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| Has George Nolfi’s ‘Birth of the Dragon’ found its Bruce Lee? Posted: 21 Aug 2015 03:00 AM PDT  "Enter the Dragon" Japanese Theatrical Poster A new Hollywood film about Bruce Lee titled Birth of the Dragon is in the works. The movie will take a look at the life of legendary martial artist and movie star Bruce Lee, using Lee’s disputed bout with Master Wong Jack-Man as the centerpiece of the story. There’s some speculation that this could lead to a Rashomon-like structure to Birth of the Dragon since there are so many varying accounts of how the fight between Bruce Lee and Master Wong went down. This isn’t the first time Hollywood has explored the legend of Bruce Lee. Perhaps the most well known example is 1993′s Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a heavily dramatized biopic from The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen that featured Jason Scott Lee (Time Cop 2) in the lead role. If you’re worried about Hollywood once again playing fast and loose with the facts of Bruce Lee’s life, you can at least be assured that Birth of the Dragon has some decent pedigree behind it: screenwriters Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen Rivele previously wrote Nixon and Ali. Updates: Variety reports that filmmaker George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) will be directing Birth of the Dragon. The next big question is: Who will be playing Bruce Lee? According to Deadline.com, Shannon, daughter Bruce Lee, is teaming up with producer Janet Yang (Joy Luck Club), Lawrence Grey (Last Vegas) and Ben Everard (Walt Before Mickey) to make the definitive biopic on Lee. "There have been projects out there involving my father, but they've lacked a complete understanding of his philosophies and artistry," Lee said. And according to Grey: "We will bring on a world class filmmaker and writer, who'll work with Shannon and myself and then we will talk to American and foreign partners.” Birth of the Dragon is officially in search for the role of Bruce Lee. According to PC (via FCS): “Casting directors are looking for a young Bruce Lee between the ages of 20 to 30 years old. An experienced martial artist highly desired but not required.” BREAKING NEWS: Has George Nolfi’s Birth of the Dragon found its Bruce? Not yet, but it has been confirmed that Mike Moh (Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist) has been approached. Here’s what Moh said on his FB page (via FCS): “Hey everyone I am being considered for the role of Bruce Lee in the upcoming film Birth of the Dragon. I am confident that I’m the best man for the job.” Curious? Here’s a photo of him. We wish Moh the best of luck! |
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