kung fu Archives

Here's what our friend had to say: Underneath It All, It's Still An Asian Immigrant Woman's Story Suppose you remove the multiverse-hopping, the Kung fu fights, and the slapstick comedy In that case, you're left with a surprisingly ordinary indie movie about an immigrant woman dealing with the disappointments and stresses of her life in America[...]

It's not like new The CW Entertainment President Brad Schwartz was making a lot of folks feel less nervous earlier this month when he offered an update on where things stand with Walker, Superman & Lois, All American, All American: Homecoming, Kung Fu, Gotham Knights, Walker Independence, and The Winchesters But today's news from Nextstar's Q3 earnings[...]

To do that, there will be a programming shift to attract a broad audience of adults 18-49 that looks to include "low-cost unscripted/alternative programming." But while some current series & in-development projects have every reason for concern until a more definitive plan is in place, the same THR report lists three shows as reportedly having[...]

Meanwhile, The Flash and Kung Fu will take over Wednesdays beginning March 9 (after DC's LoT & Batwoman wrap their season runs), with Nancy Drew and Charmed holding down the fort on Friday nights Now here's a look at the full return schedule: Photo: Rebecca Brenneman/The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC All Rights[...]

You know what comes next after an episode of big reveals, right? The fallout from those big reveals, and it looks like that's what viewers can expect from tonight's episode of The CW's Kung Fu Heading into "Destiny," Nicky (Olivia Liang) learns the truth about her lineage from Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) and why she[...]

Welcome back to our weekly preview of the first season of The CW's Olivia Liang-starring Kung Fu, with "Guidance" already proving to be quite interesting even without screening the episode yet While the episode overview puts the focus on learning more about Zhilan's (Yvonne Chapman) past, the images, promo, and sneak preview that follow put more[...]

Behind the scenes of The CW's Kung Fu, things have been going pretty well for the new series- having picked up a green light for a second season In front of the camera, things could be going a lot better for Nicky (Olivia Liang)- who finds herself going more on the offense in tonight's episode[...]

With this week's episode 'Sanctuary," The CW's Kung Fu continues delving into storylines that reflect many of the social issues we're still facing as a nation- whether it's violence towards the AAIP community or as the case on Wednesday night? A police-officer-related shooting in Chinatown- one that sends looks to light a match on an[...]

With The CW's Stargirl set to return for its second season on August 10 and Kung Fu currently in the middle of its first season, both series received some excellent news on Monday Just a few months after the network announced a massive renewal of almost its entire programming line-up (including The Flash, Charmed, DC's Legends[...]

We're back with our weekly look at the first season of the Olivia Liang-starring series Kung Fu, with the main focus being on Nicky (Liang) and Henry's (Eddie Liu) race to beat Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) from getting her hands on some mystical weapons Which is a good thing since "mystical weapons" are probably the last things[...]

Welcome back to our weekly preview of the Olivia Liang-starring Kung Fu as we see what The CW has to offer viewers in terms of what they can expect this week First up, Nicky (Liang) and Henry (Eddie Liu) go the academic route in their search for Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) But that's not even close[...]

Heading into this week's episode of The CW's Kung Fu, Nicky's (Olivia Liang) realizing that being back home means she now has wars on two fronts to fight First, there's the threat of the murderous Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) that's found its way back to San Francisco with her- and that means a race against time[...]

Fist of the North Star, the classic 1980s ultraviolent post-apocalyptic manga series, is finally being published in a complete Ultimate Edition in English

Following the success of Walker and Charmed, The CW continues its trend to resurrect classic tv shows for a modern audience- though fans of the original Kung Fu starring David Carridine will be hard-pressed to find many similarities past the name Long desert walks, "Grasshopper," and "Snatching the pebble from my hand" will not find any[...]

With only hours to go until the series premiere of The CW's Olivia Liang-starring Kung Fu hits television screens, here's a look at what viewers can expect when the classic television series reboot finds Nicky Shen (Liang) returning home to San Francisco to protect her community, bring the big bads to justice, and continue her personal[...]

Coming off the success of Walker (the Jared Padalecki-starring modern take on Walker, Texas Ranger), The CW is hoping to make it a two-for-two when it comes to reboots with the Olivia Liang-starring series Kung Fu Set to premiere on April 7 and inspired by the classic television series, Nicky Shen (Liang) is a young[...]

