A community portal about Jackie Chan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Chan Kong-Sang, also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung or Jackie Chan SBS is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, script...
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A community portal about Jackie Chan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Chan Kong-Sang, also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung or Jackie Chan SBS is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, script writer, film producer, singer and former stunt performer.
The king of kung fu cinema is set to star in a new movie about China's famed shrine of martial arts, the Shaolin Temple. Jackie Chan will star in the $29 million production, "Shaolin," the latest screen portrayal of the 1,500-year old temple in central China whose famous fighting monks have featured in films by stars such as Bruce Lee and Jet Li, and in the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" with David Carradine. Chan's Chinese-language film will co-star veteran Hong Kong actor Andy Lau, actor-singer... Read Full Story
More movie stills of Jackie Chan and Leehom Wang in the upcoming film Little Big Soldier . The movie tells the story of an old soldier who kidnaps a young general of an enemy state and takes him on a long journey to collect the reward. The movie release date has moved from October 2009 to now February 2010. Read Full Story
Karate Kid
You’ve heard of the upcoming movie “Kung-Fu Kid” right? Well did you know it’s a remake to the classic martial arts flick “The Karate Kid”? Don’t feel bad, there are a lot of folks who didn’t. The picture stars Will Smith’s adorable son Jaden Smith (who’s following right in his father’s footsteps) and Jackie Chan, who has grown a mustache since we’ve last seen him. You can check out the images inside. Chan will be taking over the sponges as the new Mr. Miyagi and the mentor of... Read Full Story
Jackie Chan will play the wise kung-fu master in a Hollywood-Chinese remake of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid" that kicked off filming in the Chinese capital at the weekend, a movie company publicist said Monday. Chan's young disciple in "Kung Fu Kid" will be played by Jaden Smith, the son of Hollywood superstars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, China Film Group spokesman Weng Li told The Associated Press in a phone interview. In "The Karate Kid," Pat Morita plays the iconic building... Read Full Story
The news about the Karate Kid remake being produced by Will Smith just gets better. And by better, I mean absolutely terrible! Will Smith’s son Jaden is now the lead character, with Jackie Chan assuming the Miyagi role. As if all this wasn’t craptacular enough, now Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson is set to play Jaden’s mother. When will the madness end? I keep hopng that they will change their minds about this film, but they keep casting, so I guess I can give up on that. But... Read Full Story
Jackie Chan says "Kung Fu Kid" co-star Jaden Smith's dedication to martial arts puts his own son to shame. The 11-year-old son of Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has been training under Chan's stunt co-ordinator for his role in the China Film Group-Columbia Pictures remake of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid," which kicked off filming in Beijing on July 11. In a diary entry on his official Web site, Chan said he was deeply impressed by the younger Smith's progress when he... Read Full Story
Jet Li is returning to Chinese film with a reportedly non-kung fu movie after three Hollywood productions, a publicist said Tuesday. Li is due to start shooting the movie — tentatively called "Ocean Paradise" in Chinese — Edko Film publicist Zhang Hongyan told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday. The film, due to be released next year, will be directed by a newcomer, Zhang said, declining to give further detail before the official announcement at a news conference in Beijing on... Read Full Story
"Infernal Affairs" co-director Alan Mak hopes his new thriller will break new ground for Hong Kong filmmakers still learning the tastes of mainland Chinese viewers. Directors in this vibrant movie industry — which produced Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan — are increasingly under pressure to cater to the booming Chinese market, but they sometimes struggle to find the pulse of mainland moviegoers because Hong Kongers' tastes tend to be more Westernized. The urban action thrillers that Hong Kong... Read Full Story
There was a stunt man from Hong Kong who was paid W15,000 per movie (US1$=W1,262). He frequently suffered fractures and injuries but never said no, and his three-and-a-half years in Korea were over in a flash. Now he is a global star and earns about W75 billion a year. His name is Jackie Chan. Yet Chan (55) still feels affection for Korea. He often says his favorite food is yukgaejang (spicy beef soup) and kimchi stew and called Korea his second home.
And this month he pays another... Read Full Story
Welcome once again to another edition of Hollywood Must Die, where I rant about how Hollywood’s predilection for rehashing old great movies is further weakening the herd, eventually leading to the heat death of the universe. Today’s rant: “The Karate Kid” remake.
Wrong, wrong, WRONG on so many levels. Let’s just get it out of the way: Jackie Chan is Chinese. Karate is a Japanese martial art. Hollywood, I know you can’t tell the difference between Asian ethnicities. In fact, you’ve proven... Read Full Story
