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EXCLUSIVE: Action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme (Kickboxer) is set to star in action feature Silent Kill, which Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment will be introducing to buyers at this week’s American Film Market. Anthony Hickox (Hellraiser III) wrote the screenplay and will direct the film, which…

EXCLUSIVE: In a hot package for EFM buyers this weekend, Jean-Claude Van Damme will star in What’s My Name? Directed by Jeremy Zag, the film will be produced by Cross Creek’s Tyler Thompson alongside Asko Akopyan, Zag and Van Damme. Executive Producer is John Soibatian. Cross Creek is fully financing a film that will…

Nothing beats a live Comic-Con with the scream of the audience, the thunder of Hall H, and the social media wattage that shines out of San Diego. I’ll never forget the first time that Marvel walked the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy from the Hilton over to the Convention Center. The fans went so crazy, you’d think…

Netflix is underway in France on Jean-Claude Van Damme action-comedy The Last Mercenary from director David Charhon (The Other Side Of The Tracks). Also starring in the film are Alban Ivanov, Assa Sylla, Samir Decazza, Patrick Timsit, Eric Judor and Miou-Miou. Van Damme will play a mysterious former secret service…

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Pasha Patriki's action thriller Black Water which stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. Saban Films is planning a theatrical release the second quarter of 2018 for what is the fifth collaboration between Van Damme and Lundgren. Black Water tells the story of…

When the pilot for Jean-Claude Van Johnson first popped up on Amazon in August of last year, I have to admit I liked the Dave Callaham-created project, but I really didn't think it could work as a series. Well, now that the six-episode first season of the series starring Jean-Claude Van Damme is set for a December 15…

Jean Claude Van Damme’s recent career renaissance playing characters who as often as not are commentaries on his storied (and sometimes infamous) action movie career has been a lot of fun. Hopefully it won’t end soon, but it might be reaching its logical conclusion with Jean Claude Van Johnson, an upcoming Amazon…

The executive producer of Kickboxer: Vengeance is suing the film's production companies, saying they defrauded him out of the $1 million in bridge financing he put up to secure a production loan. In the suit, filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Kenneth Nutley claims that he put up the money in…

EXCLUSIVE: Ultimate Fighting Championship's Paige VanZant is heading out of the cage and onto the big screen for her feature debut. The UFC’s eighth-ranked Women's Strawweight fighter and current Dancing With The Stars finalist contestant will be joining Kickboxer: Retaliation. In the latest pic in the 1989…

Kat Foster is set as the female lead opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in his Amazon comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson. Written by David Callaham (Godzilla) and to be directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele), the project from Scott Free Prods sees Van Damme come out of retirement to put on the mantle of his alter ego…

RLJ Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Kickboxer: Vengeance. RLJE plans to release the film in theaters and on VOD later this year. Van-Damme rose to celebrity status with his series of martial arts films in the late 80s and 1990s, including starring the cult 1989 hit Kickboxer. The new…

A veteran producer is suing Nu Image over the 2007 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Til Death, claiming that the company failed to pay his profit-participation fees. Moshe Daimant, who has produced several Van Damme movies, says he and his Signature Entertainment entered into a producing deal with Nu Image in March 2005 and…