The popular series from the 70’s, “Kung Fu”, will have an adaptation headed to the big screen and the man in charge of kicking this in to action is none other than David Leitch, director of “John Wick”, “Deadpool 2” and the recent “Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw. ”
They have only revealed that the plot will take place in our time and as for the cast, well, we have nothing yet.
Leitch will also be in charge of producing the project along with Kelly McCormick and Stephen L’Heureux, while the executive producer will be Ed Spielman – original creator of the series.
The original series was created by Ed Spielman, Jerry Thorpe and Herman Miller – it lasted three seasons between 1972 and 1975.
The series has already had an film adaptation in 1986 called “Kung Fu: The Movie”.
