By | Published June 21, 2009

Michelle Yeoh 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

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  • http://www.myspace.com/stevenmillan Steven Millan

    It’s great to know that Michelle Yeoh is still actively working in films,although the article’s writer must have been thinking of Michelle’s supporting role in BABYLON A.D.,since she’s nowhere in THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM.

  • 107

    MP,

    Do you know if they ever fixed the SE Edition of Forbidden Kingdom that had the Yeoh footage and corrected the package to verify that the new material is included?

    Thank you.

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  • WuxiaFan

    Love John Woo and love Michelle Yeoh. Awesome combination!

  • David

    This is the best movie news I’ve heard in quite a while.

  • The Real

    This might have been exciting news about 10 years ago. I don’t expect anything even close to what she did back in her Supercop days based on what I saw in Forbidden Kingdom.

  • Michael Jones

    The latest movie Michelle Yeoh was in with Jet Li was THE MUMMY 3 (THE DRAGON EMPEROR). Jackie Chan was no-where in that movie. The young lady with JJ and JJ in THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM was Crystal Liu Yi Fei who was in the television productions of Louis Cha’s (Jin Yong) DEMI GODS AND SEMI DEVILS and RETURN OF THE CONDOR HEROES respectively.

  • http://www.kungfucinema.com Mark Pollard

    As others have kindly pointed out, Michelle Yeoh was not in THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. My addled mind had intended to write MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. Thanks for the corrections.

  • greg k

    “I have felt physically stronger the past few years. AS MY PERSONAL SHOPPING BUDGET HAS SEEN BETTER TIMES, I don't let age limit me,NOR A JUICY COMMUNIST-FUNDED PAYCHECK” Yeoh said

  • greg k

    “I have felt physically stronger the past few years. AS MY PERSONAL SHOPPING BUDGET HAS SEEN BETTER TIMES, I don't let age limit me,NOR A JUICY COMMUNIST-FUNDED PAYCHECK” Yeoh said