After dedicating the last five years of his career to playing Bill Henrickson on the HBO series Big Love, it seems that Bill Paxton is itching to get back to the director’s chair. Back in 2001, the actor he made his directorial debut with the thriller Frailty, and then followed that up with the golf drama The Greatest Game Ever Played. Now he is in the process of lining up his next project, and it’s definitely not something I ever would have expected to see him attached to. Word on the street is that Paxton may be helming a big screen adaptation of the ’70s TV series Kung Fu, a project that has been stuck in development hell for many years. Patience, young grasshopper… patience.

The original TV series starred the late David Carradine as a Shaolin monk named Kwai Chang Caine who wandered through the American Old West in search of his half-brother. Each episode often had flashbacks to his training under Master Po, where he learned valuable spiritual lessons. After his master was murdered by the Emperor’s nephew, Caine sought revenge and was forced to flee to the United States.

According to Deadline, Bill Paxton is in talks to direct the film for Legendary Entertainment, and will shoot the film partially on location in China. The script will be written by John McLaughlin (Black Swan). What do you think of Bill Paxton as a director? Is he a good choice to direct Kung Fu: The Movie?