Rlj Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the highly anticipated Kickboxer: Vengeance. Co-Written by Dimitri Logothetis (Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers) and Jim McGrath and directed by John Stockwell (In the Blood, Blue Crush), the film features the return of Jean-Claude Van Damme to the franchise (Bloodsport, Kickboxer) and a bevy of professional athletes including newcomer Alain Moussi (X-Men: Days of Future Past) Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Gina Carano (In the Blood), Georges St-Pierre (Captain America), and Cain Velasquez (Term Life).
The film was produced by Logothetis along with Nicholas Celozzi (The Lost Angel), Ted Field (The Last Samurai, Jumanji), Allen Knudson, Samuel Cory Timpson and Rob Hickman (who also orchestrated the majority of the financing on the film).
Rlje plans to release Kickboxer: Vengeance in theaters and On Demand later this year. Mark Ward, Rlj Entertainment’s Chief Acquisitions Officer, made the announcement today.
Ward said:...
The film was produced by Logothetis along with Nicholas Celozzi (The Lost Angel), Ted Field (The Last Samurai, Jumanji), Allen Knudson, Samuel Cory Timpson and Rob Hickman (who also orchestrated the majority of the financing on the film).
Rlje plans to release Kickboxer: Vengeance in theaters and On Demand later this year. Mark Ward, Rlj Entertainment’s Chief Acquisitions Officer, made the announcement today.
Ward said:...
- 3/15/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
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 one was brought to the fore by producers Dimitri Logothetis along with Nicholas Celozzi (The Lost Angel), Ted Field (The Last Samurai, Jumanji), Allen…...
- 3/15/2016
- Deadline
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