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=== 1978–present: Posthumous work === [[File:Avenue of Stars Bruce Lee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.13|Bruce Lee's star at the [[Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong]]]] [[Robert Clouse]], the director of ''Enter the Dragon'', together with Golden Harvest, revived Lee's unfinished film ''[[Game of Death]]''. Lee had shot over 100 minutes of footage, including [[outtake]]s, for ''Game of Death'' before shooting was stopped to allow him to work on ''Enter the Dragon''. In addition to Abdul-Jabbar, [[George Lazenby]], Hapkido master [[Ji Han-jae]], and another of Lee's students, [[Dan Inosanto]], appeared in the film, which culminated in Lee's character, Hai Tien, clad in a yellow tracksuit{{efn|Film producer [[Andre Morgan]], who worked with Lee on the set of ''Game of Death'', recalls that a choice had to be made from what was made available: a yellow suit or a black suit. The yellow suit was chosen because it allowed a footprint from a kick to be seen on film in a fighting scene with Kareem.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1883903/truth-about-bruce-lees-yellow-jumpsuit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128173750/http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1883903/truth-about-bruce-lees-yellow-jumpsuit|url-status=dead |title=The truth about Bruce Lee's yellow jumpsuit |date=November 27, 2015|archive-date=November 28, 2015 |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>}} taking on a series of different challengers on each floor as they make their way through a five-level pagoda.<ref name="Bruce Lee 1977">''Bruce Lee, the Legend'', 1977, Paragon Films, Ltd., [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]</ref> In a controversial move, Robert Clouse finished the film using a Lee [[look-alike]] ([[Kim Tai Chung]], with [[Yuen Biao]] as a stunt double) and [[stock footage|archive footage]] of Lee from his other films with a new storyline and cast. It was released in 1978. The cobbled-together film contained only fifteen minutes of actual footage of Lee.<ref name="Bruce Lee 1977" /> The unused footage Lee had filmed was recovered 22 years later and included in the documentary ''[[Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} [[File:Bruce Lee Walk of fame.jpg|thumb|Bruce Lee's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]] In 1972, after the success of ''[[The Big Boss]]'' and ''[[Fist of Fury]]'', a third film was planned by [[Raymond Chow]] at [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest|Golden Harvest]] to be directed by [[Lo Wei]], titled ''Yellow-Faced Tiger''. However, at the time, Lee decided to direct and produce his script for ''[[Way of the Dragon]]'' instead. Although Lee had formed a production company with Raymond Chow, a period film was also planned from September–November 1973 with the competing [[Shaw Brothers Studio]], to be directed by either [[Chor Yuen]] or Cheng Kang, and written by Yi Kang and [[Chang Cheh]], titled ''The Seven Sons of the Jade Dragon''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/friday/155/id47.htm |title=Shaw Brothers Film Project|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103162421/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/friday/155/id47.htm|archive-date=November 3, 2011|access-date=January 6, 2011}}</ref> In 2015, Perfect Storm Entertainment and Bruce Lee's daughter, [[Shannon Lee]], announced that the series [[Warrior (TV series)|''The Warrior'']] would be produced and would air on [[Cinemax]]. Filmmaker [[Justin Lin]] was chosen to direct the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/bruce-lee-crime-drama-warrior-justin-lin-cinemax-1201430580/ |title=Cinemax Developing Bruce Lee-Inspired Crime Drama 'Warrior' From Justin Lin |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 21, 2015|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115200133/https://deadline.com/2015/05/bruce-lee-crime-drama-warrior-justin-lin-cinemax-1201430580/|url-status=live}}</ref> Production began in October 2017, in [[Cape Town]], South Africa. The first season has 10 episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/warrior-cinemax-cast-director-bruce-lee-inspired-martial-arts-series-1202185298/ |title='Warrior': Cinemax Sets Cast & Director For Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 11, 2017|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115200052/https://deadline.com/2017/10/warrior-cinemax-cast-director-bruce-lee-inspired-martial-arts-series-1202185298/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2019, Cinemax renewed the series for a second season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/warrior-renewed-season-2-cinemax-tong-wars-drama-series-bruce-lee-justin-lin-1202600027/ |title='Warrior' Renewed For Season 2 By Cinemax |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 24, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115200225/https://deadline.com/2019/04/warrior-renewed-season-2-cinemax-tong-wars-drama-series-bruce-lee-justin-lin-1202600027/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2021, it was announced that producer [[Jason Kothari]] had acquired the rights to ''The Silent Flute'' "to become a [[miniseries]], which would have [[John Fusco]] as a screenwriter and executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Jason Kothari and John Fusco to Produce Bruce Lee-Scripted 'The Silent Flute' |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/jason-kothari-and-john-fusco-to-produce-bruce-lee-scripted-the-silent-flute-1234936256/|access-date=March 25, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324152647/https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/jason-kothari-and-john-fusco-to-produce-bruce-lee-scripted-the-silent-flute-1234936256/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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