Bruce Lee's family are planning a movie based on the life of the late martial arts legend, it‘s been revealed.
The film, the first to be actively supervised by the family, will be based on an upcoming biography of the actor by his brother, Lee Chun-fai.
"Bruce Lee died young, but stories about him haven't stopped surfacing for 30 years. A lot of them were rumors fed by rumors and exaggerated.
“Bruce Lee's family didn't make its opinions known because they understood people's passion about Bruce Lee," Beijing Jian Yongjia, the company which will make the movie, have said in a statement.
"As the members of the Lee family enter old age, to let people know the true story about Bruce Lee, Lee Chun-fai assumed responsibility and carefully organized materials kept by the family, writing the biography 'Bruce Lee,' a real and little-known true story," it continued.
The new biography will debut on Bruce Lee’s birthday, November 25.
Lee died aged 32 in 1973 from swelling of the brain.
