Big Soldier 2010
Big Soldier 2010
(Cast: Jackie Chan, Lee-Hom Wang, Steve Yoo Seung-Jun, etc)
Jackie Chan has announced his next project, the $25 million epic "Big Soldier" [大兵小将], a big-budget return to the type of action cinema that made him famous . Chan plays the title character, an aging soldier transporting an enemy general on a perilous journey to collect a reward. The movie is set during the Warring States Period, the same era as Jet Li’s Hero, and will be filmed in mainland China, where Chan’s latest film The Shinjuku Incident was recently banned. Big Soldier is being described as full action with a touch of romance and comedy, which fits the description of most of Chan’s classics.
Chan produces, stars and wrote the screenplay. Chan himself plays the titular soldier, with Lee Hom as another soldier. Lin Peng and Yoo Seung-Jun also star. This movie has been shooting in Yunnan province using a 100% mainland Chinese crew from Jackie chan's stuntmen team lead and has just moved to Beijing.
At a press conference this week, Chan describes it as this movie has predicted to be the biggest asian epic movies in the this year. Does this return to his roots lend credence to the possibility of Jackie Chan matching his greatest successes, or should be holding out hope for the return of his brothers, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
Chan produces, stars and wrote the screenplay. Chan himself plays the titular soldier, with Lee Hom as another soldier. Lin Peng and Yoo Seung-Jun also star. This movie has been shooting in Yunnan province using a 100% mainland Chinese crew from Jackie chan's stuntmen team lead and has just moved to Beijing.
At a press conference this week, Chan describes it as this movie has predicted to be the biggest asian epic movies in the this year. Does this return to his roots lend credence to the possibility of Jackie Chan matching his greatest successes, or should be holding out hope for the return of his brothers, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
