Alki David is now catering to Bruce Lee fans by airing “The Legend of Bruce Lee,” an original thirty-hour biopic TV series exclusive to FilmOn. The entire series is free to everyone subscribed to FilmOn.com.
The entire thirty hours is playing in the US for the first time on the online network; it was produced by Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee. Lee is also the chairperson of the Bruce Lee Foundation. FilmOn acquired the exclusive US rights to stream the series from CCTV, China’s national broadcaster. The series, which was originally produced for Chinese audiences, has been dubbed in English for the US.
FilmOn founder and CEO Alki David said of the series, “For the millions of Bruce Lee fans in the USA who will have never seen the series before may have been teased by a Lionsgate 90-minute film version, which was criticized for not covering enough of Bruce’s life story! Now they can see the full thirty hour dramatization of Bruce Lee’s life story starring Kwok-Kwan Chan as Bruce Lee, completely for free on FilmOn.TV”
The series began airing May 1 and if you want to join in, head over to FilmOn.com. FilmOn’s promotional YouTube video, which has been seen over 650,000 times, can be seen below the post.
FilmOn not only offers “The Legend of Bruce Lee”; it also offers an additional 500+ ad-funded television channels including live local television broadcasts in New York, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, Washington DC, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco.