Donnie Yen To Headline ‘Sleeping Dogs’

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Donnie Yen To Headline ‘Sleeping Dogs’

EXCLUSIVE: Who best to start a new IP for Neal Moritz’s Original Film (Fast and Furious) than the IP Man himself? Martial artist Donnie Yen is set to star in a new feature from Moritz entitled Sleeping Dogs, which is based on the top-selling video game by Square Enix.

Yen, who recently co-starred in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and xXx: Return of Xander Cage, follows an undercover police officer (Yen) on a mission to take down one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations in the world: the notorious Triads. The movie based on an action video game is set in Hong Kong and focuses on martial arts fighting, racing, boat chases … and shooting while doing all of that.

Yen, a Chinese martial artist, has long been a fight choreographer and is probably best known to audiences as the star — and Wing Chun grandmaster — of the IP Man franchise. Original Film is producing with DJ2 Entertainment, specifically producers will be Moritz, Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons with Toby Ascher and Stephan Bugaj executive producing.

Yen is still well loved in China. About a month before xXx: Return of Xander Cage bowed in the country, Paramount put Yen front and center in the posters for the film to appeal to local audiences and to drive ticket sales on local Chinese websites. Yen upstaged star Vin Diesel on marketing materials there and it certainly paid off. The film won the 2nd biggest Imax February debut ever in China, behind only the 2014 film and local sensation The Monkey King 2.

The third of IP Man did tremendous business — $124M in China — last year.

CAA, which represents Yen, is packaging the film and in discussions with multiple financiers.

 

[Stringer]

I absolutely loved that game. The story was actually pretty good too. It does have solid groundwork for a movie.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

**** YES! Take my money.

I wonder if he's going to play Wei Shen or if it's just using the game as a basis for the story.

 

[Incarnadine]

Hmm, Emma Stone voiced a character in the game (Amanda), I wonder if anyone has though to ask her to be in the movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241982/fullcredits/

 

[BlueLanternKal]

This is how you break the video game curse. Quality, lesser known IPs with a solid story.

 

[brandeezy89]

Hmm, Emma Stone voiced a character in the game (Amanda), I wonder if anyone has though to ask her to be in the movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241982/fullcredits/

Lucy Liu is in it too

 

[KillerMcQueen]

This is how you break the video game curse. Quality, lesser known IPs with a solid story.

Well, actually making a good movie is important too, the source materials quality and story potential certainly weren't the problem with Assassin's Creed or Warcraft. I do hope this is good though, Donnie Yen is a great start and video game movies, as always, are in desperate need of a win.

 

[DorkyFresh]

DUDE, F*** YES!!! If they can get a competent director this could be amazing!

 

[mikeboydus]

I hope Will Yun Lee gets a role in it, his performance as Wei Shen made the game feel above and beyond other sandbox games like GTA and Saints Row.

There must be a pork bun vendor in the film too or the film will not be a whole film.

 

[Guts]

Hmm, Emma Stone voiced a character in the game (Amanda), I wonder if anyone has though to ask her to be in the movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241982/fullcredits/

Lucy Liu is in it too

And Tom Wilkinson.

 

[DorkyFresh]

There must be a pork bun vendor in the film too or the film will not be a whole film.

YES!! You'll know the filmmakers have actually played the game if they have a pork bun vendor prominently shown in at least one shot.

 

[mikeboydus]

For an idea of what a Donnie Yen Sleeping Dogs film may look like, he made a similar undercover cop triad film in 2014 called Special ID
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[Silvermoth]

Oh wow the game is incredible so I love this.

I hope they really show off Hong Kong. Such a beautiful city

 

[Mani-Man]

The game was really cool, would be nice to have a good action movie based on it.
Im keeping an eye on this one.

 

[Thismare89]

Hmm, I am not sure about that. return man 3

 

[BlueLanternKal]

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[BlueLanternKal]

Donnie Yen as head of the Sun On Yee and a father figure to Wei Shen would be dope as hell. He'd be playing a more honorable version of Jack Nichsolon's character in the Departed (as a point of reference only).

This movie could also be set between both San Francisco and Hong Kong both stomping grounds of Wei Shen.

 

[Bats123]

Just get everyone from the game back >__>
This is great, i actually played Sleeping Dogs a few months ago. Very much enjoyed it.