Jackie Chan & Jet Li ... in The Same Movie!
In response to the wishes of action fans the world over, martial arts masters Jackie Chan and Jet Li will co-star together in a brand-new movie. That's pretty much all the info we have so far, but it's a pretty cool piece of news all the same.
From Sina.com & The AP: "Jackie Chan and Jet Li -- two of the biggest names in action cinema -- plan to join forces, a news report said Tuesday. The stars have signed on to do a movie tentatively named the "J&J Plan," the Chinese news Web site Sina.com said. They're still brainstorming about the plot for their first collaboration, which begins filming next year, the Web site said.
A formal announcement and pre-sales will be made at the Cannes Film Festival, which starts Wednesday and ends May 28, the report said. The two actors made their names as action stars in Hong Kong before moving on to Hollywood. Trained in Peking Opera, Chan pioneered his own comedic fighting style. Li is a former martial arts national champion in China."
From Sina.com & The AP: "Jackie Chan and Jet Li -- two of the biggest names in action cinema -- plan to join forces, a news report said Tuesday. The stars have signed on to do a movie tentatively named the "J&J Plan," the Chinese news Web site Sina.com said. They're still brainstorming about the plot for their first collaboration, which begins filming next year, the Web site said.
A formal announcement and pre-sales will be made at the Cannes Film Festival, which starts Wednesday and ends May 28, the report said. The two actors made their names as action stars in Hong Kong before moving on to Hollywood. Trained in Peking Opera, Chan pioneered his own comedic fighting style. Li is a former martial arts national champion in China."
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on May 17 2006 07:12 AM I'm so there. (Reply to this) |
on May 17 2006 07:31 AM This is the best news ever. Or today, anyways. (Reply to this) |
on May 17 2006 07:58 AM Jackie Chan will have to be the good guy, although it would be pretty funny to see him play the bad guy. I dunno, will they be on a team, or against each other. (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2006 08:14 AM that's awesome news, hope the flick rocks! (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2006 09:02 AM I would like to see Jackie vs Jet Li vs Tony Jaa vs Yao Ming vs Donnie Yen vs Jay Chou vs Sammo Hung vs Steven Segal vs Jason Statham vs Mao Zedong in a Martial Arts Super flick! (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2006 09:40 AM I'm guesing that they will be rivals/enemies at first but wil have to come together to fight a common enemy by the end of the flick. That way you will get the best of both worlds. I picture it sort of like the old Chan with Sammo Hung films (ala Dragons Forever) where they fight with and against each other througout the film. Madman (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2006 11:21 AM Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the same film, now that is kick-ass...quite literally. (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2006 03:30 PM I don't rally care if the story is any good at all, I'll see it regaurdless of the reviews. but if they threw yuen wo ping into the mix I.....I.....[insert fantastic hyperboly here] (Reply to this) |
on May 17 2006 03:48 PM [b]Wire fu...[/b] Jackie Chan and Jet Li are both martial arts action superstars, but there's a big difference between the two. Jackie prefers to do his stunts without wires. Jet Li has made his career on wire-fu. Don't get me wrong, Jet Li is an extremely accomplished martial artist. I just wish HK would get past the wire-fu stage and come back to traditional martial arts action like Jackie does. Speaking of which, a lot of what Jackie does is situational fighting, not necessarily martial arts. His style is to devise elaborate fight scenes using props. I think both have somewhat gotten away from what martial arts should be. I hope their collaboration contains no wire-fu or extensive use of props in fight sequences. I'd like to see a martial arts movie where hand-to-hand combat is realistic and fierce. Both of these men have the talent to pull it off. I can't wait to see what they come up with. (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2006 05:24 PM [b]wire fu rocks[/b] martial arts isn't fun to watch. I mean realistic martial arts isn't fun to watch, the moves are ment to be precise and quick. Jet Li was on the bejing wushu team, wushu is designed more for entertainment than for real fighting, of course I'm not saying jet li isn't a good fighter, he's trained with the formost expert fighters in the world, but I'm just saying he was trained in fantastic martial spectical and thats what he uses in his movies, and jacki chan came out of the chinese opra, so he also has much more exxperiance with the acrobatics instead of actual kung fu. again not saying I'd ever want to go one on one with him, but they are both brought up in an entertainment relm, and the chinese entertainment is diffrent from ours. have you ever seen a good tea kwan do movie? come one, technical fighting is not going to make a good movie, the wires and stuff I think are right in line with chinese culture, you could make a case for thai style movies like ong bak, that don't use wires or jackies comic style of fighting but those are still very unrealistic. (Reply to this) |
