Crank 2: High Voltage is set to begin shooting on April 28th in Los Angeles and the casting announcements were made over the weekend:

Jason Statham returns as hitman Chev Chelios
Amy Smart returns as his girlfriend Eve
Dwight Yoakam returns as Doc Miles
Efren Ramirez returns, but as a character named Venus (Ramirez played Kaylo, who died in the original film)
Clifton Collins Jr. has been brought on board to play Chelios’ nemesis
Bai Ling has also been brought on board

Crank 2 begins seconds after the end of the original film. Chelios must face a mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered robotic heart which requires regular jolts [...]

Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales will hit theaters in November, and the theatrical movie trailer will premiere soon. Richard has said it will be online the first week of September. Although, there is some people online speculate that the trailer might be attached to Right at You Door, which hits theaters tomorrow.
In the meantime, our friends at FirstShowing have posted another round of new photos, which includes some new FX shots.

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