Chad Stahelski And Leigh Dana Jackson Board Netflix‘s ’Black Samurai’ Feature Adaptation
deadline.comNetflix is moving forward with its feature film adaptation of the popular Black Samurai novels as it has tapped Chad Stahelski to direct and Leigh Dana Jackson to adapt.
Stahelski will also produce along with Jason Spitz and Alex Young for 87Eleven Entertainment as well as John Schoenfelder and Russell Ackerman for Addictive Pictures.
The Black Samurai novels are a series of books by famed thriller writer Marc Olden revolving around the character Robert Sand, an American soldier in Japan who learns the ways of the most powerful martial arts and becomes the Black Samurai, embarking on a mission to stop dangerous forces who threaten everything he holds dear.
Diane Crafford will exec produce along with Liza Fleissig and Andre Gaines of Cinemation Studios. Stahelski is best known as the man behind the camera for the John Wick franchise, having directed every installment.
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