Shekhar Kapur to helm Bruce Lee biopic
By Phil Mills | May 21, 2017
‘Elizabeth’ director Shekhar Kapur has been hired to helm a new authorised biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee entitled ‘Little Dragon’.
According to Variety, the film will provide a “contemporary dramatization of the 1950s Hong Kong social and political forces that shaped Bruce Lee into both the most famous martial arts star of all time and a significant modern day philosopher”. Other themes set to be explored include family disappointment, young love, true friendship, betrayal, racism, deep poverty and an inner fire that threatened to unravel his destiny.
‘Little Dragon’ is being co-written by Kapur and Lee’s daughter Shannon, with shooting expected to get underway in Malaysia this July.
"She said the root of Man's problems is memory. Without a past, every day would be a new beginning." - Ashes of Time (1994)
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