[UPDATED] TEDDY BOY: Andrew Lau, Pulse To Adapt Triad Comic Book Series For Live-Action Treatment
UPDATE – March 12, 2019 (7:21pm EST): Following Andreas Wiseman’s exclusive at Deadline on Monday, Hong Kong media outlet Apple Daily is reporting that Andrew Lau knew nothing about this project. Will follow up here or in a seperate report as more updates arise. Stay tuned… EARLIER: Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen helmer Andrew Lau’s newest stake now lies with Pulse films in a conjoined effort to adapt author Man Kai-Ming and artist Lun Yu-Kwok’s weekly 1992 comic book series, Teddy Boy. The goal is either to make it a series or a feature film with Chinese publisher Concord publishing overseeing the deal. Teddy Boy follows protagonist Ho-Nam Chan’s dizzying ascent through the ranks of the Hong Kong triad hierarchy. The celebrated series explores loyalty, brotherhood, politics and corruption as well as the intergenerational conflicts and power struggles within the underground organized crime group. Thomas Benski, […]