Director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour franchise) is planning to remake the 1972 Shaw Brothers classic, King Boxer, a martial arts film that’s better known by its U.S. title, Five Fingers of Death.

According to TB.com: Ratner and partner James Packer (The Revenant) will produce the project, which is set up under their RatPac Entertainment banner. They’ll be working alongside Celestial Pictures, the Hong Kong-based company which owns the rights to the Shaw Brothers film library. No other details are available at the moment.

The original Chinese film was directed by Korean filmmaker Jeong Chang Hwa (The Association) and starred the late Lo Lieh (City War). The movie is noted for being the first kung fu title released in America.

King Boxer is not the first time Ratner toyed with a martial arts classic. Early last year, the director expressed interest in remaking Bruce Lee’s 1973 staple, Enter the Dragon. He stated that it would be a ‘reimagining of Robert Clouse’s iconic showcase for Lee’s talents’.

The overall idea of Hollywood studios wanting to remake Shaw films has been going on for a few years. At one point, The Weinstein Company had a deal with Celestial to remake 1966’s Come Drink With Me and 1978’s Avenging Eagle. More recently, Tencent Pictures paired up with Celestial to develop a remake of 1976’s The Magic Blade.

Hong Kong filmmaker Derek Yee (Shinjuku Incident) is currently in post-production for his Chinese-produced remake Death Duel, a 1977 Shaw film that Yee starred in during the height of his acting career.

With the exception of Yee’s Death Duel remake, the aforementioned films have been stuck in development hell. We honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Ratner’s King Boxer remake meets the same fate. Whatever the case, we’ll keep you in the loop.