Guest dyenboy Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 omg..this is bad.. wen u are at his level, i would assume u make movies as a good guy..not a bad guy.. bad move on jet li's part..must be the money..hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jmungus Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 wen u are at his level, i would assume u make movies as a good guy..not a bad guy.. now theres something i disagree with... playing the baddie is widely considered so much more fun, satisfying, cool and rewarding among actors. besides, theres an old film makers rule saying that your hero`s appeal and coolness factor is exponential to the 'badness factor' of his adversaries- the more fierce and evil the baddie, the more glory for a movie`s hero(es). as for the paycheck- im positive that was another reason, plus guaranteed massive exposure not only to a western audience, but to all the world in general. that certainly counts for something when u re a movie star; and u can use the extra fame for other projects and sources of revenue (advertisment). a fool who wouldnt jump on the bandwagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Interestingly enough, Rachel weiz - who once dated Neil Morrisey I'm told - won't be in The Mummy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iron flag Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 All in favor of banning Jet Li's name from Kung Fu Fandom forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daisho2004 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 jmungus, I agree its a nice change to see an actor portray a villain once an a while, I thought Jet Li was great when he was bad in Lethal Weapon #4 and the Mummy Franchise is an Excellent series so I don't know why everyone is surprised to see him play in a role that will make him a real Hollywood Icon, and most likely be a good career move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GwaiLoMoFo Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 All in favor of banning Jet Li's name from Kung Fu Fandom forever? Why?! Mainstream big movie exposure by MA actors such as Jet is great for the genre. A newer fan, not too familiar with Jet, sees him in action and it peaks his interest. Then decides he wants to see more stuff with him in it and a new fan is born. I say to Jet get that money while the gettins good. He's earned it imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tosh Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 now theres something i disagree with... And I agree with you disagreeing:p Sammo has had some great roles playing the villain, that's what's wrong with the newer movies, they have spent to much time on the heros and forgot about what makes the hero, the villain, where's the Jonny Wangs and HJLs!!!!!!! Now, as far as the Mummy 3:rolleyes , it's the usual hollywad bs, but I can't fault Jet for taking the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnnie freeze Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Not to put too much of a damper of jet playing the villian, but Hollywood loves to type cast. If jet plays the villain too often in American films, than a villianous role is all he'll ever get in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daisho2004 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Jet Li vs. Brendan Fraser in ‘Mummy 3’ News | Upcoming | by Mark Pollard | 2007.10.07 Jet Li has been working overtime of late. He currently has three epic period films in the works and one of them is as the lead villain in THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. This is the third entry in the blockbuster, fantasy adventure series starring Brendan Fraser. The first two films had always been packed with action sequences that employed the best of Hollywood stunt work and computer effects. With Li on board as well as Michelle Yeoh, writers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough have now steered the action in a new direction that should interest fans of Asian action cinema. Director Rob Cohen (DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY, xXx) has kindly been keeping an informative production blog, much like the blog that was set up for 300. In it, he details the plot, posts some behind-the-scenes videos and drops a few insider gems. “Jet Li plays a despotic Emperor in 50 B.C. whose evil is punished by a terrible curse laid on him by wizardress Michelle Yeoh: he and his army are turned into terra cotta for all time; that is, unless he is re-awakened which, of course, is where the O’Connell’s come back into it. “The story moves to the year 1946. When we find them, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Maria Bello) are retired to Oxfordshire, England, having been spies for the British during World War II. They are bored silly and welcome the offer of ‘one last mission’ from the Foreign Office. Their assignment: courier a precious artifact back to the museum in Shanghai, China from which it was stolen. “Back to Asia: China is in turmoil but Jonathan (John Hannah) owns an Egyptian-themed bar in Shanghai. Unbeknownst to his parents, now grown-up Alex O’Connell (Luke Ford) is following in the family business as a young archaeologist on a dig in north-central China. He makes the discovery of a lifetime: the tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which has been buried for millennia. A beautiful assassin (Isabella Leong) tries to kill him to keep the location secret but Alex prevails. The Emperor’s monument is transported back to Shanghai where another plot is in motion: military zealot Anthony Wong intends to awaken the Emperor and aid him in the re-conquest of China and the raising of his terra cotta army of ten thousand clay warriors. “The family is reunited and high adventure ensues: crash landings, treks thru the Himalayas, Yeti, avalanches, Shangri-la, three-headed dragons, pools of eternal life, epic battles, a shape-shifting Jet Li….†With Jet Li as the main villain for Fraser to tangle with in the film’s climax, there was clearly a need for some quality screen fighting. Rather than attempt to match Li’s years of wushu experience, Cohen came up with the idea to have Fraser use a direct and efficient fighting system. His choice was the Israeli art of Krav Maga. “I never saw an actor take a suggestion so much to heart,†said Cohen in his blog when speaking of Brendan. “He has trained continuously in the art and I think you will all see an enormous difference in the mano a mano action scenes in my film. He’s still charming and funny but the power has been turned up many notches.†Due to the complexities of the film’s varied action sequences, MUMMY 3 has several stunt teams. Some of the members of the U.S. team are interviewed in a video on the blog. When Li showed up towards the end of the Montreal shoot, he brought along with him veteran action choreographer Ku Huen-chiu who previously worked with Li on FEARLESS and numerous other films in Hong Kong and Hollywood, going all the way back to ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (1991). Cohen says he was working with Ku and co-choreographer Mark Southworth in “madly refining†the fight between Emperor Han and Rick O’Connell prior to leaving for Beijing and the Tian Mo desert location three hours north of the capitol. THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR is scheduled for release Aug. 1st, 2008. Other upcoming Jet Li movies include WARLORDS which opens in Hong Kong December 13th and THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM which opens April 18th in the U.S. [ top ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maz Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Jet Li's look in The Mummy 3 From: http://www.robcohenthemummy.