Showing posts with label ANDREW KOJI. Show all posts
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Friday, June 9, 2023

IT'S A CHAOS IN 19TH CENTURY CHINATOWN IN HBO MAX' WARRIOR EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 3 TRAILER!


   WARRIOR SERIES SEASON 3  
LET THE WAR BEGIN!
It seems like we waited forever after it was transferred from Cinemax to HBO Max, but the air date for the third season of fan favourite WARRIOR series is finally closing upon us: new season will premiere June 29th with a
Warrior returns June 29th on Max
three episode launch and you can check out the brand new longer trailer below. In the wake of the race riots that upended Chinatown in season two, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan) uses her government connections to consolidate power, while Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) and the Hop Wei must find new ways to survive. Tom Weston Jones, Kieran Bew, Joe Taslim, Dean Jagger, Olivia Cheng, Hoon Lee, Langley Kirkwood, Mark Dacascos all return to the 19th century set martial arts saga based on the original writings from legendary Bruce Lee. Telly Leung has joined season three as Marcel, a nomadic Chinese nightclub singer, working on the Barbary Coast; Kevin Otto as Horace Clark, Bill’s (Kieran Bew) condescending brother-in-law and owner of a successful cement factory; Adam Rayner as Douglas Strickland III, a ruthless railroad baron and an old friend of Nellie’s husband; Nick Cordileone as Edmund Mosely, a Secret Service agent who comes to San Francisco to pursue an important case. Dominique Maher as Catherine Archer, a political booster who takes an interest in Mayor Buckley; Neels Claasen as Benjamin Atwood, the newly-appointed Chief of the San Francisco Police; Sean Marco as Stewart Gumm, Mayor Buckley’s conniving right-hand man; Jazzara Jaslyn as Eliza Pendleton, a wealthy socialite who takes an interest in Mai Ling; Colin Moss as Franklin Thayer, a charismatic candidate for San Francisco Mayor; Sizo Mahlangu as Isaac, the ruthless lieutenant to Happy Jack and a notorious Barbary Coast gangster. Season two ended in December 2020, so it has been a very long wait, but although the series had modest viewings in linear airing, it reached legendary numbers when both seasons started streaming on HBO Max, so the third season was ordered, with possible fourth coming our way too!

Saturday, April 29, 2023

BEANTOWN 18TH CENTURY BOSTON TEA PARTY COMEDY SITCOM SET AT CBS! WARRIOR EPIC SAGA GETS THIRD SEASON AIR DATE & TEASER FROM HBO!

  CBS SETS BEANTOWN  
PERIOD SET MULTICAM SITCOM
Well, that is a first, I don't remember we ever had a multicam sitcom with historical setting!  Written by Dan Kopelman based on an idea by Aaron Kaplan, BEANTOWN is a workplace comedy set in a Boston coffeehouse, where employees and patrons share their lives and experiences while also discussing the events of the day. And that day happens to be in 1773. Naturally, the story will be set against the backdrop of the Boston Tea Party and the events surrounding it!

   WARRIOR SEASON 3  
FINALLY GETS AIRING DATE
It seems like we waited forever after it was transferred from Cinemax to HBO Max, but we finally have an air date for the third season of fan favourite WARRIOR series: new season will premiere June 29th and you can check out the teaser below. In the wake of the race riots that upended Chinatown in season two, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan) uses her government connections to consolidate power, while Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) and the Hop Wei must find new ways to survive. Tom Weston Jones, Kieran Bew, Joe Taslim, Dean Jagger all return to the 19th century set martial arts saga.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

SEE HENRY GOLDING AND ANDREW KOJI GO INTO ACTION IN SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS TRAILER

 SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS 
TRAILER WITH HENRY GOLDING
Snake Eyes hits cinemas July 23rd
Well, this has two of our favourite Asian hunks so we will be sure not to miss it: first trailer has been revealed for SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS the famous franchise spin off with Henry Golding and Andrew Koji. Golding stars as Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior, while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home. But when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes’ honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him.  Andrew Koji stars as Storm Shadow, Úrsula
Henry Golding takes the lead role in the new movie
Corberó as The Baroness, Samara Weaving as Scarlett, Haruka Abe as Akiko, Tahehiro Hira as Kenta and Iko Uwais as Hard Master. The film is out July 23rd! It will stream on Paramount + a month after the premiere.

Sunday, September 13, 2020

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON CINEMAX' 19TH CENTURY EPIC ACTION SERIES WARRIOR SECOND SEASON WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES

     'WARRIOR' SEASON 2
BRINGS FRESH TROUBLE TO 19TH CENTURY CHINATOWN
Second season starts October 2nd!
Among other new and old shows, next month will also bring us the 2nd season of the fan favourite series WARRIOR which will kick its way onto Cinemax October 2nd! The 10 episode series will also be available on demand at MaxGo.Com.

