Packed schedule
JACKIE Chan is one of the most hardworking actors in Asia, and it’s no surprise that he’s already got projects lined up for the next couple of years.
Here’s a list of movies we can expect from him in the near future.
Bleeding Steel
A CHINESE science fiction thriller where Chan plays a hardened special forces agent who feels an unusual connection to a young woman whom he is fighting to protect from a sinister organisation. (Release date: Dec 2017)
Viy 2: Journey To China (Journey To China: The Mystery Of Iron Mask)
CHAN joins Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Flemyng, Rutger Hauer and Charles Dance in this Russian-Chinese fantasy adventure film based on Nikolai Gogol’s horror novella Viy about a demonic entity. Set in the 18th century, Viy 2 follows the incredible exploits of an English cartographer out to map the Russian Far East as he undertakes a scientific and supernatural journey from England to China. (Release date: 2017/18)
Ex-Baghdad
AN action-adventure thriller where Chan and Sylvester Stallone play two ex-special forces soldiers who must escort a group of civilians along Baghdad’s “Highway of Death” to the safety of the Green Zone. (Release date: 2019)
Five Against A Bullet
AN action thriller about a man who runs a successful political campaign to clean up his area after his father is killed by a Mexican drug cartel. (Release date: Not available)
Shanghai Dawn
CHAN and Owen Wilson will reprise their roles as former Chinese imperial guard Chon Wang and American bandit Roy O’Bannon in the action-comedy sequel to Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights. (Release date: N/A)
Rush Hour 4
BRETT Ratner could be back to direct Chan and Chris Tucker, who are poised to reprise their roles in the buddy cop film about the continuing misadventures of a Hong Kong Police Force inspector and an American LAPD detective. (Release date: N/A)
The Karate Kid 2
DRE Parker has to learn “The Dark Stepstones” on the path towards becoming a kung fu instructor. According to IMDB, Chan’s character, Mr Han, is supposed to be dead. Maybe we’ll see him in flashbacks? (Release date: N/A)