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Warner/Legendary’s KUNG-FU Is Casting! And It Has A Director Now!

Finally some quality martial arts by Aloy	Sep 12th, 2007 03:17:44 AM
to watch
What happened to the Hughes brothers? by Vern	Sep 12th, 2007 03:19:52 AM
Both in connection with this project and in general. Those guys seemed like they were going somewhere, then they did that pretty bad Jack the Ripper movie and disappeared. Not even so much as a puff of smoke. I coulda sworn they were supposed to be doing this one, weren't they?
Seriously though by Aloy	Sep 12th, 2007 03:20:03 AM
This might just be an interesting take on a old boot of a story.
Keanu by MaxTheSilent	Sep 12th, 2007 03:20:37 AM
You know it's gonna happen.
Heh well another remake. by can-D	Sep 12th, 2007 03:20:42 AM
Hollywood's dead!
What do you hear? by Seph_J	Sep 12th, 2007 03:32:59 AM
The Grasshopper. and for the record... David Carradine is much more sexy now than he ever was in Kung Fu. A cameo is a certainty.
John Cho as Cain by Bobo_Vision	Sep 12th, 2007 03:43:57 AM
I'd see that.
Hughes Brothers did disappear into a puff of smoke by Mullah Omar	Sep 12th, 2007 03:48:02 AM
I think the weed may be stunting their ambition to get off the couch and make movies. Seriously.
TJ Hooker:The Revenge of Zmed!! by Redfive!	Sep 12th, 2007 04:08:37 AM
All these remakes and Tv shows turned into movies.What happened to CHIPS with Fez and the epic blockbuster TJ HOOKER:The Revenge of Zmed.Now that id pay to see...as long as theres a donkey involved.
Moviehole had it first, maybe.. by dashingwoman	Sep 12th, 2007 04:19:17 AM
Mori, I actually saw this up on another site a few hours ago. Moviehole. Sounds like someone cut and paste their story 2 u and send it to u as scoop...
Tarantino would be great,but he isn't a DGA member by BDuncan	Sep 12th, 2007 04:29:56 AM
The Hughes brothers were attached to this project and it's a shame they dropped out, as they need to pull their fingers out, from not doing anything new for 6 or 7 years. Tarantino would gladly do this, either as director, writer, or both, but Warner Bros can't offer it to him, as he isn't a directors guild member.
Leave this alone, please!!!!! by Cagliostro	Sep 12th, 2007 04:43:25 AM
The last thing the world needs is a "grittier" take on Kung-Fu. I grew up around dumb-fuck Neanderthals who thought the show needed to throw out all of that philosophy crap and get with the ass kicking. Now it seems they'll get their way. You want that, go watch a VanDamme flick. Tarantino would fuck it up as much as the next coked out dip-shit Hollywood hack. Just let it rest in peace.
Mr. Bean as Cain... by Cinemajerk	Sep 12th, 2007 05:45:14 AM
Think about it. Rowan could really pull this off. He's got the "look", he's got the acting chops, and he's athletic. What more could you want?
Seriously tho... by Cinemajerk	Sep 12th, 2007 05:51:05 AM
I think they should go with Jet Li. Or a complete unknown. But I hate how the casting call just emphasizes "looks" and then says martial arts skills are not necessary. What the F@#*? If they get some Asian Abercrombe & Fitch model....thats gonna suck donkey balls. They need someone with mad skills and intelligence to pull off the quiet philosophical side to Cain. Thats why I'd go with Jet Li...who may be alittle older....but someone with his qualities would be....a WISE choice. Now...SNATCH this pebble from my hand!
mark dascascos for cain? by Bouncy X	Sep 12th, 2007 06:12:05 AM
sure he's actually hawaiin but he has that half asian / half caucasian look and knows martial arts well of course....and it be sorta fitting that he play a role originally meant for bruce lee since he played a role originally played by brandon lee with the Crow tv series.
Question is will David Caradine be involved? by Yeti	Sep 12th, 2007 06:18:14 AM
After all he was Grasshopper in the original series and then again in FK - The Legend Continues in the early 90's.
