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Sun Nov 25, 1:34 PM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese action star Jet Li is set to rake in 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, state media reported on Sunday.
Nearly half of the $40 million budget for "The Warlords" went to the cast, among whom were Hong Kong heartthrob Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Beijing-based actress and director Xu Jinglei, in addition to Li.
"Without Jet Li, we would not dare to invest $40 million in a Chinese-language film," Xinhua news agency quoted director Peter Chan as saying. Li was a "guarantee" for global sales, Chan said.
Chinese-language movies have registered a string of hits in the past few years, from Ang Lee's martial arts tale "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," to Zhang Yimou's ancient history epic "Hero."
The earlier salary record was held by Li himself for his role in "Hero," for which he earned 70 million yuan.
Li, 44, a childhood martial arts champion, has also broken into English-language films, featuring in action pictures such as "Romeo Must Die" and "Lethal Weapon 4."
"The Warlords," a war epic based on a Qing Dynasty story, is slated for release in Asia in mid-December and in North America from next March.
That's pretty impressive for a Chinese language film, but it seems that the Asian film industry has been growing with leaps and bounds in the past 10 or 15 years.
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That's pretty impressive for a Chinese language film, but it seems that the Asian film industry has been growing with leaps and bounds in the past 10 or 15 years.
They had seemed to be low budget, low quality for decades, but have been paying attention to American Film details and quality
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That's pretty impressive for a Chinese language film, but it seems that the Asian film industry has been growing with leaps and bounds in the past 10 or 15 years.
Well, for many years America held all the big movies and great effects, but it seems that lately many foreign countries are stepping up to the plate and becoming better and producing high quality films.
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Well, for many years America held all the big movies and great effects, but it seems that lately many foreign countries are stepping up to the plate and becoming better and producing high quality films.
Hmnnn, basically what I said in post #4
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I have a question, why isn't jet in the martial arts hall of fame?
he is a big star, and i think that he is bigger in the martial arts community than jackie chan, even though they both rock!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have a question, why isn't jet in the martial arts hall of fame?
he is a big star, and i think that he is bigger in the martial arts community than jackie chan, even though they both rock!!!!!!!!!!!!
Politics? Time in films
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Ummm has anyone seen rush hour 3? Nope, no one, yeah thats what I thought. Jackie Chan isnt like a fine wine, he gets worse with age. He if anyone should retire. However I wouldnt say that Jet is doing us a great service either. He wants to make epic movies or whatever I want to see some cool fights. He isnt bringing that anymore.
Tony Jaa on the other hand needs to get his butt in gear, there are so many roles that he could blow up as. Hello there is going to be an Iron Fist movie. He could be Frieza in the new DBZ movie. Somebody just get this kid into a movie pronto.
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Tony Jaa on the other hand needs to get his butt in gear, there are so many roles that he could blow up as. Hello there is going to be an Iron Fist movie. He could be Frieza in the new DBZ movie. Somebody just get this kid into a movie pronto.
I hadn't heard about this. Are they going to do Powerman & Iron Fist or just Iron Fist alone?
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I hadn't heard about this. Are they going to do Powerman & Iron Fist or just Iron Fist alone?
wait, if iron fist is a comic book martial artist, i don't know, but i heard Ray Park was playing him
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Jet Li breaks record with $13 mln paycheck
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