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Jackie plays takes on two
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Release date: 2005 |
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Opening This
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The Myth |
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(JCE, EMP) |
Jackie plays takes on two
roles, a modern day archeologist and a Qin Dynasty warrior over two
millenniums ago...
Click
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The Making of Jackie Chan's THE MYTH
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September 14, 2005 |
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(JCE, EMP) |
China's CCTV just aired a special program covering the making of
Jackie Chan's newest flick
They Myth. The clip also
contains a very short interview of
Klaus Badelt, the
composer of
Wu Ji / Promise.
Chan recently said he might quit doing more on-screen actions in five
years and by then he might start producing action movies, low-budget
movies and documentaries. He also wanted to create more opportunities
for young directors and stunt actors.
Click here for the clip.
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Promotional Stills: Jackie Chan's THE
MYTH
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September 3, 2005 |
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(JCE, EMP) |
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Stills of Jackie Chan's THE MYTH
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July 25, 2005 |
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(JCE, EMP) |
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THE MYTH Official Site by Jackie Chan's
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July 13, 2005 |
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Click here
(Thanks to Gary Logue).
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Jackie Chan's THE MYTH - New Trailer
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July 7, 2005 |
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THE MYTH Posters
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July 6, 2005 |
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(L to R): Jackie Chan, Kim Hee-Seon, Leung Ka-Fai, Mallika Sherawat.
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Jackie Chan's THE MYTH: Third Poster
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May 12,
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Jackie Chan's THE MYTH: Second Poster
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(Thanks
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More about
The Myth
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THE MYTH Teasers
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April 11,
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Teaser trailer (Thanks
to Gary.Logue)
Left: teaser poster showing "Qin", the name of
the kingdom unified China over tow thousand years ago. It was
written in an ancient Chinese calligraphic style called "Xiao
Zhuan",
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Director Stanley Tong Talks about
Jackie Chan's THE MYTH
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Jackie Chan with director Stanley Tong. (The
Hong Kong Sun) |
Stanley Tong just had a chat with a reporter from
Chinese paper Southern Daily. According to him, the story of
The Myth was something like this:
Jackie Chan plays Jack, an archeologist who
repeatedly dreams about a white dress lady played by Kim Hee-Seon. Leung
Ka-Fai plays William, a scientist who is searching for some mysterious
stone.
Spoiler Alert! Highlight to read:
William invited Jack to a place
called Emperor's Sand, where they discovered an ancient place. Inside
the place, there is a coffin floating in midair and a painting showing
that white dress lady. William removes a stone from the altar and the
coffin falls to the ground immediately. Some tomb guardians appear and
try to get the stone back. While fighting these guardians, Jack falls
down a waterfall. He is then woke up by a dancer, Princess
Samantha, played
by Mallika Sherawat. Despite her invitation, Jack decided to leave and
continue his search for that white dress lady. Jack and William then go
back to the valley of the waterfalls by helicopter and eventually
discover a time tunnel, which is connected with a floating palace. At
the palace, Jack finally meets the white dress lady. She is actually a
Koguryian princess who has been waiting for her lover, a
general of The First Emperor of China (also played by Jackie Chan) for
over two millenniums. Meanwhile William starts robbing the place and
accidentally disabled the magic which keeps the place floating...
Tong said he wrote the story of The Myth after
visiting the mausoleum of The First Emperor, which cost over 700
thousands men's 38 years to build. There will also be over 900
shots with CG effects, like the one showing thousands of terra-cotta
warriors and sea of mercury fall from the sky. Battle scenes have been
shot with about 1000 extras and over 100 horses. Over 100 thousand CG
soldiers will be added to the final film.
Graham Ware Jr.
,horse trainer for The Lord of the Rings, was on board to train
the horses, especially the one Jackie Chan was riding.
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Jackie Chan Resumes
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Jackie Chan with director Stanley Tong. |
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Shooting of Jackie Chan's fantasy action
The Myth has resumed in Hong Kong. For this scene, Jackie
Chan had to wear heavy armor and jump into the freezing
sea.
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Jackie Chan Makes
THE MYTH At Waterfall (MonkeyPeaches
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This is still working on The Myth.