With less than three weeks to go before The CW's upcoming Olivia Liang-starring series Kung Fu premieres, viewers are learning a bit more about the journey that took her far from home- and back again Inspired by the classic television series, the network's modern take finds Nicky Shen (Liang), a young Chinese American woman, taking on[...]

Hitting our radar back when it was first announced during those days before COVID-19 changed the television landscape for pretty every series at some level of production, The CW has released the first trailer and preview images for its upcoming Olivia Liang-starring series Kung Fu Inspired by the classic television series, the network's modern take[...]

Also, the Olivia Liang-starring remake of Kung Fu has its debut locked in for Wednesday, April 7 Here's a look at the full schedule of premiere dates: Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW — © 2020 The CW Network, LLC All Rights Reserved. Wednesday, April 7 8-9 p.m Kung Fu (Series premiere) 9-10 p.m Nancy Drew (Original episode) Sunday, May 2 8-9 p.m[...]

"Aesthetically, I enjoy directing everything from cinematic action — superhero shows like The Flash, Supergirl, and Gotham — to all kinds of diverse human stories that may not necessarily have anything to do with my race or gender, such as Sorry for Your Loss, NOS4A2, Counterpart and my new pilot Kung Fu," Culpepper continued[...]

Kim and Martin Gero's (Blindspot) Kung Fu is welcoming Vanessa Kai (New Amsterdam) to The CW series, set for a series regular role opposite Olivia Liang, (Legacies) in the reimagining of the '70s cult television actioner Kai and Liang join Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word), Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley), Tzi Ma (The Man[...]

The reboot of 70s David Carradine-starrer Kung Fu and small-town drama The Republic Of Sarah were both give straight-to-series orders on Tuesday, with all four series joining The CW's 13 current series that were all already renewed for the 2020-2021 season Other question marks remain, beginning with Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene (though signs are good[...]

Kim and Martin Gero's reimagining of '70s cult actioner Kung Fu has signed high-profile director Hanelle Culpepper (Star Trek: Picard, Mayans MC) to direct and co-executive produce the CW pilot Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word), Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley), Tzi Ma (The Man In the High Castle), Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich[...]

Kim and Martin Gero's reimagining of '70s cult actioner Kung Fu has cast Legacies star Olivia Liang in the lead role of Nicky Chen The actress joins Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word), Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley), Tzi Ma (The Man In the High Castle), and Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians) in this[...]

Kim and Martin Gero's reimagining of '70s cult actioner Kung Fu has added three new names to the potential series' pilot Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word), and Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley) are set to join previously-announced castmates Tzi Ma (The Man In the High Castle) and Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians) in[...]

Kim and Martin Gero's reimagining of '70s cult actioner Kung Fu continues fighting for a spot on The CW's programming schedule, we're learning two new names joining the pilot Tzi Ma (The Man In the High Castle) and Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians) have been cast as series regulars in this new take on[...]

Kim and Martin Gero reimagining of '70s cult actioner Kung Fu Executive produced by Arrowverse co-guru Greg Berlanti, the drama will focus on a Chinese-American woman as its lead Put into development in November 2019 after a swing-and-a-miss by FOX a year earlier, the pilot for the new take on the David Carradine-starrer will be[...]

Universal Pictures now trusts him with the film remake of the 1972 television series Kung Fu, according to Deadline Hollywood. Warner Bros "Kung Fu" 1972 Plot Created by Ed Spielman and Herman Miller, the Warner Bros television series for ABC starred David Carradine.  Kwai Chang Caine (Carradine) is a martial artist who flees China to the Old West[...]

The CW's run of revamping, rebooting, and/or reimagining (is it possible to do all three at once without creating a tear in the space-time continuum?) continues unabated, with the network looking to reimagine the David Carradine-starring 1970's television series Kung Fu with a female lead. Kung Fu / CBS One of the reasons for the decision we're[...]

Viz Media previewed their new Netflix Latino kung fu anime action series Seis Manos at this year's Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) The series features three orphaned martial arts warriors who join forces with a DEA agent and a Mexican Federale to avenge the murder of their mentor on the streets of their tiny border[...]