International Stunt News
India — Stunt Silva on Designing One-Legged Action for Mohanlal in Patriot
Posted: May 4, 2026
Stunt choreographer Stunt Silva spoke to ETV Bharat about coordinating the action for Mahesh Narayanan's Patriot, in which Mohanlal plays a one-legged lead. The brief was a no-exaggeration approach: every fight had to read as something a one-legged person could actually execute, with VFX support arriving only in post. Silva worked Mohanlal through balance, weight transfer, and recovery so the choreography could stand on practical footing before any clean-up. Two set pieces anchor the film — a casual, technically dense first fight and a fully emotional second fight — and Silva calls the project the most challenging of his career, citing the demand to keep the action tied to the character's physical limitation instead of bypassing it for spectacle.
Source: ETV Bharat — Stunt Silva Reveals Challenges Behind Mohanlal's One-Legged Action In Patriot
UK — British Stunt Performers Allege Pushback After Joining New Guild
Posted: late April 2026
British stunt performers who joined the new UK professional body for stunt workers say they have faced bullying and threats of being shut out of work for signing on. The piece focuses on how the guild is trying to bring UK stunt rates, safety standards, and dispute resolution closer to the protections SAG-AFTRA performers have on the U.S. side — and the resistance that effort is meeting from established coordinators.
Source: Deadline — British Stunt Performers Face Alleged Threats After Joining New Professional Guild
Japan — Saori Izawa Anchors the Live-Action Sakamoto Days Feature
Posted: April 29, 2026
The live-action Sakamoto Days film opens in Japan today through TOHO, and the production is built around a stunt performer rather than around a star. Saori Izawa — the performer behind some of the most-replayed action work in Kingdom, Rurouni Kenshin: The Final / The Beginning, and the gauntlet sequences in John Wick: Chapter 4 — plays a lead role and carries the film's hand-to-hand and weapons work. Action is choreographed by Mine Tanimoto, with Daiki Kamoshita directing the live-action footage that has been rolling out as marketing trailers since late 2024. The casting matters for the working community because it's an A-tier studio film built on a credited stunt performer's name and skill set, not a reskinned star vehicle — the same direction the Hollywood pipeline keeps inching toward but rarely commits to at the lead-role level.
ORICON News — Saori Izawa in intense action scenes · IMDb — Live-action PV announcement · IMDb — Sakamoto Days (2026)
UK — Revived Stunt Guild Sparks Backlash Against Performers Who Joined
April 22, 2026
Lee Sheward — a stunt coordinator whose credits include The Crown and Batman — has relaunched The Stunt Guild (TSG), a UK stunt body dormant since the 1990s. TSG opened with more than 90 members and pitches itself as a collaborative employment body for British stunt performers. The move has reopened fault lines with the long-standing British Stunt Register (BSR), which certifies UK coordinators and performers. Sheward says 14 TSG joiners have already withdrawn after facing bullying and threats of lost work from BSR-aligned colleagues. The split matters for the working stunt community because most UK coordinators hire from one recognized list; parallel structures can quickly turn into hiring freezes for performers caught between them.
Deadline — British Stunt Performers Face Alleged Threats
Canada — Patrick Mark Receives ACTRA Toronto Stunt Award
April 17, 2026
ACTRA Toronto announced that veteran stunt coordinator Patrick Mark will receive the ACTRA Toronto Stunt Award at the 24th ACTRA Awards ceremony on May 11, 2026, at Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning in Toronto. The award recipient is chosen by a committee of past ACTRA Toronto Stunt Award winners.
Mark's career spans decades of stunt coordination work across major productions including The Day After Tomorrow, Shooter, and Pixels. His upcoming projects include stunt coordinator on Pray for Me: Key to Freedom and stunt driver on Karate Ghost.
Sources:
ACTRA Toronto Announcement
Playback Online
Patrick Mark — IMDb
Canada — Infiltrate from Stuntman-Director James Mark
April 10, 2026
Canadian stuntman-turned-filmmaker James Mark released Infiltrate on VOD this week. The film was shot in Canada with Mark's brother Chris Mark serving as stunt coordinator, fight choreographer, and 2nd unit director. Stars include Canadian martial artist Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen and Montreal-born Kickboxer star Alain Moussi. The Mark brothers have built a reputation in the Canadian indie action space for delivering strong stunt work on tight budgets.
IMDB · Screen Anarchy Review
Screen Anarchy - Infiltrate
Indonesia — Iko Uwais' Timur Reaches US Audiences
April 7, 2026
Indonesian action star Iko Uwais' directorial debut Timur hit US VOD on April 7. The film, produced under Uwais Pictures with choreography by the Uwais Team, is based on the real 1996 Mapenduma hostage rescue operation. After a successful theatrical run in Indonesia (released December 18, 2025), the film is now reaching international audiences. Uwais directed, starred, and oversaw the stunt team — calling them "the best" for their work on the military action sequences.