“I AM THE SHOGUN OF HARLEM!!!!!!”

Yep, you heard that right. Legendary actor and icon, Samuel L. Jackson, has signed a deal to star as the main villain Sho’nuff in “The Last Dragon” remake. “The Last Dragon” will be remade by the 1985 film which the story is created by Berry Gordy. John Davis and Berry Gordy’s son, Kerry, will be producing.

The story of both versions is about a young teenage black man named Leroy Green who dreams of becoming an expert martial artist. In order to become that expert you must reach to something called the “Final Level” which possesses “The Glow”. It is where your entire body glows and you become this fighting machine. While he struggles to reach for “The Glow”, he must defeat these villains and Sho’nuff the leader of the villains is a tough man to beat.

Their goal for the remake, is that they want to make it a homage to the original film but to also give it a today’s update version of it.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6aed018f8f53c49b3b1b35ae3321cebd

Fuck yeah! Sam L. Jackson will kick ass at this role! Perfect choice for Sho’nuff!

“The Last Dragon” used to be one of my favorite films back in the 80’s, used to watch it all the time everytime it came on TV. I haven’t seen it in a long time though, but seeing the clips in the video below brings back memories to that great action film. I’ll probably end up buying the DVD of the original film sometime.

I wonder who’s going to play Leroy Green in the remake? Since Leroy is a teen in the movie it’s gotta be a younger actor.

It is indeed a classic and a fun flick.

Kev