This time, he is at a waterfall of China's Yunnan Province.
More photos: click
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Jackie Chan's THE
MYTH Redtaped In India
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According to Variety, the production of The
Myth was temporarily on hold after "India's Directorate of
Archaeology and Museums ordered cranes and sets to be removed from
grounds of the 15th-century Virupaksha temple at Hampi." Officials
from the directorate said the production did not have permission to
shoot there. However, director Stanley Tong said "permission was
granted by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Hampi World
Heritage Site." (thanks to Patrick Y.)
According to local paper Central Chronicle,
the scenes shot at the temple was a song sequence between Jackie
Chan and Bollywood beauty Mallika Sherawat. "Films earlier shot
amidst the historical monuments of Hampi include Agni Varsha and
Amol Palekar's Marathi film Anaahat."
Related Story:
Red tape sidelines Chan, by Bryan
Pearson, Variety via Yahoo! News
Follow-up: according to a new report by AFP,
shooting of The Myth had resumed.
Click here for the report.
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Snapshots: More Actions
From Jackie Chan's THE MYTH
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(Thanks to
Marie M for the reminder.)
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More On-Location Photos
Of THE MYTH
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(Thanks to
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Jackie Chan Shoots War
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(Thanks to
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See General Jackie Chan
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More "Time-Travelers"
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Koreans "traveled" to the 3rd century B.C., thanks to the costume
and production designer. Among the travelers,
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Koguryian (Kim Hee-seon), who is forced to marry the Qin
ruler, The First Emperor of China.
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The scene is Gen. Meng
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Koguryian princess to marry the Qin ruler.
However, the costumes and the symbol on the cart, distinctively
Korean, would not be available until the second half of the second
millennium and the event was supposedly took place during the Third
century B.C. The designer is simply an idiot.
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Jackie Chan Does Desert
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Shields made of paper;
2. Jackie Chan's horse with a saddle does not belong to
the 3rd century B.C.;
3. Flag on the left: "Meng", last name of Jackie Chan's character;
Flag on the right: "Qin", name of the the empire / dynasty;
4. The horseman is Shao Bing, not Jackie Chan.
5/6. The troop led by general Jackie Chan.
(Thanks to
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Yesterday Jackie Chan and Leung Ka-Fai arrived at Xi'an's
The First Emperor's Terra-Cotta Soldiers and
Horses Museum to shoot a few scenes for The Myth.
According to Hong Kong paper Sing Pao Daily, they played two archeologists, who were arguing about something
inside
pit 1 of the
museum. The museum was built on a series of pits, where
thousands of terra-cotta figures have been unearthed and thousands
more are still waiting for excavation. The burial pits are part of
the China's
First
Emperor's mausoleum. The filming only lasted for less
than a day and it involved no actions. Jackie Chan has finished the
shooting in Shanghai and Wuxi. His next destination is Gansu
Province and then he will go to India.
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Jackie Chan On The Set Of
THE MYTH
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Jackie is showing his new segway on the
set of The Myth. Director Stanley Tong is standing on his
right. The set, located in the city Wuxi, was originally built for
TV series Romance Of The Three Kingdoms.
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On a set built in Wuxi, Jackie Chan played a Qin
Dynasty general (he has been dreaming about the role for many
years), having a match with an Indian warrior. According to Hong
Kong's Oriental Daily, Jackie Chan almost passed out after
working for a whole day. He blamed it to the contact lenses, he was
wearing, which supposed to make his eyes look darker.
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Jackie Chan's THE MYTH
Under Production In Shanghai
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of Jackie Chan's The Myth has restarted at a production
complex of Shanghai Film Studios. An opening ceremony was held
yesterday, with Jackie Chan, director Stanley Tong, Hong Kong actor
Leung Ka-Fai and Indian actress
Mallika Sherawat. Jackie Chan will take
two roles in the film - a modern day Indiana Jones type of
archeologist and a Qin Dynasty (3rd Century B.C.) general Meng Yi. Mallika Sherawat
will play Samantha, an ancient beauty.
Korean actress Kim Hee-Sun, reportedly,
is no longer attached to the project.
