To millions of fans in the West Bruce Lee is remembered for his washboard abs and trade-mark howl.
In China the martial arts actor is revered as a symbol of national pride and a kung fu legend.
Now the country is to pay homage to the US-born actor with a television epic about his life and early death that will be be broadcast in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.
The Legend of Bruce Lee, a 40-part series made by the state broadcaster China Central Television, will cost an estimated $6.5 million (£3.3 million) to produce and will be ainmed at an international audience, especially Chinese living abroad. The series will be filmed on location in the United States, Hong Kong and mainland China, featuring the places where Lee worked and lived before his death in 1973.
