They say good things come to those who wait, but in the case of the Sleeping Dogs live-action movie adaptation, all that waiting was for naught, as the project is no more.
This was revealed by actor Donnie Yen (Ip Man), who was attached to the project for years and was supposed to star in the flick.
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The Sleeping Dogs Movie Project Has Been Put To Bed
Speaking toPolygonin a Zoom call, Yen revealed that he had spent a lot of time and even his own money to make the project work, but that didn’t take. “I spent a lot of time and did a lot of work with these producers, and I even invested some of my own money into obtaining the drafts and some of the rights,” Yen said. “I waited for years. Years. And I really want to do it. I have all these visions in my head, and unfortunately… I don’t know, you know how Hollywood goes, right? I spent many, many years on it. It was an unfortunate thing,” Yen notes.
The film adaptation was announced in 2017in a reportconfirming Yen’s project involvement. When the project was revealed, producer Neal H. Moritz, who had previously worked on films such as The Fast & The Furious franchise, I Am Legend, was attached, but it has since stalled.
Things look grim if an actor with as much clout and star power as Yen can’t get this movie off the ground.
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Sleeping Dogs was released in 2012 and was developed by now-defunct United Front Games. It was an open-world game based in Hong Kong that carved its niche in the genre thanks to compelling characters and a gripping story.
While the game did receive story-related DLCs, the planned sequel, which would have picked up where the first game left off, was scrapped before it entered full production. If you want to play the game now, the Definitive Edition for the PS4 and Xbox One is still available.
You cancheck our review from 2012 here, where it states, “While Sleeping Dogs exhibits a few minor flaws here and there, and misses the opportunity of pairing the freedom in gameplay with the freedom of choosing the outcome of the story, it’s a definitely solid experience that shouldn’t be missed by any fan of the open world action genre, not to mention all those that love Hong Kong movies and their setting.”
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