However, the film did not open in Los Angeles until April 30, 1982.
The president then reveals that the guys in the writers room decided to make a couple of. The president of Hollywood enters Emmets apartment and shakes his hand to thank the Master Builder for giving him his life story. Cole soon finds that the Landers are being repeatedly harassed by a CEO named Charles Venarius. Production ended quickly by the end of March 1981 with the intention of screening the film at the Cannes Film Festival with a general release set for Easter of 1982. Enter the Ninjago is a short released as a DVD extra for The LEGO Movie. After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his newly wed wife Mary Ann Landers, who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Also in the cast were Susan George, Sho Kosugi, Alex Courtney and Christopher George. Although he did not star in the final film, Mike Stone was given credit for stunt coordination, choreographing fight scenes and the film's original story, with screenplay by Dick Desmond. Production began on Januin Japan and the Philippines with Emmet Alston directing, but by February, Variety reported that producer Golan had taken directing duties from Alston and Nero was now playing Cole. After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his. That part was to have gone to Karate champ Mike Stone, who was working on the screenplay. Franco Nero was not the original choice for the lead role of Cole, a newly-minted ninja who goes to the Philippines to help a friend defend his plantation. Franco Nero as a ninja was about as believable as me being a ninja.
Ignoring what this film begot, and focusing solely on Enter the Ninja, it’s astounding it inspired anything. Enter the Ninja was to be one of a multi-film and television deal between MGM and The Cannon Group, Inc. Following on from the kung fu explosion of the 1970s, the 1980s gave us a stream of garbage ninja nonsense, and it all began with Enter the Ninja from everyone’s favorite purveyor of 80s tripe, Menahem Golan. Golan first entered the project in the late fall of 1980 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set to make the film with a budget estimated at between $2 and $4 million. Filmed on location in Manila, Philippines, Enter the Ninja (1981) was the brainchild of producer Menahem Golan, who wanted to create the first American film about ninjas.