According to D. Mac (aka "Antibody"), MiramAxe has dropped Jet Li's name from Hero's title and moved Infernal Affairs to September 10 (still limited to New York, Los Angeles and possibly Toronto).

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Thanks to "Paul"

HERO News 299 - Jet Li Talks About How MiramAxe Treats HERO (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

April 6, 2004

Sina.com

During a press conference, for promoting a brand of sports beverage, in Beijing, Jet Li has commented on how Hero is treated by MiramAxe. He said looked like the US release date had yet to be decided on and the title change (from Hero to Jet Li's Hero) is also somewhat baseless. He was not optimistic about how well Hero would do in the States, because looked like every Chinese (outside of China) got a copy of Hero DVD and that would count for at least US$10 million box-office loss. He, again, denied that he wanted to be a monk and again expressed his wish of making A Monk In New York. He said he was getting closer and closer to actually making it and he had been talking to a director whose name he preferred not to reveal.

HERO News 298 - HERO Trailer Attached To KILL BILL Vol. 2 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

April 4, 2004

Hero trailer would be shown prior to the Kill Bill Vol. 2 première on April 8, Dede Nickerson, one of the film's associate producers and MiramAxe's Asia consultant, told a few Chinese newspapers. She said Shaolin Soccer was released in a few selected North American cities, only because Stephen Chow could not show up to promote his film and the same theory also applied to Hero. She was very confident that Hero would made at least US$ 30 million at 1000 North American theaters. (Hero has already made at least US$ 30 million in the mainland China at 300 theaters.) According her, director Zhang Yimou and several major stars of the film will do a 10 city promo tour this summer in North America. MiramAxe, she said, is now re-doing the subtitle (to make it more accurate or to make it more...?) She had also shown some interest in the rights to Zhang Yimou's Shi Mian Mai Fu (producer Zhang Weiping has already said 'no more business with MiramAxe'.) and Chen Kaige's Wu Ji / The Promise. Golden Dragon (?), a new Disney flick she is producing will be shot at Hengdian World Studios this October. Cinematographer Peter Pau and Yuen Wo-Ping, both are from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, have been invited to join the project and set construction has already begun.