Jet Li has announced that he would be staying away from the entertainment world for about a year to concentrate on the reconstruction in the Sichuan quake zones.
Jet Li’s disaster-relief One Foundation has set up an office in Sichuan last week, and will focus on rebuilding schools and providing special care for those left orphaned or disabled.
The Forbidden Kingdom, starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan, is getting a sequel following its box office success.
The sequel was already planned before the movie was released, but the making of the sequel would only be confirmed if the movie is doing well. Considering that it has topped the North America box office and is doing very well in Asian market, a sequel is now almost a certainty.
Peter Chan’s new martial arts epic, “The Warlords,” has beaten Ang Lee’s much bankable “Lust, Caution” to secure the No.1 spot at the 2007 Chinese-language box-office.
As of Sunday, “The Warlords” has raked in 260 million yuan (US$35.74 million), ten million more than “Lust, Caution,” the second strongest box-office winner, said a report on Web portal Sina.com.cn.
“The Warlords” is being or has been screened in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as Singapore and Malaysia. It reaped 200 million yuan on the mainland alone, making Peter Chan the second Chinese director, following Zhang Yimou, to have crossed the 200-million-yuan boundary.
The film, starring Andy Lau, Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei, revolves around the story of three sworn brothers in the Qing Dynasty in the 1860s.
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Chinese kung fu actor Jet Li made the most money in 2007 among China’s entertainment elite, totaling some 465 million yuan, or around 62 million US dollars, as listed by Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post on Wednesday.
The top ten earners are as follows…
1 Jet Li 465 million yuan
2 Jackie Chan 428 million yuan
3 Jackie Cheung 300 million yuan
4 Tony Leung 290 million yuan
5 Andy Lau 230 million yuan
6 Chow Yun-fat 100 million yuan
7 Michelle Yeoh 80 million yuan
8 Zhang Ziyi 65 million yuan
9 S.H.E. 62.5 million yuan
10 Jay Chow 60 million yuan
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The first official movie poster for Forbidden Kingdom, starring top Asian stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li, has been released…
The movie is scheduled to premier in US on April 18, 2008.
Chinese star Isabella Leong has flew to Montreal, most likely to star in Mummy 3.
It has been rumoured in late May that Isabella Leong will be cast alongside Hollywood stars Brendan Fraser, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh etc.
Isabella’s agency EEG however has never confirmed the arrangement; it is believed that they signed a confidential agreement to not announce anything regarding the movie to the public… but too many indications show that Isabella Leong has landed a role indeed (as Michelle Yeoh’s daughter).
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Chinese star Crystal Liu Yifei is rumored joining William Morris Agency (WMA), one of the largest diversified talent and literary agencies in the world.
The current famous celebrities in the company include Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson and Zhang Ziyi.
It’s reported that WMA was influential in getting the leading role in movie Forbidden Kingdom (previously known as King of Kungfu, starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li) for Crystal.
Update - the rumor has been denied by Crystal’s agency.
Chinese actress Li Bingbing has been tipped as the most likely candidate to star alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the highly anticipated movie King of Kungfu.
Li Bingbing has always been a favourites to play one of the two leading female roles, as her agency Huayi Brothers is one of the major investor of the movie.
Insider tips suggested that Li has already secured the role as the producers are quite impressed with her English communication, as well as her performances in some previous martial art movies.
Other favourite candidates to land the second female role are Crystal Liu, Fann Wong and Ruby Lin.
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China action superstar Jet Li sets up One Foundation, a charity project that collects funds to help the victims of natural disasters.
The idea of the foundation is for everyone (in China) to donate RMB1 (or more) to the charity, and with over 1 billion of population in China, the amount will be huge.
So far the donations can only be done via SMS and only available in China, but it’s said that the project might be expanded internationally in future.
In reality it’s impossible for the whole population to participate in the project, but it’s still going to be a huge one if 5% of the population decide to support it.
Good luck Jet Li, good luck to One Foundation.
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Hollywood cum Asia superstar, Jackie Chan and Jet Li have confirmed their plan to star in a movie together.
The “J&J Project” will base on Chinese epic “Journey To The West.” Unconfirmed source said that Jet Li will play the leading role as the Monkey King, while Jackie Chan playing a lesser role.
Relativity Media will finance and Casey Silver the producer; Robert Minkoff (”The Lion King,” “Stuart Little”) the director, and Yuen Woo-Ping the action choreographer.