I am personally not all that excited about the idea of bringing the ’70s television show “Kung Fu” to the big screen seeing how I am not that impressed with the show itself. However, the flick is destined to be made, but former it looks like the previous directors attached to the project, Albert and Allen Hughes, have dropped off only to be replaced by Max Makowski, and Warner Bros. isn’t looking to let this one simmer for too long.
The project is currently out to writers and WB wants to get it moving before a possible strike. Cory Goodman recently rewrote a script by original “Kung Fu” scribe Howard Friedlander and creator Ed Spielman. Apparently that one ain’t cuttin’ it.
Makowski at least seems to be headed in the right direction with the project, looking to make it edgier than the original, which revolved around Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) schooled in the Shaolin priesthood and finally forced to walk the land running from those who want him dead for the murder of the Emperor’s nephew after a failed attempt at killing one of Caine’s masters. “Kung Fu” is the source of the popular silly “grasshopper” sayings and a cult classic for many people.
Makowski is currently writing and directing Universal’s remake of the Japanese film Shinobi.
