This week, Marvel Cinematic Universe star Simu Liu obtained Sleeping Dogs followers excited when he tweeted to say he was working with the rights holders to carry the much-loved online game to the massive display screen.
It seems issues are a bit additional forward than that. A supply shut to the undertaking has informed IGN that the Sleeping Dogs film is in improvement, and we’re listening to Simu Liu, who performs Shang-Chi in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is producing and set to play the lead function of Wei Shen.
IGN has requested Sq. Enix for remark.
Sleeping Dogs was first launched in 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC and tells the story of detective Wei Shen as he infiltrates certainly one of Hong Kong’s infamous Triad crime syndicates. Whereas it failed to meet writer Sq. Enix’s lofty gross sales expectations, it’s much-loved by followers and sequel hopes have adopted it ever since.
The unique adaptation was introduced in 2017 with Donnie Yen set to star, however the movie disappeared a 12 months later and, just some weeks in the past, Yen himself confirmed it had been scrapped.
“I spent numerous time and did numerous work with these producers, and I even invested a few of my very own cash into acquiring the drafts and a number of the rights,” Yen informed Polygon.
“I waited for years. Years. And I actually need to do it. I’ve all these visions in my head, and sadly… I don’t know, you understand how Hollywood goes, proper? I spent many, a few years on it. It was an unlucky factor. Properly, on to higher issues.”
So when Liu tweeted to say he was working to make the Sleeping Dogs film a actuality, there was a level of confusion amongst followers. Liu himself adopted up with another statement that added gasoline to the fireplace, and even revealed his intention to assist carry a Sleeping Dogs online game sequel to life.
“So few movie initiatives make it from pitch section to greenlight,” he stated. “Pitching execs who don’t perceive the sport has been tiring. Everybody’s overwhelming love of Sleeping Dogs right here has actually given us life!
“First a film, then a sequel sport for everybody… that’s at all times been the dream.”