Bruce Lee Returns From the Grave?

by Erik Davis Oct 17th 2006 // 3:32PM

Filed under: Action, Drama, Deals, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand

Okay, this one is certainly a bit odd. According to Production Weekly, director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) has taken on a Bruce Lee project called Rage & Fury. Now, seeing as Cohen is very familiar with the martial arts master, having directed the biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story back in 1993, this news shouldn't really come as a surprise.

However, what if I were to tell you Bruce Lee (yes, the dude himself) will star in the movie? No joke, this is how Production Weekly put it: "Rob Cohen is set to helm Rage & Fury, featuring the legendary Bruce Lee, the most influential and famous martial artists of all time." It sounds delicious but, um, Bruce is dead. Are we talking a CGI version of Bruce? A documentary about Bruce? An animated Bruce? How on earth does Cohen plan on having Lee star if he's longer alive?

Bruce Lee is hot at the moment, what with a possible theme park, musical and biopic (put together by his family) all circling around the rumor mill. Perhaps the man secretly came back to life and none of us were aware? What do you make of this?

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Tags: bruce lee, BruceLee, rob cohen, the fast and the furious

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10-17-2006 @ 4:31PM

CRod said...

Most likely they will prolly map his face with CGI kinda like they did with his son when he died during the shooting of the Crow and (although horribly noticeable) Bruce Lee himself in Game of Death. Wonder if this will actually come to fruition though.

10-17-2006 @ 4:44PM

Manos said...

You might be overeacting. After all, "featuring" is not the same thing as "starring".

10-17-2006 @ 5:02PM

Neoxkc said...

'You might be overeacting. After all, "featuring" is not the same thing as "starring".'

Actually it pretty much is. As in "Feature Presentation", after all people don't go to movies for the previews do they?

10-17-2006 @ 5:48PM

Manos said...

So don't you think that "feature" might refer to the character, a personna and "starring" always refers to the actor/actress?

10-17-2006 @ 10:29PM

aka Wombat said...

jackie chan ftw!

10-18-2006 @ 2:01PM

josh said...

featuring does no equal starring. haven't you ever seen film credits hat lists all the stars, then says "and featuring"?

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