Magnet Releasing Buys ‘Yakuza Princess,’ Action Thriller With Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Masumi (EXCLUSIVE)
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMagnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired U.S rights to “Yakuza Princess,” an action thriller starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Japanese American singer Masumi. The film is directed by Vicente Amorim (“Motorrad”) and is adapted from Danilo Beyruth’s graphic novel “Shiro.Magnet will release “Yakuza Princess” later this year.The film unfolds in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil — the largest Japanese diaspora in the world.