{"id":670752,"date":"2026-07-03T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670752\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:32:08","slug":"the-furious-director-to-helm-the-reckoner-starring-peter-dinklage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670752\/","title":{"rendered":"The Furious director to helm The Reckoner starring Peter Dinklage"},"content":{"rendered":"

After redefining \u201cHammer Time\u201d with one of the year\u2019s best action films, The Furious<\/a>, director Kenji Tanigaki has nailed down his next project. Per The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Tanigaki will team up with Hollywood\u2019s busiest leading man, Peter Dinklage, for The Reckoner, produced by the Russo brothers\u2019 AGBO and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, for Lionsgate. On its face, it makes a lot of sense. The Furious is a huge breakout for Tanigaki, and Kolstad delivered one of Lionsgate\u2019s most popular action franchises before dovetailing into a career of quippy actioners anchored by unconventional action stars. After three adventures From The World Of John Wick, Kolstad moved on to Bob Odenkirk\u2019s series Nobody. Dinklage, as noted, is one of show business\u2019 most in-demand stars. After starring in last year\u2019s The Toxic Avenger, Roofman, and television\u2019s Dexter: Resurrection, Dinklage has Idiots and Wicker on the horizon, as well as a turn in the upcoming season of Alien: Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tanigaki has been an action choreographer for three decades, dotting his resume with American films, like Blade II and Snake Eyes. However, he is probably best known for his work with Donnie Yen, including Flash Point. He directed his first film, Legend Of Seven Monks, but his latest, The Furious, has made him a household name among action junkies. We count ourselves among them, having recently named The Furious one of the best of the year so far<\/a>. \u201cEach long set piece is an escalation, performed with staggering clarity and jaw-dropping athleticism until a final mind-boggling throwdown,\u201d explains film editor Jacob Oller in our write-up<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a total rush, as graceful and badass as any fight film from the last decade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After redefining \u201cHammer Time\u201d with one of the year\u2019s best action films, The Furious, director Kenji Tanigaki has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-670752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}