Actor Simu Liu, recognized for his function because the protagonist in Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has expressed a need to play the main function in a film adaptation of seminal recreation Sleeping Canine.
Taking to social media platform X, Liu spoke about his expertise in pitching a film adaptation of Sleeping Canine to movie executives that don’t perceive the title. He additionally that he would really like a sequel for the title down the road.
“So few movie tasks make it from pitch section to greenlight,” stated Liu within the put up. “Pitching execs who don’t perceive the sport has been tiring. Everybody’s overwhelming love of Sleeping Canine right here has actually given us life!”
“First a film, then a sequel recreation for everybody… that’s all the time been the dream.”
The final time we heard something a couple of Sleeping Canine film was all the way in which again in 2018, with motion star Donnie Yen saying that the film was nonetheless underneath manufacturing. Extra not too long ago, nevertheless, Yen has stated that the film mainly useless at this level.
“I spent quite a lot of time and did quite a lot of work with these producers, and I even invested a few of my very own cash into acquiring the drafts and a number of the rights,” stated Yen in a latest interview with Polygon. “I waited for years. Years. And I actually wish to do it. I’ve all these visions in my head, and sadly… I don’t know, you understand how Hollywood goes, proper? I spent many, a few years on it. It was an unlucky factor.”
Sleeping Canine is a cult-classic open-world motion recreation that places gamers into the footwear of undercover cop Wei Shen. The sport tells an epic story about feuding mobs in Hong Kong, and the way these felony parts can usually bleed into civilian life getting affected. The title was initially launched again in 2012 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
For extra particulars on Sleeping Canine, take a look at our ideas on why the sport continues to be addictive even right this moment.
So few movie tasks make it from pitch section to greenlight. Pitching execs who don’t perceive the sport has been tiring. Everybody’s overwhelming love of Sleeping Canine right here has actually given us life!
First a film, then a sequel recreation for everybody… that’s all the time been the dream. pic.twitter.com/g84r9Lf0SI
— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) January 31, 2025
