{"id":44185,"date":"2018-07-23T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=44185"},"modified":"2018-07-23T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:55:07","slug":"deadpool-2-director-in-talks-to-remake-bruce-lees-enter-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/23\/deadpool-2-director-in-talks-to-remake-bruce-lees-enter-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"DEADPOOL 2 Director In Talks To Remake Bruce Lee\u2019s ENTER THE DRAGON"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deadpool 2<\/strong> director David Leitch is currently in early talks with Warner Brothers to oversee a remake of the classic Bruce Lee-starring martial arts epic Enter The Dragon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Once Leitch\u2019s deal is finished he will join with the studio in finding a screenwriter. No aactor is attached to the project.<\/p>\n

In the original, Lee played a martial artist who is recruited by an intelligence organization to enter a fighting competition held on an island owned by the mysterious Han (Kien Shah). But the tournament is just a cover for Han to recruit new members into his terrorist army which Lee must infiltrate. But Lee\u2019s character has his own motives for taking the mission \u2013 His sister was killed by Han\u2019s thugs.<\/p>\n

In addition to Lee Enter The Dragon <\/strong>featured other martial arts action stars Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Bolo Yeung and Robert Wall. Future stars Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung also had small roles in the film.<\/p>\n

While considered a classic, it\u2019s initial release came under the shadow of Lee\u2019s untimely death only a few weeks earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bruce Lee classic could be headed for the remake mill.<\/div>\n

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