“Miles and I had been looking to do a martial arts show for some time. Our first two movies that we wrote were "Lethal Weapon 4" and "Shanghai Noon" with Jackie Chan. Then we sort of got pulled into the superhero world, but then you look around at what's not on television and there wasn't really a martial arts shows. There are shows that do martial arts to a degree, but there's not a martial arts show.” WorldFirstsLooksArtTwoShowsTelevisionDegreesWeaponsMilesMartial ArtsSuperheroNoonJackieShanghaiLethal Weapon Author:Alfred Gough
“So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons - these men and women - rose up and formed the new society. It's a feudal world, a part feudal barons and part warlord and part mob boss and they each control a huge resource so that there's an uneasy alliance, but they all need each other.” MenWorldNeedsYearsLongIdeasAgeDarkHappenedEventsThis WorldHugeMen And WomenResourcesYears AgoRoseSevenBossAlliancesDark AgesUneasyWarlords Author:Alfred Gough
“We now live in a world both in film and television where everything is based on something. You point out, "Star Wars" was an original screenplay, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," an original screenplay, "Ghostbusters" an original screenplay, "Back to the Future." All these things that people love were original ideas many years ago.” PeopleWorldYearsIdeasWarFilmLostStarsTelevisionYears AgoOriginalsScreenplaysOriginal IdeasArkFilm And TelevisionRaiders Author:Alfred Gough
“Whenever you do something that's original, not based on a comic book or a novel or an old movie or a franchise, you definitely learn a lot and for I think it was very gratifying to see the people embrace the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldBookNovelOriginalsEmbraceComicComic BookOld 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