“To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a hunger for a martial arts show. They also knew that you have this strong tradition of martial arts cinema, so even though it's not branded by a novel or a comic book or an old movie or something, we do have the genre itself, which people love.” PeopleThinkingArtBookShowsStrongNovelSawsTraditionHungerCreditComicGenreCinemaMartial ArtsComic BookMarketplaceBrandedOld Movie Author:Alfred Gough
“And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to begin to introduce - the idea of spirituality and the idea of there being something else out in the world besides people who are great fighters.” PeopleWorldArtIdeasWantedSpiritualityElementsFighterCinemaMartial ArtsIntroducingMysticalAsian Author:Alfred Gough