General News

Gong Hay Fat Choy! The Chinese year 4705 begins on Sunday, February 18, 2007. Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. February 18, 2007 begins the year of the golden pig.

With the International Fight League (IFL) in development for an unscripted television series on MyNetwork, it seems MMA audiences have a lot to look forward to. Now we have mixed martial arts fighters making the transition to the small screen in forms

New Line Cinema has Rush Hour 3 slated to hit the big screen on August 10, 2007. Can the action comedy duo do it again? Has Chris Tucker finally learned some martial arts skills?

Still wondering what to do for the first weekend of the year? It’s not too late to head down to Atlantic City along with thousands of other martial artists. The world’s largest martial arts event is scheduled to take place on January 5, 6, and 7, 2007 at the Tropicana Casino & Resort.

Happy New Year from Martial Arts Talent. We wish you all the best for 2007 and offer this quote for inspiration: "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu. Our one step has already led to an exciting journey

The Ultimate Fighting Championship franchise just got an ultimate rival. In a landmark coup for premium television, Pro Elite has signed a three-year deal to televise live mixed martial arts (MMA) events on SHOWTIME beginning next year.

As we reported back in July, a big screen adaptation of the 1970’s martial arts TV series Kung Fu, originally starring David Carradine, is in the works. Warner Bros.’ legendary Pictures acquired the film rights from series creator Ed Spielman. The project now has directors attached to it.

The new film pairing Jet Li and Jackie Chan is moving full speed ahead. The $70 million action-adventure, dubbed only as the "J&J Project", is scheduled to start filming in April of 2007. As we reported in September

According to Production Weekly, director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, XXX) is set to helm "Rage & Fury" featuring the legendary Bruce Lee. Yes it actually said “featuring” Bruce Lee.

Action adventure stars Ron Perlman and Kelly Hu will join Samuel Jackson as the voices behind the new animated series Afro Samurai.

Picture Perfect: one of our members submitted feedback asking if the number of photographs on your profiles could be increased. In response to that we have nearly doubled

According to Sina.com.cn, Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (shown left in House of Flying Daggers) is planning to finance a remake of the Shawscope classic kung-fu film: Five Deadly Venoms

Are we looking at a new Batman-like franchise? Perhaps. Marvel Studios is currently casting all supporting roles for a new Iron Man film slated for release in May 2, 2008.

20th Century Fox will release the next installment in the "Die Hard" action franchise next summer over the coveted July 4 holiday weekend

If you have seen the film “Game of Death”, you would get an idea of what Brett Ratner was aiming for in trying to cast 7ft. 5in. Chinese NBA star Yao Ming in Rush Hour 3.

People are certainly excited about the expected pairing of Jackie Chan and Jet Li on film. However, the latest news is that their joint project may focus on the children’s market

For those of you who remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles craze that swept the nation in the early 90’s, it seems we are primed for a comeback. Titled TMNT in its new incarnation

Legendary martial arts director and choreographer Lau Kar-Leung (Liu Chia-Liang) has recruited some of his famous Shaw Brothers actors for new film “Heroes of Shaolin”.

According to French reports, Michelle Yeoh has signed on alongside Vin Diesel to do "Babylon A.D.," a sci-fi action flick from the director of "Gothika"

Tony Jaa has been in the US making the rounds promoting his film "The Protector" which opens nationwide Sept. 8th.