Si82 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6951185.stm Remake for iconic Bruce Lee film Bruce Lee's iconic 1973 martial arts movie Enter the Dragon is to be remade for a new audience, Hollywood studio Warner Bros has announced. The film, renamed as Awaken the Dragon, will be about an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs. The remake will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, who also produces the US hit police drama The Shield. Warner Bros has yet to reveal who will be cast in the lead role. In Enter the Dragon, Lee played a kung fu fighter who infiltrates an island occupied by a rogue martial artist. Lee was 32 when he died in 1973 from swelling of the brain. The action star was known for films in which he portrayed characters that defended the Chinese and the working class from oppressors. In April, it was announced a 40-part series is being made by Chinese state television about the life of the late martial arts star. I gotta say, I've got mixed feelings on this one. I love the original movie but it is being written and directed by Kurt Sutter with gives me some hope. I just hope they manage to make it different enough from the original to warrent remaking it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
In Credible 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 How can you remake a Bruce Lee movie? IT'S BRUCE FUCKING LEE! It's like remaking Die Hard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man Who Sold The World 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Now remake The Last Dragon. "Kiss my converse". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Oh hell no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideburnious 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 How can you remake a Bruce Lee movie? IT'S BRUCE FUCKING LEE! It's like remaking Die Hard! Well, if you got someone confident to remake it in 40 years time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6951185.stm Remake for iconic Bruce Lee film Bruce Lee's iconic 1973 martial arts movie Enter the Dragon is to be remade for a new audience, Hollywood studio Warner Bros has announced. The film, renamed as Awaken the Dragon, will be about an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs. The remake will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, who also produces the US hit police drama The Shield. Warner Bros has yet to reveal who will be cast in the lead role. In Enter the Dragon, Lee played a kung fu fighter who infiltrates an island occupied by a rogue martial artist. Lee was 32 when he died in 1973 from swelling of the brain. The action star was known for films in which he portrayed characters that defended the Chinese and the working class from oppressors. In April, it was announced a 40-part series is being made by Chinese state television about the life of the late martial arts star. I gotta say, I've got mixed feelings on this one. I love the original movie but it is being written and directed by Kurt Sutter with gives me some hope. I just hope they manage to make it different enough from the original to warrent remaking it. I'm actually shocked that it took this long to make a maxiseries about Lee. I guess Chinese television finally ran out of ideas for stories involving Wong Fei-Hong? Anyways, to remake Enter the Dragon... well, it's not as if other films didn't blatantly steal bits from Enter the Dragon. Mortal Kombat is the first one that springs to my mind. Still, I have reservations about this, because seriously, the list of people that could do Bruce Lee justice is pretty short - Jet Li (who isn't doing any more martial arts films), Tony Jaa and maybe MMA/K-1 fighter Cung Le (who in this mini-movie is in an MMA fight with boxing gloves?). Which of course means that we'll get Nic Cage in the lead role. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Tony Jaa was the first name that popped into my head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
In Credible 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 How can you remake a Bruce Lee movie? IT'S BRUCE FUCKING LEE! It's like remaking Die Hard! Well, if you got someone confident to remake it in 40 years time... I don't care about the filmmakers, but Bruce Lee was a one of a kind Human Being, not just entertainer. I can't think of anyone that can even come close to what Bruce Lee was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Oh hell no. It's only a matter of time before Citezen Kane gets remade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Anyways, to remake Enter the Dragon... well, it's not as if other films didn't blatantly steal bits from Enter the Dragon. Mortal Kombat is the first one that springs to my mind. Still, I have reservations about this, because seriously, the list of people that could do Bruce Lee justice is pretty short - Jet Li (who isn't doing any more martial arts films), Tony Jaa and maybe MMA/K-1 fighter Cung Le (who in this mini-movie is in an MMA fight with boxing gloves?). Which of course means that we'll get Nic Cage in the lead role. Jet Li is still doing martial arts films. He isn't doing anymore of those big period pieces anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Jean Claude Van Damn built his whole career remaking this movie and I love every single one of them! The whole martial art no rules tournament has been remade 43798437894389 times since Bruce Lee's death and guess what its going to be remade 439874387 more times....the worst.one.ever is of course D.O.A. staring Kevin Nash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nate 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 i'm on the fence with this one, the only way this might work is if they get some good MMA guys in this movie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Yup it needs Don Frye, Bas Rutten, the Machado brothers, and some Gracies all getting beat up by a small kung fu master. I just don't want to see someone like Jack Black playing the part that John Saxon played in the original but you know Billy Blanks or Maurice Smith was made to be Black Belt Jones and the bad guy has to be Sammo Hung. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karnage 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 I think I'm more curious on who will play BOLO than I am concerned with who will play Bruce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 I would go with Kazuyuki Fujita. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Chaos 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Tony Jaa was the first name that popped into my head. Yeah, he's the only one that might make it half decent. But, I think they want to cast an unknown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Tony Jaa please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 I think I'm more curious on who will play BOLO than I am concerned with who will play Bruce. Only Bolo can play Bolo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 Why are you assuming it will be such a martial-arts heavy movie at all? This guy Kurt Sutter has worked on nothing but a few episodes of The Shield, and that's it, no other experience whatsoever. He's never written or directed a movie before. And right from the beginning, changing the title just gives me icky feelings all over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 Kurt Sutter maybe the writer/director and everything else but who will be the real action director? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 At least they were considerate enough to change the title. Maybe it will turn out to be like Bruce Li's masterpiece, "Exit The Dragon" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 Why are you assuming it will be such a martial-arts heavy movie at all? This guy Kurt Sutter has worked on nothing but a few episodes of The Shield, and that's it, no other experience whatsoever. He's never written or directed a movie before. And right from the beginning, changing the title just gives me icky feelings all over. The heading "Remake for Enter the Dragon" makes us assume it's a martial-arts heavy movie, right off. Plus, the one-liner says that the agent is "infiltrating underground kung-fu fight clubs", which at the end of the day will probably be MMA fight clubs. Now to be fair, I did read somewhere that it would be a noir thriller, but still - if someone says that you're remaking Enter the Dragon, you're expecting a martial arts movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 So, the title is different...the plot is kinda different...so WHY is this a remake of Enter the Dragon? Seems like that Jodie Foster movie coming out is more a remake of Death Wish than this is a remake of Enter the Dragon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 Jason Staham sounds like he has a new role coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmericanDragon 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 Does anyone have any recent pictures of Bolo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 All I could find, off the set of his latest movie: So yeah, too old to play anything but a master type part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 the worst.one.ever is of course D.O.A. staring Kevin Nash. Bugger off, that film was seven kinds of awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
