a white orphan raised by monks. I misremembered. Still, I would very much like them to cast someone of Arab ethnicity other than a bunch of extras.

UPDATE 2: D-W points out that Arabs and Persians are not the same thing which is why Iran is not part of the Arab league. I’m starting to understand the difficulty in casting accurately. Thanks for the corrections all.

Okay, so I want them to cast some Persians who are not just extras. Persians with speaking roles. Iran has a film industry. Some of those actors might actually be up for roles in an American movie. Couldn’t hurt to ask.

[Via Variety]

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Reader Ben Means sent along this trailer for the Korean Western flick, The Good, The Bad, The Weird. So I pretty much have to see this now. And I need to see Chocolate! I need an Asian action movie expert to just send me movies like this!

The Good, The Bad, The Weird takes place in 1930’s Manchuria. The Weird is a train robber who steals from a Japanese train crossing the Manchurian plains and discovers a treasure map. The Bad is a gang leader who also seeks the map. The Good is a bounty hunter looking for the Bad. Mix in the Japanese Army, Chinese bandits, and Korean freedom fighters and you have a formula for awesome! No word on if it will manage to make its way over here. But I’m hopeful. If The Host can make it to screens in the U.S. then surely The Good, The Bad, The Weird can make the trip.

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The ever dishy Bryce Dallas Howard, seen here giving the sexy eye to one friendly neighborhood Pete Parker, will replace Charlotte Gainsbourg in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins due to a previous commitment for Gainsbourg. She will play Kate Connor, badass wife of John Connor played by Christian Bale. This film is so full of geek bait! Crunchy pants for all!

Thanks to Claire Danes, Kate Connor was a bright spot in the otherwise lack luster T3. Gainsbourg would have been a great choice if it worked out. I saw her in Science of Sleep and she was quite good. But I think Howard will be brilliant. She was the highlight for me of Spidey 3 and I’d love to see her do more comic and sci fi work.

[Via Hollywood Reporter]

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The expression on poor Kristin Kreuk’s mug says, “Oh please, don’t let the interwebs hate me.” Have no fear Kristin. We here at AZM support you in your portrayal of Chun Li in the upcoming Street Fighter flick. We appreciate that you’re at least half Chinese and will be doubly impressed if you manage some of your own stunts. And we’re certainly looking forward to your “Spinning Star Kick” than we are Justin Chatwin’s Kame Hame Huh.

Reader Bonzai Rob pointed out Kristin’s spinning bird necklace. It’s not too much a leap to speculate that it’s a present from her dad and the inspiration for the Spinning Star Kick.

Thanks to Bonzai Rob for the pic.

CORRECTION: Mr. D in the comments points out that it’s Spinning Bird Kick, not Spinning Star Kick. The necklace makes even more sense now! All these friggin years and I’ve always heard Spinning Star Kick. Ah well.

[Via Capcom US]

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Thanks to reader Jamyson Farias, we now have documented proof that Russian advertising is much more hard core than domestic advertising. The above is the Russian trailer for Wanted. Holy shit! It looks like a movie about an assassin’s guild instead of a movie about how hot Angelina Jolie is with tattoos and guns.

Now granted, Angelina Jolie does indeed look quite fetching with skin tight clothes and pistols. But I suspect the source material focuses much more on the assassin’s guild aspect of the story. Clearly, this is the aspect the Russians are most interested in. I think my interest in this flick was just kicked up a few notches.

Thanks again Jamyson. Bloody insane!

[Via Filmz.ru]

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Summit Entertainment has acquired the rights to remake the original Highlander and has tapped the co-writers of the Iron Man film to script. Although I quite liked the television series, after the first film, the movies kind of got lost in an orgy of donkey ball sucking (you should see some of the search results when I write shit like that). Even Donnie Yen’s cameo in that fourth one couldn’t save it from sucking hard.

My love for Iron Man is well documented. Art Marcum and Matt Holloway turned in a brilliant script with witty dialog and genuine character development. Can they make Highlander unsuck?

I’d rather they let the franchise alone, of course. More people are fans of the television show anyway which you can collect on DVD. But if you are going to relaunch the movies, you could do worse than a script from the writers of a summer block buster. I think more important is the casting. Robert Downey, Jr. made Iron Man come alive. You’d need that kind of perfect casting to make a new Highlander kick ass.

I guess I’m in “wait and see” mode instead of outright “well this sucks a big fat ass” mode.

[Via Hollywood Reporter]

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Reader Epoch9 sent over casting news of the live-action movie adaptation of Tekken. Pictured above is Cung Le as Marshall Law. This photo demonstrates that this movie will be full of what I like to call the sexy man meats. Like most gaming adaptations, I strongly suspect that Tekken will lack another thing I like to call plot. But at least they didn’t cast Jean Claud Van Dam (who will dance for you BTW) as Marshall Law. Actually, the cast seems to be fairly diverse reflecting the ethnic make up of the game. Kudos for that.

I am encouraged by this highlight reel of Jon Foo who will portray Jin Kazama. Observe the skillz.

Promising, very promising. I predict amazing chop socky goodness with a dash of plot light. That’s probably a good thing. Cause really, you don’t play Tekken or see a chop socky flick for deep character development. You’re in it for the righteous pummeling.

Thanks for the sexyness Epoch9. I think this will do much better than Dead or Alive. Blech.

[Via SDTekken]

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As long as Jake Gyllenhaal lives, every blogger in the world will use “Brokeback” in some way to describe his latest project. Gay cowboy movie FTW!

Gyllenhaal will star as Dastan in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s live action adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Although I think he’ll do a fairly good job (he’s been picking a lot of great projects lately), is it too much to ask for them to cast someone who’s, oh I don’t know, Persian?

The familiar argument goes something like, “Well no, Jami. We couldn’t cast a Persian because there are none in Hollywood.” I also understand that Gyllenhaal is a HUGE name draw that will bring in audiences not familiar with the game.

Okay, so maybe Iran is currently on our shit list. And that might be the biggest deterent to casting someone of Persian ethinicity. But casting a white guy to play a brown guy is so last century. There are plenty of Middle Eastern actors working Hollywood. How about not casting one as a terrorist for a change and making him a prince.

Color me unimpressed.

[Via The Hollywood Reporter]

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