Edition Beijing Times confirmed the information that Donnie Yen will play the main role in the new film Peter Chan with working title “Wu Xia” (English version of the name - Swordsman).
Participation was also confirmed Takeshi Kaneshiro, known to Chinese viewers as Jincheng Wu.
Gong Li They offered one of the roles, but she has not yet given her consent. Rumors that the actress will star in the film Tang Wei, director Peter Chan refuted.
Chan believes that since the Ang Lee film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, released in 2000, there were no good Chinese films with similar themes. But he hopes to please viewers with unique scenes of sword fights, for which he will be responsible for the choreography Donnie Yen.
“Wu Xia” will begin filming at the end of August in southwest China's Yunnan province.
Source: english.cri.cn, FilmSmash
Let's see what happens. I love “jian”, if there is a lot of fencing using “jian” it will be great. :)