Lionsgate acquires "The Forbidden Kingdom"

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

According tot he Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has acquired the domestic distribution rights to the Jackie Chan and Jet Li action epic, The Forbidden Kingdom.

The film is based on the Chinese legend of the Monkey King and is based on an original screenplay by John Fusco.

The film is currently aiming for a Summer 2008 release.

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Comments/Responses

exfan • Apr 11, 2007, 02:38am •

the question is, Are they going to figth together or against each other....

wessmith1966 • Apr 11, 2007, 07:45am •

Two martial arts legends in the same film should be great entertainment. Chan's getting a little long in the tooth, but he still puts on a hell of a show. I hope this movie's better than his last few though.

necroskippy • Apr 11, 2007, 09:13am •

I'd like to see a fight between them because their styles are so wondefully disparate. Jet Li's can be summed up as "I'm so fast you'll be unconcious before I even hit you." while Jackie's is more "Everything in this room is a weapon to me. Including you."

fft5305 • Apr 11, 2007, 10:06am •

I thought Jet Li wasn't doing martial arts movies any more...

wessmith1966 • Apr 11, 2007, 10:20am •

#4...from what I understand, Jet Li isn't doing the sweeping, epic, costumed, historical martial arts features anymore. He's down for a regular modern day ass kicker martial arts movie though. I was confused about that too.

Captmathman • Apr 11, 2007, 10:25am •

I hope Jackie doesn't wear a tuxedo in this one.
I hope this is good. Need a trailer.

captm0rgan77 • Apr 11, 2007, 10:39am •

#4 Yeah I got confused on that one too.

They'll probably be a few fight scenes in the beginning between the two, and then will learn that they're on the same side and team up just in time for a grand finale ass kicking finish against the back guys army horde. Or something like that. It seems to be the motife of Kung-Fu action films. Then again, Jet Li is no stranger to being the "bad" guy.

Either way I'll definitly be there!

madmanic999 • Apr 11, 2007, 10:52am •

wessmith is right, Li is walking away from the chinese epics, not martial arts...
I have a growing interest in this project...

no1youknow • Apr 11, 2007, 07:39pm •

The Monkey King story is over 1400 years old. In Chinese theater the main character is in monkey makeup. Think of the monkeys from the Wizard of Oz. It could be an epic.

biogeek • Apr 12, 2007, 10:19am •

After filming Fearless, Jet Li announced that was his last 'Wushu' martial arts film, but he would be hard-pressed to continue an acting carreer if it did not involve martial arts. I like the guy, but an oscar is not in his cards (IMO).

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