on May 17 2006 07:33 PM In reply to this comment (#835996) throw Wesley Snipes into that mix and im there...hey hes just as good martial artist as Jason Statham... (Reply to this) |
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on May 18 2006 08:15 AM In reply to this comment (#836002) Where's Yun-Fat Chow (Reply to this) |
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on May 18 2006 11:11 AM Jet LI didn't do any wire-fu in Fearless...(except for a few unexceptional shots), and was he great. (Reply to this) |
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on May 18 2006 11:27 AM In reply to this comment (#836001) As a martial arts movie fan, how can you say realistic martial arts isn't fun to watch? What makes Tony Jaa the sensation that he is today? The fact that his movies are so raw in terms of fighting. Sure the fights are still choreographed, but thats the thing to me that makes me love kung fu movies. Don't get me wrong, I love wire fu too. But it's really being overused. I want martial arts movies back into it's pure, raw form. My favorite Jackie Chan film is Drunken Master 2, and he didn't use that many props in that movie, he showed off his fighting talent without it. Another good example of this is the movie Gorgeous. The fights with Jackie and Alan were really fun to watch. I love how creative Jackie is with props, but sometimes, I prefer to watch him show off how well he can handle himself with his fists. (Reply to this) |
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on May 18 2006 01:06 PM In reply to this comment (#836002) That would also be a cool combo, Snipes & Statham. But, I am really glad to see Chan and Li together. Cheers! (Reply to this) |
on May 19 2006 12:25 AM THey should combine forces and fight Rick Moranis (Reply to this) |
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on May 19 2006 03:20 AM [b]The Dim Sum of All Fears[/b] While the concept is interesting, Li comes across as a stronger presence on-screen, relegating Jackie to "comic relief" status. I admire both, but would rather see them pursue individual projects rather than play "team-up" and create an inferior product. (Reply to this) |
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on May 19 2006 01:08 PM By realistic martial arts I mean they way your really suposed to use martial arts in real life, when your fighting you end the fight as soon as you can, but in movies that would be very boreing to watch. fights never last long, unless in a tournament or somthing when a ref prevents real damage and the rules keep you from useing the most devistateing moves, kung fu movies are a showcase for the most fun, and unrealistic moves in martial arts. the more I learn about martial arts the more I realise a fight should end in under 10 seconds with one strong puch or trap. if you don't end it in 10 seconds then you will be defeated in 10 seconds. and a 10 second fight is not fun to watch at all. I do wushu and we learn coreographed fighting sequenses that we preform for audiences, and they love them, but the realize really quickly that it's not a real fight they are watching. (Reply to this) |
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on May 19 2006 01:08 PM By realistic martial arts I mean they way your really suposed to use martial arts in real life, when your fighting you end the fight as soon as you can, but in movies that would be very boreing to watch. fights never last long, unless in a tournament or somthing when a ref prevents real damage and the rules keep you from useing the most devistateing moves, kung fu movies are a showcase for the most fun, and unrealistic moves in martial arts. the more I learn about martial arts the more I realise a fight should end in under 10 seconds with one strong puch or trap. if you don't end it in 10 seconds then you will be defeated in 10 seconds. and a 10 second fight is not fun to watch at all. I do wushu and we learn coreographed fighting sequenses that we preform for audiences, and they love them, but the realize really quickly that it's not a real fight they are watching. (Reply to this) |
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on May 19 2006 01:08 PM By realistic martial arts I mean they way your really suposed to use martial arts in real life, when your fighting you end the fight as soon as you can, but in movies that would be very boreing to watch. fights never last long, unless in a tournament or somthing when a ref prevents real damage and the rules keep you from useing the most devistateing moves, kung fu movies are a showcase for the most fun, and unrealistic moves in martial arts. the more I learn about martial arts the more I realise a fight should end in under 10 seconds with one strong puch or trap. if you don't end it in 10 seconds then you will be defeated in 10 seconds. and a 10 second fight is not fun to watch at all. I do wushu and we learn coreographed fighting sequenses that we preform for audiences, and they love them, but the realize really quickly that it's not a real fight they are watching. (Reply to this) |
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