Bruce Lee biopic in the works from Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee - Daily Mail

A biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is currently in the works from the acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee.

Icon: A biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is currently in the works from the acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee; the late action star is pictured in Enter The Dragon, released in 1973.

He achieved stratospheric stardom in martial arts pictures in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in movies in both Hong Kong and Hollywood.

The massive success of his work revolutionized action movies and went a long way to popularizing Asian martial arts in the west.

Tragic end: He achieved stratospheric stardom in martial arts pictures in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in movies in both Hong Kong and Hollywood before his mysterious death aged 32.

However his career was shockingly cut short when he mysteriously died in Hong Kong in 1973 at the age of 32 - shortly before Enter The Dragon was released.

'Accepted as neither fully American nor fully Chinese, Bruce Lee was a bridge between East and West who introduced Chinese Kung Fu to the world, a scientist of combat and an iconic performing artist who revolutionized both the martial arts and action cinema,' said Ang Lee, who is himself from Taiwan. .

In Hollywood - a portrayal slammed by Bruce's daughter Shannon Lee, who was four years old when her father died.

'I’m really f**king tired of white men in Hollywood trying to tell me who Bruce Lee was,' Shannon shot back in a furious column for The Hollywood Reporter

In Hollywood was slammed by Bruce's daughter Shannon Lee, who was four years old when her father died