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted October 27, 2007 Member Share Posted October 27, 2007 Ku Huen-chiu. Jet's double during the post Tsui Hark years after Hung Yan Yan was his double. Also worked w/the Yuen Clan(FoL) and OUaTiC&A w/Hung and crew as double and chor. and double in Hitman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest froffeecoffee Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 They put together a pretty good Asian cast that should attract HK fans. Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, and Anthony Wong as Li's aide in taking over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Bus Posted October 28, 2007 Member Share Posted October 28, 2007 jet had better slip and break his neck at the end or get stabbed in the back like in lethal weapon 4 because nobody can believe fraser could kick his ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingofkungfu2002 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 And don't forget Wu Jing's gonna be in it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheGrimReaper Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Let us hope that the role of Jet LI in the upcoming "Mummy 3" will be better than the role he played in "War" with Jason Statham, I was simply dissapointed by the movie itself... Probably it is just me but Jet Li looked exactly like Jackie Chan in "Rush Hour 3" - bored... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daisho2004 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I think this movie is going to be really good, "The Mummy Returns" was better than the 1st. one and it even gave The Rock a movie of his own "The Scorpion King" from this franchise. So with this All Star Cast I think its going to be really good, and the fact that they didn't rush into making a 3rd movie right away hopefully has that going for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted October 30, 2007 Member Share Posted October 30, 2007 I actually see potential for this film. I heard Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello, who replaces Rachel Weisz as Evie, trained in Krav Maga for the fight scenes, but Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Wu Jing, and Anthony Wong?! That's enough for me to see it. I just hope they don't mess up the fight scenes with bad editing and camera angles, like Hollywood tends to do time and time again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SimonMW Posted December 30, 2007 Member Share Posted December 30, 2007 who replaces Rachel Weisz as Evie, trained in Krav Maga for the fight scenes And Krav Maga has looked good on screen when? "Enough"? "Bourne Supremacy"? Okay, it looked okay in Bourne Identity, but it was still hardly a patch on the best HK stuff. Krav Maga as a system of fighting is one of those that simply doesn't translate well to the screen for the most part. I'm at pains to understand why Hollywood has such a love affair with it at the moment. I think it may be because it is the latest martial arts craze over there in the same way that all the stars drive around in a Toyota Prius. I just hope they don't mess up the fight scenes with bad editing and camera angles, like Hollywood tends to do time and time again.I just hope they don't mess up the fight scenes with bad editing and camera angles, like Hollywood tends to do time and time again. But we all know the real reasons for this. 1) Hollywood directors, and filmmakers in the west generally don't allow anywhere near enough time for the action. They'll allow 5 days for a dialogue scene and 1 for the fight. Okay, not all the time, but the proportion of time dedicated to the none action scenes is the wrong way around in Hollywood. Great HK action such as that seen in SPL and Flash point takes time. And that's exactly what Hollywood directors don't allow enough of for fight sequences. 2) The actors simply aren't capable of performing great martial arts sequences. It will take them an absolutely ridiculous number of takes to get even basic moves down, thus cutting down on the time factor again. So doubles are used, which means cheated camera angles and editing. The only way Hollywood will ever make a great martial arts sequence is if it was 100% CGI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted May 9, 2008 Member Share Posted May 9, 2008 I didn't realize it was coming out in AUGUST! Wow, that films's been underhyped considerably. I was reading Entertainment Weekly last week, they had an article on the big films this summer and didn't a thing for this! Guess what though, directed by Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story director, Rob Cohen. As inacurate as it is, I liked the film and the exciting storytelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Mark Pollard Posted May 16, 2008 Member Share Posted May 16, 2008 MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR just got a whole lot more interesting. Not only do Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh co-star in the effects-filled action adventure but they also fight each other. That’s right. In the same year that we have been granted the first Jet Li versus Jackie Chan encounter, Li and Yeoh are together again and they’re not on the same side. Best of all, we get a great sneak peak in a teaser trailer now available at MSN (loads on the right side of the screen). (more…) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Elhcay Posted May 18, 2008 Member Share Posted May 18, 2008 You can catch Wu Jing in a split-second appearance squaring off against Jet Li - after Jet's name was introduced. Could be 1:24 or 1:33 depending on trailer length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Mark Pollard Posted June 21, 2008 Member Share Posted June 21, 2008 35wwB607CQY Related article: New trailer for 'Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=2334 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Bravery Posted June 21, 2008 Member Share Posted June 21, 2008 I had forgotten all about this movie until you posted that trailer, I don't know how good it is gonna be- I thought the first was just okay and the second was a waste of my $10- but, I am going to see this if only for Jet and Yeoh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted June 22, 2008 Member Share Posted June 22, 2008 Was that a yeti?????? Well, it looked 10 times more interesting than the new Indy flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kingofkungfu2002 Posted July 30, 2008 Member Share Posted July 30, 2008 Jet Li on The Late Late Show to promote the movie (Michelle Yeoh is on tonight - Wednesday) gp1-eXS3LIU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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