It was a '70's TV Series! by knightrider	Sep 12th, 2007 06:21:36 AM
Not '60's.
...and the plot of this movie... by knightrider	Sep 12th, 2007 06:23:32 AM
...sounds like a rehash of the show's pilot episode, where Caine was incarcerated and forced to work on the railroad.
Hughes brothers are doing a film on Richard Kuklinski by Greg7007	Sep 12th, 2007 06:54:07 AM
The Hughes brothers are unfortunately extremely slow and extremely picky with their film projects. They probably dropped out of KF, to opt to do a movie on based on a book about Richard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski, the infamous mob killer, which Variety mentioned a few months ago, not unless they've dropped out of that as well.
Another day, another remake by ATARI	Sep 12th, 2007 07:14:41 AM
perhaps Hollywood truly is out of new ideas
The reason the series worked so well in the 1st place by Damned if I can login	Sep 12th, 2007 07:48:19 AM
Watch the commentaries. Carradine says the censors wouldn't allow more than 2 minutes of fighting per ep. Therefore the series focused on the story...not 15 minute sparring segments where every turn of the head is foleyed with a 4ft piece of bamboo 'swoosh'. One cannot deny that the viewing public was totally enthralled by KF as well as Billy Jack. However, the martial arts genre - for the American public back then - was new...which can't be said for today's audience. And yes, Crouching Tiger proved that a very good film could be produced in that genre, but it was 1 in 10,000. Watching the series now provides many textbook examples of storytelling perfection...especially in the methodology used to tie the flashback philosophy segments into the tale being told. And in retrospect those sequences are far and above the strength of the series. Unless the damned near impossible happens, this remake will most likely be overly laden with Wire-Fu and other (highly overdone) Fu theatrics....which might work if there weren't literally 10,000 films already made with that exact content. Hate to say it....but to quote the fanboys..."shitfest" comes to mind.
Tony Leung would be my first. Donnie Yen 2nd. by kikuchiyoboy	Sep 12th, 2007 07:59:13 AM
But their both older than what they want. I think it would be better if they were older. Maybe Ernie Reyes Jr? He needs work.
For the love of God... by The Central Scrutinizer	Sep 12th, 2007 07:59:33 AM
...please don't let it be Bret Ratner!!!
Lobo! Bring back Sheriff Lobo!!! by Nice Marmot	Sep 12th, 2007 08:09:12 AM
That's what Hollywood needs to dig up next.
what are the odds this wont suck? by palewook	Sep 12th, 2007 08:31:23 AM
small to slim.
Half-Asian? by Boris Baddenov	Sep 12th, 2007 08:48:56 AM
Instead of using a squinting, flinty-eyed Caucasian like David Carradine; "That's sort of an Asian cast to his eyes, he'll do!"
I dunno ... remakes of old faves ... by Boris Baddenov	Sep 12th, 2007 08:51:53 AM
Nobody's thinking of doing HOGAN'S HEROES: THE MOVIE ??? I'd go see it on the big screen, and I would think that Johnny Knoxville could play Hogan quite well!
angelique by NudeandAroused	Sep 12th, 2007 09:03:20 AM
I remember the Kung Fu episode with Angelique, and, I think, Jodie Foster played her daughter. Christ I'm old.
DEAN CAIN! by johnnykool	Sep 12th, 2007 09:07:00 AM
Yes, I said it.
Nice Marmot has it ALL wrong... by The Central Scrutinizer	Sep 12th, 2007 09:07:02 AM
...They need to bring back "B.J. & the Bear". "Sheriff Lobo" was just a mere spin-off.
You know what's ironic... by Kal Reeve	Sep 12th, 2007 09:35:21 AM
Brandon Lee would have been perfect for this role. Fist, he had the right ethnic mixture. Second, and of course, he possessed the training and skill. And third, he wielded a charismatic screen presence.
Cast Bruce Lee this time you fuckers by jimmy_009	Sep 12th, 2007 09:38:24 AM
Oh wait, too late, you blew that one.
