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.

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.

MIKE VOGEL TO LEAD BERMUDA TRIANGLE TV SERIES AT ABC! NEW MIA AND THE WHITE LION TRAILER AND POSTER ARE HERE!

MIKE VOGEL TO LEAD  

BERMUDA TRIANGLE SERIES

Mike Vogel will lead Triangle series

If you ever wondered what was behind the infamous Bermuda triangle ABC might give you some answers in the pilot for a new show TRIANGLE which will have Mike Vogel as the lead star. The show poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travellers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like minded inhabitants, from throughout history, to survive and somehow find a way home.

Mike Vogel will be David Roman, whose life has always been a bit of a roller coaster. He’s an orphan who bounced between foster homes growing up. Now hoping to begin a new life with his daughter, Natalie, and fiancé, Alex, their tropical vacation is interrupted by a violent storm that capsizes their boat and lands them in a strange land filled with danger, mystery, no way home.

  'MIA AND THE WHITE LION'

LOVELY NEW TRAILER  IS HERE!

Already playing around Europe, it hits USA this April

New trailer has been released for South Africa set movie  MIA AND THE WHITE LION from French director Gilles de Maistre! The shooting of the movie lasted for three years so that the actors could bond with the animals that are the stars of the film.

MIA AND THE WHITE LION
  sees little Daniah De Villiers playing Mia, an 11 year old girl who develops a relationship out of the common with Charlie, a young lion White born at her parents feline rearing South African farm. Over the course of three years, they will grow up together and form a  friendship. When Mia reaches the age of 14 and Charlie has become a magnificent adult lion, she

Director's wife wrote the script after their visit to a lion breeding farm

discovers the unbearable truth: her father decided to sell the lion to trophy hunters. Desperate, Mia has no other choice than to flee with Charlie in order to save him. Langley Kirkwood and Melanie Laurent also star.

FRENCH MONDAY: 'MIA AND THE WHITE LION' ENCHANTING TEASER WITH LANGLEY KIRKWOOD, MELANIE LAURENT! FRANCE SELECTS WW2 MARGUERITE DURAS BIOPIC 'MEMOIR OF WAR' FOR OSCARS

  'MIA AND THE WHITE LION'

LOVELY FIRST TEASER IS HERE!

The movie is out this December in France

Two French trailers for you this cold Monday at the start of Autumn. First up, a teaser for South Africa set MIA AND THE WHITE LION from French director Gilles de Maistre! The shooting of the movie lasted for three years so that the actors could bond with the animals that are the stars of the film.

MIA AND THE WHITE LION
 out in France this December, sees little Daniah De Villiers playing Mia, an 11 year old girl who develops a relationship out of the common with Charlie, a young lion White born at her parents feline rearing

Director's wife wrote the script after their visit to a lion breeding farm

South African farm. Over the course of three years, they will grow up together and form a  friendship. When Mia reaches the age of 14 and Charlie has become a magnificent adult lion, she discovers the unbearable truth: her

Langley Kirkwood and Melanie Laurent play Mia's parents

father decided to sell the lion to trophy hunters. Desperate, Mia has no other choice than to flee with Charlie in order to save him. Langley Kirkwood and Melanie Laurent also star.

   'MEMOIR OF WAR'

MARGUERITE DURAS BIOPIC!

France has selected their candidate for next year's foreign language movie Oscars: MEMOIR OF WAR  set  in June 1944, France is still under the

Memoirs of War will represent France at the Oscars

German occupation. The writer and communist Robert Antelme, major figure of the Resistance, is arrested and deported. His young wife Marguerite Duras (Melanie Thierry), writer and resistant, is torn by the anguish of not having news of her and her secret affair with her comrade Dyonis. She meets a French agent working at the Gestapo, Pierre Rabier, and, ready to do anything to find her husband, puts himself to the test of an ambiguous relationship with this troubled man, only to be able to help him. The end of the war and the return of the camps announce to Marguerite Duras the beginning of an unbearable wait, a slow and silent agony in the midst of the chaos of the Liberation of Paris.