May 30, 2008 - Warner Bros Pictures announced filming has begun on the action movie Ninja Assassin starring pop star Rain, Naomie Harris and Rick Yune. V vor Vendetta director James McTeigue is helming the project which is currently underway in and around Berlin and at Babelsberg Studios.
Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski wrote the screenplay with Joel Silver, Grant Hill, Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski producing. The Wachowskis worked with Rain on Speed Racer and were impressed with the pop star's acting skills. That supporting role led to his casting in the lead role in Ninja Assassin.
The behind the scenes Ninja Assassin team includes director of photography Karl Walter Lindenlaub, production designer Graham Walker, costume designer Carlo Poggioli and editor Giancarlo Ganziano.
Ninja Assassin - Official Synopsis
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo (Rain), one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them…and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi (Rick Yune), to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive…and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.
Source: Warner Bros Pictures
