The Man with the Iron Fists is an upcoming martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth. The film stars Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, RZA, Rick Yune, David Bautista, and Jamie Chung. Set in 19th century China, the story follows a series of lone warriors who are forced to unite to defeat a common foe and save their home of Jungle Village. The film is scheduled for release on November 2, 2012.
Development began as early as 2005 when RZA shared his idea for the film with director Eli Roth. After nearly two years of development by the pair, they were able to secure financial backing in May 2010. Filming began in December 2010 on a $20 million budget and concluded by March 2011. The film was shot entirely in China including the city of Shanghai. The film's score is composed by RZA and Howard Drossin, and its soundtrack is developed by RZA, featuring several new songs by various artists. A series of concerts were held to promote the film, featuring music from the soundtrack.
Development
Development of the film that would become The Man with the Iron Fists began as early as 2003 when RZA produced the soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill. RZA set himself a $50,000 budget and flew to the Kill Bill set in Beijing, China, where he spent approximately thirty days taking notes on how Tarantino directed the film. In 2005, RZA first met Eli Roth in Iceland, and the pair traveled with each other to LA. During the journey, RZA told Roth of his idea for a Kung Fu genre film which attracted Roth's interest, but no further progress was made. RZA completed the story for the film, but Roth convinced him that a completed screenplay would be necessary for the project to gain any support. Then in 2007, following the release of Roth's Hostel: Part II, Roth and RZA agreed to seriously pursue the project and went on to spend between 18 months and 2 years discussing the project and developing a screenplay in between each working on personal endeavors. Citing the specificity of the fictional universe in the Star Wars series, Roth said that the pair attempted to fully define the various aspects of The Man with the Iron Fists to make it interesting even without fight scenes. Roth said that RZA had "imagined every tribe, every fighting style, every costume"
Premise
In nineteenth century China, The Blacksmith (RZA) is forced to create elaborate weapons of death for a small village. When a traitor threatens to destroy the village, he joins both warriors and assassins to protect their community.
Cast
Russell Crowe as Jack Knife:
An opium addicted soldier named after his signature weapon. The character was partly inspired by RZA's late-cousin Ol' Dirty Bastard. Crowe also took inspiration from Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971) and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). Crowe agreed to join the cast based on his working relationship with RZA on The Next Three Days.
Cung Le as Bronze Lion.
A member of the Lion Clan. Le came to RZA's attention following his 2008 mixed martial arts fight against Frank Shamrock.
Lucy Liu as Madam Blossom:
The owner of the village brothel, described by Liu as the Queen of the village. Liu wanted to emphasize the characters strength against all the male fighters and convinced RZA to give the character a fight sequence with Cung Le's Bronze Lion.
Byron Mann as Silver Lion:
The leader of the Lion Clan after he kills the previous leader. Mann was initially cast for a smaller role, but his successful audition resulted in him being given the bigger role of Silver Lion.
RZA as the Blacksmith:
The Jungle Village blacksmith who channels an ancient energy to turn himself into a living weapon. His real name is Thaddeus. RZA trained in Hung Ga for 1-2 hours a day over 2 months in preparation for his role.
Rick Yune as Zen-Yi / X-Blade:
The son of the murdered Lion Clan leader. He goes to Jungle Village to avenge his father's death. RZA said that he had Yune in mind for the role before the script had even been completed.
David Bautista as Brass Body:
Bautista described the character as a "good guy" who "made a lot of bad choices in his life. he doesn’t really understand the difference between right and wrong." RZA auditioned him for the role after seeing him "moving as fast as lightning" during a stick-fighting training video.
Jamie Chung as Lady Silk
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