‘The Killer’ Helmer John Woo Signs With Independent Artist Group

Mike Fleming Jr

26 September 2024 at 3:21 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary director John Woo has signed with Independent Artist Group. Famous for his pioneering work in the Hong Kong action genre stamped with balletic scenes of stylized violence that inspired a generation of Hollywood films, Woo just directed the remake of his signature film The Killer. The new one stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Sam Worthington and was released by Universal Internationally and ran on Peacock domestically.

Last year Woo directed the Lionsgate action thriller Silent Night, which starred Joel Kinneman as a man bent on revenge, but unable to speak.

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Woo has always split time directing in both North America and China over an illustrious career that began with the Hong Kong action classics A Better Tomorrow, Bullet In The Head, Hard Boiled, and The Killer. He was courted by Hollywood, where his films have included Broken Arrow, starring John Travolta and Christian Slater, Face/Off, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, Mission: Impossible II, starring Tom Cruise, Hard Target starring Jean Claude Van Dame and Paycheck, starring Ben Affleck.

Woo continues to be managed by Atlas Artists. His attorneys are Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

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