The Classic Shogun Manga LONE WOLF AND CUB Will Be Adapted By SEVEN Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker
Paramount Pictures is producing an adaptation of the classic 1970s manga Lone Wolf and Cub. And they are starting to develop it... again. The project has been in and out of development since 2003. At one point, Darren Aronofsky was attached to direct, but that's no longer the case. According to THR, the studio has hired Seven and Sleepy Hollow screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker to write the script, which is a step in the right direction.
If you're not familiar with Lone Wolf and Cub, it was created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. It's an epic revenge story that was told over the course of 9,000 pages by the time it was done! The manga is "acclaimed for its storytelling and its historical accuracy. It was influential in Japanese pop culture, spawning movies, a television series and even plays."
The story told of a shogun’s executioner named Itto Ogami, who starts on a path of revenge after his wife and the rest of his house is murdered, leaving only his infant son alive. Itto is joined on this quest by his son, Daigoro, who, as he grows up, is trained to be a fearsome warrior and joins him as a father-son team of assassins for hire as they travel the country and seek vengeance against the clan that killed their family.
This could seriously make for an amazing movie, but with all of the source material detailing the journey of the characters, it might work better as a TV series. If they are doing a movie, though, I hope they are planning to make multiple films! One movie just isn't going to cut it.
Fast and Furious director Justin Lin is set to produce the film under his Perfect Storm production banner. He's been involved since 2012. It's awesome to see that the movie is actually moving forward and I hope that they can do the source material justice.
What do you think about the Lone Wolf and Cub manga being adapted into a film?