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Jackie Chan and John Cena to star in action thriller
Kung fu star Jackie Chan is teaming up with American wrestling superstar John Cena in an action thriller that has a working title of "Project X".
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Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan looks on during the start of the FIA world Endurance Championship race in Shanghai on November 5, 2017.
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ung fu star Jackie Chan is throwing his hat into the ring, teaming up with American wrestling superstar John Cena in an action thriller that has a working title of Project X. It will be helmed by Need For Speed (2014) director Scott Waugh, with Cena replacing Sylvester Stallone, who was previously slated to star.
Cena was at the Shanghai International Film Festival last week to meet Chan, where the two reportedly got busy mapping out high-octane action sequences for the film.
Hollywood Reporter cited Chan as saying: “Look at how many on-screen heroes the US has, but China doesn’t have its own superheroes, its own Superman, Spider-Man.
“Monkey King is not really modern. And today’s young people want new, contemporary-era heroes.”
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Chan is also rumored to be involved in the fourth installment of popular kung fu franchise Ip Man. The plot reportedly has Bruce Lee opening a martial arts school in the United States, a move that irks local residents there. Lee’s mentor, Ip Man, has to travel to the United States to help soothe ruffled feathers.
Donnie Yen, who portrays Ip Man, has posted online that shooting of Ip Man 4 has started in China.
According to online sites such as Sina, Ip Man has a showdown with a character played by Chan.
The face-off, which was rumoured as far back as last year, when speculation of a fourth Ip Man movie started, resurfaced in the wake of Yen’s latest post.
But no word of confirmation has come from him, Chan or Wilson Yip, who directed the previous three installments and is back for the fourth.
This article appeared on The Straits Times newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
