Plot

Martial arts enthusiast Tommy Zhou invented a means to create solid objects from light—and invented a superhero persona to promote it, The Weapon! He even concocted an origin story for himself based on ancient Chinese legends, his grandfather told him, as a child. What Tommy never suspected, though, were that his grandfather's legends were real—and now an all-too real millennia-old assassin cult, the Lin Kuie, (Forest Demons) is after him, convinced he's unlocked ancient mystical techniques of Order of Wu-Shi-'The Way of the Weapon'--and they're sending waves of killers after him to steal it back.

Tommy was born in Honolulu, Hawaii's Chinatown. A third generation Chinese American, raised by his grandfather. He accused his grandfather of clinging to the old ways of a country, they could never return to, knowing they would never be accepted by the racist society they had entered. His family name of Zhou may be a disambiguation of the Zhou Dynasty.

The Zhou

Zhou

Zhou may refer to:*Zhou Dynasty , a Chinese Dynasty *Zhou Predynastic Lineage, the antecedents to the above Zhou Dynasty*Northern Zhou , a Chinese Dynasty...

 dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history—though the actual political and military control of China by the dynasty only lasted during the Western Zhou.

Live-action film

Platinum Studios

Platinum Studios

Platinum Studios, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in the United States. It controls a large independent library of comic book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media including print, film, online, mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising...

, Inc. has partnered with Disney Channel

Disney Channel

Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

 star David Henrie

David Henrie

David Clayton Henrie is an American actor, television writer, and producer. He is noted for playing Ted Mosby's future son on How I Met Your Mother, Justin Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place and Larry on That's So Raven...

, who is Italian American

Italian American

An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...

, to star as the Chinese-American character in the theatrical adaptation of the Platinum Studios comic book The Weapon. Henrie stars in Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place." Also David has directed his own 10 minute film called "boo" which is on youtube.

The feature film adaptation will be produced by its creator, Platinum Studios Inc. chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Producer Jim Henrie ("The Beautiful & The Damned," "The Good Life," "Fake") will also serve as producer, and former Universal Pictures senior executive Randy Greenberg of The Greenberg Group, who brought the parties together, will serve as an executive producer.