54-year-old action movie star Donnie Yen, it seems, is not sitting idle at all, picking up one project after another. It seems that his schedule is tightly packed with filming for a variety of directors in different parts of our planet. And despite the fact that some of Yen's announced projects are still unreleased and clearly shelved, China's favorite hand-to-hand action movie is talking about new films.
The biggest story tagged "Donnie Yen" centers on the actor's meeting with another genre icon. Jet Li to discuss the script for their joint project. Moreover, the company of Donnie and Ian is not just anyone, but Jackie Wu Jing (the “War of the Wolves” duology) in person. Foreign media have already dubbed the possible film as “their own "Triple Threat". Meanwhile, according to reports ETF, there was nothing specific about this event. Indeed, a trio of well-known actors in the world of action cinema were meeting to discuss a joint film, but there are no further details. It is only known that information about the project should be revealed later.
Journalists related to action cinema after this news immediately remembered that several years ago Donnie Yen had plans to make an Asian clone "The Expendables" Sylvester Stallone with Chinese action stars. Of course, it's too early to speculate, but fans of Jet Li, Donnie Yen and Jackie Woo have their fingers crossed.
The next project that Donnie is actively preparing for has a name "Big Brother" (Big Brother). The genre of the film will be a sports drama, which will focus on fights according to MMA rules. In the director's chair of the project is Kam Ka-Wai, which in 2017 was noted for its crime action film based on the script by Wong Jing "Game Color" starring Joran Chan, Simon Yam and Philip Ng.
A photo of Donnie Yen training specifically for the film appeared on social networks. Nothing is known about the plot of the future project, but there is a list of actors involved in the filming, many of whom are professional athletes and stuntmen.
The cast looks like this: Jess Liodine (“Wrestler”, “Antigang”), Brahim Acchabake ("Undisputed 4"), Craig Miller (TV series "House of Cards") Lockhart Ogilwe ("Rise of the Foot Soldier 2"), and Mike Leader (“Pound of Flesh”) and other actors.
Well, the project could get really interesting. We will keep our finger on the pulse.
Another joint project was recently presented to the media by the duo of Donnie Yen and the venerable Chinese film maker Wona Jina. Literally at the end of the month the premiere of their joint project will take place "Chasing Dragons", where Yen shared screen time with another Chinese film star Andy Lau.
Jing and Yen's new project is called "Exit the Fat Dragon" (Enter the Fat Dragon), and it is unclear whether this film will be a remake of the 1978 film Sammo Hunga, or simply makes a reference in his direction.
According to the AFS, Donnie Yen will play a complete lout who knows kung fu. There are also no details about the upcoming project. However, we can all imagine a chubby Ian in the action scenes, since in 2015 a commercial came out with him like that. We offer it for viewing.
In addition to the above-mentioned films, Donnie Yen has a lot of projects that are either due to go into production soon or have been shelved. For example, fans of the actor expect him to make a film adaptation of the famous computer game "Sleeping Dogs", in which Ian got the main role. A sequel to the 2017 Chinese blockbuster is scheduled for release in 2014. «Ice Comet 2", however, since there is still no exact premiere date, we can safely say that the film will not see the light of day soon. The start of filming is just around the corner fourth film franchises "Ip Man", since the director Wilson Yip not long ago he was released, having “shot” as a militant with Louis Koo and Tony Jaa"Paradox". And we are no longer talking about previously announced projects such as "Noodle maker", "City of Darkness" or "Hot Spot 2".
Well, we hope that Donnie Yen will be enough, if not for all the announced films, then at least for the majority. Wait and see.
Home » Movie News »
Tags: Big Brother, Enter the Fat Dragon, Brahim Achabbake, Won Jing, Jackie Wu, Jess Liodine, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Kam Ka-Wai, Craig Miller, Lockhart Ogilwe, Mike Leader
Tags: Big Brother, Enter the Fat Dragon, Brahim Achabbake, Won Jing, Jackie Wu, Jess Liodine, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Kam Ka-Wai, Craig Miller, Lockhart Ogilwe, Mike Leader
You can watch it once
The film is not bad, but the recent "City Hungter" is better in terms of action.
To be honest, there is no particular principle... when there is more time, an “old man” is added, when there is less time...
Not a bad idea. But I don’t understand something, on what basis are profiles added? And legends...