Speaking at the Shanghai Film Festival on Sunday, Michelle Yeoh mentioned that she will star in a new kung fu movie co-directed between John Woo and Taiwanese filmmaker Su Chao-pin (SILK).
The Chinese-language film is tentatively titled THE SWORD AND THE MARTIAL ARTS WORLD and will begin shooting in China in September.
Despite a supporting role in last year’s MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, the 46-year-old actress has strayed from the action genre in the last few years to take on more dramatic roles. This doesn’t mean Yeoh has gone soft.
“I have felt physically stronger the past few years. I don’t let age limit me,” Yeoh said.
Michelle Yeoh, the action star, appears to be on the comeback trail with a prominent role in Yuen Woo-ping’s upcoming wire-fu actioner TRUE LEGEND.
Yeoh’s new film will be Woo’s first project since directing the two-part historical war epic RED CLIFF. It’s not his first martial arts movie. The Hong Kong helmer is best known for his modern day gunplay actioners in the 1980s and ’90s but as many genre fans know, he was once a protégé of legendary martial arts moviemaker Chang Cheh. He began his career directing martial arts movies at Golden Harvest. They include THE DRAGON TAMERS (1975), HAND OF DEATH (1976) featuring a young Jackie Chan and the wuxia classic LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY (1979).
Source: Malaysia Star
Tags: John Woo, Michelle Yeoh, Rain of Swords (2010), upcoming
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