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Bill Paxton In Talks To Direct ‘Kung Fu’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 31, 2011 @ 3:18pm PDTTags: Bill Paxton, David Carradine, Legendary East, Legendary Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Paxton is in talks to direct Kung Fu, a screen adaptation  of the classic 1972 TV series that starred David Carradine. Paxton, who’s coming off a run in the HBO series Big Love, gets the job after helming two solid films: Frailty and The Greatest Game Ever Played. John McLaughlin will write the script. The film’s being put together under the Legendary Entertainment banner to shoot partly in China next summer. It is possible that this will come under Legendary East, the Hong Kong-based joint venture that involves Thomas Tull’s Legendary, but insiders said that hasn’t happened to this point.

The original series tracked the adventures of a Shaolin monk as he wanders the American West. The monk wants peace but usually winds up using his spectacular martial arts skills to kick some serious tail, in between flashbacks of his early life in the monastery. Below is a reminder of the show.

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Quentin Tarantino Setting Don Johnson For ‘Django Unchained’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Christoph Waltz, David Carradine, Django Unchained, Don Johnson, Jamie Foxx, John Travolta, Kurt Russell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson
Mike Fleming

Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino has offered the role of wealthy plantation owner Spencer Bennett to Don Johnson, and they are negotiating for Johnson to join a cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and … Read More »

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