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[SliceSabre]

Even after watching practically every movie with him in it on Netflix, I'm still down to see more of him.

 

[Hindenblewp]

How many pork buns will be in the film?

 

[Kayhan]

Please cast her next.

Hollywood is just going to whitewash her role.

 

[highrider]

Special ID was that as others have said but I'm always down for a good film in this genre. Hoping pork buns are also a significant part of the film.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Definitely in

 

[wandering]

Yeah but he ain't got moves like Yen.

Edison Chen as Jackie Ma please.

Dude's the son of a taekwondo grandmaster, don't be sleeping on him.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Will watch

 

[Plywood]

If pork buns don't make it into this movie it will not be a whole movie.

 

[Username1198]

Holy
Shit

This is amazing Donnie yen is fucking aces and so is sleeping dogs

Legit hyped

 

[NoFaceNico]

Loved the game. Hope the movie lives up to it.

Spoiler

Of course it won't. Video game movie curse.

 

[Bishop89]

I'm just going to post the same thing that I did in the other thread


Oh shiiiiiit!!

 

[firehawk12]

Part of Wei Chen's deal is that he's a young cop who just came back to Hong Kong...

Why even call this Sleeping Dogs if you're just going to change the entire premise?

 

[Peanut Butter]

I like this.

 

[jerry113]

Too old, and not American.

We need a young Asian American in the role. Have Donnie Yen play a mentor or something.

 

[BigDug13]

Hollywood is just going to whitewash her role.

She could play that American photographer he dates in the game.

 

[One Eyed Willy]

I never finished SD I should go back and replay it.

 

[jetjevons]

I will do everything in my power to ensure pork buns are fully and adequatelly represented in this movie.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

Better be all asian cast. Don't get me donnie yen as main character and everyone else white

 

[Mechazawa]

Too old, and not American.

We need a young Asian American in the role. Have Donnie Yen play a mentor or something.

It's really conflicting. Wei Shen's a video game character, so, naturally, he's a martial arts god. Which lines up well with Donnie Yen.

But you literally couldn't ask for a better role to go out and look for a Chinese American actor, or at least an Asian American one. So naturally, they give it to the foreign born superstar.

 

[Lucky Seven]

I JUST PLAYED THROUGH SLEEPING DOGS. WHAT A COINCIDENCE!

 

[Discotheque]

A movie? Those clowns at square Enix can't give us another game but they're willing to venture into a film adaptation

Thats cool I guess but I need that sequel already

 

[LowlySmokeGuy]

She could play that American photographer he dates in the game.

Didn't she voice that character?

 

[Rumblebones]

Holy shit, yes!

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Surely this will revitalize interest in the franchise and lead to a sequel for the game

r-right?

 

[Boogie9IGN]

Didn't she voice that character?

Yup, voiced and modeled iirc

 

[dancingphlower]

It would be cool if they could get Will Yun Lee to play Wei Shen. I would rather have an Asian American play Wei since coming back from the States is part of his character.

 

[HideyoshiJP]

I'd be down with a Sleepy Dogs movie. I feel Donnie would be miscast as Wei Shen, though.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Yo, I just got done watching a Donnie Yen film. I never played Sleeping Dogs, but I'm intrigued because it's Donnie.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Even after watching practically every movie with him in it on Netflix, I'm still down to see more of him.

Oh shit, you too? We gotta be besties!

 

[Angelus Errare]

Donnie is fucking amazing, so I'm hyped.

So was Will Yun Lee busy or some shit?

Because he was the voice actor and model for for Wei Shen.

He's cool with it
https://twitter.com/WillYunLee/status/837435860798693376

Besides rumors is he has a beefy role coming up so he's putting on weight like crazy.

 

[Jiggaloboy]

I didn't know I wanted this, but I sure do!

Nailed it.

 

[Zero315]

To the people saying Yen is too old, like I said in the other thread, have you seen pics of him lately?

Nah, he can easily pull it off.

 

[jetjevons]

To the people saying Yen is too old, like I said in the other thread, have you seen pics of him lately?



Nah, he can easily pull it off.

He's going to crush it.

 

[Rest]

He is too old for main role.

My very first thought.

 

[Sevket-Erhat]

He is too old for main role.

Eddie Peng would have been much better.

I almost fell of the chair when I first hear the news and let me remind you of best on screen fight scene ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhT_iNYPCX4

 

[nacimento]

Too old, and not American.

We need a young Asian American in the role. Have Donnie Yen play a mentor or something.

Why? You think foreigners are inherently inferior to Americans?

 

[SJRB]

FUCK DOG EYES

 

[jetjevons]

Because accurate 1/1 translations of game to movie stories have worked out *so* well in the past. Have some faith. We know what we're doing.

 

[DeathyBoy]

My very first thought.

If this bugs you, never try and work in Hollywood. You'd be laughed out of every room with a comment like that.

 

[massoluk]

I'm just going to post the same thing that I did in the other thread


Oh shiiiiiit!!

Best improvised fight ever

 

[morch]

whose gonna be pork bun man?

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Smh at all these too old comments.

Yeah. He doesn't even look 50 and he sure and more importantly, he kicks buckets of ass.

 

[ShiroAmakusa]

Looking forward to this. Enjoyed Sleeping Dogs very much.

Isn't Sleeping Dogs already basically a game adaptation of Infernal Affairs?

Damn, the Infernal Affairs movies are nice (especially the first one)! Great to see someone bringing them up.

 

[UrbanRats]

Please cast her next.

Her mission was pretty lame tho.
The other girl's mission was more fun.

A movie? Those clowns at square Enix can't give us another game but they're willing to venture into a film adaptation

Thats cool I guess but I need that sequel already

I assume they're not spending shit on it? Honestly the plot of Sleeping Dogs is so classic and by the numbers, that this feels even more pointless than a Last of Us movie, but hey, i'll take more action Hong Kong cinema.

 

[DrunkShogun]

FUCK DOG EYES

Fuckin Dog Eyes.

 

[Meciu]

Donnie Yen is a beast! Can't wait!

 

[Mett]

Will watch for pork buns!

 

[shira]

Sure, I'm in. But isn't Donnie a little old for the main role?

He's too good for doing Expendables

 

[Bishop89]

Best improvised fight ever

improvised?


WHAT!!?!?!?!? O_O

Even more impressed now

 

[Snagret]

Holy shit this rules.