The Forbidden Kingdom News

'Forbidden Kingdom' Claims Box Office Glory

April 21, 2008 09:04:51

Pairing up the two great martial art-specialists, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, apparently is a great decision to be made as the action film "The Forbidden Kingdom", which sees the two theps as the stars, debuted strongly at the North American box office. After the three days weekend screening until Sunday, April 20, the box office revenue tracker, Box Office Mojo, estimated that the Lions Gate Films' movie has proved to be the best by raking in approximately $20.9 million.

Previewed in 3,151 theaters across the U.S., the film directed by Rob Minkoff managed to bring in more than expected and is listed among the biggest opening martial art films. In fact, it is the highest selling kung fu film since the release of Quentin Tarantino's 2004 "Kill Bill Vol. 2" which garnered $25.1 million. The film also marked Chan's best opening film for a non-"Rush Hour" tidbit as well as Li's finest debuting movie since the 1998's "Lethal Weapon 4".

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Jet Li and Jackie Chan Re-Teaming for Another Movie?

March 19, 2008 10:03:43

Though their latest action film "The Forbidden Kingdom" has yet to open in the theaters, it has been rumored that the two top Asian action stars, Jet Li and Jackie Chan are planning to collaborate their acts once again for another movie. According to The Associated Press, following their first teaming up in "Kingdom", both Li and Chan revealed their desire to work together again at a Hong Kong news conference on Tuesday, March 18 to promote the Lions Gate Films' movie.

Hinting on the possibility of them reteaming in another film, Chan, who gathered recognition from Hollywood though 1995's "Rumble in the Bronx" as well as "Rush Hour" series, revealed that he and Li had so much fun filming for the Rob Minkoff-directed film that they didn't want the fun to be ended there. "The first day we started filming, it felt like we had worked together for many years," he said, "after filming this movie, we didn't have enough fun." Though refusing to give out further details about their second collaboration, AP reported that the kungfu movies' stars have planned to make another movie together based on a script which they have started working on 15 years ago.

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Teaser Trailer for Jackie Chan-Jet Li's Forbidden Kingdom Arrives

December 21, 2007 01:12:41

Making a quick move after recently releasing the first poster for the movie, Lionsgate Films has now launched a teaser trailer for "The Forbidden Kingdom", which marks the first on-screen collaboration between Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Starts off with a rather comical shot on Michael Angarano as Jason Williams, the trailer takes exciting turn on its final third, boasting arguably great martial arts sequences, particularly from Li in his role of enigmatic and skillful monk Lan Cai He.

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Watch Early Footage from Jet Li-Jackie Chan's Forbidden Kingdom!

November 15, 2007 04:11:59

Those curious to see how the collaboration between Jet Li and Jackie Chan goes should really be more than just glad by now. Yes, footage from their starring vehicle "The Forbidden Kingdom" has just been brought on-line, giving us our initial glimpse on the movie.

As you can see down below, the video wonderfully boasts tons of superb fighting shots while showing glimpses of the two martial arts masters in their roles as well as some other characters, including Michael Angarano as Jason Williams.

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Lionsgate Sneaks into "The Forbidden Kingdom"

April 12, 2007 10:04:07

Getting such a potential big screen project within its grasp, Lionsgate has come onboard as domestic distributor of action epic "The Forbidden Kingdom", known previously as "Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project" or "Untitled J&J Project", Variety has learned.

The company thus will co-release the flick in the U.S. with The Weinstein Co. for a planned September 2008 release as well as distribute it in the U.K. while the other studio handles the distribution for Spain, France, and Latin America regions.

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Michael Angarano to Get into "Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project"

March 23, 2007 03:03:55

Willing to exhibit more action to moviegoers next, Michael Angarano is involved in final negotiations to take starring part in "Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project", also known as "J&J Project", The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

If everything runs smooth, the "Sky High" star will likely be billed as a troubled seventeen-year-old wannabe kung fu warrior who is sent back in time to ancient China on an impossible mission. Jackie Chan has already been plotted to play a monk while Jet Li the Monkey King, who becomes the main target in the mission.

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More on "Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project"

November 01, 2006 11:11:16

Following Jet Li's confirmation that he is positive to star alongside fellow Asian actor Jackie Chan in "Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project", also known as "J&J Project", Variety has given some details about the movie, one of two new features that Relativity Media is offering to buyers at the American Film Market starting today, November 1.

The action-adventure flick will be directed by "The Haunted Mansion" helmer Rob Minkoff from John Fusco's script written based on the legend of the monkey king and his quest to achieve immortality. Li will take two roles as the monkey king and the silent monk while Chan is billed to play a monk named T'sa-Ho.

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posted by igor on Jun 24, 2008