The premise is about an undercover police officer whose mission is to take down the Triads, one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organization in the world. Today, there are reports that he is set to produce an upcoming original film titled Sleeping Dogs.ĭeadline has announced that Sleeping Dogs will be based on the best-selling video game by Square Enix. At the time of writing, no director is attached and a release date is not known.Neal Moritz, known for amazing franchise productions such as I am Legend, The Fast and the Furious and 21 Jump Street, has a new film in the works. Producing duties will go to Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons, alongside Moritz, with Stephan Bugaj and Toby Ascher acting as executive producers. Moritz’s Original Film with DJ2 Entertainment. The production is being helmed by Neal H. Yen, a renowned martial artist himself, will fit right at home with Sleeping Dogs‘ action and fight choreography. Shen is an incredibly skilled martial artist, making the game infinitely more fun as it adopted the combat made famous by Rocksteady’s Batman Arkham series. The casting of Donnie Yen seems like a match made in Heaven. Donnie Yen in ‘Ip Man 3’ via Dreams Salon Entertainment Culture How this will be translated to film should be interesting. In a game, it works flawlessly, as the player is often tasked with killing and brutally so. Such troubles puts him at odds with his handlers at the Hong Kong Police Department. Infiltrating the Sun on Yee, Shen is forced in countless compromising situations that challenge his moral and ethical standards. Hong Kong native, Wei Shen, returning from working as a detective in America, is sent on an undercover mission to take on one of the most notorious gang organizations in history - the Triads.
According to Deadline, the film will follow the game’s premise fairly close.
XXx: Return of Xander Cage and Rogue One co-star, Donnie Yen, best known for his work as Wing Chun grandmaster in Ip Man, has been cast to play undercover cop, Wei Shen. The crime-drama warranted a proper sequel, but the failure of Square Enix’s online-only efforts seems to have removed that possibility for the time being. Fans of Sleeping Dogs were left surprised and disappointed that the series was being turned into an MMO, Triad Wars, a few years back.
United Front Games may have recently been shuttered (sadness is still in the air), but their beloved series lives on.
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