

Will this movie fall into the tomb of terrible video game to movie adaptations? Or will it stand out and become one of the very few that show off the incredible stories that video games have to offer? Only time will tell at this point. Other characters in the game include the head of the Sun On Yee, David Wai-Lin "Uncle" Po, Shen's love interest Amanda Cartwright, Winston's right-hand man, Conroy Wu, singer Vivienne Lu, and Shen's girlfriend Not Ping A movie based on the IP from now defunct studio United Front Games and Square Enix is in development. This game was initially released for different gaming consoles such as PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows. It was developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix. Shen infiltrates the Sun On Yee via his childhood friend Jackie Ma, a low-level Triad member and his loyalty is tested by the Triad boss "Red Pole" Winston Chu. Sleeping Dogs Movie In Development With Donnie Yen. Sleeping Dogs is an action-adventure video game that is based in the city of Hong Kong and has a great storyline. Shen's mission is coordinated by Police Superintendent Thomas Pendrew, and progress made by Shen is reported to his handler, Raymond Mak. The main storyline features two sub-plots: Shen's balance between completing his police mission whilst committing crimes to prove himself to the Triads, and missions assigned by a Triad lieutenant, including assassination of Triad members loyal to other lieutenants. The game reveals the story of Wei Shen, a former San Francisco police officer who was transferred to the Hong Kong Police Force and assigned the task to infiltrate and destroy a Triad organization known as the Sun On Yee.

Though there still hasn't been a director announced for the move adaptation. For those that have never played Sleeping Dogs, and are interested in the movie here is a short synopsis from IMDB about the movie: Sleeping Dogs is set in a contemporary Hong Kong, which is split into four districts named after regions of the city. For the latest gaming videos, follow us on Instagram.It's good to hear that the movie is still on and that Donnie Yen will be playing Wei Shen.
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Sleeping Dogs came out on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles in 2012, with a remastered version releasing on the PS4 and Xbox One in 2014.įor the latest gaming news and reviews, follow IGN India on Twitter and Facebook. Sleeping Dogs' film adaptation has been stuck in development hell for over four years now, but with the recent success of video game adaptations like Sonic The Hedgehog, Tomb Raider (2013) and Detective Pikachu, it looks like the now defunct United Front Games' classic may yet be seen on the big screen.

When asked about how closely the film will follow the events and characters of the game, Yen said that it will likely be a “a modern, updated version of Sleeping Dogs.” They pretty much borrowed some of my actions, and even the image."

'Hey, there's some of my moves.' And then I did some research, and I found some article saying that.the people who created this game, created a world, they're fans of mine. “e showed me the cover, and the guy actually looked a little like what I did in my other films, right? And I looked at some of the clips, the way they fight. “ne of the producers came to me and said, "Oh, you know, Donnie, I saw this game. Smith is a man escaping the break-up of his marriage by finding isolation on an island off the Coromandel. Yen then went on to talk about how he got introduced to the game, which was through a producer on his 2014 feature Iceman.
