Member mpm74 Posted May 22, 2015 Member Share Posted May 22, 2015 Justin Lin (Fast and Furious) is attached to produce and possibly direct Warrior, a series that Deadline describes as a visceral crime drama that traces the path of a gifted but morally corrupt fighter thrown into crisis after a lifelong quest for vengeance is undermined. Warrior is based on Lee’s writings which never saw the light of day until after his death in 1973, until they were discovered by Shannon Lee, daughter of the iconic film legend. http://www.cityonfire.com/justin-lin-to-shoot-bruce-lee-project-warrior/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bigrogie Posted May 22, 2015 Member Share Posted May 22, 2015 I don't know if this was already posted or not. http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/05/21/fast-furious-director-developing-bruce-lee-inspired-series-for-cinemax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted May 23, 2015 Member Share Posted May 23, 2015 Argh!!!! Don't do this thru Cinemax! Do it thru HBO or Netflix!!!! I don't subscribe to Cinemax and I certainly don't want to add to my cable bill. I like the premise. Seems like a good starting basis. If they establish an ending and develop strong scripts that move towards it with robust MA fights in each episode, this could be epic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted May 24, 2015 Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 Bruce Lee`s "Warrior"? You know it will get a name change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Post on main site: http://www.shaolinchamber36.com/buddhist-blog/new-tv-project-based-on-unused-bruce-lee-material/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BiggWill1988 Posted July 4, 2015 Member Share Posted July 4, 2015 I dont have Cinemax but if it comes out good, Ill watch it if its online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Phantom Dreamer Posted June 7, 2017 Member Share Posted June 7, 2017 "The Warrior" has earned a straight-to-series order for 2017-18 on Cinemax. "Warrior”: Based on an idea by the late Bruce Lee, the series is set in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1870s and centers on a newly arrived immigrant (and “martial arts prodigy”) who goes to work for a powerful crime family. Lee’s daughter, Shannon, and Justin Lin are among the executive producers; Jonathan Tropper (“Banshee”) is the showrunner. Per TV By the Numbers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Phantom Dreamer Posted June 7, 2017 Member Share Posted June 7, 2017 The Warrior ordered to series: http://deadline.com/2017/06/bruce-lee-warrior-tong-wars-drama-series-cinemax-justin-lin-jonathan-tropper-1202108759/amp/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted October 12, 2017 Member Share Posted October 12, 2017 The Warrior cast and crew, latest developements from over at Film Combat Syndicate. Link- http://filmcombatsyndicate.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/cinemaxs-new-martial-arts-series-drama.html Actress Olivia Cheng(Marco Polo) joins the cast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted October 13, 2017 Member Share Posted October 13, 2017 While this Bruce-Lee-inspired tong wars series is set in San Francisco Chinatown, it is not connected with the Tong Wars series in development for Amazon. That series is also set in San Francisco Chinatown, but is written by Paul Attanasio and being directed by Wong Kar Wai. Info from - http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amazon-armisen-rudolph-wong-1202552683/ I also wonder what effect two different Tong Wars series will have on another Tong Wars project, a feature film, Hatchet Men, based on the book Hatchet Men: The Story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco's Chinatown, a book by Richard H. Dillon, published in 2012. Will Yun Lee is to star as Little Pete, a historical Chinatown figure around 1900. This project is listed as Hatchet Men, a project in development with no names attached, on IMDB. The Hatchet Men movie info with names attached (news released a year ago) is from - http://deadline.com/2016/11/hachet-men-book-chinatown-tong-wars-to-get-feature-treatment-will-yun-lee-1201847326/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted October 23, 2017 Member Share Posted October 23, 2017 A Tale Of Two Bruce Lee's: Warrior, Kung Fu, and Reclaiming a 'Stolen' legacy. Link- http://www.yomyomf.com/a-tale-of-two-bruce-lees-warrior-kung-fu-and-reclaiming-a-stolen-legacy/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 23, 2018 Member Share Posted August 23, 2018 Quote UPDATE: With production set to start on October 22nd, the full cast of WARRIOR has been announced. Taking on the lead role is ANDREW KOJI who is best known for the martial arts short ‘Deep Pan Fury’. Koji will play ‘Ah Sahm’, “a martial arts prodigy who travels from China to San Francisco and ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown”. He is joined by ‘The Raid’ actor JOE TASLIM (Fast & Furious 6) as ‘Li Yong’, “a tong Lieutenant and kung fu master”. Rounding out the cast is OLIVIA CHENG (Netflix’s Marco Polo), JASON TOBIN (Pound Of Flesh), DIANNE DOAN (Descendants), KIERAN BEW (Green Street), DEAN JAGGER, JOANNA VANDERHAM (Banished), TOM WESTON-JONES (BBC’s Copper), HOON LEE (TV’s Banshee), LANGLEY KIRKWOOD (Dredd), CHRISTIAN MCKAY (Rush), and PERRY YUNG (John Wick: Chapter Two). Producer JUSTIN LIN stated: “The martial arts genre