RZA has gone Hollywood, y’all. With his debut directorial effort The Man with the Iron Fists hitting theaters last Friday and dividing critics faster than a karate chop to the FACE — The Boston Globe calls RZA’s flick “lunatic, slipshod, absurdly violent” (and that’s a negative review) — the once and future Wu-Tang Clan leader is poised to take our sun-kissed, silicone-injected town by storm. The renaissance man has recently agreed to (1) bring John Milius’ (Apocalypse Now, Red Dawn) Genghis Khan biopic to life and (2) direct the thriller No Man’s Land. The Khan biopic focuses on the 13th-century warrior/empire-builder, as seen through the eyes of his son and grandson. It shoots in China next year. Meanwhile, No Man’s Land is the heartwarming tale of a dude who swipes a diamond belonging to a murderous crook and, together with a dancer, tries to not get killed and still cop some $$$$ from said jewel. The Hollywood Reporter describes it “as having echoes of The Warriors.” Reginald Hudlin, ex-prez of BET, is producing the film, and also working with RZA on adapting Grant Morrison’s latest comic, Happy.
And if all that weren’t enough, RZA is also planning on putting together an ODB biopic. Okay, now that’s enough.
• RZA: http://twitter.com/RZA
• Wu-Tang Corp.: http://www.wutang-corp.com
