Latest Bruce Lee News
Ang Lee Hopes To Make Bruce Lee Biopic In The Near Future
Ang Lee is hoping to make progress on his planned Bruce Lee biopic.The 'Brokeback Mountain' director is set to helm a new film about the martial arts legend – with his own actor son Mason...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 April 2024
Pom Klementieff Was Inspired By Bruce Lee For Mission: Impossible Role
Pom Klementieff took inspiration from Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood for her villain in 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'.The 37-year-old star plays assassin Paris in the new action blockbuster as she attempts to...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 July 2023
Ang Lee Casts Son Mason In Bruce Lee Biopic
Ang Lee has cast his son Mason to play martial arts legend Bruce Lee in a new biopic.The 68-year-old filmmaker, whose previous credits include 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Brokeback Mountain' , is said to...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 December 2022
Bruce Lee ‘Died From Drinking Too Much Water’
Bruce Lee may have died from drinking too much water.Doctors are making the claim almost 50 years after the martial arts icon died aged 32 in the summer of 1973 in Hong Kong.An autopsy from...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 21 November 2022
Martial Arts Legend Bob Wall Dies Aged 82
Bob Wall has died at the age of 82.The martial arts expert and actor - who famously battled Bruce Lee in the movies 'The Way of the Dragon', 'Enter the Dragon' and 'Game of Death'...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 February 2022
Simu Liu Wanted To Change Direction After Shang-chi Role
Simu Liu wanted to do something "completely different" after starring in 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'.The 32-year-old star became the first Asian actor to lead a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie in...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 November 2021
Universal Developing New Green Hornet Film
Universal Pictures are developing a new 'Green Hornet' film.The studio is partnering with Amasia Entertainment on 'The Green Hornet and Kato' to revive the crime-fighting character that was first introduced to the world in a...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 April 2020
Robert Downey, Jr. And Bruce Lee Inducted Into California Hall Of Fame
The Iron Mar star and late actor Lee were honoured for helping raise the profile of the state alongside late Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schultz, late singer Buck Owens and British artist/photographer David...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2015
Mike Tyson Lands Role In Ip Man Biopic
The Hangover star will play a property developer and brawler in the movie about Bruce Lee's former mentor, Wing Chun aficionado Yip Man. Donnie Yen will reprise his role as Ip and...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 May 2015
Dev Patel's Slumdog Dance Warning
Dev Patel wants to shoot people ''in the face'' when they ask him to do the dance from 'Slumdog Millionaire'. The 24-year-old actor shot to fame in Hollywood after starring in the 2009 film and...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 05 March 2015
Bruce Lee's Daughter Developing New Biopic
Bruce Lee's daughter has signed on to produce a new biopic about the martial arts movie legend, marking the first project to be made with the family's full involvement.Shannon Lee, under her company Bruce Lee...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 March 2015
Bruce Lee's Daughter Announces New Biopic Is In The Works
A new biopic about the life of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is currently in the works, the late actor’s daughter Shannon Lee has officially announced. The film will be the first to be made...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28 February 2015
Bruce Lee's Jacket Is Star Lot At Auction
A jacket owned by martial arts movie legend Bruce Lee is expected to sell for more than $40,000 (£25,000) at auction later this month (Apr14).The vintage grey cotton coat, which is signed and inscribed by...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 April 2014
Is Radler's New Dead Celebrities Beer Advert Hilarious, Bad-taste...Or Both? [Video]
A new European beer commercial from the Radler brand has caused controversy across the world in countries where the advert's dark sense of humour doesn't sit well. The television commercial shows a bunch of dead...
By Lauren James in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26 March 2014
Bruce Lee's Game Of Death Shoes Included In Star Auction
Rarities including Bruce Lee's shoes from his final movie Game Of Death and a tapestry from Marilyn Monroe's home are to go up for auction next month (Apr14).Other lots in the Hollywood Legends sale include...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 March 2014
Bruce Lee Game Of Death Jumpsuit To Be Auctioned
Bruce Lee's Game Of Death jumpsuit is set to hit the auction block on Thursday (05Dec13).The yellow suit, which Lee wore in the 1973 film, is expected to fetch up to $38,700 (Gbp25,800) at the...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 December 2013
Chuck Norris Selling His $1.2m 'Walker, Texas Ranger' Ranch Mansion
'Chuck Norris doesn't live in a house, the house lives around him'...or something like that - you know the drill. The actor and martial artist Chuck Norris is apparently "downsizing" the number of properties he...
