RZA was recently interviewed by The LA Times profiling his new career directing films and not Wu-Tang Clan members in the studio.He is currently prepping his directorial debut in Man With the Iron Fist with producing and directing partner Eli Roth (Hostel).

“RZA is such a creative fountain. The script is great, he’s got characters, jokes. What he does with lyrics, he does with dialogue and he’s done such a great mix: spaghetti western, kung fu, modern fighting infused with hip-hop and multiculture. He has this whole comic book universe figured out. I know he’s going to make a brilliant film,” stated Roth.

What’s even more interesting is that while RZA has been under the tutelage of Roth and Quentin Tarantino, another critically acclaimed director is giving his full support to RZA. John Woo, director of action flicks like Face Off and Wind Talkers has actually given RZA permission to remake Woo’s classic film Bullet in the Head.

“For many years, I was getting my lessons from John,” RZA recalled. “His movie ‘Bullet in the Head,’ he said I can make it over [as a director]. He said, ‘You will get no resistance from me.”

Bullet in the Head was originally released in Hong Kong by Woo in 1990 and is centered around a group of gang members seeking justice. The film was met with a lot of on-set issues which ultimately let to a disappointing box office for Woo. Perhaps this is why he is so willing to let RZA remake it. Right now there is no studio attached or shooting schedule to Man With the Iron Fist or a remake of A Bullet in the Head.