Nathan Jung, the actor who appeared in “Star Trek: The Original Series,” “The A-Team” and “Kung Fu,” has died. He was 74.
Jung died on April 24, his close friend and attorney, Timothy Tau, confirmed to Variety. The cause of death has not been disclosed.
Jung kicked off his acting career in 1969 with his role as Ghengis Khan in “The Savage Curtain” episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series.” From there, taking advantage of his tall stature, his television resume exploded with roles on the biggest shows from the 1970s and ’80s. Jung appeared on “M*A*S*H*,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “CHiPs,” “General Hospital,” “Manimal,” “Riptide” and “Hunter.” He also held roles in “Sanford and Son,” in which he played Helen Funai’s cousin, Saburyo, and “Kung Fu,” in which he plaed the Dark Rider. In the ’90s, he had stints on “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Martial Law” and “Burke’s Law.
Jung died on April 24, his close friend and attorney, Timothy Tau, confirmed to Variety. The cause of death has not been disclosed.
Jung kicked off his acting career in 1969 with his role as Ghengis Khan in “The Savage Curtain” episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series.” From there, taking advantage of his tall stature, his television resume exploded with roles on the biggest shows from the 1970s and ’80s. Jung appeared on “M*A*S*H*,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “CHiPs,” “General Hospital,” “Manimal,” “Riptide” and “Hunter.” He also held roles in “Sanford and Son,” in which he played Helen Funai’s cousin, Saburyo, and “Kung Fu,” in which he plaed the Dark Rider. In the ’90s, he had stints on “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Martial Law” and “Burke’s Law.
- 5/1/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Next season's game of Survivor has already begun.
When CBS announced that the show would let America choose its next cast, potential contestants began aggressive campaigns on social media for votes.
Through next Wednesday, voters can visit Survivor's website to chose the 10 men and 10 women who they want to see compete next season.
While People will refrain from making official endorsements, it just so happened that exactly 10 women responded to our requests for an interview. (We'll profile the men soon.) Here they are, in no particular order:
Kelly Wiglesworth, 37Claim to fame: One of the original Survivor contestants, she...
When CBS announced that the show would let America choose its next cast, potential contestants began aggressive campaigns on social media for votes.
Through next Wednesday, voters can visit Survivor's website to chose the 10 men and 10 women who they want to see compete next season.
While People will refrain from making official endorsements, it just so happened that exactly 10 women responded to our requests for an interview. (We'll profile the men soon.) Here they are, in no particular order:
Kelly Wiglesworth, 37Claim to fame: One of the original Survivor contestants, she...
- 5/16/2015
- by Steve Helling, @stevehelling
- People.com - TV Watch
The Universal folks are keeping their enemies close and their family members in-house. Justin Lin, who has been working with asphalt skidmarks (Fast & Furious items), will, according to Variety, step onto the Focus Features lot for Times Square. The old Focus Features would place their sole thriller in the late August dumping season slot, while it looks like the new Focus strategy embraces the genre. Focus Features acquired the Taylor Materne & Jacob Rubin’s Black List (lower ranked) script for Lin to direct. Chernin Entertainment, Perfect Storm Entertainment’s Lin and Troy Craig Poon and Far Hills Pictures produce.
Gist: Set amidst the transformation of Times Square from New York’s seediest neighborhood to the commercialized Disneyland it is today, when a secret from his past is unearthed, a young man’s loyalties are divided between his neighborhood boss who raised him and the grizzled ex-cop who swore to protect him.
Gist: Set amidst the transformation of Times Square from New York’s seediest neighborhood to the commercialized Disneyland it is today, when a secret from his past is unearthed, a young man’s loyalties are divided between his neighborhood boss who raised him and the grizzled ex-cop who swore to protect him.
- 3/21/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It sounds like “Fast and Furious” director Justin Lin is getting back into the Bruce Lee business. The director of the last dozen (give or take) “Fast and Furious” movies is now primed to develop, produce, and possibly direct the pilot for a new TV series based on the writings of Bruce Lee. (For those who have never seen it, Lin actually directed a 2007 comedy called “Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee”, which was a parody of Hollywood trying to finish Lee’s “Game of Death”. It’s actually a pretty funny movie, and co-stars Lin’s buddy Sung Kang. Check it out if you’ve never seen it.) Mind you, we’re not talking about a show that will be about Bruce Lee, it’s based on something he came up with before he died. Well, it would have to be before he died, right?...
