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Jet Li declares WAR on Jason Statham after a particularly bad exchange of ‘Yo Mama’ jokes
Who says success has gone to Jacky Cheung’s head? He looks ok to me.
Devon Aoki doing her best Vanessa Minnillo ‘playing with big knives’ impression
Nice stems, ZZ!
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Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li and Isabella Leung will star in the third episode of “The Mummy” series titled, Mummy: Curse of the Dragon.
Michelle is set to play a witch/wizard and Jet Li will be the Mummy. The 18-year-old rising star from Hong Kong will play the daughter of Michelle and together they will fight the mummy and his mummy troops. The mummy is China’s first Qin Dynasty Emperor, now a shape-shifting entity, who was cursed by the wizard centuries ago.
The film will start shooting in July of this year with part of the shooting taking place in Xi’an’s Terra Cotta Warriors museum, the first time Hollywood has been allowed to shoot inside the museum.
It is the second time the two kung fu stars, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, have worked together since “Tai Chi Master.”
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Jackie Chan and Jet Li are currently in China shooting their first movie together, the Hollywood production The Forbidden Kingdom, and Chan said in his Chinese-language blog that they recently shot their first on-screen duel.
“I finally `fought’ with Jet Li today. We’ve never fought before having known each other for so many years,” he said.
The fight scene went smoothly and the two actors finished what was expected to be a daylong shoot in a few hours.
“The short sparring that lasted a few moves went very smoothly. It was like fighting with a brother from the same school of martial arts. We blended easily on every move, be it in terms of timing or rhythm,” he said. “The feeling was like shooting with Sammo Hung or Yuen Biao. Whether it’s a look, an expression or a turn, we were well coordinated. It feels great,” Chan wrote, referring to two fellow action stars.
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Check out the newest trailer for Jet Li’s newest flic, WAR. After his partner is killed by “Rogue” (Li), the infamous assassin who has recently set off a bloody crime war between two rival Asian mobs, FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) starts a deadly game of cat and mouse to settle the score.
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So here’s the deal. Jackie Chan is looking for the next big action star in China on his TV show, The Disciple (Think The Apprentice for movies). Thing is, Jackie doesn’t seem too impressed with what he’s seeing. His words of advice: You don’t have to crack heads in kung fu to make it big.
In fact, the drunken master himself is frustrated by the emphasis placed on kung fu skills. He said in a blog entry on his Web site that he’s looking for grace in movement, be it from sports, dance or kung fu.
Chan said a background in kung fu was not necessary to succeed as an action star, citing former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” star Zhang Ziyi as examples.
Why have talent when modern movie technology can enhance the look of kung fu moves!
“In my movies, I don’t want any violent action. I’m looking for people who have beautiful and rhythmic movement so that the action can look something like dancing,” Chan said.
Chan himself was trained in Peking Opera and is known for his comical, dance-like moves and stunts.
By contrast, another action star, Jet Li, was a national kung fu champion in China before he crossed over to the film industry. [IHT]
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Young Chinese actress Liu Yifei has signed with William Morris Agency, a top American talent agency. So basically, Liu is now a ‘playah’ in the game.
She follows in the footsteps of WMA’s other high profile China talent, Zhang Ziyi, who signed in 2005 and soon thereafter landed the lead role in Memoirs of a Geisha.
So what coveted ‘gift’ is Liu Yifei receiving for signing? Speculation is she’s landed a lead role in the upcoming The Forbidden Kingdom, which starring none other than Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
DaDump is guessing that Grace Chen who heads William Morris China wined and dined and used her immeasurable charm to lure Liu Yifei for her traditional Chinese beauty and limitless potential as an international film star.
… and if things go awry, Grace can always soothe bruised egos by “huggin’ it out”.
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Sources indicate that Zhang Ziyi is in early talks to play “White Haired Demoness” in The Forbidden Kingdom. Two female roles are available, one called “Golden Sparrow” (too young for Ms. Ziyi) and another called, yep, “White Haired Demoness.”
Michael Angarano is also on board the project, and he’ll be playing a young hero who joins up with Lu Yan (Chan) and Silent Monk (Li) to try and rescue the Monkey King (Li again).
Lastly we learn that Bai Ling may be lining up for a role, as are actresses Li Bingbing, Ruby Lin, Liu Yifei and Fann Wong. [RottenTomatoes]
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J&J are set to unload a can of whoop-ass in their first feature film together
The Untitled Jackie Chan / Jet Li movie finally has a name, The Forbidden Kingdom, and Lionsgate has just come aboard for domestic US distribution. The Forbidden Kingdom pairs Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time on the big screen.
Based on the Chinese legend of the monkey king, the story revolves around an American teenager who discovers the king’s legendary stick weapon in a pawn shop. Teen is transported back in time to ancient China, where he joins a crew of warriors fighting to free the imprisoned king.
Li is set to play two roles, that of the monkey king and the silent monk. Chan will pay the monk T’sa-Ho.
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The stakes are higher, the production budgets are bigger and the competition for movie audiences is more intense. So what’s a studio to do? Get your biggest stars together to share screen time for your biggest hits. If you’re a gambling man, your odds for success have suddenly just increased. It works in the US and now Korea and Hong Kong are looking to replicate that with two new movies….
Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho and Jung Woo-sung, three of Korea’s top gun actors are set to star together in a film tentatively titlted Good Guy, Bad Guy and Weird Guy.
Hong Kong director Peter Chan wrapped shooting on his $40 million epic The Warlords and the war pic, which features three of Asia’s hottest male leads, Andy Lau, Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro, is set for a December 13 release.
The Warlords is the biggest production in China this year, and also features rising mainland actress Xu Jinglei. It is a meaty tale of brotherly betrayal, revenge and murder set in China driven by civil war in 1860 during the Taiping rebellion (1851-64).
And, of course, there was last year’s The Departed which won the Oscar for Best Film and was a remake of Hong Kong’s Infernal Affairs. Hollywood brought out the Big Boys for this one: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg to ensure box office and critical success.
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Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightening
But they fought with expert timing…
They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It’s an ancient Chinese art and everybody knew their part
From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip
There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we’re into a brand knew trip
Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightening
But they fought with expert timing….
See who will join Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Tony Jaa as the greatest Martial Arts Dream Team EVER after the jump!!!
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