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ENTER the REMAKE! DRAGON to be done as noir?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Now, the first time I read "ENTER THE DRAGON remake," I said, "What the fuck? Are they serious?" Thoughts ran through my head... like, "No one can take Bruce Lee's place, why would they even try?"

Then I read a little more. Kurt Sutter, behind THE SHIELD (a helluva show, by the way) was to write the script and make his directorial debut. Okay... interesting choice... but still...

Then I read a little further to find that Sutter describes it a noir-ish retelling. That's actually a little interesting...

The remake is called AWAKEN THE DRAGON and will follow an FBI agent who pursues a Shaolin monk into a bloody underworld of martial arts style fight clubs.

Sutter also says that this monk will be a star-maker role for an unknown while the FBI agent will be an established American actor.

On the one hand, it's an interesting way to redo the movie, but on the other why not just make it its own movie and not draw the comparisons to the original?

Whatever, as long as they put Jim Kelly in there somewhere, I'll be okay with it. Sutter's work on THE SHIELD is great, so he's got some slack with me.


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First!
by stones_throw
Aug 10th, 2007
03:55:56 AM
Next: "Enter The Dragon, The Musical"!
by SpencerTrilby
Aug 10th, 2007
04:08:40 AM
Kidding aside,
by SpencerTrilby
Aug 10th, 2007
04:12:57 AM
Well, maybe not THAT good
by SpencerTrilby
Aug 10th, 2007
04:13:28 AM
Damnit! I want a noir remake of The Sound of Music....
by The Dum Guy
Aug 10th, 2007
04:47:00 AM
Dammit! I want a chopsocky remake of THE MALTESE FALCON
by palimpsest
Aug 10th, 2007
05:14:09 AM
Sword and sorcery remake?
by palimpsest
Aug 10th, 2007
05:20:42 AM
I was wrong...
by Dr.Zeus
Aug 10th, 2007
05:27:20 AM
A noir remake of The Sound of Music ?
by GCH888
Aug 10th, 2007
05:49:16 AM
This is the strangest remake
by longevitymonk
Aug 10th, 2007
05:51:54 AM
Xiphos
by TheNorthlander
Aug 10th, 2007
06:02:38 AM
but isn't Jim Kelly Dead?
by Datascream
Aug 10th, 2007
06:04:40 AM
This will only be good..
by nolan bautista
Aug 10th, 2007
06:22:15 AM
I swear John Saxon
by smackfu
Aug 10th, 2007
06:30:44 AM
Jeet kune do or..
by nolan bautista
Aug 10th, 2007
06:32:03 AM
"man......
by sonnyhooper
Aug 10th, 2007
06:32:19 AM
i want to see Bolo..
by nolan bautista
Aug 10th, 2007
06:38:04 AM
They're sullying the legacy of Enter The Dragon
by BringingSexyBack
Aug 10th, 2007
06:49:10 AM
THE SHIELD is one of the best shows on television.
by brokentusk
Aug 10th, 2007
06:52:26 AM
If they remake any Clouse flick . . .
by Nice Marmot
Aug 10th, 2007
07:16:34 AM
sounds really cool done noirish- get Tony Jaa
by pipergates
Aug 10th, 2007
07:16:36 AM
This will only work with the goalie from SHAOLIN SOCCER
by SpyGuy
Aug 10th, 2007
07:34:18 AM
Don't make it as a remake, make it as a sequel...
by Otter
Aug 10th, 2007
07:36:11 AM
they're pretty confident
by RockLobster800
Aug 10th, 2007
07:38:19 AM
Can you win?
by FatSeagal
Aug 10th, 2007
07:38:34 AM
Just so long as the RZA does the music
by Garbageman33
Aug 10th, 2007
08:27:58 AM
Tony Jaa, Cung Le and Kimbo Slice.
by Fawst
Aug 10th, 2007
08:37:08 AM
This isn't a remake
by the beef
Aug 10th, 2007
08:38:07 AM
"Man. You're staright out of a comic book"
by kikuchiyoboy
Aug 10th, 2007
08:49:28 AM
Marketing
by wintocha67
Aug 10th, 2007
08:53:35 AM
Couldn't leave well enough alone...
by Monkey_King
Aug 10th, 2007
08:59:26 AM
ZOMFGBBQ1111!!!!!! This movie CANNOT BE REMADE!
by ETI
Aug 10th, 2007
09:26:07 AM
Russell Crowe needs to be in thi with Tugger!
by Uncapie
Aug 10th, 2007
09:57:20 AM
Masi Oka = Bruce Lee
by DarthBakpao
Aug 10th, 2007
10:05:50 AM
"Wasn't John Saxon in this movie...?"
by Osmosis Jones
Aug 10th, 2007
10:12:08 AM
the goalie from shaolin soccer is the one
by pipergates
Aug 10th, 2007
10:12:14 AM
no.
by palewook
Aug 10th, 2007
10:30:44 AM
Casting
by smackfu
Aug 10th, 2007
10:35:00 AM
Saxon gotta eat
by Unlabled
Aug 10th, 2007
10:47:02 AM
I'm thinking of remaking 'The Fountain'
