Warner International Pictures and two of the original producers of “Enter the Dragon” are remaking Bruce Lee’s legendary martial arts action fest. The new film will be called “Awaken the Dragon” and be set in the underground world of fight clubs in Asia. A lone FBI agent is assigned to capture a rogue Shaolin monk who is a star fighter on the circuit and so he must enter the bloody tournaments and fight. The producers want to cast an American actor in the role of the FBI agent and a real martial arts fighter in the role of the villain.

The movie will be directed by Kurt Sutter, an executive producer on the gritty cop show “The Shield”. Sutter will also write the screenplay for the movie and has promised to make the martial arts fighting as realistic and mean as the violence seen in his TV series. “I wanted to set it in these underground fight clubs where the action is really raw and expose the brutality of Shaolin kung fu. This will be more ‘Raging Bull‘ than ‘Crouching Tiger‘ in its viciousness,” said Sutter to entertainment magazine Variety.

The original “Enter the Dragon” was released in 1973 and has become the best-known of Bruce Lee’s movies. In it Lee played a karate professional that is recruited to infiltrate an island where drug smuggling is taking place.

Two of the new cast members of the U.S.S. Enterprise have been revealed. As Paramount Pictures makes it plans for an eleventh “Star Trek” feature film actors Zachary Quinto and Anton Yelchin have been cast in the film to play the roles of science officer Mr. Spock and navigator Chekov respectively. Quinto is best-known for playing the mind-stealing supervillain on NBC’s “Heroes” while Yelchin starred opposite Justin Timberlake in “Alpha Dog”.

J.J. Abrams (“Alias”, “Mission Impossible 3”) is directing the new “Star Trek” film which is set to open on Christmas Day 2008. Casting is underway for a new generation of actors to play the iconic roles of Capt. James Kirk, Engineer Scott, Lieutenant Uhura. Helmsman Sulu and Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy. One interesting rumor is that Abrams has asked his “Mission Impossible” pal Tom Cruise to make a cameo appearance in the new “Trek” as the retiring captain of the vessel, Capt. Pike, who hands over command to a young Capt. Kirk. Casting is also underway for the film’s villain although details on who this character will be have been kept top secret.

At least one of the original crew will make their appearance in the new movie. Leonard Nimoy, who created the role of Spock for the original “Star Trek” television show, will make an appearance as the older version of his character. William Shatner may also reprise his role as Kirk if a deal can be struck between the actor and the studio.

Is the director of “Happy Feet” considering working with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Green Lantern on his next project? That is the latest rumor to emerge from the internet. After “Happy Feet” proved to be a $380 million dollar box office hit worldwide, movie studio Warner Bros. has likely elevated the film’s director, George Miller, to the top of its standings. Two entertainment websites have reported that Miller is now the front-runner to helm a “Justice League of America” movie that would see five of DC Comics best-known heroes join forces, a feat that hasn’t happened yet on the big screen. Warner Bros. released “Superman Returns” last year and is planning on releasing the second Batman movie that will star Christian Bale next summer so already audiences are familiar with two young actors playing the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. Work on live-action “Wonder Woman” and “Flash” movies has never quite gotten off the ground so a five hero movie may be the perfect opportunity to launch new superhero movie franchises for the studio. Supposedly Warner Bros. is more eager to make a “Justice League” movie first than a sequel to “Superman Returns”.

A screenplay is being written for the “Justice League” film and if Miller agrees to do it filming wouldn’t be able to start until after Christian Bale completes his duties on “The Dark Knight” later this year. Additionally the budget for making all of these heroes fly and fight on-screen would likely propel the movie’s budget upwards of $200 million dollars.