The Weinstein Company to remake '70s martial arts classics

By Lucas Shaw LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company and Celestial Pictures will remake "The Avenging Eagle" and "Come Drink With Me," a pair of 1970s martial arts films, the companies announced on Tuesday. The movies are part of the Shaw Brothers library, the biggest Chinese-language film library of its kind. This is the first time anyone will shoot English-language martial arts remakes of any films from the library. "The Avenging Eagle" is a thriller about a man who raises orphans to serve as his personal gang. ...



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