Related stories:
The Indian Connection Of
Jackie Chan's The Myth
(Hindustan Times)
June 25, 2004
Jackie Chan Talks - 80 DAYS, PINK PANTHER, RUSH HOUR 3, NEW POLICE STORY,
THE MYTH...
(About.com)
June 13, 2004
Jackie Chan Starts Working
On LEGEND / MYTH With Director Stanley Tong
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Exclusive)
May 26, 2004 |
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Jackie Chan just talked to Fred Topel
from About.com, apparently about his current and future
projects. Besides Around The World In 80 Days, he has
commented on several projects he will do, might do and will not do.
He is in talk for doing Pink Panther but he has been lost
in endless meetings. He still don't like
Rush Hour franchise but he will do the third one - "a little bit
serious" this time. His newest project, The Myth, not related
to Titanium Rain and Time Breaker, he said, is "more like
Indiana Jones", "not very technology" and "like an old fashioned
story". In the movie, Jackie Chan's character, an archeologist, will
"find the Ching Dynasty tomb
(should be Qin or Chin Dynasty. a mistranslation)", "also help the
American NASA do something" and he will "go to India". Jackie Chan
also said he was not going to sell his New Police Story to any US
distributor, because, presumably, he was afraid that it would not be
treated properly.
Click here for the 3-page report
(Thanks to Mark Singh and Marie M)
About The Myth, Korean actress
Kim Hee-Sun has been cast to play the girl repeatedly showing up
in Jackie Chan's dreams and
Hugo Weaving will play the main valiant,
according to an
Korean newspaper. Title of the project is SO4 and it is budgeted at
about US$30 million. The paper said Jackie Chan would get US$15 million
(I don't think so) and Kim would get 1 million. Also according to
the Korean paper, the script is penned by
Wang Hui-Ling (Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon) and the story is somewhat based on a Korean
folklore. In the movie, Jackie Chan will play an ancient warrior and
a modern day Indiana Jones. The Hong Kong part has been done last
month and shooting will restart next month in Shanghai. Release has
been targeted at next summer in over 60 Asian and European countries
(no mention of North America).
Related story:
Jackie Chan Starts Working
On LEGEND / MYTH With Director Stanley Tong
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
May 26, 2004 |
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According to Hong Kong media, Jackie
Chan has started working on a new project, financed by his JCE Movies
Ltd., with director Stanley Tong in Hong Kong a couple of days ago.
Jackie Chan told Oriental Daily, that the title for the film
could be Legend or Myth, but he was not ready to accept
either one of them. The project was formerly known as
Time Breaker,
derived from Titanium Rain, which has dried up a year ago.
Shooting will be wrapped up in a few days and re-start in Shanghai later
next month. Jackie Chan is still looking for the right actress to play
the character repeatedly shows up in the dreams of Jackie Chan's
character, a time-traveler.
(Thanks to Marie M for the
reminder.)
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Jackie Chan - Wrapping Up
NEW POLICE STORY, Getting Read For TIME BREAKER, And May Quit THE TWINS
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According to Hong Kong media, shooting of Jackie
Chan's New Police Story wrapped up two nights ago in Hong Kong.
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and JF). Hangzhou Daily reports Jackie
Chan will finally start working on Time Breaker next month with
director Stanley Tong. This project is in fact not related to
Titanium Rain, which has dried out. Budgeted with US$40 million,
this one will feature a time traveling Jackie Chan with two love
stories. Stanley Tong says it will show relatively less Jackie Chan
action and more Jackie Chan acting. Production will take place in Yunnan,
the the province now hosting The Twins Effect 2. Also according
to Chinese media, Jackie Chan may still quit the sequel, to release the
pressure on his son, who is also in the project.
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teaser poster of Time Break on its
official site.
It shows a warrior, fully armored, holding a sword and wearing a
watch. It is supposed to be Jackie Chan. Lower part of the poster is
the skyline of Shanghai, though not a newest skyline. Does this mean
anything? The original idea is something like Jackie Chan's
character, a Chinese warrior, chasing a Japanese samurai from
ancient time to our time. But now the plot has been changed to a guy
from present day traveling back to ancient time. Title of the
project has also been changed from Titanium Rain to the
current one. Also changed, The production is currently in halt and
no one is cast except Jackie Chan, but director
Stanley Tong has been working on
the pre-production for a while. Reportedly, Jackie Chan has learned
something from The Medallion - he asked for a rework on the
script to get more real action and less computer enhancement.
