Bruce Lee biopic in the works from Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee

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A biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is currently in the works from the acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee.Ang, whose movies include Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi, has cast his own son Mason in the lead role, according to Deadline.The latest pass on the script will be by Dan Futterman, who rose to fame as an actor in The Birdcage before writing such films as Capote and Foxcatcher.At present the screenplay has gone through several versions, including one by Jean-Christophe Castelli, who wrote Ang's 2016 movie Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.

Icon: A biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is currently in the works from the acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee; the late action star is pictured in Enter The Dragon, released in 1973 Another pass was by the team of Alex Law and Mabel Cheung, whose work includes the Hong Kong films The Illegal Immigrant and Echoes Of The Rainbow.The most recent version was by Wells Tower, whose script Pain Hustlers has been bought by Netflix to be made into a film starring Emily Blunt.

Bruce Lee had a foot in both America and Hong Kong from the start, born in San Francisco to a Cantonese opera star and his wife who were stateside on tour- before his tragic death aged just 32.

Father and son: Ang (right), whose movies include Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi, has cast his own son Mason (left) in the lead role; they are pictured together in 2012 He achieved stratospheric stardom in martial arts pictures in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in movies in both Hong Kong and Hollywood.His crossover triumphs included Enter The Dragon, Fist Of Fury and The Game Of Death as well as Way Of The Dragon, which he wrote and directed himself.The massive success of his work revolutionized action movies and went a long.