by Spandau Belly
Aug 10th, 2007
10:48:05 AM
Eric Christian Olsen for Bruce. Watch him as Loyd
by kikuchiyoboy
Aug 10th, 2007
11:07:51 AM
MASTER OF KUNG FU already did it
by BranMakMorn
Aug 10th, 2007
11:11:06 AM
DON'T!
by makioholic
Aug 10th, 2007
11:17:08 AM
Enter the Dragon Remake......Why
by messi
Aug 10th, 2007
11:22:53 AM
Seven Samurai Remake
by messi
Aug 10th, 2007
11:23:45 AM
jesus titfucking christ,
by Wronazky
Aug 10th, 2007
11:48:16 AM
Leave it be assholes...
by TELF
Aug 10th, 2007
12:00:32 PM
I don't really mind
by Vern
Aug 10th, 2007
12:39:01 PM
I always wished Bruce Lee & Bruce Li would have
by Doc_Strange
Aug 10th, 2007
12:43:24 PM
What the hell was WIlliams dropped into at the end?
by Doc_Strange
Aug 10th, 2007
12:46:35 PM
WHAT THE FLYING FUCK!!!!!
by sokitome
Aug 10th, 2007
01:16:44 PM
OH and I bet
by sokitome
Aug 10th, 2007
01:19:55 PM
This is just a bad Variety headline...
by Scramble Network
Aug 10th, 2007
02:31:46 PM
Vern
by fish tacos
Aug 10th, 2007
02:31:56 PM
Guess "Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger" isn't enough!
by Gatack
Aug 10th, 2007
02:52:27 PM
RE: Rob Zombie's Enter the Dragon...
by Gatack
Aug 10th, 2007
02:56:21 PM
Behind the Awakening of the Dragon: The Beginning
by Gozu
Aug 10th, 2007
03:28:25 PM
spiritual successors
by Gatack
Aug 10th, 2007
03:46:35 PM
anybody got a match??
by theonecalledshoe
Aug 10th, 2007
04:27:46 PM
John Saxon killed by Mafia
by drunkenmonkey73
Aug 10th, 2007
04:31:07 PM
ENTER THE DRAGON was James Bond, but with better karate
by Donald Trump
Aug 10th, 2007
06:02:56 PM
Listen
by Jellylover
Aug 10th, 2007
06:12:23 PM
JOHN RAMBO NEEDS A HAIRCUT!!!!
by jfp2007
Aug 10th, 2007
06:15:41 PM
Will Sisqo Awaken his Dragon?
by MrMysteryGuest
Aug 10th, 2007
06:51:53 PM
"Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger"?
by MrMysteryGuest
Aug 10th, 2007
06:54:23 PM
jfp2007
by sokitome
Aug 10th, 2007
07:12:00 PM
Shocked? Only by how sloppy your man works...
by skoobyx
Aug 10th, 2007
07:12:54 PM
jean claude van damme and steven seagal
by sokitome
Aug 10th, 2007
07:16:40 PM
It's pretty damned obvious..
by ShadowVoyd
Aug 10th, 2007
07:43:35 PM
Enter the Pooh
by theonecalledshoe
Aug 10th, 2007
08:38:56 PM
Linkin Park will do the soundtrack
by calnorso
Aug 10th, 2007
08:42:19 PM
I haven't seen anyone use Jeet Kun Do in film since
by Doc_Strange
Aug 10th, 2007
09:00:22 PM
HEY here's an idea
by Happy Boy
Aug 10th, 2007
09:04:56 PM
a Martial Arts film class made me a little cynical....
by Donald Trump
Aug 10th, 2007
09:53:02 PM
I really think I have the touch of death on TalkBacks
by Donald Trump
Aug 10th, 2007
10:51:18 PM
No movie gets a greenlight without a hook .
by kabong
Aug 10th, 2007
10:56:57 PM
Replace Bruce? it's sorta possible, maybe kinda...
by ZeroCorpse
Aug 10th, 2007
11:34:16 PM
TONY JAA
by strangernparadis
Aug 10th, 2007
11:42:47 PM
How about a version of China Town...
by ZeroCorpse
Aug 10th, 2007
11:46:59 PM
Lots of guys out there....
by Gatack
Aug 11th, 2007
01:40:55 AM
Bullshit Mr. Remake-Man...
by REDD
Aug 11th, 2007
11:03:52 AM
Bring in Q Tarantino...
by cyclo
Aug 11th, 2007
01:54:43 PM
seconded to use Donnie Yen...
by lynxpro
Aug 11th, 2007
08:54:40 PM
deathblow to Jet Li...
by lynxpro
Aug 11th, 2007
08:57:24 PM
Will someone kick a dummy's head like Bruce Lee did...
by MrMysteryGuest
Aug 11th, 2007
11:20:49 PM
Brandon Lee looks like Saxon with darker hair & tan?
by Obi_Wan_Guacamoli
Aug 12th, 2007
03:28:08 AM
Re: Brandon Lee
by REDD
Aug 12th, 2007
09:28:14 AM
Wouldn't a remade, reimagined, reboot. of a film..
by tough_times
Aug 12th, 2007
11:59:46 AM
Considering...
by tough_times
Aug 12th, 2007
12:01:09 PM
ENTER THE DRAGON NOIR: GREAT IDEA!!
by Wilclas
Aug 13th, 2007
04:28:44 AM
Yellow & Black Redundancy Attack
by KenobiFan
Aug 13th, 2007
09:59:27 AM
StrangernParadise
by Kilgores Doubt
Aug 13th, 2007
12:25:55 PM
enter the dragon
by ILLTONE
Mar 30th, 2009
10:28:28 AM
enter the dragon
by ILLTONE
Mar 30th, 2009
10:39:26 AM
Fuck it, get Chuck Norris
by Orcus
Mar 30th, 2009
03:03:25 PM

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