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According to Sci Fi Wire, Jackie Chan has
delayed the production of TIME BREAKER, formerly known as TITANIUM
RAIN, which was intended to start this summer, in order to get the
script rewritten. During an interview, Jackie Chan said, "When
I looked at the script, there were a lot of special effects. After
THE MEDALLION (which is filled with CG effects), I'm not sure
anymore, so now we change the script," and "It might not happen
until next year." According to director Stanley Tong, "this is a
film frequently shifting between the ancient time and the present
days. It will have flashback to the ancient time and will go all the
way back to Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC)." In Hollywood, Jackie Chan
has RUSH HOUR 3 and SHANGHAI DAWN waiting for him and he has
promised to make the fifth POLICE STORY soon.
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TIME BREAKER (TITANIUM RAIN) With Jackie Chan
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Director
Stanley Tong is currently in China
scouting locations for the upcoming Jackie Chan project TIME
BREAKER, formerly known as TITANIUM RAIN. He has sit down and talked
about the project with Chinese paper Shenyang Today. He side,
"this is a film frequently shifting between the ancient time and the
present days. It will have flashback to the ancient time and will go
all the way back to Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC). I Want to make
the scenes of the ancient time look beautiful, because all Jackie
Chan's works will be shown to the whole world and we can take this
opportunity to show our beautiful sceneries to the international
audiences and let them visiting China." Stanley Tong said Jackie
Chan will start working on the project once he was done with AROUND
THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. In this film, Jackie Chan will "have a brand
new look". He said it would be a love story (!!!) and Jackie Chan
would be very gentle (!!!). Budgeted at US 35-40 million, the film
is largely financed by Hong Kong's Media Asia.
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Jackie Chan Goes To India,
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Jackie Chan, Cecile de France and Steve
Coogan promoting 80 DAYS in Cannes.
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According to India Times,
Jackie Chan will be shooting his next big budget in India, making one
of his wishes come true. Mukesh Bhatt's Vishesh
productions will co-produce the US$60 million project and assist the
entire production in India. Locations have been chosen include
West Bengal and the city of
Jaipur.
(Thanks to
Sanjeev)
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according to Hong Kong's Sing Pao, much of the movies will be
made in India because this country is the best place for a subject
involving Buddhism. Filming will also takes place in the mainland
China and Hong Kong. I suspect the project is
TIME BREAKER, formerly known as
TITANIUM RAIN.
Shooting will start as early as August once Jackie Chan
is done with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.
According to
Reuters TV, Jackie Chan "will play an intrepid adventurer a la
Indiana Jones who gets transported back to a previous life when he
goes after a valuable treasure."
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Two Jackie Chan's Projects -
TITANIUM RAIN Renamed TIME BREAKER And SHEN XUAN QI BING Postponed
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According to
Reuters TV, Jackie Chan’s upcoming action flick TITANIUM RAIN
has been renamed TIME BREAKER and is under major plot change. “While
the original concept of TITANIUM RAIN was of a Chinese warrior who
travels through time to modern-day America,
Chan will play an intrepid adventurer a la Indiana Jones who gets
transported back to a previous life when he goes after a valuable
treasure.” John Chong, the general manager of Media Asia Films, said
"the new concept will have a lot more Chinese cultural aspects and
beliefs in it, such as the belief that our past, present and future
lives are somewhat linked." Media Asia is looking for both
international and Chinese partners on the US$40 million project.
Shooting is expected to begin in August in the cities of Xi’an,
Kunming and Beijing. But giving the circumstance of the SARS fear
factor, I really doubt about the production will go as planned.
According to
Hong Kong’s Oriental Daily, Hong Kong studio Mandarin Films,
has pushed the production of SHEN BING XUAN QI from August to
December, due to the SARS fear, of course. SHEN BING XUAN QI
(literal title: DIVINE SOLDIERS) is based on the same name comic
book series created by Hong Kong comic artist Wong Yuk-Long’s
King Comics. The story starts like this: Goddess Nü Wa created a
sacred weapon called Tian Jing (Heaven Crystal) to defeat the devil
force. Millions years later, an unearthed evil weapon Hu Po (Tiger
Soul) is about to bring chaos to the earth, and a young man named
Wen Tian starts searching for Tian Jing, the only weapon capable of
matching the power of Hu Po. In the film version, Nicolas Tse will
take the role of Wen Tian and Jackie Chan will cameo as his father.
