Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)

Jackie Chan Goes Back to '1911' China for an Epic War Drama

When I think of Jackie Chan I think of him doing dipsy-doos with chairs and goofing around with Chris Tucker . I don't think of him as a serious actor, though he turned in a decent performance in The Karate Kid . However, he is going beyond playing Mr. Miyagi in a new film he stars in and co-directed with first time director Zhang Li who worked as director of photography on John Woo 's Red Cliff . The film is titled 1911 and will be released by Well Go USA and Variance Films in limited theaters on October 7. Starring alongside Chan are Joan Chen ( The Last Emperor , Lust, Caution), Lee Bing Bing ( The Forbidden Kingdom ), Winston Chao and Chan's 28-year-old son Jaycee Chan who voiced Young Monkey on the direct-to-video feature Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five . The story begins at the beginning of the 20th century with China split into warring factions,
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