Jean-Claude Van Damme at the premiere of Keanu in Hollywood, California. Photo: AFP
Jean-Claude Van Damme is officially returning for Kickboxer: Retaliation, the sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance. The Belgian actor had starred in Kickboxer: Vengeance as a karate master. He played the lead in the original 1989 Kickboxer. Dimitri Logothetis (Stephen King's Sleepwalkers), who holds two black belts, is the writer and producer of Kickboxer: Vengeance, and is directing the sequel.
Van Damme signed his contract live on video via his official Facebook page recently. "JC brings his charisma and martial arts talents to Kickboxer as no other actor can," Logothetis said.
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