The first is the idea of a playable kung fu film. "We want to call back the golden age of Hong Kong kung fu movies from the 1970s, starting from Bruce Lee and then Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen," he ...

While these 1970s action movies won't go down as history as fine art, the truth was that they're the perfect choice for a ...

Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off ...

The 16th-century manual called the Sinews Transformation Classic suggests that dedicated practise of Shaolin kung fu can make you invulnerable and immortal; and in the 1970s and 1980s, even the ...

As he and the cast worked on the play, they watched a number of Chinese kung fu movies from the 1970s to the present. In the Talmud, “people challenge each other in order to sharpen their skills ...

Emeishan (AFP) – In front of a secluded temple in southwestern China, Duan Ruru skilfully executes a series of chops and strikes, practising kung fu techniques she has spent a decade mastering.

Leitch, working with his 87North company (where he produces films alongside business partner/wife Kelly McCormick) is overseeing development of a movie based on ‘Kung Fu’. And the team is ...