{"id":21794,"date":"2024-02-01T16:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21794"},"modified":"2024-02-01T16:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:13:30","slug":"donnie-yen-to-star-in-the-film-adaptation-of-1972-kung-fu-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21794","title":{"rendered":"Donnie Yen to Star in Universal&#8217;s Adaptation of 1972 &#8216;Kung Fu&#8217; TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>\u00a9\u00a02015 &#8211; Well Go USA<\/p>\r\n<p>Martial-arts superstar Donnie Yen will be starring in a new feature-film adaptation of <em><strong>Kung Fu<\/strong><\/em>, which was an acclaimed series on ABC-TV in 1972. The upcoming film is being produced by 87North and Universal Pictures. <em><strong>Kung Fu<\/strong><\/em> had reappeared as a television series in 2021 but was cancelled after its third season last year.<br \/><br \/>Stephen Chin of <em><strong>War Dogs<\/strong><\/em> is writing the screenplay for the new feature. It\u2019s being speculated that David Leitch will be directing the adaptation. He is producing the film along with Kelly McCormick, Stephen L\u2019Heureux, and Guy Danella. Leitch had previously directed <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/bona-film-group-joins-tsg-in-deal-to-invest-in-avatar-and-deadpool-franchises\/\"><em><strong>Deadpool 2<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/action-to-explore-the-world-of-hollywood-stunt-performers-via-david-leitch-and-kelly-mccormick\/\"><em><strong> Bullet Train<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<br \/><br \/>In the 1972 television drama, which was set in the late nineteenth century, David Carradine played the role of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk and master martial artist who fled China after his own master had been murdered. Caine was the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman. After coming to the Old West, he used his powers to help others while fighting off would-be assassins.<br \/><br \/>The 60-year-old Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou and is now based in Hong Kong. He is known worldwide for his performances in <em><strong>IP Man, Rogue One,<\/strong><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/reviews\/review-john-wick-chapter-4-keeps-the-bodies-dropping\/\"><em><strong>John Wick Chapter 4<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. He also deployed his martial-arts skills in such films as <em><strong>SPL\/Kill Zone<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Flashpoint<\/strong> <\/em>and in the Disney film <em><strong>Mulan<\/strong><\/em>. Yen also recently starred in <em><strong>Sakra<\/strong><\/em>, an adaptation of the Chinese novel <em>Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils<\/em>, which he also directed and produced.<br \/><br \/>Speaking of the new <em><strong>Kung Fu<\/strong><\/em> venture, director David Leitch was quoted in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/01\/donnie-yen-kung-fu-movie-1235810036\/\"><em>Deadline<\/em> <\/a>as saying: \u201cDonnie Yen is both an immensely talented actor and an action film legend, and it is a privilege to have a true martial arts master leading this global film. With Donnie in place as our leading man, it will be a thrill to collaborate with him, our creative partners, and Universal in reimagining this beloved story for the big screen.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Check out more stories by Edward<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9\u00a02015 &#8211; Well Go USA Martial-arts superstar Donnie Yen will be starring in a new feature-film adaptation of Kung Fu, which was an acclaimed series on ABC-TV in 1972. The upcoming film is being produced by 87North and Universal Pictures. Kung Fu had reappeared as a television series in 2021 but was cancelled after its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20362,20361,6102,12594,20358,20359,18744,20360],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Donnie Yen to Star in the film adaptation of 1972 &#039;Kung Fu&#039; Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New film by 87North\/Universal, starring Donnie Yen, will be an adaptation of the classic 1972 ABC series, &#039;Kung Fu.&#039;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21794\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Donnie Yen to Star in the film adaptation of 1972 &#039;Kung Fu&#039; 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