October 1st already? Where the hell did the year go?
Spent most of the first part of the year working on the casting with Poping Auyeung for Keanau Reeves directorial debut Man of Tai Chi, which sees Yuen Woo-ping protege Tiger Chen as the lead and Keanau as director.
While Poping handled the dramatic side of casting, i primarily handled the casting for the various fighters on ...Read more
The first official poster has been released for a movie i did the casting for, and that i'm very excited about;
The RZA wrote, directed and plays the lead in "Man with the Iron Fist', his homage to classic old school kung fu movies, the film also stars Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Jamie Chung, Rick Yune and a number of Alive Not Dead folk including Daniel Wu...Read more
New promo reel for the Shaolin Apprentis show I did for TF6 in France
screens in June
Je mappelle Le Big Mike!
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M77n6VqaOXY
SLEEPING DOGS inches ever closer to release and here's two more behind the scenes features on the project
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This week's FORCES OF GEEK, I take a look back at what could have been with PHOO ACTION
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0rpsKpDYA
http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2012/04/phoo-action-revisited.html
Stefan Blitz and the team at www.forcesofgeek.com have welcomed me to the fold, and i'm writing a regular column on the site looking at various aspects of Asian Action Cinema, Cult Cinema and action cinema from around the world from my vantage point as Big Mike Leeder: The Man from Hong Kong
Articles and...Read more
Shooting the French reality series LES APRENTIS SHAOLIN, one sequence had our 4 apprentice's battling Ninja warriors ona Kwun Tong rooftop...and it brought back fond memories of the glory days of Joseph Lai & IFD Films & Arts who unleahed all manner of Ninja action upon screens around the world in the mid 80's....
I've long been a fan of Joseph Lai's company and their work, its not high art but its great fun....and it would appear that i'm not the only one
Wasnt able to attend Hong Kopng Filmart for much more than a fleeting visit this year, as was working on a French martial arts reality show for TF6.....
Mixing real martial arts and movie fightingm, we had Ninjas on a Kwun Tong rooftop in what could have been a flashback to the glory days of Joseph Lai and IFD
Great pleasure to work with Jerome, actor/stuntman/choreographer Manu Lanzi, actor/stuntman and all round kick ass Wushu maestro Thevada DK, and the four apprentices.....the show is currently in post and should be ...Read more
First teaser for the upcoming release Splash Area, my first official collaboration with Ireland's leading maverick film maker George Clarke
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKxAh8BbOc0&feature=g-all-u&context=G2bf7ffbFAAAAAAAAOAAFollow the films ...Read more