For the first time since their roles in Kill Bill, David Carradine and Daryl Hannah will reunite for Kung Fu Killer. This two-part original movie miniseries is set to premiere on Spike TV this August. The movie is set in the late 1920s in China, before the Communist reign. Carradine will play White Crane, the orphaned son of Western missionaries who was raised by a monk to become a spiritual leader and master in martial arts. In the first installment, White Crane will seek revenge on the mercenaries who raid his temple and murder his mentor. He infiltrates the Shanghai underworld. There he'll meet Jane Marshall, played by Daryl Hannah, a Brooklyn lounge singer who is in China on her own journey. She is trying to recover her kidnapped brother, held hostage by Kahn Xin, leader of the same mercenaries who ransacked White Crane's temple.
According to the press release, "Kung Fu Killer was shot entirely on location in China at the Zhejiang Heng Dian World Studios and the towns of Fong Yang and Heng Dian. The miniseries marked the first time a production of this scale was produced by a Western production company utilizing an almost exclusively Chinese crew."
This movie also marks the singing debut of Daryl Hannah. She will perform period songs like "You Made Me Love You" and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows."
What do you think? Does Kung Fu Killer sound interesting to you?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-20-2008 @ 6:37PM
nate said...
What does this have to do with Anthony Michael Hall?
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6-20-2008 @ 8:16PM
ABBY GABBY said...
THATS NICE. CANT WAIT TILL BABY BORROWERS COMES ON!
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6-20-2008 @ 6:42PM
Chris said...
why does david carradine look suspiciously like anthony michael hall?
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6-20-2008 @ 6:44PM
Jack said...
Am I missing something? Why is there a picture of Anthony Michael Hall with this story???
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6-20-2008 @ 7:16PM
Kristin Sample said...
I swear I had a picture of David Carradine with this post originally. I don't know what happened. Oh well, I put in a picture of Daryl Hannah now.
Oh, and Anthony Michael Hall has nothing to do with this movie. At least that I know of...
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