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Zombie Outbreak Forces Survivors to Climb Iconic ‘Chungking Mansions’ in Hong Kong!

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Japanese action star Rina Takeda (Attack on Titan, Posessed), pictured above center, Korean actress and model Go Joon-hee, Hong Kong actress Wiyona Yeung, and Singaporean actors Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim are in discussions to join Hong Kong zombie movie Chungking Mansions, Deadline reports.

Chungking Mansions tells the story of a disparate group of people from across the globe who must climb the iconic Chungking Mansions building (watch a video about it below) amidst a zombie outbreak in Hong Kong.

The site notes that the action-thriller will film primarily in English, noting that the lead character is an American desperately striving to save his wife and child who are holed up in Chungking Mansions, but are told the film will also “feature a number of languages including Japanese, Cantonese, and Korean to reflect the multi-cultural nature of both the production and Chungking Mansions itself.”

  • Go Joon-hee would play a high-profile model attending the launch of a new fashion campaign when the outbreak occurs.
  • Wiyona Yeung plays a wellness guru caught up in the chaos that ensues.
  • Desmond Tan would play a hustler helping an American locate his family.
  • Kevin Leslie will be a British backpacker seeking his girlfriend.
  • Rebecca Lim is in talks to play a blade master and right-hand woman of the man behind the outbreak.
  • Rina Takeda would be cast as a Special Agent from Japan seeking those responsible.

Chungking Mansions contributes to the evolving tapestry of zombie lore while paying tribute to the socially charged narratives of George A. Romero, bringing it closer in tone to Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Us,” said director-producer Bizhan M. Tong.

Producers are aiming to shoot the film next spring.

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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Adds “Chucky” Actor Teo Briones and More to Lead Cast

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Pictured: Teo Briones in "Chucky" Season Two

The Final Destination franchise is returning to life with Final Destination: Bloodlines. With filming now underway, THR reports that three actors have joined the lead cast, including “Chucky” actor Teo Briones.

Brec Bassinger (“Stargirl”) and Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Game) join Teo Briones, who played Junior Wheeler in season two of “Chucky,” as the leads in the sixth installment of the horror franchise.

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) are directing the fresh installment that also includes Richard Harmon (“The 100”, Grave Encounters 2), Anna Lore, Owen Patrick Joyner, Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book Of Boba Fett), Rya Kihlstedt (Obi Wan Kenobi), and Tinpo Lee (The Manor) among the cast.

Production is now underway in Vancouver.

What can we expect from the upcoming Final Destination 6? Speaking with Collider, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick offered up an intriguing (and mysterious) tease last year.

“This film dives into the film in such a unique way that it attacks it from a different angle so you don’t feel like, ‘Oh, there’s an amazing setup and then there’s gonna be one wrinkle that can potentially save you all that you have to kind of make a moral choice about or do to solve it.’ There’s an expansion of the universe that – I’m being so careful,” Reddick teased.

Reddick continued, “It kind of unearths a whole deep layer to the story that kind of, yes, makes it really, really interesting.”

Final Destination: Bloodlines is written by Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream), with Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) producing.

Producers on the new movie for New Line Cinema also include Dianne McGunigle (Cop Car) as well as Final Destination producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

This will be the sixth installment in the hit franchise, and the first in over ten years. Each film centers on “Death” hunting down young friends who survive a mass casualty event.

The latest entry is expected in 2025, coinciding with the original film’s 25th anniversary.

 

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