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Jiu Jitsu will star Alain Moussi in the lead role; the actor and stuntman previously starred in Logothetis Kickboxer: Vengeance and Kickboxer: Retaliation. He currently plays Batman in DCs Titans, and has worked as a stunt coordinator on the X-Men movies and the DCEUs Suicide Squad and Shazam!
After we successfully reintroduced the Kickboxer franchise to a new generation of martial arts fans with the sixth and seventh entries in the series, we set out to up the ante with a sci-fi martial arts franchise that could bring the same kind of intensity and longevity to a new arena, Logothetis told The Hollywood Reporter .
Cage is set to play Wylie, a supporting character who helps Moussis hero on his journey. At least, thats what we can tell from the films official synopsis, which honestly sounds pretty wild. Based on a comic book written by Logothetis and Jim McGrath, Jiu Jitsu tells the story of an epic conflict between humans and aliens:
Every six years, an ancient order of expert Jiu Jitsu fighters faces a fearsome alien invader in a battle for Earth, the plot summary reads. When war hero and master Jiu Jitsu fighter Jake Barnes (Moussi) refuses to face Brax, the indomitable leader of the invaders, the future of humanity hangs in the balance.
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Injured and suffering from severe amnesia, Jake is captured by a military squad who have descended upon the planet and is rescued by Wylie (Cage) and a team of fellow Jiu Jitsu fighters who must help him recover his memory and regain his strength to engage in an epic battle that will once again determine the fate of mankind.
Alien invaders. A battle for Earth. Severe amnesia. Sign us up!