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Knights of Badassdom trailer with Danny Pudi

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Knights of Badassdom trailer with Danny Pudi

Coming out of the 2011 Comic-con over the weekend is the trailer for Knights of Badassdom. The horror comedy film is slated to hit theaters in Spring 2012. Here’s a synopsis:

In this comedic fantasy adventure, Joe (Ryan Kwanten) is a heavy metal rocker who’s just gone through a painful breakup with his girlfriend, Beth (Margarita Levieva). His concerned roommates (Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage) kidnap him to their LARP (Live Action Role Playing) gathering, where he enters a realm of fantasy escapism in which pretend knights, elves, and barbarians clash with foam weaponry on a mock battlefield. When Joe’s “sorcerer” roommate (Zahn) inadvertently summons a deadly succubus that takes Beth’s seductive form, bloody reality crashes down upon their fantasy world. Once LARPers start to turn up dead, the make-believe wizards and warriors must join forces with other adventurers (Summer Glau, Danny Pudi) to become the real life heroes they have been pretending to be and conquer the unleashed evil.

In the land of LARPing, Danny Pudi plays Lando, who is a thief and a scoundrel, and loosely based on the Star Wars character Lando Calrissian. A few years ago, fellow Community star Ken Jeong was in Role Models as King Argotron. Maybe, there will be more LARPing in future Community episodes.

Knights of Badassdom trailer with Danny Pudi (look for him in starting at the 1:04 mark)

Bruce Lee Lives TV series on Fuel TV

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Bruce Lee Lives TV series on Fuel TV

The new six-part original series “Bruce Lee Lives!” just started airing on Fuel TV. Each half-hour episode is a contemporary and provocative examination of the greatest martial artist of all time as told through the personal stories of a “who’s who” list of filmmakers, musicians and athletes he influenced; including DJ Steve Aoki, Jabbawockeez, Ryan Phillippe, Carlos Santana, Jesse Ventura, Chuck Liddell, Criss Angel, Zach Snyder, Omar Epps, the Metal Mulisha motocross crew, Herschel Walker, Cain Velasquez, Kenny Florian, and many others.

Bruce Lee Lives TV series

Part detailed biography, part “who’s who” tribute, Bruce Lee Lives! follows his life, his plight, his fight, his untimely death, and the legacy he left behind, as seen through the eyes of his family and friends, as well as the athletes and pop-culture celebrities he influenced. The series delves into the continued influence of Lee on today’s pop-culture across multiple arts and disciplines much like the documentary How Bruce Lee Changed the World.

BTW – Bruce Lee fans, there is also a campaign under way to help get Bruce Lee on the US postage stamp.

Bruce Lee Lives trailer

The Fighter: Bruce Lee Lives

The Entertainer: Bruce Lee Lives

More about Bruce Lee Lives

“Bruce Lee Lives!” explores the legend of Lee’s life, which ended in 1973 at the age of 32, with never-before-seen interviews and features much of his own incredible work. The series provides viewers an in-depth look into his successes, his failures, his plight, his fight, his untimely death, and the indelible legacy he left behind as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th Century. It also examines his expansion into acting, choreography, filmmaking, composing and philosophy and the lasting impact he’s had in those various areas.

White Frog cast

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White Frog cast

Director Quentin Lee is working on a new movie “White Frog”. He’s got a huge star studded Asian American cast including Twilight Saga’s Booboo Stewart to star in the leading role. Stewart will play Nick, a neglected teen with mild Asperger’s syndrome whose life is challenged and ultimately affirmed by the unexpected fate of his adored older brother Chaz, played by Harry Shum Jr. (Glee, LXD). Joan Chen (The Last Emperor) and BD Wong (Law and Order: SVU) are confirmed to play the roles of their parents. Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva) will play the role of Nick’s unconventional psychiatrist. Kelly Hu (XMEN 2, Hawaii 5-0) and Amy Hill (50 First Dates) are also slated to be in the film. Here’s a synopsis for White Frog:

High-school freshman, Nick (The Twilight Saga’s Booboo Stewart), is a neglected teen with mild Asperger’s syndrome whose life is challenged and ultimately changed forever when tragedy hits his family. WHITE FROG is a universal story of the power of family, friendship, and love positioned to appeal to a broad audience in the same way as ORDINARY PEOPLE, JOY LUCK CLUB, and THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT.

The low budget independent film has just begun production. You can follow along behind the scene here. Previously, director Quentin Lee released the comedy hit The People I’ve Slept With featuring Karin Anna Cheung and Archie Kao. He’s hitting up all the A-list Asian American celebs.

The People I’ve Slept With Trailer

Enforcing the Silence Trailer

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Enforcing the Silence Trailer

“Enforcing the Silence” explores silence and loss in the tragic story of a young community worker who may have been murdered for expressing his political beliefs.

Lam Duong founded the Vietnamese Youth Development Center in San Francisco and published a liberal newspaper that reprinted stories from communist Vietnam following the Vietnam War. On July 21, 1981, the 27-year-old was shot dead outside his apartment in broad daylight. Local police have never convicted anyone in the killing, so the motive remains unknown. But within days of Lam’s murder, news spread that a shadowy, anti-communist group had claimed responsibility, sending a chilling message to Vietnamese refugees everywhere: stay in line with your political views or risk death. Between 1982 and 1990, five more Vietnamese Americans – four of them journalists – were violently killed, many believe for political reasons. Vietnamese journalists are the largest group of immigrant journalists murdered on U.S. soil, claiming five lives out of the ten immigrant journalists that have been killed in America since 1981. All the Vietnamese murders were linked to a terrorist group in the Vietnamese American community, but police and federal officials have yet to solve any of the cases, including Lam’s.

