GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI Series Follow-Up On Deck For ‘Wu Tang: An American Saga’ Creators
Deadline‘s Nellie Andreeva is reporting on the development of 1999 hitman drama, Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai, as a one-hour series with Wu Tang: An American Saga duo RZA (Cut Throat City, The Man With The Iron Fists) and screenwriter Alex Tse (Superfly remake, Watchmen). The move comes following updates roughly around late 2017 and the following year as RZA was also involved with sequel efforts at the time, hailing a possible reunion with Jarmusch and title actor Forest Whitaker. “As a huge hip-hop head growing up, Wu-Tang resonated with me in particular, not only as a Chinese American, but as a geek because the music referenced kung fu movies, comic books, stuff that I was into,” said Tse. “Wu combined geek culture and street culture and made it all cool, promoting an accessibility that created one of the most diverse fan bases in the world. With Xen […]