ROGUE ONE Star Donnie Yen Confirms SLEEPING DOGS Movie Adaptation Is "In Motion"

According to Chinese actor and martial artist Donnie Yen, a movie adaptation based on Square Enix and United Front Games'action-adventure video game Sleeping Dogs is moving along in production.

By MattIsForReal - Feb 04, 2018 09:02 AM EST

Filed Under: Video Games

Last year, it was reported that a movie based on Square Enix and United Front Games' action-adventure video game Sleeping Dogs was in development. It took some time, but it finally sounds like production is moving along. Chinese actor and martial artist Donnie Yen took to Instagram this weekend to share the exciting news that the Sleeping Dogs movie adaptation is officially "in motion."

Yen, who recently appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is set to star in the film's lead role of Wei Shen, an undercover Hong Kong-American police officer who infiltrates and attempts to take down a criminal organization from the inside. Production company Original Films (Fast and Furious) will produce the adaptation of Sleeping Dogs.

Sometimes great things take a bit of time. Sleeping Dog is motion, you guys ready for this? #donnieyen #action #sleepingdog #kickass #martialarts #甄子丹 #宇宙最強甄子丹 #宇宙最強 #actionmovie #熱血無賴 #睡狗

A post shared by Donnie Yen (@donnieyenofficial) on Feb 3, 2018 at 4:49pm PST

Sleeping Dogs was originally released in 2012 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Though it received generally favorable reviews and went on to sell 1.75 million copies, it failed to live up to Square Enix's sales expectations. In 2013, the publisher announced that Sleeping Dogs, alongside Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution, had been considered "failures."

Interestingly, Tomb Raider - another Square Enix property - is also getting a movie adaptation, so perhaps it pays to be a failure.

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ODanil - 2/4/2018, 9:20 AM

gimme dat kung fu!

mastakilla39 - 2/4/2018, 10:36 AM

PantherKing - 2/4/2018, 9:26 AM

That game deserved a sequel but instead they gave us a shitty online game smh

Mattygrand - 2/4/2018, 9:27 AM

Awesomeness, one of the many games that honestly could work perfectly as a movie. Now let’s see if they can pull it off the right way! Kung-Fu time people!

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:32 AM

I'm just patiently waiting for the sequel to the best martial arts film of the past decade plus.

GhostDog - 2/4/2018, 9:33 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life - same. Evans has said its not gonna come for a while as he wants to step away from the martial arts genre for a bit.

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:35 AM

@BlackBeltJones - Yeah I'm guessing it will be a couple more years, sadly.

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:37 AM

@BlackBeltJones - At least we have this excellent gunfu franchise to keep us happy till then :-)

ChangAlang - 2/4/2018, 9:38 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life - Excuse my ignorance, but is that from TheRaid?

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:39 AM

@ChangAlang - The Raid 2!!!

Nasseal82isback - 2/4/2018, 9:42 AM

@ChangAlang - Raid Barandal. What a glorious movie and a glorious sequel!

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:44 AM

@Nasseal82isback - What a glorious gif, both films are so incredible. Raid 2, of the best action films of this decade as well.

ChangAlang - 2/4/2018, 9:45 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life
@Nasseal82isback

Thank you very much😊

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:48 AM

@ChangAlang - If you haven't seen either of those films, you have some homework!!

Battabing - 2/4/2018, 9:52 AM

@BlackBeltJones -
Isn't he writing a script for Deathstroke?

Battabing - 2/4/2018, 9:53 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life -
Sorry, but John Wick 2 was garbage.

BlackIceJoe - 2/4/2018, 9:53 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life - Have you seen the Villainess? If not you might want to take a look at it.

ChangAlang - 2/4/2018, 9:55 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life - I’ll get on to it ASAP! Or after the kids are in bed.

Cheers

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:55 AM

@Battabing - Sorry, you have terrible taste

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:56 AM

@ChangAlang - Sounds good! Definitely not something to watch with the kids around. Very violent.

Nasseal82isback - 2/4/2018, 9:56 AM

@HeavyMetal4Life - Gareth gave us two classics action masterpieces and i demand the third one that he promised us.

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:57 AM

@BlackIceJoe - I have not, but I'll definitely have to check it out! Thanks!

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/4/2018, 9:58 AM

@Nasseal82isback - Preach on brother, preach on. Agree 100%.

I love how they filmed that awesome car sequence. Pretty neat.

GhostDog - 2/4/2018, 10:09 AM

@Battabing - Yea he is. I wouldn't categorize that as a martial arts film. CBM I guess. When he made those comments it seemed like he was referring to work more in line with The Raid and Merantau, another martial arts film he did.

ChangAlang - 2/4/2018, 9:36 AM

Had fun playing it but never got round to finishing the game. I can see this working with some fantastic Kung Fu fights and Donnie Yen’s presence.

KnifeWasTooSlow - 2/4/2018, 11:25 AM

@ChangAlang - Ip Man is such a fantastic film.

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