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Warner Bros. seems to think so, posing a film called Awaken The Dragon, apparently a remake of the Bruce Lee classic, Enter The Dragon.

The film will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, a producer on the The Shield who is attached to help write the next Punisher flick, Welcome Back, Frank.

The original had a secret agent – Bruce Lee – travelling to an island to fight a villain in a martial arts tournament. The remake follows roughly the same lines – of an FBI agent investigating a Shaolin monk and underground Kung Fu fight clubs.

The really great thing about Enter The Dragon – aside from Bruce Lee kicking a lot of ass – was the way the film could follow its characters without getting too bogged down in the story. The set-up was detailed enough to detail the motivations of the characters, but sparse enough to stay out of the way.

I worry – in addition to the perplexing question of just plain replacing Bruce Lee – that the remake may already be getting bogged down by the specifics of its plot. Nailing the kung fu atmosphere of Bruce Lee’s films may be difficult enough – but reflecting the kung fu master himself may be the hardest of them all.