Lots of news has come out as to who was involved in the upcoming Jackie Chan and Jet Li project. It hasnt even got a name yet, but its got a script, director, producer, etc.
Jackie Chan and Jet Li will star together for the first time in a $70 million action-adventure that Relativity Media will finance and Casey Silver produces, reports Variety.
Robert Minkoff (The Lion King, Stuart Little) will direct, while martial arts expert Yuen Woo-Ping (The Master) will create the action sequences. Shooting is set for April.
The trade says that the film is one of two new big-budget projects that Relativity will be offering to buyers at the American Film Market starting Wednesday. The second is Brian De Palma’s $70 million prequel The Untouchables: Capone Rising, which Paramount will distribute domestically.
Chan-Li starrer, known as the untitled J&J project, has been rumored for some time, but Relativity, headed by Ryan Kavanaugh, boarded only recently. The John Fusco (Hidalgo) script is based on the legend of the monkey king and his quest to achieve immortality.
Li is set to play two roles, that of the monkey king and the silent monk. Chan will play the monk T’sa-Ho.
I can hardly wait for this movie. And just imagine, its only costing them $70 million to make? Thats peanuts! You cant even make a movie with Tom Cruise for that kind of money. Oh wait, now you can.
Either way, this looks like it will have some great action, Chan’s personal charm, and a team up that good or bad will be talked about for a long time.
