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Kazakhstani crew about Bekmambetov's new movie
Igor Tsay and his "Kun-Do" school of stage combat participated in shooting of Timur Bekmambetov's new He is Dragon movie.
25 November 2015
Kazakh director Bekmambetov's film wins in Toronto
Hardcore, a movie of Kazakh director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, won in Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program.
21 September 2015
Morgan Freeman to star in Kazakh director's Ben-Hur
Famous Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov has started filming the newest adaptation of Lew Wallace's classic: Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ.
04 February 2015
Bekmametov's take on cyber bullying premier at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal
Timur Bekmambetov has presented a horror film Cybernatural that engages with provocative theme of cyber bullying at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2014 in Montreal.
05 August 2014
Kazakhstan's stunt actors in Russian movie
A team of Kazakhstan's professional stunt actors from Kun-Do action studio led by Igor Tsai is engaged in shooting of action scenes in Fighter, a Russian movie.
01 July 2014
Bekmambetov's Squirrels horror trailer released
The pre-production sales trailer for Squirrels horror movie produced by Timur Bekmambetov, hit the internet.
10 September 2013
Kazakhstan Kun-Do actors to perform stunts in Indian movie
A team of professional stunt actors of Kazakhstan’s Kun-Do stunt fighting school has been invited to cooperate with a Bollywood filmmaker.
04 May 2013
Bekmambetov named most commercially successful filmmaker in Russia
Timur Bekmambetov’s films have earned about $140 million in Russian film distribution industry.
25 April 2013
Bekmambetov to make a movie about hijackers
Kazakhstan-born Timur Bekmambetov will film Heatseekers action-movie.
24 January 2013
Bekmambetov will film his Oz movie in Almaty
Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs Film Company will start filming the new movie in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on January 5, 2013.
27 December 2012
Kazakhstan Kun-Do team will direct stunt fighting in Gentlemen of Fortune remake
Kazakhstan Kun-Do Stunt Fighting School will develop action scenes for a remake of the notorious Soviet comedy Gentlemen of Fortune.
02 August 2012
Vincent Cassel wishes to act in Bekmambetov’s movies
Vincent Cassel is interested in acting in Timur Bekmambetov's movies, because he is very impressed with his Abraham Lincoln.
10 July 2012
A joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton opens Astana Film Festival
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton, has been selected the opening film of the festival in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2012
Bekmambetov’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” won’t be a moneymaking movie
The movie is extremely controversial, nobody has filmed the U.S. presidents chasing vampires with an axe before: Kazakhstan-born director Timur Bekmambetov.
03 July 2012
Bekmambetov wants to make Astana new Asian cinema hub
The organizers of the Festival have invited young filmmakers from the most famous Asian film schools to find a new Astana super-hero.
02 July 2012
Cartoons are ahead of Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: box office
The filmmakers hoped that the $68 million movie would draw at least $20 million in its first weekend.
26 June 2012
Kazakhstan is looking for a superhero
Timur Bekmambetov’s Festival of Action Films Astana announced a contest of Kazakhstan superheros.
18 May 2012
Bekmambetov mulling a film about American inventor Thomas Edison
Timur Bekmambetov is going to make a film about the patent war between American inventor Thomas Edison and engineer George Westinghouse.
07 May 2012
Bekmambetov to receive Best International Film Director award in USA
The U.S. National Association of Theater Owners named Timur Bekmambetov the best 2011 International Film Director.
27 December 2011