Jackie Chan filming new movie in Dubai

JACKIE Chan is back in Dubai to film the new movie Vanguard.

Jackie is with director Stanley Tong in Dubai to shoot the action film that follows the head of a private Chinese security agency (Jackie), who teams up with Dubai officials to stop the criminals.

“We’ve been travelling around, every day, we’re looking at the building, the construction, whatever I can use (for) explosion, car chasing. “At this moment, I was walking around the studio, and the studios are very good - and very clean, very organised,” local daily Gulf News quoted Jackie as saying.

Four years ago, Jackie had filmed Indian- Chinese fantasy adventure, Kung Fu Yoga, in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE), also with perennial sidekick Tong.

“After Kung Fu Yoga, I go back, I tell all my friends, all the directors, you should film in Dubai... When you film here, you’re comfortable, the police help, the government helps. You just (don’t have to) worry about it,” he said.

The habitually jocular Jackie explained his latest movie in succinctly in just three words: “Action. Comedy. Explosion.”

Vanguard’s cast includes international actors as well as UAE-based actors.

The film crew have been shooting around Dubai for the past three weeks with one more week left to go.

Producer Ammar Al Khrisat described the 64-year- old movie icon as down-to- earth. “He is always with his crew - he prefers his crew to go and eat before he does.

“As a person, he’s very humble,” Gulf News quoted Al Khrisat as saying.