Kurt Sutter: “Awaken the Dragon” and “Forever Sam Crow”
A couple of posts down Rafael Kayanan mentioned the Enter the Dragon re-make that Kurt Sutter is going to write and direct for Warner Bros. Since I hadn’t heard anything about this, I decided to find out the scoop.Kurt Sutter is an executive producer, writer and occasional actor on The Shield. Sutter told Variety that he’s..
…‘writing “Awaken the Dragon” as a contemporized drama about a lone FBI agent who pursues a rogue Shaolin monk into the bloody world of underground martial arts fight clubs.’
Enter the Dragon is one of my all-time favorite films. I love Sutter’s work on The Shield and have no problems with him updating, re-making or re-imagining Enter the Dragon. If his movie is great, then it will bring more awareness to the original. If his movie tanks, it doesn’t change anything with the Bruce Lee classic.
Sounds like a win-win situation for us action fans especially if Sutter’s FX pilot Forever Sam Crow [a drama set in the “world of outlaw motorcycle clubs] is picked up.
Hmmm…Good points!
He could use the same cast from the upcoming movie “War”.
Jet li in the Bruce Lee role,
Jason Statham in the John Saxon role. Who could play the Jim Kelly role?
Thanks Dan!
Chad, how about Gary Dourdan? He plays on CSI and was in Alien: Resurrection.
Wesley Snipes, because his most popular character DID come out right out of a comic book!
Raf, it would be worth the price of admission just to hear Wesley, say, “…Han, man!”
Btw, check out Jim Kelly in the 2005 Lebron James spot called Chamber of Fears on youtube. He hasn’t changed that much!
Hmmmm….Gary Dourdan. Very good choice Craig. You’ve missed your calling as a Hoyty Toyty Hollywood casting director.
Chad, You may be right… I think I had the Toyty part down, but the Hoyty always eluded me!