- 7/12/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Whether or not you're a fan of the 'Fast and the Furious' movies, director Justin Lin has become more and more steadied and confident since taking the keys to the franchise with 2006's "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift." Still, opportunities outside of said franchise have ultimately fallen apart due to Lin's commitment to the those films, with the director dropping out of "The Highlander" remake and basically stepping away from the next "Terminator" sequel (though he might be able to go back should the scheduling work out). Lin had to drop both projects because of "Fast Six," but he is setting up several possible projects to follow, one of which could be the big-screen adaptation of David Henry Hwang's play "Chinglish."
In March, Lin set himself up in the director's chair for a Hollywood adaptation the play which is itself an adaptation of Kazuo Koike's 1970s...
In March, Lin set himself up in the director's chair for a Hollywood adaptation the play which is itself an adaptation of Kazuo Koike's 1970s...
- 4/25/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- The Playlist
Samurai film fans, prepare to be... dubious. Hollywood is setting up a new adaptation of the classic '70s Japanese manga series Lone Wolf and Cub, created by Kazuo Koike. The story revolves around a disgraced warrior who is falsely accused of a crime and exiled, forced to wander Japan with his three-year-old son as an assassin for hire. A total of seven (well, technically, six) films based on the manga were produced between 1972 and 1980 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama in the lead role. Now Kamala Films is setting up a remake with the writer of Blade Runner and the director of Fast & Furious. Will this prove to be a match made in heaven? According to Deadline, Kamala Films will be teaming up with 1212 Entertainment to produce the new film. Kamala has just one film under their belt thus far, the Willem Dafoe psychological thriller Anamorph, while 1212 Entertainment is currently working on the Space Invaders movie.
- 3/28/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
One of the many lovely aspects of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" was just how much there was to keep you occupied beyond the main story. The Riddler's trophies, hidden character clues and those crazy shadow puzzles made for some interesting brain teasers without requiring actual brawn. We've already learned that "Batman: Arkham City" will offer up even more of those puzzles and extras, but that's not the whole story. When you complete "Arkham City," you'll also unlock a New Game Plus mode, which Rocksteady has now detailed.
Finishing the game on Normal or Hard mode will unlock New Game Plus, which allows you to start from the beginning of the story with all of your gadgets, experience and unlocked special moves.
Usually playing on New Game Plus makes a game much easier, but in "Arkham City," playing this mode will increase the difficulty of all of the enemies you face, including bosses.
Finishing the game on Normal or Hard mode will unlock New Game Plus, which allows you to start from the beginning of the story with all of your gadgets, experience and unlocked special moves.
Usually playing on New Game Plus makes a game much easier, but in "Arkham City," playing this mode will increase the difficulty of all of the enemies you face, including bosses.
- 9/7/2011
- by Russ Frushtick
- MTV Multiplayer
Exclusive: On the heels of Justin Lin signing a two-year production deal with Universal Pictures for his newly formed company Barnstorm Pictures, the Fast Five director has inked his first TV pact — a first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV. Under the agreement, Lin will develop series projects for the studio and will also direct a pilot this coming season subject to feature availability. While he is best known for directing the last 3 Fast and the Furious installments, most recently Fast Five, which has earned more than $600M at the worldwide box office, Lin also has directed 3 episodes of the Sony TV-produced NBC comedy Community. I hear the gig, Lin’s only in TV so far, stemmed from his friendship with the series’ co-director/executive producer Joe Russo. It led to Lin setting up shop at the TV studio where director-producers Joe and Anthony Russo also have a deal. Lin, who...
- 9/2/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
- 1/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
- 1/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
- 1/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
(at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007; Golden Horse Award winner)
Director: Arthur Dong
Starring: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Christopher Lee, Justin Lin
(Writing from Tiff, where he brought his film for its premiere, Arthur Dong shares with Mpm the personal story behind the film.)
