Amy Johnston's Lead Debut, LADY BLOODFIGHT, Wraps Filming

The nature of independent online action filmmaking is one that is full of surprises. It certainly lended us one in the form of actress and martial artist Amy Johnston in a viral choreography video that began making the rounds three years ago, and its benefitted her greatly with a number of appearances in several projects, including Epic Rival's 2015 2-episode release, Clandestine.

Needless to say, it's been a good journey for the up-and-coming actress whose skillset has since earned the attention of Voltage Pictures with Kiss Of The Dragon helmer, director Chris Nahon attached to direct the female-centric martial arts action adventure, Lady Bloodfight. The film itself has taken a few years to evolve in pre-production and development as a whole, and thankfully the film has earned its way forward with news that the film has finally wrapped principal photography. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: The Green Legend producer Bey Logan also wrote the script with an official synopsis from Voltage Pictures that reads as follows:

Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion. He recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as “The Kumite”.  

After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready to face off against the deadliest female fighters in the world, including Ling, the Chinese apprentice of Oshima’s nemesis. But other nefarious forces lie in the shadows, and Jane and Ling will have to unite on a journey that will take them from the gritty underworld of Hong Kong to the glitz of Macau, before deciding who really is the best female fighter in the world.

Other names attached are actress Jenny Wu, Kathy Wu and Jet Tranter who all got their own character posters as of last December while an official cast listing should arrive shortly as promotion for the film ramps up.

Also producing are Justin Bursch, Nicolas Chartier, Babacar Diene and Zev Foreman with action sequences directed by Hong Kong stunt legend, actor and action coordinator Hung Yan Yan (Once Upon A Time In China 3, Double Team, Coweb, The Golden Cane Warrior). A November release has been stamped over at the film's IMDb listing as of this write-up while further details and possible changes are still pending.

Stay tuned for more info!

LADY BLOODFIGHT Officially Adds Two More With Four New Posters

The production of director Chris Nahon's new tournament action thriller, Lady Bloodfight, is set to resume at some point between later this month and February. Not all the details are being handed out just yet, although we've already been graced with a number of viral photos dating back to late last year with Nahon joined by actress Amy Johnston, producer Bey Logan and action choreographer Hung Yan Yan and others.

Nowadays, with filming almost right around the corner, Logan is currently unveiling four new promotional character photos for two of the film's actresses, Kathy Wu as Wai and Jet Tranter as Cassidy. For those of you who have been keeping up, Tranter was previously attached to star in the film in its previous iteration as Lady Bloodsport with a different cast line-up being prepped for plans to film late in 2013. For whatever reasons there were, however, evidently the production steered in a new direction and changes were made in lieu of the film's European Film Market announcement at the top of 2014. Alas, with Tranter still attached, it will be interesting to see who will further line-up our combatants for this international female-centric action thriller.

Check out the pictures below!

From Voltage Pictures, Lady Bloodfight joins Wu and Tranter with Jenny Wu and lead actress Amy Johnston in the story of Jane, a traveling backpacker in Asia whose exceptional fighting skills are put to the test against hidden forces of evil within "The Kumite", an all-female underground fight circuit. As earlier, more casting details are expected in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for more announcements!

LADY BLOODFIGHT Sports Fresh New Character Posters

Pre-production is currently finished and awaiting filming beginning in January of next year for Kiss Of The Dragon helmer Chris Nahon's latest martial arts tournament thriller, Lady Bloodfight from Voltage Pictures. The film picked up some steam at the top of the year upon launching at the European Film Market with actress and Hollywood stuntwoman Amy Johnston (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Clandestine) making her lead debut, and with principal photography to follow, we now have four new promotional art featuring Johnston and co-star Jenny Wu in the gallery below.

Featuring illustrious fight choreography by action cinema veteran Xiong Xin Xin (Coweb, Shaolin), Johnston and Wu will star in the story of Jane, a traveling backpacker in Asia who, when taken under the wing of karate master, Oshima for her exceptional fighting skills, will pit her side by side with Ling, the apprentice of her master's nemesis, against nefarious forces that lie within "The Kumite", an all-female underground fight circuit. More casting details are expected in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for more info as it trickles!