Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2, The Darkest Minds) is set to direct Michael B. Jordan in a remake of the 2005 Korean film A Bittersweet Life.
The action-thriller will see Jordan playing a mobster whose longtime loyalties to his crime family are challenged when his boss orders him to kill a mistress he’s recently grown close to. Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps are producing the film, which they view as a high-concept, character-driven piece with franchise potential.
Jordan will next be seen in HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 and Marvel’s Black Panther, while he is also set to reprise the role of Adonis Creed alongside Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in the sequel to 2015’s Creed.
Originally published August 20, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
