AMC’s ‘Badlands’ to Star Hong Kong Actor Daniel Wu

AMC’s ‘Badlands’ to Star Hong Kong Actor Daniel Wu


AMC cast Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu to star on its upcoming martial arts drama “Badlands,” it was announced on Friday.
Wu will play Sunny, a ruthless warrior who teams up with a young boy to traverse dangerous lands and find enlightenment. He will also executive produce the six-episode series, which was ordered by the network in July and is set for a late 2015 or 2016 release.
The Chinese-American actor has starred in over 60 films, including “City of Glass” and “Around the World in 80 Days.” Wu also won the 2006 Hong Kong prize for Best Director for his directorial debut “The Heavenly Kings,” which brought him the Chinese Film Media Award for Best Director.
“After working together with such a talented team of executive producers, writers and executives at AMC, I am excited for the opportunity to bring this character to life‎,” Wu said in a statement.
CAA and Great Company represent him.
“Badlands” is based loosely on the Chinese tale “Journey to the West” and will co-star Emily Beecham (“28 Weeks Later”), Sarah Bolger (“The Tudors”) and Oliver Stark (“The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box”).
David Dobkin (“Shanghai Knights”) will direct the series, created by showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar (“Shanghai Noon,” “Smallville”). They’ll executive produce along Stacey Sher (“Pulp Fiction”), Michael Shamberg (“Pulp Fiction,”), Stephen Fung (“Tai Chi Zero”) and Wu.
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Daniel Wu leads American series "Badlands", an adaptation to "Journey to the West"Source: Chinatimes / DeadlineTranslated by: Chloe.C
American cable channel AMC recently announced that they will be producing a martial arts drama, based on Chinese tale "Journey to the West", named "Badlands" (tentative title). The male lead of this short series will be Daniel Wu, a character named "Sunny". He will also be serving as an executive producer along with Stephen Fung. 
According to sources, the drama will be loosely based on the Chinese ancient myth, "Journey to the West". However, the adaptation will be quite different from the original story that it may be hard to see shadows of the original story. The plot describes Daniel Wu's character, Sunny as a warrior with high martial art skills, and will create a team with a little boy. They will find enlightenment through a journey filled with obstacles. There are rumours that as the executive producers, Daniel Wu and Stephen Fung will be bringing in their martial arts team to the series.
Other cast of the series include Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Oliver Stark. The director will be David Dobkin. "Badlands" is created by writers-showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar (Shanghai Noon, Smallville). They will also be on the executive producer team with Stephen, Daniel, David Dobkin, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher.
"Badlands" will be a 6 episode series.