Actor Simu Liu is publicly campaigning to make a Sleeping Dogs movie, hoping it will inspire a long-awaited sequel to the 2012 game. Liu's efforts follow a previous attempt by Donnie Yen, which ultimately failed. The success of recent video game adaptations like Sonic and The Last of Us could give Liu's campaign an edge.
One of the most baffling choices in recent gaming history was the fact that the thoroughly excellent 2012 Square Enix game Sleeping Dogs never got a sequel. Since, then it has been relegated to cult classic status and forever spawning people saying things like “why didn’t Sleeping Dogs get a sequel?”
Now, if actor Simu Liu has anything to say about it, that may be about to change. Maybe. Hopefully. There’s a bit of a strange situation going on here Simu Liu is speaking forcefully about trying to get a Sleeping Dogs movie made with him as the star, seemingly indicating it’s close, while IGN has an inside report that yes, it actually“So few film projects make it from pitch phase to greenlight. Pitching execs who don’t understand the game has been tiring.
He says his goal, which is that he not only wants the movie, but he wants that to inspire the sequel game that everyone has wanted to see for over a decade. If you have been following this saga for a while, you may know that martial arts star Donnie Yen worked for many, many years trying to make a Sleeping Dogs movie happen, but it was ultimately scrapped, even after Yen invested some of his own money to try to get it made. Now Liu is picking up where he left off, but this public campaign is a bit unusual. The best guess is that Liu is doing this to whip up fan support for the idea to reinforce this is a good plan.
Hopefully Liu can get it done as the goal would be A) a good Sleeping Dogs movie and B) an actual sequel, albeit given how long these things take, that would be well into the 2030s, probably. Square Enix still has the rights , but who knows what they want to invest in at this point.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.
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