United Kingdom, Oct. 20 -- Simu Liu has confirmed the "script draft is done" for the long-awaited Sleeping Dogs movie.

Initially announced in 2017, the film adadptation of United Front's action-adventure title had suffered development struggles and setbacks, but Liu, 36, has now confirmed the Sleeping Dogs movie is back on track.

Taking to X, the Shang-Chi actor posted a picture of his dog and added the caption: "In honour of our sleeping dogs script draft being done, here's my sleepy dog (sic)."

When a commenter asked the Marvel star if they had "worked things out" with Sleeping Dogs' IP holder and publisher Square Enix, Liu replied: "They're absolutely great, it's the studios that don't seem to understand how important this IP is BUT...