Martial arts superstar Donnie Yen is set to take on the lead in Sleeping Dogs, an adaptation of Square Enix’s bestselling video game, which is being produced by Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious) through his Original Film banner.
Deadline reports that the film will follow the storyline of the game and revolve around an undercover police officer (Yen) on a mission to take down one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations in the world: the notorious Triads. As with the source material, the movie will feature lots of martial arts, racing, boat chases and gunfights.
2016 marked a banner year for Yen; in addition to Ip Man 3 (which grossed $124 million in China alone), he also appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and followed that up this year with an appearance in xXx: Return of Xander Cage, helping the film to the second-biggest ever IMAX debut in China.
Sleeping Dogs was released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in 2012, and followed Wei Shen, a Hong Kong police officer assigned to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad organisation. A remastered Definitive Edition hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox One in 2014.
Originally published March 6, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
