By frankly probing our relationships and idealization of the absolute virtues of honesty, Sleeping Dogs Lie is a funny and perceptive dark comedy. No writer or director is currently attached to the project and a release date has not been set. Summary: Bobcat Goldthwait has written and directed a story that adeptly explores honesty, family, forgiveness and courage. Neil Moritz’s production company Original Film will produce the film, along with DJ2 Entertainment.
Bullen, now a guerrilla, asks Smith to join the revolution.
Meanwhile, the government enlists an anti-terrorist force to crack down on its opponents. United Front Games closed down in 2016, leaving the future of the video game franchise uncertain. Sleeping Dogs - Smith (Sam Neill, in his breakthrough screen role) is devastated when his wife runs off with his best friend Bullen (Ian Mune).
Donnie Yen will play Wei Shen in the feature length movie adaptation, which is expected to feature a lot of martial arts, racing and boat chases – no word yet if the game’s signature karaoke scenes will also be adapted to the big screenĭespite critical acclaim, Sleeping Dogs did not meet Square Enix’s sales expectations. Bright, adventurous nine-year-old Johanna (Nike Seitz) senses something is not right in her working-class community of Wels, where an idyllic facade hides. Yen, who recently co-starred in Rogue One. By Stanyo Zhelev Donnie Yen, film, film news, Original Film, Sleeping Dogs, Square Enixĭonnie Yen ( Ip Man, Rogue One, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage) will play the lead in the upcoming Sleeping Dogs movie, based on the 2012 video game of the same name, according to a report by Deadline.Īn open world action-adventure game developed by United Front Games and Square Enix London, Sleeping Dogs followed Wei Shen (played in the game by Will Yun Lee), a Hong Kong-American police officer on an undercover assignment in the Sun On Yee criminal organization. In HANNA’S SLEEPING DOGS, a young girl learns the truth about her family’s secret identity in a 1960s provincial Austrian town still harboring prejudices from the past. Martial artist Donnie Yen is set to star in a new feature from Moritz entitled Sleeping Dogs, which is based on the top-selling video game by Square Enix. A jealous wife kidnaps her cheating husband and his young secretary and holds them hostage in an isolated desert home, but her motive is not revenge.