Japanese manga series Lone Wolf and Cub has been optioned for a potential movie.
Deadline reports that Kamala Films picked up the rights to the celebrated 70s manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Goseki Kojima.
The original was set feudal Edo period, and chronicles the story of Ogami Itto, the Shogun’s elite executioner. In an attempt to take his position, the rival Yagyu clan falsely accuses Itto of a crime and murders his wife. Disgraced, Itto is forced to wander Japan with his three-year-old son Daigoro as an assassin for hire, earning the title “Lone Wolf and Cub.” Ultimately, Itto and Daigoro seek revenge on the Yagyu clan. Koike’s manga, published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics, is considered a seminal work.
The original manga has served as an inspiration for Road to Perdition and Kill Bill, Volume 2.
David & Janet Peoples will write a script and director Justin Lin is already attached to the project.
Skiznot says
Ok first there are already several Lone Wolf and Cub movies, most of them pretty good. The last one was a little weird with the Skiing assassins. Second, the thought of the Fast and Furious guy directing a feudal Japan period piece just made me throw up in my mouth a little. Sounds like a recipe for crap but I suppose Lin could prove me wrong.