Olivia Liang stars as Nicky Chen in CW’s newest Kung Fu remake, while learning martial arts in an isolated Shaolin monastery.
The first trailer for the next CW TV series, Kung Fu, has been officially released.
Debuting on the network’s YouTube channel, the trailer introduces viewers to Nicky Chen (played by Olivia Liang), a young Chinese-American girl who drops out of college to dedicate herself to martial arts in an isolated Shaolin monastery. Later, she returns to her family in San Francisco to face the gangsters and criminals that plague her city, while looking for the murderer who killed her mentor.
The trailer highlights Nicky’s tense relationship with his family, which seems to disregard his desire to give up his legal career in favor of vigilant justice. The action is also highlighted with impeccably choreographed fight scenes and gravity-defying wires.
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The series is a remake of the original 1972 series with the same name. In the latter, the protagonist was Kwai Chang Caine (played by David Carradine), who wandered the Wild West in search of his half brother. The CW’s Kung Fu is the fourth series to use the name, following the original, the pilot Kung Fu: THE Next Generation starring Brandon Lee and Kung Fu: THE Legend Continued, in which Carradine played Caine’s grandson in the then modern 1993.
Executive produced by Christina M. Kim, Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Warner Bros. TV, Kung Fu stars Olivia Liang, Tzi Ma, Kheng Hua Tan, Tony Chung, Jon Prasida, Shannon Dang, Eddie Liu and Vanessa Kai. The series opens on Wednesday, April 7 at 8 pm ET / PT on The CW.
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