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Written by (Editor) on 12th April 2014

With Baz Luhrmann possibly bringing feng-shui to  Kung-Fu, how much have casting, culture and creaking-caricatures changed?

Four decades after it was originally broadcast, Kung Fu remains a significant milestone not only in television drama but also in western awareness and appreciation of eastern martial-arts. It would, of course, have been the great vehicle for Bruce Lee - as was the initial intent - but instead it controversially gave westerner David Carradine one of his most memorable roles.

Now, it appears that director Baz Luhrmann is in negotiations to bring the concept to the big-screen.  As regulat cinema-goers know Luhrmann is more often associated with large and flamboyant  projects such as Moulin Rouge!, Strictly Ballroom, Australia and the recent The Great Gatsby, though he also brought more life, energy abd relevance to his contemporary adaptation of Romeo + Juliet than many English students would have been expecting.  

A few years ago it seemed that Bill Paxton (currently making a significant impact to the storyline over on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD) was interested in helming a Kung-Fu feature revival but that seemed to fizzle out. If Luhrmann's deal pans out he looks likely to rewrite an existing script by Rich Wilkes (best known for  both the xXx movies) which was apparently a reversal of some of the central concept with the character of Kane going to China in search of his father.  It is not known if any of that will survive the new deal. 

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