Ninja Flicks: A Retrospective

With the recent surge of Ninjas on celluloid marked by the upcoming releases of Ninja, Ninja Assassin and G.I. Joe (because of Snake Eyes of course…) I felt it was time to take a look back and pick out some of what I deem the best movies featuring the mysterious deadly assassin archetype. Following...

September 12th, 2009 | Read More

Ninja? Are You Kidding me? No I’m Not, Sir. Ninjas!

Color me excited. Never in such a period of human history have we been witness to so many movies about ninjas. Okay, there was the ’70s. And the ’80s. And I think they dabbled in quite the bit of ninja-rific action in the ’90s, too. This decade, I mean. Ahem. Here’s the latest...

September 8th, 2009 | Read More

21st Century Ninja Assassins Apparently Don’t Get the Whole Invisible Part

You know, back in the day, ninja assassins did everything they could to stay hidden and out of the public eye. That’s, like, part of their job description, right? Apparently not so much in the new movie “Ninja Assassin” from the brothers Wachowski and directed by James McTeigue (”V...

September 7th, 2009 | Read More

New Pics: Ninja Assassin, The Box, Jennifer’s Body, Sherlock Holmes

The folks over at MTV.com recently put up a new gallery of pics from some upcoming 2009 Fall movies. Among them were a lot of junk we could care less about, but there were a couple of goodies, including a new pic from “Ninja Assassin”, showing off its ninja, and er, assassin; a gun shows...

August 24th, 2009 | Read More

New Pics: Kate Beckinsale in Whiteout and Rain in Ninja Assassin

A new batch of images today, two from Kate Beckinsale’s thriller “Whiteout”, based on the comic book of the same name, and two for “Ninja Assassin”, starring South Korean pop star Rain. From the looks of the images, “Ninja Assassin” seems to be a pretty brutal...

August 11th, 2009 | Read More

First Trailer for Rain’s Ninja Assassin

Here’s your first look at the first trailer for South Korean pop star/actor Rain’s first English-language film as a leading man — the Wachowski Brothers-produced “Ninja Assassin”. If you need to break into a market, there are worst ways to do it than riding on the coattails...

July 24th, 2009 | Read More

Rain Falls in Ninja Assassin Teaser Poster

You know what would have been an even better poster for “Ninja Assassin”? If Rain, the star of James McTeigue’s modern-day ninja movie was actually falling in the poster, while it’s raining. Then my headline of, “Rain Falls in Ninja Assassin Teaser Poster” would be...

May 1st, 2009 | Read More

Behind the Scenes Video of Ninja Assassin

We haven’t heard a thing about “Ninja Assassin” besides seen a couple of photos from the movie (the official ones released by Warner Bros., anyway), but the German folks are already getting video behind-the-scenes features. What’s the deal with that, WB? I guess having a major...

August 4th, 2008 | Read More

Raining Ninja Assassin Pics

The boys at Warner Bros. have been sending out the latest images from their upcoming “Ninja Assassin”, including one new pic, and one better looking pic of a very bloody Rain, ninja swords in hand, post-bloody ass kicking, that surfaced last week in Entertainment Weekly. The new pic from...

July 21st, 2008 | Read More

It’s RAINing Blood in Ninja Assassin

Entertainment Weekly has a big whopping upcoming movie issue with the boys and girl of “Watchmen” on the cover, including an extensive article on the making of the movie, with some great new shots of the Comedian, Nite Owl, and the gang. The issue also has another look at the Wachowski Brothers’...

July 18th, 2008 | Read More

Ninja Assassin (2009) Movie Images Gallery

Plot: In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn...

June 18th, 2008 | Read More

Official Plot Synopsis for Ninja Assassin; Sho Kosugi Returns!

I was already kind of interested in the Wachowskis’ next movie, “Ninja Assassin”, but now I’m really excited. Why? One word: Sho Kosugi is back! Back where, you ask? In “Ninja Assassin”, of course. Also, I should probably stop calling “Ninja Assassin” a...

May 29th, 2008 | Read More

Rain’s Ninja Training Pics for Ninja Assassin

Hey, it’s not easy being a world-famous pop singer turned Hollywood movie star. Just as Rain, who recently made his big-screen Hollywood debut in the Wachowski’ “Speed Racer” movie. Sure, the film may be headed toward those points of cinematic disasters only reserved for films...

May 13th, 2008 | Read More

Wachowskis’ Ninja Assassin Currently Shooting in Germany

Variety has an article about how the Wachowski brothers’ “Ninja Assassin” (they wrote the script and are producing, with James McTeigue (”V for Vendetta”) directing) is getting additional funding from the German Film Fund, but what’s interesting is that the article...

May 6th, 2008 | Read More

Rick Yune, Naomie Harris Join Wachowskis’ Ninja Assassin

I used to believe that the Wachowski brothers’ “Ninja Assassin” movie was in fact a live-action version of the Japanese anime “Ninja Scroll”, except they just somehow think replacing the word “Scroll” with “Assassin” just sounded cooler. And indeed,...

May 2nd, 2008 | Read More

Collin Chou Confirms Wachowski Ninja Film, Rain

Collin Chou sure didn’t wait anytime expanding on his upcoming project with the Wachowski brothers. After this article with MTV where he mentioned the project, but not much about it, he told Sci Fi Wire even more — namely that yes, this will be the ninja movie the Wachowski is currently working...

March 18th, 2008 | Read More

Collin Chou to Star in a New Wachowski Movie

Collin Chou has done a buttload of Hong Kong martial arts movies in his native Asia, but he’s probably most well-known (if he’s known at all) to Western fans as the guy who the Wachowskis got to play the Jet Li part that Jet Li turned down in the two final “Matrix” movies. But...

March 17th, 2008 | Read More

Is the Wachowski’s Ninja Movie Actually a Live-Action Ninja Scroll?

Earlier this month there was news that the Wachowski Brothers had cast South Korean singer Rain to play the lead in their movie, a ninja film called “Ninja Assassin” (here). But wait, is the movie they’re planning to do, to be directed by James McTeigue, actually a live-action version...

February 22nd, 2008 | Read More

Singer Rain to Star in the Wachowskis’ Ninja Assassin

Looks like it’s going to start raining in Hollywood. Or, er, Rain, anyway. The South Korean singer (real name Jeong Ji-hoon) will be making his Hollywood debut in the Wachowski Brothers’ upcoming “Speed Racer”, where he apparently made such an impression that the duo have casted...

February 13th, 2008 | Read More