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Jackie Chan to Star in Shaolin Temple Remake

Source: The Associated Press

October 22, 2009

Jackie Chan will star in a $29 million Chinese-language remake of 1982's The Shaolin Temple with Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Fan Bingbing.

The film will be about China's famed shrine of martial arts, a 1,500-year old temple 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.

In the original, Jet Li played a boy adopted and trained by Shaolin monks who seeks to avenge the death of his father.

The production, said to boast 1,000 real fighting monks and a grand scene in which the temple burns down, will start shooting later this year for release in late 2010.

Hong Kong filmmaker Benny Chan, who worked with Chan on New Police Story and Rob-B-Hood, will direct and Cory Yuen (Lethal Weapon 4, X-Men) will serve as action co-ordinator.

COMMENTS (7)

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Wade Wilson

October 22, 2009

Didn't see the original but Jackie Chan and Shaolin Temple remake probably will be worth watching.

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Tael

October 22, 2009

Any Jackie Chan movie not tainted by hollywood influences is a winner.

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The_Strongest_There_Is

October 22, 2009

Excellent.

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Tate Walters

October 22, 2009

Love Jackie Chan. As long as it's not another Rush Hour...sick of the other guy.

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lyricist513

October 22, 2009

I actually own the original Shaolin Temple on dvd. and i have the second one called S.H 2: Kids from Shaolin. Both with Jet Li as the main character. The first is very good, you Jet as a kid with excellent fighting skills. Hopefully Jackie Chan version will better, since picture quakity is a lot better

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GOPAL

February 26, 2010

hai I AM GOPAL

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leng

December 23, 2010

i like most of his movies except those that were made in hollywood..rush hour, shaighai noon,the spy next door, ect. most of us like him because of his martial art fighting skills, not the dumb acting scenes that hollywood put him in. the same thing is true for jet li. when it comes to martial art, i like it when says, "made in china". US made is horrible.