I demand a big-budget Shazam ! ! by Pound Sand	Sep 12th, 2007 09:44:21 AM
*really? They're really doing that? But I was sorta kidding..., I mean, nobody would really spend real actual money on a Shazam movie would they? They are? Really?
I'd also like to see some JKD in action in this film by Doc_Strange	Sep 12th, 2007 09:59:00 AM
Seriously, the wire-fu and all that other non-realistic stuff has to go. We need to see some real Kung fu, Wu shu, Wing Chun, or a mix up of all those plus other styles in the form of Jeet Kun Do.
THE GHOST OF JANE WYMAN AS CAINE by BringingSexyBack	Sep 12th, 2007 10:11:37 AM
Mark Dacascos would be great in this role, but I'm not going to watch this shit anyway. Bruce Lee created this story and they fucking stole it from him. I'd rather watch Way Of The Dragon any day. DRAGON WHIPS TAIL ACROSS DAVID CARRDINE'S FACE. Nuff said.
NudeandAroused.... by Damned if I can login	Sep 12th, 2007 10:12:06 AM
It wasn't Jodie Foster in that episode...it was Brandon Cruz, from The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Ironically, the episode you mentioned with Jodie Foster also included Kenneth Tobey who was in Billy Jack. In one fell swoop I prove completely that I am indeed much older....sheesh.
Required to attend... by Ninja Nerd	Sep 12th, 2007 10:38:54 AM
Like many young people in the '70s, Kung Fu inspired me to study martial arts. I retired from teaching and fighting (competitively) 3 years ago. My son still has a couple of private students. So, regardless of how bad this may turn out, I have to go see the film from whence it all began. BOOT TO THE HEAD ! ! !
Bobby Lee IS Kwai Chang Caine! by Wyatt Wingfoot	Sep 12th, 2007 10:52:01 AM
"Uh-oh, hot dog!"
Since this is an eastern-western by skimn	Sep 12th, 2007 12:50:30 PM
or a western-eastern, I think Walter Hill or John Milius would kick ass as director. And thanks for the Bobby Lee reference Wyatt.
And find a role for John Lone by skimn	Sep 12th, 2007 12:53:49 PM
sooo good in Iceman, Year Of The Dragon and The Lat Emperor..
Kung Fu 60's? by ripper t. jones	Sep 12th, 2007 01:02:38 PM
What the fuck you smokin Grasshopper?
Brandon Lee already played Caine's son by Cagliostro	Sep 12th, 2007 01:06:14 PM
In the original Kung-Fu:The Movie
Please leave grasshopper line by Neil McCauleys Crew	Sep 12th, 2007 01:11:39 PM
Do you hear the grasshopper? NO Old Man how is it that you hear these things? Young Man how is it that you can not? Shia Labeouf for young Caine!
"Will Carradine be involved?" by Cruel_Kingdom	Sep 12th, 2007 01:30:36 PM
He just did a fucking Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages commercial, for God's sake. I think he just might be available.
I know! by skimn	Sep 12th, 2007 02:01:31 PM
The guy goes from Oscar rumors for Kill Bill to phone book commercials in just a few years?! I know thats sad, and he plays off his Caine character in those ads also.
How bout Jeff Speakman for Cain?... by TheRealSeveren	Sep 12th, 2007 02:05:30 PM
ok Im biased since I used to take KENPO but I thought the guy never got his due and Perfect Weapon was a fairly good movie with unique action scenes. God, Id be so fired if I brought up Speakman in a casting meeting...
Lloyd from Entourage as Cain! by The Green Monster	Sep 12th, 2007 02:05:39 PM
That would be awesome.
Stephen Chow or Beneict Wong by Spartacus Hughs	Sep 12th, 2007 02:36:08 PM
Or reverse it with a cowboy in feudal Japan.
Tom Nguyen from Final Fu... by jonzsatan	Sep 12th, 2007 02:44:48 PM
He's a dead ringer for Bruce Lee and has a solid martial arts background.
That DEAN CAIN suggestion made me smirk, and then... by George Newman	Sep 12th, 2007 03:19:10 PM
then i thought about it for a second. I'd kind of like to see that.
