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RZA Talks 'The Last Dragon' Remake and Rihanna
Filed under: Action », Casting », Fandom », Remakes and Sequels »
The only thing, and I mean the only thing that is keeping me from completely disowning the remake of The Last Dragon is that RZA (the driving force behind the flick) seems to have a real love for the project. MTV recently spoke with the rapper and he told them that he's currently trying to get pop star Rihanna to star in the role originally made famous by Prince protege, Vanity. RZA tells MTV, "That's the one I'm rooting for, we're keeping that same concept of the girl being in the music business."The original film centered on a young martial arts lover by the name of Leroy who falls in love with a music TV host (played by Vanity), while battling a local bad-ass by the name of Sho'nuff, and searching for the mystical 'Glow' (a mystical energy that can make you the greatest fighter alive.) But just because RZA has a soft spot for the original flick doesn't mean that he doesn't have some changes in mind. The actor/rapper told MTV, "One thing I don't think the old movie captured - because they couldn't capture it, [there] wasn't a lot of CGI - was I think some of the action sequences could've been cooler. But this one, we're not lacking that. You will definitely have some crazy action sequences."
Is Samuel L. Jackson the Baddest Mofo? Sno'nuff!
Filed under: Comedy », Casting », Remakes and Sequels »
Warning: The clip contains some foul language and Sho'nuff violence.
It's a role that was meant to be, if any role was ever going to get a new leading man. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play Sho'nuff in the remake of Berry Gordy's cult classic -- The Last Dragon. I mean, as you can see above, Sho'nuff thinks he's the baddest mofo around, and we've all seen the wallet Jackson carries around with him. (Sadly, however, he can't fight for the honor -- original Sho'nuff Julius Carry died earlier this year.)
For the uninitiated -- Sho'nuff is the Shogun of Harlem, a baddie that young Leroy Green has to come up against on his quest for The Final Level and, subsequently, The Glow (the more you glow, the better you are). Berry Gordy's son Kerry is on as producer, so it's sticking in the family. Furthermore, Columbia president Doug Belgrad says: "They will capture everything that people love about the original while also bringing a fresh edge to the remake."
I hope he's right, because it'd really suck if this went the Death Race way and lost all the camp. But could it ever live up to the original?
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