Kickboxer: Vengeance

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Kickboxer: Vengeance
Directed by John Stockwell
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  • Dimitri Logothetis
  • Jim McGrath
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Cinematography Mateo Londono
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  • Carsten Kurpanek
  • Chris A. Peterson
Production
company
Headmon Entertainment & Productions
Radar Pictures
Distributed by Ascot Elite Entertainment Group
Country United States
Language English
Budget $17 million[1]

Kickboxer: Vengeance (formerly known as Kickboxer)[2][3] is an upcoming American martial arts film directed by John Stockwell, and starring Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme (who played Kurt Sloane in the original Kickboxer), Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, Georges St-Pierre and Darren Shahlavi (in his final film role). It is a remake of the original 1989 Kickboxer film, serving as a reboot of the franchise.

Synopsis

Living in Venice, California, Eric and Kurt Sloane come from a long line of martial artists. After Eric wins the Karate World Championship, a promoter lures him to Thailand[4] despite his brother’s protests. When Eric dies[5] fighting the Muay Thai champion Tong Po,[4] Kurt turns to his brother's mentor Master Durand to seek revenge on the vicious Tong Po.[6]

Cast

Production

Kings Road Entertainment announced in 2012 that they planned a 3-D remake of the film.[11] Legal battles within the company, however, resulted in this version, along with several other planned remakes from the company, not being made.[12]

Radar Pictures began developing a reboot of the film in 2013 with Jim McGrath and Dimitri Logothetis writing; Logothetis is also produced along with Ted Field and Nick Celozzi, Mike Weber and Peter Meyer executive producing and Stephen Fung attached to direct with the film start filming in early 2014.[13] On May 12, 2014, Deadline announced that The Exchange boarded sales on Radar with Brian O’Shea, Jeff Bowler and Nat McCormick executive producing the film and announced stunt man Alain Moussi will star in his first lead role with co-starring roles by Georges St-Pierre, Dave Bautista, Scott Adkins, and Tony Jaa.[6][14] J.J. Perry will be the action director and Larnell Stovall will be the fight choreographer.[15] In November 2014, it was announced that Jaa and director Fung had left the project. John Stockwell stepped in as the film's director.[16][17] In December 2014, actors T. J. Storm, Matthew Ziff and original film star Jean-Claude Van Damme were cast in the film.[18][19] On December 4, Sara Malakul Lane joined the film to play the love interest of the lead character.[10] On December 6, 2014, Darren Shahlavi was cast as Eric Sloan, a role was originally meant for Adkins.[8] On December 8, Gina Carano joined the film's cast to play a fight promoter.[9]

Filming

Filming began on November 24, 2014 in New Orleans and Thailand.[20][21]

After completing the filming in New Orleans, Radar Pictures left without fully paying the crew and vendors.[22] On February 10, 2015, producer Logothetis told Variety that all 180 crew members had been paid in early February, and he also revealed that there would a two-weeks shooting taken place in Thailand later that month.[23]

After the New Orleans shoot, actor Darren Shahlavi, who played Eric Sloane, died on January 14, 2015 at the age of 42. Dimitri Logothesis said that the film will be dedicated to Darren's memory.

Production re-emerged in June 2015, with Alain Moussi going to Bangkok to begin filming his scenes with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Distribution

On March 15, 2016, RLJ Entertainment acquired the United States right to the film, with the intention of a limited theatrical release and a Video on Demand release.[24]

Sequel

In November 2015, Headmon and Acme Rocket Fuel announced the sequel titled Kickboxer 2: Retaliation, which was in development. Rob Hickman would produce the film through Headmon along with Logothetis and Field through Radar Pictures.[25]

References

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  2. ↑ Time. "Jean-Claude Van Damme Joins the Cast of Kickboxer Remake", www.time.com, published December 3, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Max. "Jean-Claude Van Damme Back for Kickboxer Remake", IGN, published December 1, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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