By Lauren James in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25 July 2013
Bruce Lee Exhibit Opens 40 Years After Star's Death
Bruce Lee's daughter has launched a special exhibition in Hong Kong ahead of the 40th anniversary of the martial arts icon's death.A series of commemorative events are set to take place in the region to...
By World Entertainment News Network on 19 July 2013
Actor Jim Kelly Loses His Battle With Cancer Aged 67
Martial Arts actor Jim Kelly died aged 67 on Saturday (29th June 2013). He was best known for his role in Enter The Dragon alongside Bruce Lee and John Saxon. The film, made in 1977,...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 02 July 2013
Jim Kelly – Actor And Marital Arts Expert – Dies Ages 67
Jim Kelly, who starred alongside Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon, has sadly passed away aged 67. Kelly started studying martial arts in 1964 in Kentucky and later moved to California. In the 1980s, he...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 July 2013
Jackie Chan Plots Musical About His Life
Jackie Chan is writing a musical based on his life.The legendary martial arts actor has confirmed he is adapting his 1998 autobiography 'I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action' into a stage musical, which...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 June 2013
The Crow Remake 'Mostly' Same As Original
'The Crow' remake is ''mostly the same'' as the original.'Fast & Furious 6' actor Luke Evans - who is set to play dark avenger Eric Draven in Relativity Media's remake of the 1994 cult classic...
By Bang Showbiz on 24 May 2013
Luke Evans Lands Lead In The Crow
Luke Evans has landed the lead role in 'The Crow'.The 'Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' actor is set to star in F. Javier Gutierrez's Relativity Media remake of the original 1994 Alex Proyas-directed thriller film, Deadline...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 May 2013
Nixon & Ali Screenwriters Hired To Script Bruce Lee Film
The screenwriters behind movie hits Nixon and Ali have been handed the task of adapting the story of martial arts legend Bruce Lee's most famous fight for the big screen.Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen Rivele have...
By WENN on 20 February 2013
Andrew Garfield Inspired By Bruce Lee
Andrew Garfield's body inspiration for 'The Amazing Spider-Man' was Bruce Lee.The actor delighted producers with his transformation from a ''nerdy, skinny young kid'' into a muscle-bound action star for his role as the titular character...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 July 2012
Jackie Chan Retiring From Action Movies
Jackie Chan is retiring from action movies.The 58-year-old actor has confirmed that his latest film, 'Chinese Zodiac', will be his last as an action star as he thinks the world is becoming ''too violent''.Speaking at...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 May 2012
Seth Rogen Amazed By 'Insane' Hornet Budget
Seth Rogen found it "insane" to be involved in the $120 million budget for 'The Green Hornet'.The actor - who also produces and stars in the new movie - was overwhelmed by the task of...
By Bang Showbiz on 09 January 2011
Jackie Chan's Film Museum?
Jackie Chan wants to open a museum filled with things he has collected.The 'Karate Kid' actor plans to create Jackie Chan World, a place where he can put everything he has purchased over the years...
By Bang Showbiz on 08 November 2010
Martial Arts Expert Convinced Carradine Was Killed For Exposing Corrupt Leaders
One of DAVID CARRADINE's close martial artist pals has linked the actor's bizarre death to that of Kung Fu icon BRUCE LEE.What was first considered a suicide and then reportedly ruled an accident has now...
By WENN on 09 June 2009
Lookalike To Play Bruce Lee
Hong Kong actor CHAN KWOK-KWAN has landed the role of BRUCE LEE in a new Chinese TV show after impressing the family of the martial arts legend with his physical likeness to him. Kwok-Kwan, who...
By WENN on 03 December 2006
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