Set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 19th century, it again follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrated from China under mysterious circumstances. After proving his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs! Season two follows rival tongs, the Hop Wei and the Long Zii,
Amazingly charismatic Andrew Koji takes the lead role again
as they fight for dominance amidst the growing anti-Chinese racism that threatens to destroy them all. After barely surviving last season’s disastrous showdown, Ah Sahm is back with the Hop Wei and determined to wreak
New season will, according to rumours, also air on HBO and HBO Max later on
vengeance on Long Zii’s new leader, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), who also happens to be his sister. Spending his nights honing his martial arts skills at a notorious Barbary Coast fight pit run by a savvy, opportunistic woman named
The first season was an absolute extravaganza of action scenes and martial arts
Rosalita Vega (Maria Elena Laas), Ah Sahm harbours ambitions to topple Hop Wei head Father Jun (Perry Yung). To accomplish this, he pushes tong heir Young Jun (Jason Tobin) into a new opium deal and welcomes the
Ah Sahm will be helping Young Jun to take over his father's tong
arrival of an enthusiastic new recruit and fighter, Hong (Chen Tang). As the two tongs fight for dominance over the course of the season, both face numerous outside threats, including from the brutal Fung Hai tong and its nihilistic leader Zing (Dustin Nyugen), the embittered Irish labour
Olivia Cheng returns as the superresorceful madame and businesswoman
movement led by tough-as-nails bar owner Dylan Leary (Dean Jagger), and the hostile local government under the politically spineless Mayor Blake (Christian McKay) and his scheming deputy, Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood). With the stakes mounting and tensions with her brother
Tom Weston Jones and Kieran Bew return as Chinatown's policemen
growing, Mai Ling struggles to control her new partner Zing, and lover and tong lieutenant, Li Yong (Joe Taslim). Meanwhile, brothel madame Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng) continues to pursue her secret and violent agenda and slowly becomes intrigued by Nellie Davenport (Miranda Raison), a wealthy widow
Ah Toy will continue helping Ah Sahm for her own reasons and possibly love?
using her fortune to rescue young Chinese sex workers. Struggling to get out from the Fung Hai’s grip, debt-ridden police sergeant Bill O’Hara (Kieran Bew) faces growing suspicion from his subordinate (Tom Weston Jones) while fixer and profiteer Wang Chao (Hoon Lee) continues to play both sides. Socialite turned businesswoman Penny Blake (Joanna Vanderham) works to keep her father’s factory open using Chinese labour and must adjust
The series is based on the writings of Bruce Lee
to the arrival of her young, rebellious sister Sophie (Celine Buckens) who begins to cross family lines in favour of the Irish labour movement. Between the local political turmoil and the escalating gang violence, tensions in Chinatown threaten to boil over into a full-scale war that will raise the stakes and its survival of the fittest for those left standing.
 

Monday, August 3, 2020

WARRIOR EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 2 TEASER IS HERE WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES, JOE TASLIM, DIANNE DOAN, OLIVIA CHENG, DEAN JAGGER

  'WARRIOR' SEASON 2
TRAILER & AIRING DATE ARE HERE
In recent few years not many historical shows have been successful enough to get a second season  (just this and last year we had flops in Beecham House, Sanditon, Belgravia, this year in Luminaries, Barkskins
Warrior returns with the second season this October at Cinemax
etc) and I think it was mostly due to them lacking likeable heroes: one series that definitely did not have that problem is WARRIOR which scored an unexpected success two years ago at Cinemax thanks to its rich gallery of
Jason Tobin will return as Ah Sahm's boss Young Jun
characters which all had their engaging backstories and their own, well developed goals and aims and personalities. The good news is that the show,
At one point Cinemax opted not to do scripted programmes anymore so the second season was in danger of being cancelled or losing home.
which followed young man Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) who arrives to America from China looking for his long lost sister who in the meantime became the
Miranda Raison will be a wealthy widow who helps whores
leader of a powerful Asian gang, is coming back this October with the second season and you can watch the trailer for it below. The series will also be available on demand on MaxGo.com

The Ten Episode 2nd Season
based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, is a gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to
Tom Weston Jones and Kieran Bew will patrol Chinatown again!
San Francisco under mysterious circumstances. After proving his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown’s
Dianne Doan is back as Ah Sahm's sister, now a powerful tong boss
most powerful Tongs (Chinese organized crime family). Season two follows rival Chinatown Tongs as they fight for dominance amidst the growing anti-Chinese fervour that threatens to destroy them all.

