Blood Teaser One Sheet Released
Samuel Goldwyn Films sent us a copy of its eye-catching teaser one-sheet for this summer’s live action Blood: The Last Vampire motion picture.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has picked up domestic media rights for East Wing Holdings Corp. and SAJ’s Blood: The Last Vampire. The announcement was made by Adrian Alperovich, SPWAG’s Senior Executive Vice President and General Manager, along with Scott Shooman, SPWAG Vice President, Acquisitions and Productions, who brokered the deal with East Wing’s Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero).
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the feature film Blood: The Last Vampire in theatres later this summer.
Directed by Chris Nahon (Empire of the Wolves, Kiss of the Dragon), Blood: The Last Vampire brings to life an English language live-action feature movie of the original Japanese anime feature film. Gianna (My Sassy Girl, Daisy) stars in the film as Saya, a 400-year-old demon-hunting vampire slayer working undercover in Japan for a secret organization, on a mission in the Vietnam War era. The cast also includes Koyuki (The Last Samurai, Always: Sunset on Third Street), Michael Byrne (Beyond the Sea, Gangs of New York), Colin Salmon (Resident Evil, Punisher: War Zone, Clubbed), and Allison Miller (“Kingsâ€). The film features stunt choreographed by Cory Yuen (Transporter 3, Red Cliff), is produced by Bill Kong and Abel Nahmias, with screenplay by Chris Chow.
“We are thrilled to extend our long-standing relationship with Producer Bill Kong and our partners at Samuel Goldwyn,†said Adrian Alperovich, SPWAG. “This film will absolutely blow audiences away.â€
“We had a great collaboration with Sony Pictures in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and we feel so excited to work with them again. Blood: the Last Vampire is action-packed and powerful, and we can’t wait to show this movie to audiences over the world,†remarked Bill Kong.
Echoes Meyer Gottlieb, President, Samuel Goldwyn Films: “We feel extremely fortunate to once again collaborate with our friends at Sony. Blood is incredibly entertaining with some of the most exciting action sequences I’ve ever seen on film. Audiences are in for a real treat.â€
For more, visit www.BloodTheLastVampire-Movie.com.
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So she’s going by Gianna now? We’re they worried the surname would scare off people who don’t watch movies with subs? Or is it because of Dragon Wars being a bomb? Anyway, it’s nice to know her rom-com got acknowledged, even though the only version available of it in the States is currently that Euro-hack guy’s remake. Also, I’m confused. I thought they changed the setting from Vietnam to WW2? Anyway, summer probably means August or September.
Uhm, the time setting hasn’t been changed. The official press announcement does state, “working undercover… on a mission in the Vietnam War era.”
Probably no surprise that Jun Ji Hyun is now going by the Western name “Gianna.” Jaa Panom Yeerum likewise now goes by the Western name “Tony Jaa.” Regrettably, if you’re an Asian actor trying to make it in the west, you’ve practically got to adopt a name that Westerners can easily pronounce.
I’d like to think this has more to do with cultural predispositions than the failure of D-War in America, sad to say. If there’s any justice in the universe, Dragon Wars failed in America because it was a simply awful picture.
What I meant was that I was told the setting was going to be changed to WWII. And I understand the Gianna part, but what I meant was that they didn’t even include the “Jun” surname.