The movie adaptation of 2012 Square Enix game Sleeping Dogs looks to be moving ahead, according to comments made by the film’s star.
Martial Artist Donnie Yen posted on his Chinese Weibo account this weekend – translated by analystDaniel Ahmad– that he was “Excited to start his next challenge” and is preparing for the new movie.
The Sleeping Dogs movie adaptation wasannounced in 2017, with production company Original Film – known for The Fast and the Furious movies – attached to the project.
Developed by now-shuttered Vancouver studioUnited Front Games, Sleeping Dogs follows an undercover police officer on a mission to take down dangerous criminal organizations.
Donnie Yen posted to his Weibo (it’s like Chinese twitter) that he is “Excited to start his next challenge” and is preparing for a new movie.Sleeping Dogs is tagged which indicates that filming for the video game adaptation will start soon.pic.twitter.com/9CBjOn4aNC
The open-world title was well received by critics and spawned aPS4andXbox Oneremaster and a spin-off multiplayer game called Triad Wars, which was eventually cancelled in 2015.
According to Deadline, the movie will be set in Hong Kong and focus on “martial arts fighting, racing, boat chases … and shooting while doing all of that.”
