Cult American series "Kung Fu" (1972-1975), who at one time greatly influenced the passion for martial arts, and also made the actor famous David Carradine, they have been wanting to restart for a long time. Back in 2017, the film company FOX seriously intended take on the project. However, even then the new "Kung Fu" was not destined to be realized.
But the project is not being left alone. It turned out that the studio barefoot FOX reassembled the team and transferred the story to the streaming channel CW, which is known for its adaptations in the form of TV series of comic books DC (Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, Supergirl).
The companies' capacities were involved in the project Quinn's House Production, Berlanti Productions и Warner Bros. TV. Assumed production duties Christina M. Kim (TV series "Blind Spot"), Martin Gero (TV series "Stargate: Atlantis"), Greg Berlanti (TV series "Batwoman") and Sarah Schechter (TV series "Titans").
Currently restarting "Kung Fu" is an hour-long TV movie that, if the ratings are good, will turn into a series. The main character of the story, following modern trends, will be the girl Lucy, who once ran away from a prestigious college to China, guided by the search for herself. There she enters the Shaolin monastery and practices martial arts for a long time and absorbs the values of Shaolin. However, after the treacherous murder of a teacher, Lucy returns to her old world, discovering raging crime in her homeland. Lucy decides to help people in need while tracking down her mentor's killer.
The project is still at the pre-production stage, so the details are still a bit sparse. Many are interested in who will play the leading role. Well, we just have to wait for news... again.
But "Kung Fu" isn't the only legendary martial arts series set to be revived. It became known that the television remake will also be received by "Cool Walker" (1993-2001) in which he played the main role Chuck Norris, already considered a legend of combat cinema.
Filming a new Walker: Texas Ranger the company is engaged CBS TV, and is producing the project Dani Lin (TV series "Lethal Weapon") and Anna Fricke (series “Minority Report”, “Pines”, “Valor”). She will also be the main screenwriter of the series.
It is already known who will play the main role. This time the role of the cool Walker went to the star of the mystical series "Supernatural" (2005-2019) Jared Padalecki.
The official synopsis of the series is already known: police officer Cordell Walker, after two years of working undercover, returns to his homeland - Austin, Texas. Walker has two children from his wife, who was killed many years ago, so Cordell has difficulty connecting with teenagers. In addition, he is forced to work in the local police department with the only female ranger. Despite their differences, together they begin to fight local crime.
It is currently unknown on which channel the series will air. According to the news agency Deadline, got interested in the project CW и CBS.
Recall that "Cool Walker", which was also called on Russian television "Justice, Texas Style" has become a real brand and calling card Chuck Norris, spawning one TV movie and a spin-off after nine seasons. Additionally, Walker's character appeared in the series "Chinese policeman" (1998-2000) from Sammo Hoon starring.
The fact that interest in hand-to-hand series of the past (read them, by the way) overview from our columnist) has been revived again - thanks to a new round of similar projects. In addition to comic book adaptations from Marvel и DC, as well as historical action-oriented series, this is the merit of recent hand-to-hand series "In the Desert of Death" (2015-2019), "Wu Assassins" (2019) and "Warrior", the second season of which will air on Cinemax in 2020.
After the premiere of the third film about the adventures of the hitman John Wick, there was no doubt about the popularity of this franchise. "Parabellum" collected $320 million at the worldwide box office and a decision has already been made on the production of the fourth part of the franchise.
However, the interesting world of hired killers will continue to expand. We already know that a whole soap opera about the hotel's activities "Continental", But that is not all. It became known that the film company Lionsgate launches spin-off "John Wick" called "Ballerina" (Ballerina).
The director is assigned to the future action film Len Wiseman, famous for his mystery films "Another world" (2003) and "Underworld 2: Evolution" (2005), as well as an action movie "Die Hard 4.0" (2007) and remake "Remember all" (2012)
According to Deadline, "Ballerina" will tell the story of a murderous girl who seeks revenge on the people who killed her family.
The producers of the original trilogy took over production duties. Basil Iwanyk и Erica Lee, and also the director of the trilogy Chad Stahelski and himself Keanu Reeves.
There are no other details of the project yet. It is also unknown whether it will be released "Ballerina" until the fourth film in the series "John Wick", which is scheduled to premiere in 2021 or after. All we have to do is wait for news.
By the way, the heroine of the third "John Wick" - Hollywood star Halle Berry is already preparing for his new action project - an MMA drama brutalized ("Injury").
Berry not only played the main role in the film, but also directed it herself, thus making her directorial debut. It is known that Berry controlled the entire stage of filming and even independently decided who to cast in the future film. In addition, the actress trained intensively both before and during the filming of the film, which took place in Morocco.
Screenwriter Michael Rosenfarb told the story of a former MMA champion named Jackie, who received the nickname “Fair” in professional circles. But bright victories are in the past, and the present for Jackie is depression, alienation from the world and fruitless attempts to restore contact with her son Manny. But the heroine is not going to give up, deciding to train again for a career as a fighter, while at the same time fueling her son’s interest in MMA.
Holly recently took to her social media to reveal that she was injured while filming a spectacular fight in the ring. The injury was not serious, but the actress thanked her coach Roba Constance for the support.
Drama "Injury" should be released at the end of 2020. We just have to wait for more information about the project and a trailer.
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Practice shows that the vast majority of reboots of cult TV series are not successful, but producers continue to do it. Besides, I think they tried to restart Kung Fu several times before. So what's the secret here?