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Ke Huy Quan Set For Uni Actioner ‘With Love’ From 87North
By Matt Grobar
Film Reporter

January 4, 2024 1:00pm

Ke Huy Quan
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EXCLUSIVE: While Ke Huy Quan has carefully considered his next career moves following his triumph at the Oscars with Daniels’ A24 smash Everything Everywhere All at Once, not unlike the other winners of 2023, he’s now found his next feature lead in With Love, a Universal action pic from David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87North (Bullet Train, upcoming The Fall Guy).

Set to direct the film in his theatrical feature debut is Jonathan Eusebio, a longtime 2nd unit director and stunt coordinator whose recent credits include Violent Night and Obi-Wan Kenobi. While plot details are under wraps, Luke Passmore is writing from an original script by Josh Stoddard (Warrior, Kaleidoscope) & Matthew Murray.


Jonathan Eusebio
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Leitch and McCormick will produce through 87North, with Guy Danella overseeing on behalf of the company. Overseeing on Universal’s behalf are Executive Vice President of Production Development, Jay Polidoro, and Director of Production Development, Tony Ducret.

It was earlier this year that Quan won his Supporting Actor Oscar for Everything Everywhere, the action-packed and heartfelt genre-bender that saw him star opposite Michelle Yeoh. Taking the world by storm following its premiere at SXSW, the pic marked a major turning point for the one-time child star, as one of the first projects he pursued following a 20-year hiatus from acting. His role as the lovable Waymond Wang, husband of Yeoh’s immigrant laundromat owner Evelyn — as well as his alter egos from different corners of the metaverse — led him to become the first Asian male to win an individual film acting award from SAG, also scoring Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Gotham Awards, among other accolades.

Since then, Quan’s been seen in the second season of Disney+’s Loki, for which he was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award — stealing scenes in the MCU as the TVA’s quirky-genius repairman, Ouroboros, aka O.B. He also last year reteamed with Yeoh on the Disney+ series American Born Chinese and will be seen coming up in the Russo Brothers’ adaptation of acclaimed graphic novel The Electric State for Netflix.

A 20-year veteran of the industry with two Stunt Ensemble SAG Awards and eight nominations to his name, Eusebio served as both 2nd unit director and stunt coordinator on Uni/87North’s holiday action comedy Violent Night, starring David Harbour, and Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. Other recent credits for the filmmaker include Birds of Prey, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Deadpool 2 and Black Panther, to name just a few.

Quan is repped by UTA and Cohen & Gardner; Eusebio by CAA; Passmore by Grandview; Stoddard by CAA and Writ Large; and Murray by Writ Large.

This looks promising.

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‘Into The Badlands’ Star Daniel Wu Joins Ke Huy Quan In ‘With Love’ From 87North And Universal
By Justin Kroll
Film Editor
@krolljvar

April 1, 2024 2:00pm

(L-R) Daniel Wu and Ke Huy Quan
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EXCLUSIVE: American Born Chinese star Daniel Wu is set to join Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose in 87North’s With Love for Universal Pictures. The film is Quan’s first starring role since winning the Supporting Actor Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, who also produced Atomic Blonde, Nobody and the upcoming summer pic The Fall Guy, will produce. Universal has set a release date of February 7, 2025.

With Love is written by Josh Stoddard, Luke Passmore and Matthew Murray. Guy Danella is also producing for 87North. Making his feature film directing debut is veteran stunt coordinator and fight coordinator Jonathan Eusebio. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Universal’s EVP Production Development Jay Polidoro and Director of Production Development Tony Ducret will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.

Wu is a renowned Hong Kong-American actor, director and producer with a career spanning more than 25 years, beginning when auteur director Yonfan cast him as the lead in the film Bishonen. He quickly rose to fame, starring in films like Benny Chan’s Gen-X Cops, Caught in Time and City of Glass. He made his directorial debut with The Heavenly Kings, a humorous glimpse into the Hong Kong music industry, which won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director.

His string of international films includes China’s submission to the 88th Academy Awards Go Away Mr. Tumor, Duncan Jones’ adaptation of Warcraft, Tomb Raider and Reminiscence. He also starred and executive produced AMC’s Into the Badlands (2015-2019), as well as executive produced the documentary Blurring the Color Line. Most recently, Wu starred in the Disney+ limited series American Born Chinese.

Wu is repped by UTA, Leverage Management, and PJ Shaprio, Kendall Jackson and Raymond Tambe at JSSK.

Now this looks even more promising.