By | Published February 4, 2009

Jackie Chan on the set of JUNIOR SOLDIERS. Sina

Chinese media reports that on February 3rd production began in Yunnan on JUNIOR SOLDIERS, Jackie Chan’s latest movie. It is a project that he has been planning for 20 years.

JUNIOR SOLDIERS is being described as a period arthouse film that is set in the Qin Dynasty. The plot centers on a journey undertaken by three individuals and a horse.

Chan, who portrays a military general, reportedly was filming a scene recently where he destroyed an inn sign post while in a drunken stupor. There’s no mention if Chan was channeling his drunken boxing performance in DRUNKEN MASTER 2, his drunken acting performance in NEW POLICE STORY or his impromptu drunken singing performance on stage with Taiwanese singer Jonathan Lee in 2006.

Chan is next appearing in theaters in director Derek Yee’s crime drama SHINJUKU INCIDENT which opens in Asia in April. Pictures, a trailer and more information is available at the official site.

Chan has already finished shooting Hollywood comedy THE SPY NEXT DOOR and is next planning to step in to replace the late Pat Morita on producer Will Smith’s remake of THE KARATE KID.

Source: Wu-Jing.org

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  • http://na Jacke chan fan

    Hi there jackie chan i am very glad you are doing more serious works now and also love the myth. I love the idea that you are doing a period movie and i love you for that because too much comedy and the world will not take you seriously. I love your movies since snake and crane art of shaolin and ever since i was hooked. I have so many favorites of your movies. My favorite has to be thunderbolt and lists goes on and on. i am patiently waiting for shinjuku incident, junior soldiers so you can us some classics soldier fights scenes like you did in the myth. Jackie you need to get tony sui tong to direct the chu wu bang epic movie please or get yuen woo ping.

  • http://na Jacke chan fan

    Jackie chan we are still waiting for

    1.sun zu art of war directed by zang yimou

    2 drunken master cheoregraphed by yueon woo ping, with wu jing and tony jaa cast.

    3. The movie with zhang yimou and Gong li.

  • Viktor

    What we are waiting for is a new movie with the three dragons team up again, Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.

  • remo

    Wasn’t he also talking about Armor of God III?

  • dargon (i)

    Jackie needs to team back up with sammo, and biao
    with tony jaa,now that would be a cool movie :)
    get benny the jet back also…

  • Tie

    r u guys ok? Those days r over ;(

  • http://na Jacke chan fan

    I do agree with TIE that those days of dragons forever, project a and wheal on meals, lucky stars, heart of dragon, sinners and winners. and yes those days are over cause there is no where they can be able to pull it off like they did back in the 80′s.

    I ‘m glad jackie is making seriuos drama now the comedy is kinda getting tiring and i am getting sick of it. I bought his high octane movie New police story and the Myth those right there did it for. Personally i prefer myth over new police story cause of the general scenes he did, like when he fought like 80 soldiers with one a deadly spear. Now that was hot right there.

    Jackie please no more hollywood.

    I think Dragons Dynasty should put out a box set of the movies of all the movie they did together.

    I can’t wait for Shinjuku Incident now that movie will be sick .

    what you guys think of my idea.

  • http://na Jacke chan fan

    Yes he was talking ABOUT ARMOR OF GOD: CHINESE ZODIAC. Maybe he can bring sammo hung, yeuen biao, tony jaa and wu jing in it. I rather see tony jaa in Drunken master 3 instead. He can get yeun woo ping to direct it and it will be a masterpiece.

    He did mention that back in 2004 when he did New Police Story that he was going to make DRUNKEN MASTER 3 WITH TONY JAA as his student instead he ended up making New Police Story cause he had no good script.

  • Tie

    if they did make drunken 3, which has already been made. It would be great to c them wrk together (Tony Jaa and Jackie Chan), but they might not get along with each other like Jackie with Chia-Liang Liu.

    It would be great if they ended up have a fight in real life and u get to c some really action

  • http://na Jacke chan fan

    i agree with you tie. It will be good idea use a martial choreographer like yeun woo ping in that way they will be no argument in the fight scenes. It should be straight brutal like jet li fearless and no comedy.

    I recently saw tony jaa onk bak 2 which is great. I realize how much tony jaa idolized jackie chan becuase in the fight scenes he uses styles in kungfu that jackie did display back in his prime days of kungfu movie making including the drurken fist display.

    I do believe the world want to see them together. He did it with jet li which was great and tony jaa in his prime that will be awesome.

    I know jackie still has it in him and he is great even by seeing him forbidden kingdom which i loved and to see him fight again like that brought joy to my face cause i was kinda tired of the rush hour craps.