David Carradine and Stephen Quadros Return to TV; Tito Ortiz Stays in the Game on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice
David Carradine and Stephen Quadros Return to TV; Tito Ortiz Stays in the Game on NBC's Celebrity ApprenticeBy Jon Sattler and Raymond Horwitz |
David Carradine Starring in Son of the Dragon
This two-night, four-hour epic will be broadcast Wednesday, April 2, 2008 and Thursday, April 3, 2008. A re-imagining of Thief of Baghdad, this film was shot entirely in China. The plot reportedly revolves around a charismatic young thief known as Devil Boy (portrayed by John Reardon), who was abandoned at birth and rescued from the docks of Shanghai by Bird (Carradine), a wise former warrior. The two men set their sights on swindling the royal court of its jewels. Their heist plans include winning the hand of the governor’s daughter, Princess Li Wei (portrayed by Desiree Siahaan), whose father is welcoming potential suitors to court her. Posing as the Prince of the Seven Seas and his loyal lieutenant, Devil Boy and Bird enter a world of intrigue and adventure.
Tito Ortiz Survives Another Round of The Celebrity Apprentice After missing the last episode, former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz coasted through this week’s episode of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice. Ortiz’s team won the challenge of creating a mattress display featuring live models—and this time they did it without any help from Jenna Jameson, Ortiz’s girlfriend.
Stephen Quadros to Comment on Mixed Martial Arts Event EliteXC: Street Certified According to his official Web site, Stephen Quadros will be featured as a commentator (with Mauro Ranallo and Bill Goldberg) for the mixed martial arts event EliteXC: Street Certified, which will air live on Showtime on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 7 p.m. PST. Along with an epic brawl between Kimbo Slice and David “Tank” Abbott, this event will feature the following matchups: Antonio Silva vs. Ricco Rodgriguez, Scott Smith vs. Kyle Noke, Yves Edwards vs. Edson Berto, and James Thompson vs. Brett Rogers Josh Hartnett to Star in Bunraku Actor Josh Hartnett will be entering a new world of martial arts in the Snoot Entertainment independent-film production of Bunraku, according to Leslie Simmons and Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter. Bunraku is reportedly a stranger-coming-to-town story fashioned in the tradition of spaghetti Westerns, samurai movies and gangster flicks. Hartnett is reportedly set to play the Drifter, a man set on revenge. Bunraku, according to the original report and the film’s producers, draws from a mixed bag of genres including puppets, origami, comic books, video games and German expressionism. |
