Michael Fassbender and David Hasselhoff have been cast to play in a full-length feature film of Kung Fury, The Hollywood Reporter reveals.
A tribute to ’80s cop films, Kung Fury was initially a crowd-funded 30-minute film, now available to watch for free.
“When I started this project… I was driven by a strong will, love for the 80s and action movies,” writes David Sandberg, who directed the original.
“At the beginning of this project, I took $5000 of my own money and just started shooting whenever I and my friends had time.”
The kickstarter project amassed nearly 18,000 backers and raised over $630,000. It was chosen for the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes and gained over 40 million views worldwide.
Kung Fury describes itself as featuring, “arcade-robots, dinosaurs, nazis, Vikings, Norse gods, mutants and a super Kung fu-cop called Kung Fury, all wrapped up in an 80s style action-packed adventure.”
The new feature-length film will be produced by David Sandberg, David Katzenberg, Seth Grahame-Smith, and Aaron Schmidt under KatzSmith Productions, who produced Stephen King’s IT.
Kung Fury is set to shoot this summer in Europe and the US.
Can’t get enough of the ’80s? Watch a music video of Guardians of the Galaxy’s ‘Inferno’ featuring David Hasselhoff.
