Yen will play an undercover cop in Hong Kong where the film will be set. This cop, Wei Shen, voiced by Will Yun Lee (Hawaii 5-O) in the video game, is on a mission to take down a powerful criminal organization, the Sun On Yee Triad. There will reportedly be lots of martial arts, racing and boat chases, much like the video game it’s based on. Yen is, of course, an accomplished martial artist. He played Chirrut Îmwe, an incredibly fast blind fighter in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He also played Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the film series about the man who trained Bruce Lee. He recently played Xiang in xXx: Return of Xander Cage.
Sleeping Dogs will be produced by Original Film and DJ2 Entertainment with Moritz, Dmitri Johnson, Dan Jevons, Toby Ascher, and Stephan Bugaj.