Asia Beat: Udine Awards, New Sono Sion, Tsui Hark, THE FATAL ENCOUNTER And More

The first poster for Raymond Yip's Iceman 2 has popped up online, citing a Winter 2014 release date for the second installment of the Donnie Yen time-travel action adventure. A remake of Clarence Fok's The Iceman Cometh, part one opened in Hong Kong last month and proved something of a disaster - a melee of misjudged comedy, sub-par action and sloppy direction (from Law Wing Cheong) that garners little excitement for part two. That said, the second half does suggest Yen will be teaming up with Simon Yam to go treasure hunting Armour of God-style, and with Yip taking over the reins there's a fair chance this could be more successful than its predecessor.

Take a first look at Sono Sion's latest, Tokyo Tribe. While it's only a single still, any tidbit from a new Sono film is worth getting excited about. Adapted from Inoue Santa's manga series of the same name, Tokyo Tribe is the story of an all-out gang war on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo. Consider us on board!

Recently we posted the very promising-looking trailer for Vietnamese horror flick, Hollow, and recently a few more images from the film appeared online. Including this one, about which our man in 'Nam Trung Rwo had a few words to share:

This image shows the drowning of Ai (played by Thanh My), the main character of this summer's most anticipated Vietnamese horror movie, Hollow. In this scene, she accidentally slips and drowns in a river, but later comes back to life after a few weeks. In fact, the little actress playing her couldn't swim, but she still tried her best to dive under the water, until she couldn't take it anymore and called the crew for help. The rest of the cast and crew were worried for her, but admired her professional spirit.

The Golden Cane Warrior (Indonesian title: Pendekar Tongkat Emas) is a period martial arts epic from producers Mira Lesmana and Riri Riza, the combo that still hold Indonesia's all-time box office record for Rainbow Troops (Laskar Pelangi). The film has just gone into production last month and is aiming for a domestic release this coming December. Here's a glimpse of what's in store and we'll be charting the progress of this project with some interest. - William Chandra