John Woo-Trained Director Alexi Tan to Launch ‘Monk Wars’ Comic Book (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Alexi Tan, a screenwriter and director who was a protégé of John Woo, has teamed with artist Charles Simpson to launch comic book “Monk Wars.” The “Monk Wars” universe is a dystopian gritty world filled with martial arts action and a broad array of diverse characters.
The first book will follow Monk Ma, who has ancient animal powers, as he assembles his followers to take on the Rat-Men soldiers.
The project is being steered by David U. Lee’s Beijing-based Leeding Media which will manage all media rights to the comic book including film, television and web series.
Weston Suh’s Los Angeles-based Final Order Comics has partnered to take print publication rights for the first book and subsequent issues. “I want to create a world that introduces classic martial arts animal fighting styles from movies I grew up watching and turn them into superpowers for a new generation of young heroes,” said Tan, who has film credits including “Blood Brothers,” which starred Daniel Wu (“American Born Chinese,” “Into the Badlands”) and Shu Qi (“The Assassin,” “Transporter”), and played as the closing night film of the 64th Venice Film Festival.
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