Badass Full Trailer for the Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series WARRIOR
We’ve already seen a couple of teaser trailers for Cinemax’s Bruce Lee-inspired martial arts series, Warrior. Now today we have a full trailer to share with you, and it seriously kicks ass! This trailer is definitely going to get fans pumped up for this show.
I’m a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and the fact that we are getting a series like this based on his own ideas and writing is extremely cool!
The series was developed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious, Star Trek Beyond), and it comes from a project that was being developed by Bruce Lee before he passed away.
Warrior is a gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs (Chinese organized crime family).
The series will consist of ten-episodes, and it’s also being produced by Jonathan Tropper (Banshee) and Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee. Justin Lin previously had this to say in a statement:
"I’ve always admired Bruce Lee for his trailblazing efforts opening doors for Asians in entertainment and beyond. So I was intrigued when Danielle told me about the urban legend of his never-produced idea for a TV show and suggested we bring it to life. Then, when Shannon shared with us her father’s writings – rich with Lee’s unique philosophies on life, and through a point of view rarely depicted on screen – Danielle and I knew that Perfect Storm had to make it.
Tropper added:
"As a show that proudly bears the imprimatur of Bruce Lee, it’s our intention to deliver not only explosive martial arts action – which we will – but also a powerful and complex immigration drama that is as relevant today as it was in the 1870s."
The series stars Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan, Kieran Bew, Dean S. Jagger, Joanna Vanderham, Tom Weston-Jones, Hoon Lee as Wang Chao, Joe Taslim, Langley Kirkwood, Christian McKay, Perry Yung, Arthur Falko, Rich Ting, and Dustin Nguyen.
Check out the new trailer below and let us know if you’ll be watching. The series will premiere sometime this year.