'Kung Fu' TV show to become movie

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‘Kung fu’, which starred David Carradine (of 'Kill Bill' fame) as a Shaolin monk travelling the USA, and will now be converted into a feature-length film directed by Bill Paxton, Deadline reports.

'Kung Fu' gained cult status as Carradine's character, Kwai Chang Caine, meandered across the USA searching for his lost family, but mostly finding new injustices to battle with his highly-trained fists.

The series was loaded with Carradines, and featured David's father John as a preacher, his brother Robert as Kwai Chang's deaf-mute sidekick and half brother Bruce as a police officer. So maybe we'll see a new martial arts dynasty born in the adaptation.

That decision will be up to director Bill Paxton who, although primarily an actor (most recently seen in HBO's 'Big Love' series), has two solid feature films behind him as director: 'Frailty' and 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'.

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The script will be penned by 'Black Swan' scribe John McLaughlin, another bonus for the production, and the film will be shot next summer, at least partly in China.