In-a-nutshell:
With Chinese the largest visible minority in Canada, it is not too surprising that the Tiff programmers chose to schedule Hollywood Chinese in this year’s festival. From the unfamiliar fame of Anna May Wong (The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express), to her perceived snubbing as the lead in The Good Earth, Dong’s documentary simmers amidst old-Hollywood’s promotion teams serving up top-billing to Caucasian stars in “yellow-face” in films promoted by teams pulling Chinese oxen through San Francisco’s streets inhabited by white women in silk dresses – in order to appeal to the...
- 1/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
It's gotten to the point where I look forward to the next Fast/Furious movie -- or at least the announcement -- just to see what they'll call it. Every title since the first one has had something to offer: nonsensical wordplay (2 Fast 2 Furious), a wonderfully goofy subtitle (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift), bizarre and confusing minimalism (Fast & Furious). The current title of the fifth entry (which we speculated about last month, and is now official) into the now-venerable franchise combines at least the first and the third of those: the movie is currently known as Fast Five, which I guess means we have to start referring to this series as Fast and/or Furious.
The three series mainstays -- Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and director Justin Lin -- have all signed on for the fourth sequel. It's an admirably shrewd move, since none of them have a...
The three series mainstays -- Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and director Justin Lin -- have all signed on for the fourth sequel. It's an admirably shrewd move, since none of them have a...
- 2/4/2010
- by Eugene Novikov
- Cinematical
Summit Entertainment are preparing a new kind of magic. Just two years after the franchise-killing fourth sequel, Highlander's head is to be magically re-attached (just like Sean Connery's in Highlander 2). The reboot announced by producer Peter S Davis in Empire issue 241 is properly underway. And the director? Justin Lin, whose CV to date includes Fast and Furious, and its predecessor Tokyo Drift, as well as indie dramas Better Luck Tomorrow and Finishing the Game.The original Highlander franchise began with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery chopping heads in Russell Mulachy's original film in 1986, and ended ignominiously on the Sci-Fi channel in 2007, with Adrian Paul dodging mutant cannibals in an inexpensive Romanian forest (Brett Leonard's Highlander: The Source). In between were three other sequels, two TV series, a Saturday morning cartoon and an anime. Clearly, like Mulcahy before him, Lin has the flashy visuals down pat, and he...
- 9/23/2009
- EmpireOnline
Last year it was announced that a Highlander remake was on the way, with Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway hired to give a fresh new take on Russell Mulcahy's original 1986 film that would lay the groundwork for a franchise reboot. Considering that the Highlander series had slowly descended into the depths of direct-to-dvd hell over the past 20 years, I don't think anyone was too surprised by this move. The question remains though... can Highlander actually be repackaged and sold to a new generation? This week Summit Entertainment has apparently found a couple of people who they feel can pull it off: director Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz, who previously worked together on the last two installments of The Fast and the Furious series. Lin's directing credits also include the crime thriller Better Luck Tomorrow, boxing drama Annapolis, and mockumentary Finishing the Game. Well, I guess...
- 9/22/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
- Quick Links Complete Film Listing: Premieres: Dramatic Comp: Docu Comp: World Dramatic Comp: World Docu Comp: Spectrum: New Frontier Short Film Programs January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); ⢠Fido (U.S.), directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak and Currie, the story of a boy's effort to keep a six-foot tall pet zombie that eats the next-door neighbor. Stars Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connelly and Tim Blake Nelson. ⢠Finishing the Game (U.S.), directed by Justin Lin and written by Josh Diamond and Lin, about a film studio's search for a replacement for Bruce Lee who can finish the legendary martial arts star's unfinished picture, "Game of Death." With Roger Fan, Sung Kang, McCaleb Burnett, Monique Curnen, Mouse Kraish, Jake Sandvig, Sam Bottoms, Dustin Nguyen, James Franco and Mc Hammer. World premiere. ⢠It's Fine! Everything Is Fine. (U.S.), directed by Crispin Hellion Glover and David Brothers,
- 1/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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