A Bruce Lee Inspired Series Called WARRIOR is Coming to Cinemax
Before legendary martial artist Bruce Lee passed away he was working on developing an original story for a series that he would star in called Warrior. After Lee died the project was lost. Deadline offers some background on this project saying:
Warrior had been a passion project that Bruce Lee spent many years working on, but was never published or produced. Years after Lee’s sudden 1973 death at age 32, his daughter found a large collection of handwritten notes that Bruce wrote himself on the concept for the series that became the inspiration for the show.
Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin is teaming up with Lee's daughter Shannon and Bruce Lee Enterprises to develop the project into a TV series. They brought it to Cinemax and the cable network picked it up!
Warrior is described 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." The pilot will be directed by Lin from a script written by Jonathan Tropper, co-creator of Banshee.
Bruce Lee left a legacy of films, writings and other works behind him. He has inspired so many stories, movies, filmmakers, and other artists with that legacy. After all these years, it's so cool that we are actually going to get to see a new project brought to life that Lee himself was developing. I believe Warrior will be the first true Bruce Lee project to be made since his death and I can't wait to see it!