The Wachowskis' Ninja Assassin

[dark_b]

how can a ninja movie made by this crew not find a distributor??
lol

maybe speed racer

 

[xwolverine2]

..

 

[gwynplaine]

The Wachowskis are dead to me.

 

[Timstuff]

For me, Speed Racer was their redemption. It's the one reason I'm willing to give this a chance.

 

[matrix_ghost]

how can a ninja movie made by this crew not find a distributor??
lol

Not sure about the budget.

But yea what is going on with this film? Distribution problems? It must be nearly finished production wise by now.

I have to see some duel katana action!!!

Who says that they don't have a distributer. It;s been long known that WB would distribute the movie , as they so often have done with many of Joel Silver's pictures. And yes post-prod is pretty much done now.
WB is simply trying to find a proper date for this movie to be released .

Rumors are that the movie would be released Nov 24th or 25th ( not sure exactly) of 2009.
The budget of this movie is low ( about 50 or so million) so yeah.

 

[xwolverine2]

oh they're done for sure with everything... even that john gaeta guy said so.

i wouldnt mind a teaser with coming soon at the end lol

 

[Nivek]

I thought Speed Racer was a rather awesome Adoption. But of a rather lame cartoon... thats where it missed out.

They should have gone Battle of the Planets/ Gotchaman first.

 

[AlteredEgo]

i would be extremely happy with a november release and a teaser or full on trailer very very soon.

 

[bapi]

Our czech premiere is on December 24, 2009.

 

[Visceral]

trailer NOW

 

[xwolverine2]

ugh everytime this thread gets pushed up i get my hopes up that a trailer was released lol

 

[AlteredEgo]

ugh everytime this thread gets pushed up i get my hopes up that a trailer was released lol

seriously, the past three or more pages are all about expecting a trailer. this thread is just a rickroll waiting to happen.

 

[dark_b]

come oooooon now. what are they waiting? just give us a f.... trailer


he he

 

[luke1234]

come oooooon now. what are they waiting? just give us a f.... trailer


he he

i know right. Im really looking forward to this film, i like all of the Wachoski's work except for Revolutions.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

AARRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH!!!! I need my fix of duel wielded katana swords NOW!!!!!!!!

 

[KenK]

I have a fear WB's gonna screw this movie over the way they did other mid-budget films that Silver has produced, like Rock N' Rolla and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Especially with this film having an even lesser known cast than those other two films. Couple that with the fact that Speed Racer didn't even make a hundred million dollars worldwide, I have a feeling WB's long since stopped looking at the Wachowskis as the golden boys they were when they did The Matrix.

I'm fearful what kind of promotional push this new films is gonna get.

 

[xwolverine2]

seems like a dead one

 

[Octoberist]

let's not jump to conclusions.

 

[Nivek]

Dammit, TRAILER YOU ********!!!!!

 

[ninjaracer]

source:http://www.kungfucinema.com/david-l...nd-the-awesomeness-of-live-action-stunts-8389


David Leitch on 'Ninja Assassin' and the awesomeness of live-action stunts



Veteran Hollywood action director, stuntman and actor David Leitch who was recently a second unit director for James McTeigue's upcoming martial arts actioner NINJA ASSASSIN was interviewed by Action Flick Chick while on the set of his latest film TRON 2.0. The site just published the second part in this two-part interview that covers Leitch's career from the challenges of breaking into the industry to writing and starring in the action film mockumentary SLEDGE: THE UNTOLD STORY and working on big-budget action films like the MATRIX sequels and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM.
Leitch briefly discussed NINJA ASSASSIN in relation to a trend he sees where action movie fans want to see real stunts and fighting, as opposed to CG and effects action. In the lead up Leitch mentions how the stunt team had three months to work with the actors just on fighting and stunt work, which is uncommon, yet yields better results in what actors can safely do in front of the camera without effects.
"It sort of goes back to the Jackie Chan films of the '80s. The reasons they were so popular was because Jackie was doing everything," said Leitch. "And that's another thing we tried to go back to in NINJA ASSASSIN. We tried to just shoot it really wide and make the stunts happen in front of the camera. I think people want that because I think we’ve become so desensitized by CGI that we actually believe that everything, even if it isn’t dangerous or even if it is dangerous, we actually think that there’s no way possible that that guy could actually have done that without CGI. Even when we do stunts for real, a lot of times they love visual effects. So I think its great that the reason the movies like ONG-BAK and D-13 (DISTRICT B13), where you just see people with raw talent and physicality that can do amazing things and they just put a camera on them. I think that will never go out of style for action junkies. But for the masses, I think stunts are definitely going in a different direction."
NINJA ASSASSIN stars Korean pop star Rain in the title role, features the action of 87Eleven stunt team, and is produced by MATRIX trilogy directors Andy and Larry Wachowski. The film is scheduled for release in November.
To read the entire interview, check out the links below.
Part 1
http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/interview-with-david-leitch/
Part 2
http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/interview-with-david-leitch-part-2/

 

[Nivek]

Dammit, we already seen that stuff. TRAILER!!!!!

 

[craigdbfan]

If I see that same stunt video posted again.

 

[Hunter Rider]

^^^^ Awesome avvy.

 

[xwolverine2]

i bet the wachowskys already started production on another film... lol they finished this several months ago

not even a teaser... barely a poster

 

[DarKJediKnight]

It was said that this film's gonna be released on November? Am I right?