First rumored in: January 2003.
Status: In development. CYF still in negotiation.
Who's making it: Paramount. The company already registered the domain name (www.walklikeadragon.com).

Other info.: CYF was reportedly offered HK$ 120 million to do the film.

• Asian martial arts star Chow Yun-Fat ("Anna and the King") has signed on to star in a remake of the 1960 action-drama "Walk Like a Dragon," for Paramount Pictures. The original film, directed by James Clavell, starred Jack Lord as an American who, with the help of a Chinese friend (James Shigeta), manages to free a would-be Chinese slave (Nobu McCarthy). The new movie, written by Tom Epperson ("The Gift"), will focus on an Asian official in San Francisco who takes on the Golden Triangle crime lords after they threaten to turn his daughter into a drug addict, according to Variety. the daughter and her lover flee to another state. No other stars have been cast yet, and the project is still without a director. "Walk Like a Dragon" was originally developed as a vehicle for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, but the wrestler-turned-actor decided to do the remake of "Walking Tall" for MGM instead.
  
  
• Chow Walking in for 'Dragon' Redo - Asian martial arts hero Chow Yun-Fat ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") will star in the action-drama "Walk Like a Dragon." The Paramount Pictures project centers on an Asian official menaced by Golden Triangle crime lords who threaten to turn his San Francisco-based daughter into an drug addict. The daughter and her American love interest, who have not yet been cast, flee to Arizona. Chow attained massive popularity in Asia by portraying hard-boiled cops, hitmen and gangsters before crossing over to American films in 1998 with "The Replacement Killers," followed by "The Corruptor" and "Anna and the King." He next appears in MGM's "Bulletproof Monk," due out April 16. Paramount released "Walk Like a Dragon" as a drama set in the Old West in 1960. Produced, directed and written by James Clavell, the picture centered on a romantic triangle with an American portrayed by Jack Lord and a proud Chinaman (James Shigeta) rescuing a would-be Chinese slave (Nobu McCarthy). The new version had been developed as a possible starring vehicle for wrestler the Rock, who recently committed to MGM's "Walking Tall" remake.