Frenchy[1] (formerly known as Full Love, Soldiers and The Eagle Path) is an upcoming action drama written, produced, edited, and directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, who also stars in the film as the main character Frenchy. The film also features two of his children, Kristopher Van Varenberg and Bianca Bree.
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Directed by | Jean-Claude Van Damme |
Written by | Jean-Claude Van Damme |
Produced by | Jean-Claude Van Damme Eugene Van Varenberg Moshe Diamant |
Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme Claudia Bassols John Colton Josef Cannon Chuck DiMaria Adam Karst Cal Rein |
Cinematography | Douglas Milsome |
Edited by | Jean-Claude Van Damme Noureddine Zerrad |
Music by | Youssef Guezoum |
Production company | Rodin Entertainment |
Countries | Thailand Hong Kong United States |
Language | English |
The first edit of the film was screened under the former title The Eagle Path during a special distributor screening at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival to find a distribution company for a potential theatrical release, but with no success. For that reason, in 2012, parts of the film were reshot and scenes added, the film was renamed Soldiers.[2] Two years after, a new cut of the film with a title change to Full Love, was shown during a special distributor screening at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival.[3][4] In 2018, Van Damme attended the Cannes Film Festival again and unsuccessfully tried to find a theatrical distributor for the third time. In 2020, the film was re-edited and renamed again to Frenchy and is still in search of a distributor.[5] In 2022, the film under the original title The Eagle Path was still in search for a distributor. As of 2024, it remains unreleased in any form.[6]
Cast
edit- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Frenchy
- Claudia Bassols as Sophia
- John Colton as Luther Banks
- Josef Cannon as Bobby Jackson
- Chuck DiMaria as Vinnie Scantino
- Adam Karst as Soli
- Cal Rein as Cal
- Bianca Bree as Bianca Banks
- Kristopher Van Varenberg as Oren
- Harry Taylor as Young Frenchy
- Shay Nicole Collins as Shelby Jackson
Production
editFilming
editThe first cut of Frenchy was filmed in Thailand in the summer of 2008 on a budget of $5 million. After unsuccessful special screening in Cannes, organized in 2010 in order to find a distributor for a potential theatrical release, additional footage was shot in 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[citation needed]
Music
editComposer Youssef Guezoum scored the film with additional songs produced by Clarence Jey and performed by Josef Gordon. Music Supervision by Clarence Jey.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Coming Soon: Frenchy AKA Full Love with JCVD." TheActionElite.com. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Jean-Claude Van Damme: I like to be next to Stallone". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "FULL LOVE To Get An Audience At SIFF 2014". 11 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Winston Cook (29 March 2016). "In Search of Jean-Claude Van Damme's 'Full Love', His Strange, Unreleased Passion Project." Inverse.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Rodin Entertainment Ltd".
- ^ https://twitter.com/JCVD/status/1627719774871355416?cxt=HHwWsICw8dug6ZYtAAAA [bare URL]
External links
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