"In a recent interview with Larry King, actor Bill Paxton has confirmed he will be directing a theatrical martial arts western reboot of the classic television series for Legendary East, the Asian branch of film production company, Legendary. The news comes just two years after Deadline announced plans for Paxton to direct the film in October of 2011.
Kung Fu originally ran as an ABC television series preceded by the feature-length film. The series ran from 1972 through 1975, and was revived eighteen years later in the form of a spin-off titled Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. All three installations starred actor David Carradine as Kwai Chang Kaine, a shaolin monk whose story is told in the first series as he ventured from his home in the temple through the old West in search of his brother. The Legend Continues brought back Carradine reprising his role oppositeactor Chris Potter who played his detective son during the show's four year run..."
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