By Ed Diokno
Two new television shows with Asian or Asian American casts are in various stages of production.
Cinemax has given a pilot order to Warrior, a crime drama based on original material written by Bruce Lee. Warrior has been a passion project for both the late martial arts icon’s daughter and Fast & Furious director Justin Lin who is executive producing the pilot with an eye to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the aftermath of the Civil War, Warrior tells the story of a young martial arts prodigy, newly arrived from China, who finds himself caught up in the bloody Chinatown Tong wars.
The story is based on notes left behind by the late martial artist and discovered by his daughter Shannon Lee, who also acting as a co-producer.