{"id":246927,"date":"2025-10-28T18:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246927\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:51:08","slug":"the-furious-movie-acquired-by-lionsgate-following-toronto-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246927\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Furious’ Movie Acquired By Lionsgate Following Toronto Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLionsgate<\/a> has acquired The Furious<\/a>, a feature in the style of Hong Kong action filmmaking\u2019s golden age, after it premiered to critical acclaim in the Midnight Madness section of this year\u2019s Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal covers worldwide rights outside of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, with the film set for theatrical release in 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn The Furious, when his daughter Rainy is abducted, humble tradesman Wang Wei is thrust into a deadly underworld of corruption and violence. His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist haunted by his own past. Together, they fight their way through an international criminal network in a desperate bid to save Rainy and uncover the truth.<\/p>\n

\n\tProduced by Bill Kong \u2014 whose credits include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of Flying Daggers \u2014 The Furious marks the feature directorial debut of veteran action choreographer Kenji Tanigaki (Rurouni Kenshin, Snake Eyes).<\/p>\n

\n\tHailing from XYZ Films, the film was written by Mak Tin Shu, Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin and Frank Hui, and produced by Kong of Edko Films Ltd., alongside Hui and Shan Tam. Executive producers include Nate Bolotin, Todd Brown, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, as well as Michael J. Werner and Xu Tianfu. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast features Xie Miao, Joe Taslim (The Raid), Yang Enyou, Brian Le, Yayan Ruhian (John Wick: Chapter 3 \u2014 Parabellum), Jija Yanin (Chocolate), Joey Iwanaga, Sahajak Boonthanakit and Manatsanun Phanlerdwongsakul. Pic was financed by Edko Films Ltd., which will release it day-and-date with Lionsgate in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao in 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am thrilled that Lionsgate has embraced The Furious,\u201d said Kong. \u201cI believe they are the best company to handle this picture. I am looking forward to working closely with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLauren Bixby, EVP & Co-Head of Acquisitions & Co-Productions for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, added, \u201cWe have had tremendous success with several films from the TIFF Midnight Madness programming \u2014 including Sisu and The Blackening \u2014 in recent years, and we were similarly blown away by The Furious. This movie redefines martial arts action \u2014 it\u2019s incredibly entertaining and engrossing, and we can\u2019t wait to share it with audiences next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill for Lionsgate and Pip Ngo for XYZ Films, as well as Werner on behalf of Edko Films and the producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionsgate has acquired The Furious, a feature in the style of Hong Kong action filmmaking\u2019s golden age, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,18030,344,146620],"class_list":{"0":"post-246927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-lionsgate","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-the-furious"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}