a lot of times has been relegated to B-level action. And that’s not something we wanted to do. Going off of Bruce Lee’s original material, we wanted to build something that is character-driven, that has important themes and that also takes place in a part of American history that rarely gets talked about. That to me makes it something you haven’t seen before.” From Deadline, via M.A.A.C, Link- http://www.maactioncinema.com/archives/5906 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 23, 2018 Member Share Posted August 23, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted August 23, 2018 Member Share Posted August 23, 2018 In reality, many of the martial arts practitioners of the past were thugs. Not all, but sort of a cops and criminals breakdown. The average person would be too busy trying to earn a living, and tons of manual labor and long hours would not exactly leave time to go to the gym like we would today. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 23, 2018 Member Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, NoKUNGFUforYU said: The average person would be too busy trying to earn a living, and tons of manual labor and long hours would not exactly leave time to go to the gym like we would today. True, unless you born into a family, whos lively hood was Martial Arts, or you had a talent for fighting, and wanted to make living doing it. I think we will be getting more productions from the Estate, ith the word, based on a script or idea by BL. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Phantom Dreamer Posted November 19, 2018 Member Share Posted November 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Phantom Dreamer said: Perhaps the people are ready for a full length, old school, hand drawn, Game of Death cartoon to be produced, to complete the Game of Death, the right way. $$$ This is the direction 'The Warrior' should have went in IMO. That would probably eliminate on-camera roles for the Asian actors & actresses, but it would probably be more successful. Imagine a cartoon Bruce Lee in the lead? Much better than CGI or god forbid, another actor who could never compare. It had to be done right, with the right intentions, coming from the right place. An adult cartoon, to change the landscape for the better. Art, real art. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted December 14, 2018 Member Share Posted December 14, 2018 Warrior - Official Teaser 2 - from https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/cinemaxs-warrior-signals-dangerous-times-in-the-second-series-teaser/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted December 14, 2018 Member Share Posted December 14, 2018 I need to see a smidgen more action. Just so I know whether this is going to be worthwhile or not. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Ah_Tao Posted December 14, 2018 Member Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) Yeah i also don't know how I feel about this. Idk if Bruce was into Ma Yongzhen's legend or what but this seems like another retelling of Ma Yongzhen in a way. Edited December 14, 2018 by Ah_Tao 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted December 14, 2018 Member Share Posted December 14, 2018 58 minutes ago, Drunken Monk said: I need to see a smidgen more action. How about some actual action. I didn't see anything in that but some posing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 14, 2019 Member Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) They must be confident about this series, their already casting/filming the second series, before the first one's out. Guess test audiences gave a positive reaction?. Edited January 14, 2019 by DragonClaws 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted January 25, 2019 Member Share Posted January 25, 2019 From https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/dustin-nguyen-to-join-warrior-and-my-wife-is-a-gangster-remake/ - Dustin "Nguyen, who last directed his own Stephen Chow homage with last year’s 798Muoi is additionally on par to possibly soon direct episodes for Cinemax series, Warrior; The show’s forthcoming first season is yet to be dated while a second season is now stirring things over on the show’s Cape Town set in South Africa. Nguyen will also join the cast for the new season in which I am also told that he will be playing 'a very cool antagonist' opposite the show’s star, Andrew Koji (Deep Pan Fury)." According to IMDB, Dustin Nguyen plays a character named Zing in three episodes of the first season of Warrior. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted February 8, 2019 Member Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted February 8, 2019 Member Share Posted February 8, 2019 Is it me or have the trailers for this been pretty low on action? I mean, for a show called Warrior based on Bruce Lee's writing they haven't really shown much martial arts. I have my fingers crossed for it having some strong action. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted February 17, 2019 Member Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) Here's How Bruce Lee's Writing, Became a Ten Part Cine-Max series called 'Warrior' Interview with Justin Linn and Shannon Lee. Link- http://collider.com/how-bruce-lee-writings-became-cinemax-series-warrior/#justin-lin Edited February 17, 2019 by DragonClaws 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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