Kung Fu: The Next Generation

Kung Fu: The Next Generation is a 1987 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).

Kung Fu: The Next Generation
Written by
  • Danny Bilson
  • Paul De Meo
Directed byTony Wharmby
StarringBrandon Lee
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
CinematographyBrianne Murphy
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
  • Pet Fly Productions
  • Warner Bros. Television
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkCBS
Original release
  • June 19, 1987 (1987-06-19)
Chronology
Preceded by
Followed byKung Fu: The Legend Continues

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 great-grandson of the Shaolin monk (who is also named Kwai Chang Caine after his great-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. But when his wife returned with the town's doctor to tend to him, Caine had disappeared. His ghost appears to his great-grandson and great-great-grandson. Later, the pair destroy an arms dealing 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


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