Thirty years later, new filmmaker Tony Nguyen unlocks the mystery of Lam Duong’s life and death, and uncovers truths that Vietnamese Americans have never publicly explored. For the first time on film, Lam’s loved ones, federal investigators, and present-day journalists speak out about their experiences and reveal the risks that Vietnamese Americans have faced for exercising their first amendment rights in the U.S.

Mixing personal interviews with startling historical and present-day footage, ENFORCING THE SILENCE provides a disturbing in-depth look at a war-torn community that continues to struggle to find its place in a democratic society. As the U.S. finds itself entrenched in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, this film offers fresh insight into the long-term costs of war.

Catch this film at the 2011 NY Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF). For more screening, check out their site here.

Enforcing the Silence Trailer

My Little World Trailer

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My Little World Trailer

My Little World is a work-in-progress hand-drawn animation theatrical feature, independently produced, in production since 2000 and currently with a tentative completion date set for spring/summer 2013. (That’s dedication!!) The film is directed by animator Mike Nguyen behind the animation of “Belle” for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast along with a list of many other loveable characters for films like The Rescuer’s Down Under, The Little Mermaid, Space Jam, and The Iron Giant. Here’s a synopsis of his animated film:

BLUE is a young boy who is overwhelmed by a certain sadness. To help him recover, his family sends him to visit his aunt for the summer. Here in a quiet country town, Blue looks to calm his restlessness. He is shy and withdrawn, but soon finds himself in the company of new friends, in particular a little girl named Tiny.

TINY is younger but very independent. Her infinite curiousity about nature and the world around her is contagious, especially to Blue. Through her eyes, Blue is reacquainted with the sky that stretches on forever and all the grandness from simple, ordinary, everyday life.

One day, through a casual soccer match with the Town Kids, led by Princess, Blue exposes his extraordinary soccer skill. Impressed by his talent, the Town Kids are drawn to Blue, and welcome him into the group. Feeling introverted and uneasy, Blue tries to detach. But in a town that lives and breathes soccer, Blue quickly finds himself entangled.

With bolstered confidence from their new team member, the Town Kids stage a run for the championship in a local self-made soccer tournament, hoping to dethrone the undisputed champ Buffalo Boys. The game is played wherever there are children: amongst the trees, up the mountain, on a riverbank, and even in a submerged rice field, having to dart in between wallowing water buffaloes.

On a magical night under the stars, Blue is finally able to let go of his hurt and embrace life in all its beauty. The summer ends in a climactic soccer match with the entire town cheering on. Blue has found himself in an ever larger circle of friends. In the end, he returns home with a new understanding, and his life remains changed forever.

Learn more about the project here.

My Little World Trailer

Help get Bruce Lee on the US postage stamp

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Help get Bruce Lee on the US postage stamp

For the 38th anniversary of Bruce Lee‘s death, his daughter Shannon Lee is looking to help put Bruce Lee on the US postage stamp. Bruce Lee, also known as “The Little Dragon,” was born in San Francisco in the Year of the Dragon (1940) during the Hour of the Dragon. Considering that 2012 is the Year of the Dragon in the lunar calendar, the timing is perfect to honor the most famous, and arguably most important, Chinese American with a United States postage stamp. Here’s why Bruce Lee should be on a US stamp:

Bruce Lee’s contribution to history as a prominent Chinese American person are both unique and unforgettable, a lasting and positive legacy worthy of national commemoration. Even before he became and American icon in the 1970s, his ideals were the same principle on which our great country is based. Determination. Innovation. Equality. We believe a Bruce Lee United State postage stamp would be an excellent way to support these ideals and to honor his lasting legacy and contributions.

The process, however, is a difficult one that cannot be accomplished without your help. In order to get Bruce Lee’s candidacy on the Selection Committee’s radar, we need as much public support as possible. Also, our goal is to have Bruce Lee selected to be honored with a US postage stamp for 2012 (Year of the Dragon), so we need to assemble as much support as we can as quickly as we can.

See how you can help here. They’ve made it easy for you to mail a letter to support this. Get the letter here and mail it to :

the Bruce Lee stamp
c/o Jerry Digney
1680 N. Vine Street
Suite 1105
Hollywood, CA 90028

Show your support.

Help get Bruce Lee on the US postage stamp

In his short life Bruce Lee secured a permanent place in history by smashing stereotypes and being a unique force of nature that has inspired millions. As one of the first internationally famous Chinese American superstars and an unofficial ambassador of the martial arts and Chinese culture to the United States, Bruce Lee left an indelible mark on American history.

His performances in such classic movies as Enter the Dragon (deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2004) and contributions to martial arts and philosophy were and still are loved and respected by millions of Americans. Revered as a champion of social justice and equality, a generation of Americans grew up idolizing Bruce Lee and his unmistakable influence can still be seen in today’s films, music, martial arts and contemporary culture.

Learn more about Bruce Lee in the documentary How Bruce Lee Changed the World.

How Bruce Lee Changed the World