Justin Lin to move forward with his "Lone Wolf and Cub" adaptation

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Information on the film so far:



Steven Paul's statements to Variety:

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Paul told Variety that “Final Conflict” will be shot with an essentially Japanese cast. Paul has recently struck production deals in both China and Thailand.

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Steven Paul's comments on the casting of Lone Wolf and Cub during his interview with Buzz Feed about Ghost in The Shell:

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Paul will be rebooting Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict, a 1992 movie directed by Akira Inoue, specifically. For the remake, Variety reported that Paul would recruit an “essentially Japanese cast,” wording many outlets questioned. “I think [Variety was] just picking up that I said that we would probably shoot in Japan and probably have primarily Japanese actors in it,” Paul said, though Variety’s story notes that Paul recently struck production deals in China and Thailand. “My initial instinct is that they will be primarily Japanese because they’re samurai, and the whole story is very, very Japanese in the sense of what they are,” he noted. Although Paul says the filmmakers may cast “international actors” for some of the parts, viewers can expect to see Japanese actors in the main roles

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Justin Lin's latest comments to EMPIRE about Lone Wolf and Cub:

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Lin has been attached to the project for some time, and had planned to press ahead with the adaptation, before J.J. Abrams came a-calling. “For the last year and a half I've been on this Star Trek detour,” Lin explained to us, “the greatest detour of my career. But I'm excited because Lone Wolf And Cub is one of many projects that I can't wait to go back and revisit in the next two weeks when we're done with all the press.” Lin appeared to imply that he plans to have an Asian cast. “Five-to-ten years ago, they would have wanted Keanu Reeves to play the dad... I think the cool thing about it is that filmmaking has gone global. There's many ways to make a movie and I think Hollywood has to evolve.” First published in 1970 by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf And Cub is widely regarded as a classic manga, telling an epic historic tale of shogun assassins. Seven films adapting the series have already been produced in its native Japan, but nothing from Hollywood – until now. Lin is convinced that “this is the best time to make a movie like Lone Wolf And Cub – and to be able to really embrace the spirit and the essence of what makes it great.”

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So what do you guys think? Looking forward to it or what?

Justin Lin to move forward with his "Lone Wolf and Cub" adaptation