The film shoots in Hong Kong this September with a budget of less than $20 million. The Man With Iron Fists will be financed and distributed by Universal with RZA playing the title character (a blacksmith who forges weapons for the inhabitants of a village in fedual China), as well as directing and producing the soundtrack.
"Ode To O-Ren Ishii" from the Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack (produced by RZA).
Roth said,
"He hooked me on his dream of directing and reinventing the Kung Fu movie genre. It reminded me of my love of horror. RZA went to the set of Kill Bill, and got a master directing course from Quentin. Nothing was happening with the script, and I formed this company, Arcade, with Eric Newman, that made Last Exorcism, a film that comes out in August through Lionsgate. We were looking for projects and I suggested RZA's script. I wrote the latest draft with him. While I was away shooting Inglourious Basterds, RZA went to China to shoot test footage on his own, with all the choreography. It was very visual and I think he will bring to life a script that mixes kung fu with a spaghetti Western mindset and a hip hop influence."(Via Deadline.)
"RZA has imagined every tribe, every fighting style, every costume," Roth said. "He knows kung fu like I know horror."
Shouts to Colossus (Via A.V. Club).
