Bruce Lee's Passion Project WARRIOR is Moving Forward at Cinemax with Justin Lin
It's been awhile since we've heard anything on this project Warrior since Cinemax picked it up. Well, the cable network is moving forward with it and the gave the series a 10-episode order!
Legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee was developing the project before he passed away and it was apparently a passion project for him. Director Justin Lin (Fast and Furious franchise and Star Trek Beyond) picked up the project to further develop it.
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.
Lin has teamed up with Lee's daughter Shannon and Bruce Lee Enterprises to develop and produce the series along with Banshee co-creator Jonathan Tropper.
Warrior is described as "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)."
Lin 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."
As a longtime fan of Bruce Lee, I'm excited as hell to see what comes of this new series. It sounds great and I believe the creative team behind it are going to give us something special. It's so awesome that after all these years a project that Bruce Lee was developing is actually going to be brought to life for fans to watch and enjoy.
Via: THR