So Cedrick and I showed our motion comics at comic con,  and they were quite well recieved.

Amazing experience comic con
Form of Fanboy!!




now we are working on the next one.

Amazing experience that  is


We got back from San Diego and went right into pre production on a short we had been planning for a long time.  Him longer than me.

This project which is called Admiralty, because it takes place at a futuristic version of the Admiralty bus station in hong kong,   is an adrenaline fueled sci fi kung fu actioner that was amazing to work on.


Cedrick Chan Directed and I served as Action Director.

It was amazing because we did what normally sane people shoot in about 4-5 days, all inside one single shooting day.
  Low budgt but we Kept the quality up with the hel[ of some great industry professionals.
I owe so many people beers ;-)


we each wore several hats on this one.

I even ended up being producer and setting up the shoot,  The entire crew was a walk back through all my years in china,  I think one of the only things that got us through is that we had all been working together for nearly a decade.


here we have Derek Ting as the Hero. He really can fly, no wires ;-).  He and Cedrick came up with the concept for the film years ago in hong kong, and never got around to finishing it, but now we have it in the can.


and femme fatale of china  Zhang Bao Wen,  former stunt woman on countless films through the years, now turned actress and kicking up the celluloid in China and beyond.


we were lucky to be shooting at a time when  several films were between ending and others beginning.

 We had a great team, with a mix of guys from Ching Siu Dong's team and Yuen Woo Ping's team
all great friends and great pro's that helped make the day go smoother.
  Stunt man Li Xiang From Yuen Woo Ping stuntman team

Having a good team that you have worked with and trust makes everything go smoother,  we all just knew what each other were thinking.

Now that I got the action in the can, Cedrick will work the real magic and put this all to a futuristic backdrop.  waiting to see what this is going to look like.
it's nice to be out there shooting star wars and sin city style.   so going to sit down and work on the next motion comic while were waiting to see the final product.

Stay tuned,  and check out impact magazine for more in depth articles about all this.

Everything has been a blur.
How's it going out there?

So we had the event last saturday at block 8. it was great. the fashion show was a hit, we got to preview the motion comics, it was great fun, thanks to everyone that made that flow well!!!   Hope to do many more of those!

the day after though I got on a plan and went back to the states!  first to Austin Texas.
then to San Diego.
    we are still here at San Diego Comic Con and it has been a blast!

Cedrick Chan and I premiered our Mopho Motion comics infront of a live audience with a headcount of more than 1500people!!!!

So exciting to show our work infront of so many people! it was a blast!   I dare say they loved it !!!
such a rush to be up on stage at such a mainstream event and getting applause like that. 
Thank you to Rick Myers for getting us on the Panel!!!

We showed our Action and Effects Program,  Highlighting Action and Visual effects working together in film.
and Debuted our Motion Comics, First the Green Rider  
And then Vampire Hunter Pei Pei a character which Mike Leeder and I created together.
   Motion Comics were the hot topic this year,  with projects shown by Disney , DC warner bros. and Marvel them selves.   oh yeah and us!!!     to see people enjoying our stuff, and be up there with the big boys was a rush!!!    so honored to be here and hope t do more.

Look forward to Little premieres and shots of SDCC and snipets of our motion comics!!

meanwhille....

had a fun night to celebrate. 
see ya'll soon

So we are gearing up for the Mopho event on saturday.
Been working like a madman to get things ready.

it has been a wild process and these motion comics are nearly done.

Ok so  Cedrick and I have been working on Motion Comics for the Last few months.
putting everything into these little productions and hoping we can make tiny little blockbusters.

So a while back we got obsessed with motion comics and we decided to do some.
we had started out by getting doing a few of them for China film Group, but we decided to do a few of our own in the interim.

So we started on the Green Rider and Vampire Hunter Pei Pei.
The Green Rider was created by Cedrick chan, she is an Eco warrior fighting for the environment, one multi-national at a time.

Vampire Hunter Pei Pei was created by Ian Powers and Mike Leeder, a story that we played with for years, about a Chinese Vampire Hunter that goes against everything to protect the human race from nasty Plasmavores. 

This is a project of love for film and comics.
So on Saturday at Block 8 you'll be able to see them for the first time before we go to SanDiego Comicon.

hope to see you all there.

I had put a random picture of myself and a friend on here,  Sylvester "Bear" Turkoy , Patrick had commented on the picture and it reminded me of why I am friends with this big guy, it is because of another Big dude, no not Big Mike, although he was the Big guy taking this picture,
When I see this picture I see my friend, not just Sylvester here, I see our friend Hashimoto Shinya


look at that whopper

Let me give you some background,
This is me and Sylvester Turkoy
who had just finished shooting with Yuen Woo Ping. On Su Qi Er starring Vincent Zhao Wen Zhou.
Word was, he was awesome on set and could do really well with asian Choreography.

I knew it couldn't be any other way,  I had worked with Bear years ago back in Japan.  Back then we called him "Predator"  a big huge mean lookin mother, with a heart o' gold.
Bear... uh Preda.....  ok,   Sylvester was a pro wrestler, he had been through WWF and all those.
but he was working in Japan when we did a film called "AHH,  Ikenya Pro Wrestle."
or "house of smackdown,"   or as it later became known for it's international release "OOh my house collapse and all i have is a Pro wrestling Zombie GirlFriend"  or something like that,  seriously no joke.    I think this film can't even be classified as Cult,  More on that movie in future.
There was actually one sceen where Sylvester gets his head pile driven into a toilet. just 2 feet out of frame I was holding him upright, this guy needed the biggest wire team I have ever seen asembled for a single person.
thats me with the yellow hair.
this was Kenji's first feature as action Director it was quite a venture  kenji is the guy all the way on the right

          It was great fun.  I was doubling K-1 champ Nicholas Pettas and working for the Legendary Kenji Tankigaki,  that was a great year,  nonstop action in japan.  (film action! geesh)
  
  Gee  this is alot of set up,  anyway  we were working with this great guy called Hashimoto Shinya.
    At first we barely spoke to each other, but then we had to do one scene where I was Doubling Nick Pettas, and we were on a wire dangling for about 6 hours. pretty much attached to each other.   One of the wires at one point actually even snapped (something that very rarely happens) However dangerous, it was a funny sight i'm sure to see too "tough guys" holding on to each other for dear life.   We became good friend from that moment on. 
funny as hell, and saying he was a nice guy is an understatement.  You can see hashimoto fighting kane kosugi in the movie Muscle Heat. that one is probably easier to find than this movie.
I'm still trying to get a copy.

      There was a Legend and his name was Hashimoto Shinya,   He stomped the ground and mountains pulled up their stony roots and ran away in fear.   The greatest wrestler In all of japan.
He was a true legend.  I got to work with him for a short time, but he taught me alot about life then.  Many of you may not know him,  but I want to introduce you to him here.
This is Hashimoto Shinya.

this is the only picture i took of him on set ,  talking to Kenji Tanigaki.
this was the day before we were dangling on the wire together,  before then I was even afraid to talk to him.






Hashimoto  was great man and he developed the sport of wrestling in Japan, We had joked about me becoming a wrestler in japan and he came up with some crazy wrestling names for me. most of which i can't type here, but one was "The Golden Trigger"    He was Such a golden Guy.


After i came back to China I never got to see him again.    I had found out many years later from Kenji that he was gone. 
 on July 11th 2005   the Gods took him away from us.    




   Some people in our lives are there for just a moment but they leave a lasting impression.
they just live harder than others. 
Hashimoto was one of those people for me.