The Ke Huy Quan comeback tour is in full swing! Since his Oscar-triumphant return to Hollywood in 2022’s multiverse mind-bender, Everything Everywhere All At Once, the former Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom star has been inundated with offers. After we got a sneak peek of Quan’s action hero chops in the upcoming 87North thriller Love Hurts, he’s now landed his next starring role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Quan will headline Fairytale In New York, an original action thriller from Sisu director Jalmari Helander.
For those who missed Helander’s previous work (seriously, where have you been?), Sisu is a 90-minute symphony of brutal, cartoonishly violent mayhem. Picture a lone Finnish war veteran turning Nazis into a fine, bloody mist through a delightful mix of stabbings, shootings, explosions, and pyrotechnics. It’s intense, action-packed, and outrageously entertaining. It seems Fairytale In New York will give Quan his own chance to unleash some righteous fury, although this time the Nazi-slaying is off the menu. Instead, Quan plays a New York cabbie whose Christmas journey home to reconnect with his estranged son takes a dark turn after a brutal encounter with a street gang leaves him fighting to recover his son’s invaluable holiday gift. Forget Jingle All the Way – this sounds more like a festive bloodbath, doesn’t it?
“We were blown away by *Sisu* and immediately knew we wanted to work with Jalmari again,” said Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, in a statement. “*Fairytale In New York* promises a thrilling, adrenaline-fueled ride with an emotionally resonant story about family. Ke Huy Quan is experiencing a career renaissance, and his decades of experience both in front of and behind the camera, coupled with his undeniable charisma, make him the perfect choice for this project.”
While a release date for *Fairytale In New York* is yet to be set, and the rest of the cast remains a mystery, the combination of Quan, Helander, and this killer premise suggests genre fans are in for an early Christmas treat. Unless, of course, you misread the title and were hoping for a Ke Huy Quan biopic of Shane MacGowan—in which case, well, you might want to check the listings again.