SHIP BREAKER Adaptation, Long-Awaited Indian Martial Arts Epic, THE 19TH STEP, Bring Phillip Lee On Board To Produce
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Revenant and Assassin’s Creed producer Phillip Lee’s latest embarkment with Indian cinema is a title now making its way back into headlines after about nearly decade of being in development. 2008 saw one of the earlier announcements of a film titled The 19th Step from director Bharat Bala, telling of a 9th century epic which focuses on the ancient martial arts style of Kalaripayattu in its origins long before Chinese Kung Fu was born. Production evidently tapered off despite already having a cast lined up at the time which included award-winning actors Kamal Haasan and Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu which would have explored the film from a Samurai’s perspective but the word now from Variety is that the movie is moving forward once again with Bala back on board, and none other than Lee producing via his new venture with Markus Barmettler, Facing East, as […]