Was chatting about old films with a friend. This idea emerged:

1) Reboot Charlie Chan, drop the stereotypes.
2) Chan is a detective in Jazz Era San Francisco.
3) He's the Smartest Man in the room and he manipulates people's bigotries and biases.
4) If Chan drops quotes they really come from Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
5) Fill it with real historical references and elements.
6) Get the people who did "Sugar" behind it.
7) Cast Benedict Wong just cut him loose.