(UTV| COLOMBO) – Producer Jason Kothari (“Bloodshot”) has acquired all rights to the spiritual martial arts epic “The Silent Flute” co-written by Bruce Lee in 1970.
Set in a dystopian future of pandemics, fires and civil wars – all weapons and combat arts are banned. A raw fighter overcomes grave obstacles and loss to reach enlightenment and become the best fighter in the world.
Lee co-wrote the work with Oscar-winning writer Stirling Silliphant and Oscar-winning actor James Coburn and aimed to show Lee’s vision for the true essence of martial arts and his boldest creative passion project.
It remained unfinished after Lee’s death in 1973, and the project will now be set up as a limited series with John Fusco (“The Highwaymen,” “Marco Polo”) as screenwriter and executive producer. Paul Maslansky, Sasha Maslansky, Kurt Fehtke and Arlene Howard will also executive produce.