Justin Lin directing Lone Wolf and Cub remake

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Apparently, because you can never have too many samurai revenge projects on your plate, Lin has also signed on to adapt genre landmark Lone Wolf and Cub. Deadline reports Kamala Films has acquired film rights to the Kazuo Koike-created 1970s Japanese manga Lone Wolf and Cub, attaching David & Janet Peoples (Blade Runner, Unforgiven and Twelve Monkeys) to write the script. Fast Five‘s Justin Lin had already been attached to direct. Kamala’s Marissa McMahon will produce with 1212 Entertainment’s Elizabeth Grave and Joshua Long, with Roberto Grande executive producing.
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Awesome news about the screenwriters. I'm not exactly thrilled about who's directing it, but if it brings the originals to Blu-ray, I'm for it.

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