Jackie Chan’s career revival — Back to China

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Roger Moore

His Hollywood career wound down, and like his contemporary, Jet Li, martial arts comic Jackie Chan made noises about retiring a few years back.
But he’s found new life in films back in his native China. He’s had a hit there that hasn’t played over here. And two new films were announced on the heels of “CZ12.”
“Manhattan” will package him in a dark action feature about the Big Apple.
And “Wolf Flag” will take him to the deserts of China for something more ethereal in nature.
The Huyai Brothers studio has a David Ayer (“Training Day”) project in the works, and has signed Brad Pitt for another. So they’re stepping up as players with a shot at worldwide distribution and success.

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2 Responses to Jackie Chan’s career revival — Back to China

  1. Zach's avatar Zach says:
    June 17, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    I don’t think he’s had much of a hit in his ‘native’ Hong Kong in a while either….

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