A new trailer has just dropped for the new crime martial arts crime drama Warrior based on the writings of Bruce Lee. Early reports suggested Fast and Furious 6 director Justin Tin was attached although info on IMDB is very limited. It stars Andre Koji who also made a brief appearance in Fast mand Furious 6, Jason Tobin of Tokyo Drift and Olivia Cheng who has appeared in Arrow, The Flash and Supernatural.
Created by Banshee creator Jonathan Tropper the synopsis is as follows taken from IMDB.
Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the aftermath of the Civil War, Warrior tells the story of a young martial arts prodigy, newly arrived from China, who finds himself caught up in the bloody Chinatown Tong wars.
Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee and Bruce Lee enterprises are also involved in the project. Shannon originally found her fathers writings so got involved with to Justin Lin and Perfect storm entertainments. They liked them so much they decided to develop the ideas fully and pitch them to Cinemax.
Warrior started development as far back as 2015 but a 2nd teaser trailer finally arrived quite recently gearing up for its 2019 release. Justin Lin and Danielle Woodrow will executive produce on behalf of Perfect Storm Entertainment
Deadline quoted Lin saying
I’ve always admired Bruce Lee for his trailblazing efforts opening doors for Asians in entertainment and beyond,” Lin said. “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.
Keep an eye out for Warrior in 2019 but until then check out the teaser trailer below.
