‘Lone Wolf And Cub’ Remake Hires Andrew Kevin Walker To Pen Screenplay For Justin Lin
SevenscribeAndrew Kevin Walkerhas been tapped to pen a new adaptation of the mangaLone Wolf and Cub. Previously adapted into a six-film series in the 1970s, the new take onLone Wolf and Cubwill be produced byJustin Lin, who will likely direct as well. Hop into a baby cart to hades and read theLone Wolf and Cubremake details below.Lone Wolf and Cub, the classic manga created by writerKazuo Koikeand artistGoseki Kojima, is about to find a new lease on life courtesy ofSevenscreenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker.THRreports Walker will write a new script based on the manga, withFast and the FuriousandStar Trek Beyondfilmmaker Justin Lin set to produce and possibly direct. A proposed newLone Wolf and Cubhas been kicking around Hollywood since 2003, with Darren Aronofsky at one point attached to direct. Lin’s involvement with the project was previouslyannouncedin 2012, back when David and Janet Peoples were hired to write the script. Now Walker has the job.Lone Wolf and Cubfocuses on Itto Ogami, a shogun’s executioner who embarks on a bloody journey of revenge with his toddler son Daigoro by his side. The seminal story has inspired everything fromRoad to PerditiontoLogan, and was the basis for a series of six bloody, highly entertaining films in the 1970s:Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance,Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx,Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades,Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril,Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsandLone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell. Here’s the synopsis for the original film series courtesy of the excellent Criterion Collection box set:
Details are slim on what this new take onLone Wolf and Cubwill be like, but here’s hoping it won’t update the plot to modern times for some weird reason, and also that it will avoid whitewashing its cast of characters. We’ll know more once the production starts to take shape.