The Gang Is Back!
Back to Chinatown this season as well are amazing characters we grew to love or hate in season one: Kieran Bew as Chinatown's troubled constable
Olivia Cheng is the madame with ambitious goals of building an empire
O'Hara, always amazing Tom Weston Jones as his trusted assistant, Celine Buckens, Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy, the madame with a goal of her
Dean Jagger is back as the leader of Irish workers and a brute
own, Dianne Doan as Ah Sahm's sister Mai Ling who is now the new leader of her tong, Dean Jagger as the ruthless leader of the Irish workers,
Maria Elena Laas is Rosalita Vega, a notorious fightclub owner
Langley Kirkwood as mayor's main crook, Hoon Lee, Christian McKay as the corrupted mayor, Joe Taslim as Mai Ling's bodyguard, Jason Tobin,
Perry Yung is back as resourceful arms dealer of Chinatown
Joanna Vanderham as the mayor's shameless wife, and Perry Yung. New season two series regulars include Dustin Nguyen, Chen Tang, Miranda Raison and recurring series regular Maria Elena Laas.

Monday, March 18, 2019

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON MARTIAL ARTS 19TH CENTURY SAGA WARRIOR WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES, DEAN JAGGER, JOE TASLIM

'WARRIOR' EPIC TV SERIES 
THIS ISN'T CHINA, BUT CHINATOWN
Are you in the mood for some period set martial arts, spylings? If you are, Cinemax is ready to give you their new action packed series WARRIOR
Warrior hits Cinemax April 5th!
starting April 5th! The ten episode saga stars Andrew Koji, our dearest Kieran Bew, Olivia Cheng, Langley Kirkwood, Christian McKay, always amazing Tom Weston Jones, Joe Taslim, Dean Jagger, based on the writings of the legendary Bruce Lee!

WARRIOR
 is action packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances. After proving
The new epic series will air in ten episodes
his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown's most powerful tongs (Chinese organized crime family). Befriended by Wang Chao (Hoon Lee), a fixer and profiteer in Chinatown, Ah Sahm is taken under the wing of Young Jun (Jason Tobin), the hard partying son of the Hop Wei's leader, Father Jun (Perry Yung), who is facing an imminent opium war with a rival tong. As he is indoctrinated in the rules of Chinatown gangs, Ah Sahm wins the confidence of a canny brothel madam, Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng), revealing to her the true intentions of his journey to America. Over the course
Andrew Coji is incredibly charismatic and handsome as Ah Sahm
of the season, Ah Sahm crosses boundaries inside and outside Chinatown, bringing him into contact with tong rivals Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), a
The series is executive produced by Banshee's Jonathan Tropper
beautiful and ruthless Chinese woman who has achieved a position of power in one of the tongs, and Li Yong (Joe Taslim), a tong lieutenant and Kung Fu
Dean Jagger plays the leader of Irish labourmen!
master. As violence erupts, Sergeant "Big Bill" O'Hara (Kieran Bew) and Richard Henry Lee (Tom Weston Jones), a transplanted southerner and
Warrior wasn't filmed in San Francisco, but actually in Cape Town, South Africa
rookie cop, are tasked with forming a Chinatown squad. Meanwhile, working class leader and tough Irishman Dylan Leary (Dean Jagger) is fighting for all
Tom Weston Jones absolutely shines as righteous cop Richard Lee
Irish labourers by trying to inflict as much damage as possible on the Chinese immigrants he says are stealing their jobs. Amidst the strife, power hungry San Francisco Mayor Samuel Blake (Christian McKay) and Deputy Mayor
Kieran Bew is unrecognisable as corrupted cop Big Bill O'Harra
Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood), who has his own political aspirations, engage in widespread corruption, while the mayor's young wife, Penny (Joanna Vanderham), finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

KATE WINSLET AND SAOIRSE RONAN TO GO LESBIAN IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY'S FRANCIS LEE'S 19TH CENTURY DRAMA AMMONITE! WARRIOR TRAILER FOR 19TH CENTURY MARTIAL ARTS TV SAGA WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES

   'AMMONITE' DRAMA TO
SEND KATE WINSLET & SAOIRSE RONAN INTO 19TH CENTURY
Kate Winslet will topline Ammonite drama
In casting news, Francis Lee, whose outstandingly brilliant God's Own Country is one of the best movies we've seen this decade and more, has just cast Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan for his new period set drama AMMONITE!

With the shooting planned to start next March, the movie, set in a UK coastal town in the 1840s, will have its story following the unlikely romance between palaeontologist Mary Anning and a London woman of means to whom she must unexpectedly play nursemaid. The film comes from the King's Speech and Lady Macbeth producers!

   'WARRIOR' TEASER
1800'S STREETS OF CHINATOWN
Your action packed treat for this snowy Saturday is the first teaser that Cinemax has released for their new period set action series WARRIOR which arrives next year starring Andrew Koji, Kieran Bew, Langley
The Warrior should start sometime early next year on Cinemax
Kirkwood, Jason Tobin and Tom Weston Jones! Inspired by an idea from martial arts legend Bruce Lee, it is set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. It follows a
Andrew Koji takes the lead role in the new action packed series
martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown's most powerful organized crime families.