The cinematic dreamteam would be headed by director Zhang Yimou of “House of Flying Daggers” and “Raise the Red Lattern” fame. The movie known only as, “The J & J Project”, will be announced officially at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s been rumored before, can it finally be true? Let’s hope so, before they get too old to perform their wushu mastery.

Source: crienglish

The Global Chinese Kung Fu Star TV Competition kicked off here Thursday expecting to select a new icon of the Chinese kung fu after Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The competition is cosponsored by China’s youngest star TV channel Shenzhen star TV and the 1500-year-old Shaolin Temple, regarded as the cradle of the Chinese kung fu. The six-month activity will be held in six domestic competitionzones including Shenzhen, Beijing, Zhengzhou, Shenyang, Chengdu and Shanghai.

At the same time the organizing committee also established five international competition zones in the United States, Germany, Russia, Italy and Australia, said Wang Maoliang, president of Shenzhen Radio, Film and Television Group, stressing that this shows the selection is open to every one in the world who favors the kung fu.

Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple, said one of the most important goals of the competition is to showcase Chinese kung fu culture and he said it is also a good attempt to develop this cultural legacy and promote it to the world.

The winner of the competition will have chances to play roles in a number of TV series concerning Shaolin Temple and is also possible to take part in a Hollywood movie with the same theme.

Kung fu is a precious piece of legacy in the 5000-year history of China.

In the past, kung fu was usually used to fight the enemies and safeguard the country.

Yet in the peaceful years today, the Chinese kung fu, instead of fading away with the time, has gained great fames in the international movie circle.

I’ve been waiting all my life for Jackie Chan and Jet Li to battle it out on the big screen. Both aren’t getting any younger. Jet Li is 42yrs old and Jackie Chan is 51yrs old. It looks there might be a chance before the two of them retire. In a recent inteview, director Zhang Yimou’s partner producer Zhang Weiping stated they were working on a new project with Jackie Chan and would ask Jet Li to join the cast as well.

The film would definately not be comedy based. Jackie is pretty excited about the project but awaits to hear what Jet’s thoughts are. Jet Li has stated recently that “Fearless” would be his last martial arts movie project, unless there’s an exceptional script in the making. The two of them have mentioned time and time again in the media that they would love to work on a project together. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

The Myth has yet to be released in the U.S. Details of the movie seem to suggest that 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. Directed by Stanley Tong. 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.