EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is creating Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, based mostly on the Crane-Iron Pentalogy guide sequence by Wang Dulu. The drama comes from author/government producer Jason Ning (Lucifer, The Brothers Solar), government producer Ron Moore (Outlander, For All Mankind) and Sony Photos Tv the place each are beneath general offers.
Amidst gorgeous landscapes and spectacular motion, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon follows Shu Lien and Mu Bai, two star-crossed warriors, as they battle between forbidden love and the pull of modernity — caught between preserving their lifestyle or embracing a future collectively.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was famously tailored by Ang Lee into his Oscar-winning film, which integrated components from different books within the Crane-Iron sequence. The movie is a part of Sony’s library because it was produced and distributed by the studio.
The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon TV sequence originated a few years in the past when Sony regained the rights to the books via a first-look cope with Vertigo and tapped Ning to adapt it as a part of an general deal. Moore got here on board final yr after returning to Sony TV with a brand new general deal. It’s one among two main Sony IP-based TV sequence tasks the Battlestar Galactica creator has boarded since rejoining the studio, together with God of Battle, which additionally is about up at Prime Video.
Govt producing the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequence are Ning; Moore and Maril Davis of Tall Ship Productions, Johnny Levin; Roy Lee of Vertigo Leisure; in addition to Hong Wang and Qin Wang for the Wang Dulu Property. Ying Lou is co-executive producing.
Wang DuLu’s 5 Crane-Iron Pentalogy novels, printed between 1938 and 1944, chronicle the struggles of 4 generations of youxia, a sort of historical Chinese language warrior people hero.
Ning is repped by UTA, Gotham Group and Yorn Levine. Moore is repped by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
