Following on from the news that Jean-Claude Van Damme has joined the cast of the Kickboxer remake as Master Chow, producers Radar Films has now announced that MMA star Gina Carano (Haywire, Fast & Furious 6) has signed on to play the film’s female fight promoter.
“It will be fun to watch Gina as the sneaky and dangerous temptress, a boa constrictor of this fighting jungle,” states producer Ted Field. “Watch out kickboxers!”
Kickboxer is being directed by Stephen Fung (Tai Chi Zero) and also stars Alain Moussi (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), George St. Pierre (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Thai supermodel Sara Malakul Lane.
The film follows Kurt Sloan (Moussi), a talented martial artist who travels to Thailand where he must learn the secrets of the kickboxer to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of Tong Po (Bautista).
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