According to reports, Justin Lin ("Star Trek: Beyond") will produce and direct a feature adaptation of the 'manga' comics series "Lone Wolf and Cub" for Paramount:
Created by writer Kazuo Koike and illustrator Goseki Kojima, "Lone Wolf and Cub" started publishing in Japan (1970), acclaimed for historical accuracy and influential in Japanese pop culture, spawning movies and TV series.
"...'shogun’ executioner 'Itto Ogami', starts on a path of revenge after his family is killed, leaving only his infant son 'Daigoro' alive.
"As he grows up, Daigoro is trained to be a fearsome warrior and joins his father as they travel the country and seek vengeance against the clan that changed their lives..."
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