Kung Fu: The Next Generation

Kung Fu: The Next Generation
Written by	Danny Bilson Paul De Meo
Directed by	Tony Wharmby
Starring	Brandon Lee
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Danny Bilson Paul De Meo
Cinematography	Brianne Murphy
Running time	60 min. (with commercials)
Production companies	Pet Fly Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	June 19, 1987

Kung Fu: The Next Generation (1987) is a television pilot which was intended to be a follow-up to the 1972-75 television series, Kung Fu. It was the second follow-up to the series after Kung Fu: The Movie (1986).

The pilot was not picked up for a series but in 1987 it aired on CBS Summer Playhouse, a series that aired unsold television pilots. In the 1990s, another follow-up to the series titled Kung Fu: The Legend Continues aired which ignored the continuity of the TV movies.

Synopsis

The Pilot tells the story in present day of the grandson of the Shaolin monk (who is also named Kwai Chang Caine after his grandfather) played by David Darlow and his son Johnny Caine, portrayed by Brandon Lee.

The story explains the fate of the original Caine: he had married and become a town's "medicine man". One night he had a heart attack. His ghost appears to his grandson and great-grandson. Later, the pair destroys a drug operation.

References

• Pilato, Herbie J. The Kung Fu Book of Caine: The Complete Guide to TV's First Mystical Eastern Western. Boston: Charles A. Tuttle, 1993. ISBN 0-8048-1826-6

External links

• Kung Fu: The Next Generation at IMDb