THE SUCCESSOR: ‘Marco Polo’, ‘One Hundred Eyes’ Creator Eyeing Triad Crime Drama With Renny Harlin
Following the announcement of Solara, Beijing and Hong Kong-based Extraordinary Entertainment Limited are now planting their feet in with John Fusco for new organized crime drama, The Successor. Seen through the eyes of a young protagonist, the story follows his journey into the underworld after his kingpin father is murdered in a gangland shootout. Starting as a complete outsider, the successor must decide whether to turn away and disown his father, or to pursue the killers and claim his place in the brutal and unforgiving world of the Triads. The last several years had seen Fusco solidify his relationship with Netflix as the creator of two-season drama, Marco Polo, and its origin spin-off, One Hundred Eyes starring Tom Wu, as well as Yuen Woo-Ping’s Crouching Tiger; Hideen Dragon: Sword Of Destiny, and John Lee Hancock’s The Highwaymen. Fusco will exec produce The Successor with Extraordinary’s Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, […]