Rain is expected to star in Warner Brothers’ remake of The Yakuza.
Rain is expected to star in Warner Brothers’ remake of The Yakuza.
The remake’s plot will follow closely along with the original’s, though it will be set in contemporary Japan: It will center on an ex-CIA Agent recruited by a friend and mentor to help retrieve his friend’s daughter, who has been kidnapped by the Yakuza. The rescue mission, however, gets complicated when the ex-agent gets embroiled in a series of murders and double crosses involving the Japanese mob.
The script has gone through a few drafts, first by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell (who are on Guy Ritchie’s upcoming The Gamekeeper) and most recently by Peter Craig — who is also penning the American remake of Cowboy Bepop. A director has not yet come aboard, but once one does, I wouldn’t expect too many scheduling obstacles, as Rain is only officially attached to one other film at the moment, Awaken the Dragon.
Rain is working with some serious Hollywood heavyweights. Hopefully, he gets the fame he so badly wants in the United States.