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!

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.
 

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.

LEWIS TAN, JOSH LAWSON, JOE TASLIM, TADANOBU ASANO, HIROYUKI SANADA, LUDI LIN TEAM UP FOR NEW MORTAL KOMBAT MOVIE ADAPTATION!

     'MORTAL KOMBAT' MOVIE

GETS ITS HEROES AND VILLAINS

Lewis Tan is set to take the lead role

We are ending our Asian Invasion Weekend today with a project coming straight from Hollywood which has gathered most of the Asian stars working in America in its cast. New Line has set March 2021 (which is when another 90s iconic epic adventure Masters of the Universe will also premiere its latest movie adaptation) date as the premiere for the new big screen adaptation of famous video game MORTAL KOMBAT but they already have most of the cast announced for the film which will be the first Mortal Kombat movie in more than twenty years and it is set to be directed by Simon McQuoid who will find himself for the first time behind the helm of a major blockbuster. The video game on which the movie is based is the best selling video game of 2019 so far. It has been sold in almost

Joe Taslim and Ludi Lin will be part of the team as well

50 million copies since it was first released in 1992 following a set of exotic martial arts heroes from different realms who are fighting for supremacy. Aquaman's James  Wan is producing.

     WHO IS IN THE CAST  

Josh Lawson will be evil Kano

The leading role has been reserved for super charismatic Lewis Tan whom we fell in love with in Into The Badlands series. Jessica McNamee will step into the role of Sonya Blade, commander of Earth's special forces, and Australian star Josh Lawson will portray Kano, a nasty leader of an international crime cartel who has a cybernetic eye. Aquaman's Ludi Lin will be Shaolin monk Liu Kang with powerful flying kicks who is the main defender of Earth, newcomer Sisi Stringer will portray sai wielding assassin Mileena and Mehcad Brooks will play special forces muscleman Jackson “Jax” Bridges. In addition, Thor's Tadanobu Asano is set to play Japanese God of thunder Raiden, while martial arts star Joe Taslim, whom

Australian actress Jessica McNamee will be Sonya Blade

we are watching in Cinemax action series Warrior, has landed the role of frosty ninja Sub-Zero. Hiroyuki Sanada is already down in South Australia where the filming is taking place and he is set to play undead ninja Scorpion! Chin Han will play Shang Tsung, a powerful but evil wizard who shapeshifts and takes the souls of those who he defeats.

DYLAN MCDERMOTT TO STAR WITH MAGGIE Q IN 'RED FLAG' QUEEN OF PIRATES EPIC SERIES! ADRIEN BRODY AND NI NI TO HAVE A 'MANHATTAN LOVE STORY'! JOE TASLIM JOINS 'STAR TREK BEYOND'!

 'RED FLAG' EPIC SERIES

DYLAN MCDERMOTT & MAGGIE Q?

We're going a bit Asian today, people. The first Asian related piece of news comes from new historical show we've been anxiously awaiting for a year now and now it seems it is moving on with the production: Maggie Q's epic series RED FLAG about the queen of pirates is to be penned by famous David Franzoni (GLADIATOR) and could also possibly star Maggie's fiance and STALKER co-star Dylan McDermott as an American Revolutionary. Francois Arnaud has already been announced as Carlito, the Portuguese sailor and bounty hunter engaged to hunt down and capture Ching Shih who becomes her lover.

QUEEN OF CHINESE PIRATES
Set in the early 1800s, RED FLAG follows Ching Shih (Maggie Q), a beautiful young Chinese prostitute who goes on to become one of history’s most powerful pirates and head of the most successful crime syndicate in Canton China. With over 100,000 sailors and 1500-plus vessels, Ching controlled the South China Sea while taking on the Imperial Chinese navy, the Portuguese navy, and the all powerful British navy to eventually conquer them all.

 'STAR TREK BEYOND' 

JOE TASLIM AND IDRIS ELBA JOIN
Meanwhile, in the news from the new instalment of the popular science fiction franchise STAR TREK BEYOND, Indonesian star Joe Taslim has joined the cast reuniting with director Justin Lin after FAST & FURIOUS. It isn't known whom he will play, but we know that Idris Elba is playing a villain in the story in which U.S.S. Enterprise is starting their five-year mission in which they will explore different worlds and new alien species. Chris Pine  returns as Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Karl Urban as Doctor Bones,  Anton Yelchin as Chekov and John Cho as Sulu! The movie is coming out next July to celebrate 50th anniversary of STAR TREK TV series.

 'MANHATTAN LOVE STORY' 

 WITH ADRIEN BRODY AND NI NI

After starring in record breaking Chinese Roman epic DRAGON BLADE (which earned more than $120 million in China this year) Adrien Brody will join stunning Chinese star Ni Ni (you probably remember her starring next to Hollywood star Christian Bale in Zhang Yimou's  Oscar contender epic drama FLOWERS OF WAR) in romantic movie MANHATTAN LOVE STORY to be shot in New York with Chinese producers with the $15 million film to be released on both markets and world wide as well. The plot of MANHATTAN LOVE STORY centres on a pair who are from far different lands and backgrounds — he’s Italian, she’s Chinese. They meet through a series of comedic and touching moments centred on their cultural differences and fall in love in modern New York City.