Sung Kang, the Korean-American actor best known for his role as Han Lue in the Fast & Furious franchise, has revealed that he will be directing a live action film based on the popular manga and anime series Initial D. The announcement was made during his podcast Car Stories with Sung Kang and Emelia Hartford, where he discussed his passion for cars and drifting1.
Initial D is a Japanese comic series created by Shuichi Shigeno that follows the exploits of Takumi Fujiwara, a young tofu delivery driver who becomes a legendary street racer in his father’s Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86. The series has spawned several anime adaptations, video games, and a 2005 Hong Kong film starring Jay Chou as Takumi2.
Sung Kang said that he will be producing and directing two films after this, one about his childhood, and another based on Initial D. He described the latter as “a fun,...
Initial D is a Japanese comic series created by Shuichi Shigeno that follows the exploits of Takumi Fujiwara, a young tofu delivery driver who becomes a legendary street racer in his father’s Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86. The series has spawned several anime adaptations, video games, and a 2005 Hong Kong film starring Jay Chou as Takumi2.
Sung Kang said that he will be producing and directing two films after this, one about his childhood, and another based on Initial D. He described the latter as “a fun,...
- 10/16/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
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Car manufacturer Toyota has created the ‘ultimate driving track’ to showcase its new model, the Toyota 86. The work features Japanese race driver Keiichi Tsuchiya, known as the ‘drift king’ creating a race track in the Australian outback using the car.
The campaign also features a microsite to demonstrate the car’s features and the release of a preview of the Tvc to Facebook fans before the commercial was screened on Sunday night.
The work was created by Publicis Mojo Sydney and directed by Patrick Hughes from Finch. The car itself is subject to a five month waiting list, causing some Facebook commenters to question the need for a Tvc.
The campaign also features a microsite to demonstrate the car’s features and the release of a preview of the Tvc to Facebook fans before the commercial was screened on Sunday night.
The work was created by Publicis Mojo Sydney and directed by Patrick Hughes from Finch. The car itself is subject to a five month waiting list, causing some Facebook commenters to question the need for a Tvc.
- 7/1/2012
- by Cathie McGinn
- Encore Magazine
With just two days until the starting pistol is fired for the U.S. release of “Fast Five,” we enter day 3 of our week-long look back at the films that came before. Today we turn to the most exotic and unusual addition to the franchise: “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” featuring an all-new main cast and scenes primarily filmed overseas.
For the third installment of “The Fast And the Furious” franchise, the filmmakers broke away from the pack and relocated the series to the Tokyo streets that gave them the Asian-import cars from the original film. Just as Vin Diesel dropped out of the second film, his founding co-star Paul Walker opted out of this third film and pushed producer Neal H. Moritz to find a completely new cast to rebuild the franchise. For that he turned to noted independent actor Lucas Black, who became known for both...
For the third installment of “The Fast And the Furious” franchise, the filmmakers broke away from the pack and relocated the series to the Tokyo streets that gave them the Asian-import cars from the original film. Just as Vin Diesel dropped out of the second film, his founding co-star Paul Walker opted out of this third film and pushed producer Neal H. Moritz to find a completely new cast to rebuild the franchise. For that he turned to noted independent actor Lucas Black, who became known for both...
- 4/27/2011
- by Chris Arrant
- MTV Movies Blog
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