In his last year of university, Logothetis was hired by
Capitol Records to record the American tour of rock band
The Knack. He was then hired by
Columbia Pictures to produce his first film,
Hardbodies 2. In 1987, he directed his first feature film
Pretty Smart, and developed the horror film
Slaughterhouse Rock. In 1989, he made a documentary about five heavyweight boxers who dominated the sport in their time,
Champions Forever, starring
Muhammad Ali and
Joe Frazier. and
Luke Hemsworth Danny Aiello then came to Logothetis with a
stage play,
Wheel Barrel Closers, which Logothetis adapted for the screen and directed under the title
The Closer, starring Aiello,
Diane Baker and
Michael Paré. He then acquired the rights to a
Stephen King script written specifically for the screen, and produced
Sleepwalkers for Columbia Pictures. In 1994, Logothetis directed and produced
Body Shot, a
film noir thriller starring
Robert Patrick, for HBO. He then moved into the Western genre and produced and directed
Cheyenne, starring Bo Svensen and
Gary Hudson. In 1999, Logothetis was hired by
Warner Brothers and directed the pilot for the television series
Robin Hood. He directed
Mike Hammer, starring
Stacy Keach, for Franklin Waterman. He then directed the pilot episode for the action adventure series
Air America, starring
Lorenzo Lamas, and went on to direct eight more episodes. In 2000, Logothetis was hired by Warner Brothers to be the executive producer of the science fiction action adventure TV series
Code Name: Eternity. He was responsible for the creative look and feel of the series and for writing and directing the
pilot episode. The next year, Warner Brothers asked him to serve as executive producer and to direct another TV anthology,
The Dark Realm, where he edited the two-hour pilot episode and supervised the screenwriting. In 2010, Logothetis became President of Production at
Kings Road Entertainment. He then re-developed and wrote a series called
The Outfit, again based on Giancana, that he set up with Radar Pictures and producer
Ted Field. He then set up a remake of
All of Me with John Davis and
DreamWorks, which he is set to produce. DreamWorks let the option on
All of Me expire and Logothetis teamed up with
Todd Garner to set up
All of Me as a TV series at NBC Universal. In 2013, Logothetis took up Giancana again, and along with his project partner Nick Celozzi, wrote, produced and directed a documentary on him,
Momo: The Sam Giancana Story, which won the 2012 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival "Best Feature Documentary" award. In 2015, he produced
Kickboxer: Vengeance, a reboot of the
Kickboxer franchise, with Ted Field and Radar Pictures. Logothetis wrote and produced
Kickboxer: Vengeance starring
Jean-Claude Van Damme and the new kickboxer, Alain Moussi, with other talents such as Dave Bautista, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Gina Carano. Logothetis was attracted to the original Jean-Claude Van Damme's Kickboxer because of his martial arts background and that's what inspired him to pursue the rights to the original, develop a reboot of the franchise and ultimately write, produce and direct a contemporary version of the pop culture, iconic Kickboxer. It was important that Logothetis to convince Van Damme to step into the role of mentor to ordain a new, high octane Kickboxer who has a sixth degree black belt in Jiu-Jitsu, Alain Moussi. According to Den of Geek, "Kickboxer: Vengeance is the nostalgic treat you'd hoped for, the cinematic equivalent of an old, warm, blood stained blanket, that you wrap yourself up in and then hope more people will want to join you under, but most likely won't... it's the respectful way it treats the original that makes it such good entertainment for long time Kickboxer fans". "Kickboxer: Vengeance is a pleasant surprise with a fun twist on the 80s action film but set in modern-day Thailand, and a knowing self-reflexive quality that actually makes it a really enjoyable twist. If you enjoy martial arts, action, a bit of tongue-in-cheek comedy or if you just enjoyed the original Kickboxer, then check out Kickboxer: Vengeance." - Screen Jabber. In 2016, Logothetis wrote and directed the sequel,
Kickboxer: Retaliation, which introduced new characters, Mongkut, played by
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and Thomas Moore, played by
Christopher Lambert.
Kickboxer: Retaliation got 92% from critics and 84% from the audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kickboxer: Retaliation is #6 Martial Arts Movie on Netflix with the Highest Rotten Tomatoes Score. According to Men's Health, during the week of September 29, 2020, Kickboxer: Vengeance film was in the top 15 most viewed action films on Netflix. "Kickboxer Retaliation" is one of the Best Action Movies of 2018" and is in The Top 50 Action Gems of the Decade. According to Forbes, "If you aren't watching the new Kickboxer movies, you're doing it wrong. As action reboots go, the Kickboxer remake films–Vengeance, and now Retaliation–nail the action vibe better than The Expendables movies ever did, and without necessarily pandering to nostalgia, either". 2020 saw the release of Logothetis's science fiction martial arts film
Jiu Jitsu starring
Alain Moussi,
Nicolas Cage, and
Tony Jaa. Shot on the island of
Cyprus, it was the beginning of a new martial arts franchise. It was #4 on Netflix in the US and #1 on Netflix in Canada the week of its release.
Gunner, an action film starring
Morgan Freeman and
Luke Hemsworth, was released in the US and Canada by Warner Bros. Entertainment. Gunner ranked #8 across all genres on Apple TV in the U.S. and reached #3 in the Action & Adventure category during its release week. Internationally, Gunner also made waves, reaching the #1 spot on Amazon Prime in France during its first week of release. == Awards ==