At least one US studio is interested in partnering the project and
the budget may soar over US$10 million. However Jackie Chan’s
schedule is very tight and he may not have time for the shooting in
December.
Related Link:
'Time' for Change in Chan Pic (Reuters TV / The Hollywood
Reporter)
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Stanley Tong Talks About
TITANIUM RAIN And His Version Of Hua Mulan
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HUA MULAN
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Director Stanley Tong
told Hong Kong's Oriental Daily and its sister paper The
Sun that shooting of TITANIUM RAIN will start after Jackie Chan
is done with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. He said the pre-production
should last at least half year because it is a Jackie Chan's
movie. In TITANIUM RAIN, Jackie Chan will play a Ming Dynasty cop
traveling to the present day to capture a Japanese thief.
Production will take place in Hong Kong, the Mainland China, the US
and India.
About his version of HUA
MULAND, Stanley Tong has picked a Chinese American to play this
fictional ancient Chinese heroine. He refused to say who she was but
it was not Lucy Liu (probably not
Kelly Hu either. Could be
Vivian Wu).
Stanley Tong will fly to the US to nail the deal with her later this
month.
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Stanley Tong: HUA MULAN
In February And TITANIUM RAIN In June
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November 30, 2002 |
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HUA MULAN
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Tianjin
Daily just had a telephone interview with Stanley Tong, who is
scouting locations for both films in Guangxi Region. He said the
script of TITANIUM RAIN still needed to be worked on and many plots
like the time-traveling would be altered. He has been thinking about
letting Jackie Chan play two characters. The film will be some kind
of comedy similar to RUMBLE IN THE BRONX and the shooting has been
pushed back to June.
It looks
like, among three MULANs, Stanley Tong's version is moving ahead of
the other two. This US$25 million English language project,
co-produced by Stanley Tong and China Film Corp., will goes into
production by the end of the coming February. He said his MULAN will
be very close to the history (though Mulan is a fictional character)
and is definitely different from CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON and
the Disney animation. About the rumor that Lucy Liu being cast for
Hua Mulan, Stanley Tong only said who would play Mulan was a secret.
If everything goes as plan, Stanley Tong will make two films
simultaneously sometime next year and he is hoping to wrap them up
by the end of 2003.
Michelle
Yoeh has postponed the production of her version of MULAN and will
play a superhero type of person in THE MASKED CRUSADER first. The
North American release of THE TOUCH has also been pushed back while
redoing some of its CG effects. A third MULAN, co-production with a
Korean studio and Shanghai Studio, has also run into some script
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Stanley Tong Will Direct
Jackie Chan's TITANIUM RAIN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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November 1, 2002 |
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According
to Hong Kong media, Stanley Tong has replaced Jingle Ma as the
director of TITANIUM RAIN, Jackie Chan's upcoming sci-fi
time-traveling flick. Stanley Tong has worked with Jackie Chan in
RUMBLE IN THE BRONX and FIRST STRIKE.
Thanks to Cass for reminding me |
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Promo Poster Of Jackie
Chan's TITANIUM RAIN
(Dark
Horizons) |
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June 28, 2002 |
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This promo poster was shown at Cannes a
while ago and now has been posted on Dark Horizons. This movie is
written as a sci-fi action with great potential of becoming the biggest
production in Asia. The story begins when a satellite, probably contains
a lot of Titanium, crashes back to the earth. Debris of the satellite
create one or a few time holes. A Ming Dynasty warrior (or something
like that), played by Jackie Chan, traveled to present day through the
time holes. This is just a setup of the movie and no more detail of the
script has been revealed.
According to Screen Daily, shooting
will start next March and it has been aimed at a release during the
Chinese New Year of 2004. Cinematographer / director
Jingle Ma is attached
to helm the film.
Click here for the Screen Daily article |
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