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Ang Lee’s Son to Star in Dad’s Bruce Lee ‘Passion Project’
Ang Lee’s Son to Star in Dad’s Bruce Lee ‘Passion Project’,Ang Lee will reportedly direct a Bruce Lee biopic about the Hollywood martial-arts icon, starring his own son actor Mason Lee. It is currently in development at Sony’s 3000 Pictures.

Ang Lee’s Son to Star in Dad’s Bruce Lee ‘Passion Project’

Ang Lee will be the latest director to honor Bruce Lee with a biopic. The Chinese American actor and martial artist was previously the subject of biographical films Birth of the Dragon (2016) and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993). Now, the Life of Pi and Brokeback Mountain director will reportedly direct his own son, Mason Lee, in his upcoming film about the Hollywood martial-arts icon. Currently in development at Sony’s 3000 Pictures, the studio describes Lee’s forthcoming biopic as his “longtime passion project” that is sure to produce a theatrical event, per Variety. “Accepted as neither fully American nor fully Chinese, Bruce Lee was a bridge between East and West who introduced Chinese Gung Fu to the world, a scientist of combat and an iconic performing artist who revolutionized both the martial arts and action cinema,” the Academy Award–winning director said in a statement. “I feel compelled to tell the story of this brilliant, unique human being who yearned for belonging, possessed tremendous power in a 135-pound-frame, and who, through tireless hard work, made impossible dreams into reality.” Though the hire has “getting my son into the family business” energy, 32-year-old Mason has appeared in the Hong Kong drama Limbo, the Taiwanese film Stand By Me, The Hangover Part II, and Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk. Kind of a nepo-slay.

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