Update: As The Associated Press reported on Monday, a press conference took place today to formally announce Jet Li’s next Chinese-language film which we already know is not martial art related. Here are additional details. He will star in OCEAN PARADISE alongside Taiwanese actress Kwai Lun-mei (ALL ABOUT WOMEN). The script’s writer Xue Xiao-lu is making his directing debut. He previously wrote the 2002 Chen Kaige drama TOGETHER WITH YOU. (Source: Reuters)
The Associated Press reports that Jet Li is set to begin acting in a new, non-kung fu movie tentatively titled OCEAN PARADISE. A publicist for Edko, the film’s distributor, confirms that it will be helmed by a new director and will be released in 2010. Further details are expected to be announced during an official news conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
Li recently finished shooting scenes for Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming all-star actioner THE EXPENDABLES. He will also be making a brief cameo appearance in FOUNDING OF THE NATION, a historical drama depicting the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Li’s last three films have all been from Hollywood and his latest will be his first starring role since Peter Chan’s THE WARLORDS (2007).
Li has also been keeping busy with charity work through his One Foundation. He recently joined forces with former British prime minister Tony Blair to provide solar-powered LED lights to Chinese, Indian and African villages. The two launched the five-year project in Baigong Village, in Guiyang, the capital of southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Aug 22.
Sources: The Associated Press, China Daily
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