Kung Pao Pictures, LLC

Kung Fu Cowboys is an upcoming feature film written by Davy Williams and produced by Kung Pao Pictures. It serves as a sequel to the American independent action films Chinese Speaking Vampires and Kung Fu Slayers.

Kung Fu Cowboys is a Western Action film featuring Kung Fu, vampires, American humor, Old West scenes, and elements of Chinese culture. The production company aims to cast well-known Hollywood actors in key roles to boost the film’s commercial value and appeal to audiences.

Chinese Speaking Vampires, the first of Davy Williams’ five films, was first conceived by him in an AFI film class in Los Angeles in 2014. He wanted to make a film that could show off his own Mandarin speaking abilities, acting talent, love of Kung Fu and Chinese culture, as well as make opportunities for Chinese actors. He set out to write the feature screenplay, and after several years of writing and re-writes, the script was finished in 2019. Production began in 2020, and it was released on streamers in 2021. Chinese Speaking Vampires, garnered 100,000 streaming views within just a few months and was released on Amazon Prime and VUDU.

The Market

The strategy of making films in well-established genres has been proven time and time again to be a smart and sound choice for production. Traditionally, the fortunes of independent filmmakers have always cycled up and down from year to year. With Hollywood being more inclusive and looking to help underrepresented actors, there is a good market for productions featuring Asian and Native American actors.

Audience

This film targets young and middle-aged Americans (aged 14–45) who enjoy vampire and action movies, as well as the Asian market across all age groups. A similar low budget Western-Action film, Blood Tomahawk, has grossed several million dollars off a 1.8 million dollar budget.

Distribution Strategy

Our movie already has two distributors interested: 123Go Distribution and Multivisionnaire Pictures. These distributors intend to submit the completed film to the most prestigious and successful annual film festivals, Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah - January), Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada - September), and The Cannes Film Festival and will use best efforts to negotiate with a distributor upon or near completion of principal photography prior to entering any film festival. They also intend to sell the project to international territories like SE Asia and Europe.

Key Production Team

Davy Williams "大洋" – Writer/Producer. Davy is an actor and screenwriter who spent ten years in the Chinese film industry. He was a bilingual actor and TV host. He is a member of SAG/AFTRA and has appeared in more than 50 US and Chinese TV dramas and movies. He has over 100,000 followers on China’s TikTok (Douyin), and is the author of the book “Move to China” which sold more than 10,000 copies in China from 2008-2010. He is the writer/producer of Chinese Speaking Vampires, Kung Fu Slayers, and Slant Streets. He also was co-producer on Eye for Eye (2021) and Mr. Pettigrew.

Randy Kent – Director – Randy is a successful action director who will be joining us from LA. His two hit action films: Demons at Dawn and Blood Tulip have won many film festival awards and done well on streamers. He also directed Chinese Speaking Vampires; Blood Tulip · 2024; Bring Me a Skin for Dancing In · 2024; Road King · 2023; Shadow of the Monarch · 2017.

Michelle Alexandria, PGA– Producer Michelle’s producing credits include feature family film First Dog starring Eric Roberts, and Priscilla Barnes successfully remaining #1 on Redbox for several weeks; comedy feature film, The Extendables starring Mark Dacascos, Kevin Sorbo, and Martin Kove. She also produced films in France. Her romantic comedy Coup De Foudre à Saint Germain Des Pres (English title: “Love At First Site in Paris) screened in Cannes. She is currently in pre-production on the film MASERATI: The BROTHERS, where she will serve as one of the producers.

Hollywood Talent

Our team is in talks with the following actors for roles in the film.

Eric Roberts (Buck) – The Expendables, Runaway Train, The Dark Knight

Bai Ling (Lily) – Red Corner, Crank: High Voltage, The Crow, Southland Tales

Michael Pare (Col. Schweitzer) – Gone, The Infiltrator, Hope Floats, The Virgin Suicides, The Lincoln Lawyer

Cynthia Rothrock (Cass) - Diary of a Lunatic, The Martial Arts Kid, In Search of the Last Action Hero, China O’Brien, Eye for an Eye.

Logline - An orphaned and unlucky Irishman goes frontier justice on his enemies in Old Montana Territory, with the help of a Kung Fu master and Native American sidekick.

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