Ten Years After ‘Kung Fury’ Rocked Cannes, Director David Sandberg Unwraps ‘Heartbreaking’ Legal Chaos That Left Feature-Length Sequel in Limbo

Just a few days before the 2025 Cannes Film Festival kicked off, a leaked sizzle reel of a film called “Kung Fury 2″ caused something of a stir online.

The 10-minute promo — uploaded to an anonymous YouTube account (and removed less than a day later) — showcased an insane medley of action comedy and martial arts in a wildly over-the-top and mostly bonkers homage to the 80s, with Michael Fassbender as a renegade cop with an impressive mullet hairdo and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Nazi-fighting U.S. president.

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