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Jiu Jitsu is an upcoming science fiction action film written and directed by Dimitri Logothetis, starring Nicolas Cage, Frank Grillo, and Alain Moussi.

Premise
When Jake Barnes, a celebrated war hero and master Jiu Jitsu fighter, refuses to face Brax, an indomitable creature, the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Injured and suffering from severe amnesia, Jake is captured by a military squad unequipped to fight the merciless intruder who has descended upon the planet. Jake is rescued by Wylie, and an ancient order of Jiu Jitsu fighters who must help him recover his memory and regain his strength in order to band together and defeat Brax in an epic battle that will determine the fate of mankind.

Cast

 * Nicolas Cage as Wyllie
 * Frank Grillo as Harrigan
 * Marie Avgeropoulos as Myra
 * Tony Jaa as Kueng
 * Rick Yune as Capt Sand
 * Juju Chan as Carmen
 * Alain Moussi as Jake
 * Tommy Walker as Private Tommy
 * Ryan Tarran as Brax
 * James P. Bennet as Hector
 * Maresse Crump as Forbes
 * John D Hickman as Stg. Hickman
 * Dan Rizzuto as Franz

Production
Nicolas Cage is set to topline writer-director-producer Dimitri Logothetis’ sci-fi martial arts movie Jiu Jitsu. He will star alongside Alain Moussi, who headlined the last two Kickboxer movies, in which Logothetis was also involved.

Based on the comic book of the same name, which Logothetis wrote with Jim McGrath, the film features Moussi as a Jiu Jitsu fighter who every six years must face off against an alien invader, Brax. Cage’s character teams up with him in a battle to defeat Brax.

The feature will be produced by Logothetis and Martin Barab with Highland Film Group handling worldwide sales, which are currently underway at Hong Kong Filmart.

“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 said of the project.

Cage, repped by WME and Stride Management, was recently seen in the psychedelic action-horror film Mandy and heard in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Moussi, repped by The Characters Talent Agency and Peter Meyer Management, will be seen in the upcoming Kickboxer: Armageddon.

Logothetis, repped by Peter Meyer Management, directed 2018’s Kickboxer: Retaliation and the upcoming Kickboxer: Armageddon. Jiu Jitsu, the upcoming sci-fi martial arts actioner starring Nicolas Cage, has become the first international film production to utilize a new tax incentives scheme from the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency.

The $27.5 million film will be shot entirely in Cyprus, taking advantage of a program that gives productions the option to choose between cash rebate or tax credit, and also benefit from tax discounts on investments made on equipment and infrastructure. The cash rebate program is a rebate of 25-30 percent on eligible expenditure.

From writer-director-producer Dimitri Logothetis, Jiu Jitsu will see Cage star alongside Alain Moussi, who headlined the last two Kickboxer movies, in which Logothetis was involved.

Based on the comic book of the same name, which Logothetis wrote with Jim McGrath, the film features Moussi as a Jiu Jitsu fighter who every six years must face off against an alien invader, Brax. Cage’s character teams up with him in a battle to defeat Brax.

The Invest Cyprus committee took two days to review and approve Jiu Jitsu.=References==