The next Caine guy should be..... by Sour_Toejam	Sep 12th, 2007 03:21:37 PM
the kid from the KARATE KID movies! Yes, he would be perfect. What-the-fucks his name??? uhhhh....Danyulson or something? He's the best actor, and with makeup could look oriental, and he's got to be a 10 to 12th degree master by now! and they could cameo that dead chick from the Clint Eastwood boxing movie as his outside-prison love interest who gets conjugal visits.
I LOVED Kung Fu by _Maltheus_	Sep 12th, 2007 03:31:10 PM
...so I hope to God that this never gets made. It's one thing for Hollywood to be so uncreative that they can't do anything but remakes these days, it's quite another to take a cherished property and shit all over it. That's all Hollywood knows how to do these days. Shit. Granted the series wasn't perfect either, with the third season bordering on unwatchable. But the first season still goes down on my top five list for best seasons of any television show ever. This movie will be nothing but magical wire-fu with all the taoism either left out of it or perverted to fit the needs of the script. And the show was more about taoism then it ever was about "kicking ass."
More crap being rushed into production by Samuel Fulmer	Sep 12th, 2007 03:48:48 PM
for the "Strike." 2009 is going to be an awful year for film, between this and G.I. Joe. How long before the Fanta Girls movie gets rushed into production?
Joseph Gordon Levitt from '3rd Rock from the Sun' by Monkey_King	Sep 12th, 2007 06:59:52 PM
Isn't he half asian? He sure looks it.
Hey Green Monster... by fanboy71	Sep 12th, 2007 08:19:02 PM
That Lloyd from Entourage post cracked me up. Bravo! Seriously though, when reading this article, all I could think was that it's too badd Brandon Lee is gone. He would have ruled as Caine. Tony Ja perhaps? Does he even speak english? I bet they go with some Smallville looking MOSTLY WHITE guy who has a slight asian look to him (or is good at squinting). It depends on the casting as to whether I see this in theaters or download it for free.
thanks for stealing Shang Chi's thunder, genius by chien_sale	Sep 12th, 2007 08:32:52 PM
dammit Warner brothers pisses me off
Speakman... by phrozen_ghost2k6	Sep 12th, 2007 08:39:59 PM
Hey kenpo brothers...lol..anyway met Speakman, and is was the real deal. Just made some back choices, remember that terrible atlantis flick?
The Caine charecter's a YOUNG man folks! by thebluerosekiller	Sep 12th, 2007 08:50:13 PM
Jet Li? Jeff Speakman? Mark Dascascos? Plus everyone else mentioned thus far in this thread are all WAY too old for the role! With the exception of maybe Ernie Reyes Jr & he's a midget by Hollywood standards. They'd never give him the lead in a big budget remake of a popular TV series & pop culture icon like KUNG FU. Back to the age issue, Brandon Lee would also be too old for the role of Caine were he still with us today. Hell, he WAS the right age back in '91 or so when he played Caine's son in that made for television flick like someone had previously mentioned here. The charecter of Kwai Chang Caine was supposed to be a young man in his early 20s or so as he made his journey of self discovery across America. NOT some wisened old dude in his 40s with crows feet. I think they're going to have to go the casting an unknown route on this one.
Why not cast the guy playing Ming on Flash Gordon? by TheGhostWhoLurks	Sep 12th, 2007 09:39:13 PM
After all, white guys playing Asian characters are cool again! Especially if the only thing "Asian" about them is their name, even when they're in makeup! If no white guys are available, maybe Will Smith will be free. After all, he made Wild, Wild West a HIT! :D And Cuba Gooding, Jr. co-starring as his deaf/mute/retarded sidekick would make this cinematic GOLD...
ballet by TheBaxter	Sep 13th, 2007 02:41:58 PM
glad to see that it looks like they'll be paying homage to the legendary "Caine performs Swan Lake" episode.
Perfect for Cain! by SWR_actor	Sep 16th, 2007 04:03:25 PM
Check it out: http://www.stephenwestrogers.c om I've been looking for a role like this to sink my teeth into! I even have some martial arts experience. Damn, a match made in heaven!

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