Warner Bros. plan remake of Bruce Lee classic

Hollywood studio Warner Bros. plans to remake the 1973 Bruce Lee movie Enter the Dragon.

The remake, directed by Kurt Sutter under Warner Bros.’ Warner Independent Pictures label, is about an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs, Warner Bros. publicist Laura Kim said in Kong Kong.

China’s Shaolin Temple is known for its martial arts tradition. Kim declined to reveal casting choices, the budget or the shooting schedule for the new movie, called Awaken the Dragon.

In Enter the Dragon, Lee plays a kung fu fighter who infiltrates an island occupied by a rogue martial artist.

Sutter, who will also write the script for Awaken the Dragon, is a producer for the US TV show The Shield.

Lee, who died aged 32 in 1973 from swelling of the brain, was born in San Francisco but grew up in Hong Kong, where he also made his name as an actor.

The action star was known for films in which he portrayed characters who defended the Chinese and the working class from oppressors.