Jet Li cast in 3-D kung fu epi
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
Jet Li has been cast in Hong Kong director Tsui Hark’s new 3-D kung fu epic, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate.
Tsui’s wife, producer Nansun Shi, told The Associated Press in an e-mail that Li will star alongside China’s Zhou Xun and Chen Kun and Taiwan’s Kwai Lun-mei and Mavis Fan in the $35 million production scheduled for release in December 2011.
She said the story is inspired by Tsui’s 1992 martial arts film Dragon Inn, which revolves around the face-off between imperial agents and a warrior couple in a desert inn.
China’s Sina.com news website reported earlier the Hong Kong filmmaker started shooting on Sunday.
The project marks Tsui’s reunion with Li after the Once Upon a Time in China kung fu franchise in the 1990s. Li then moved onto a career in Hollywood. His most recent credits include The Expendables and the Chinese-language drama Ocean Heaven.
original link: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-10-14-jet-li_N.htm
