• Oct 30
• Donnie Yen to continue THE LEGEND OF CHEN ZHEN
• Posted by Adgy - 30/10/09 at 03:37 PM

Donnie Yen, Shu Qi and Anthony Wong have all joined the cast of Andrew Lau's new film, The Legend Of Chen Zhen, according to WuJing.org. The film is also being written and produced by Gordon Chan and Donnie Yen will provide the martial arts choreography. Chen Zhen is the same character that Jet Li played in Fist Of Legend and that Bruce Lee played in Fist Of Fury, and it seems that this will be a continuation of his story, rather than just a re-telling.

Synopsis: The Legend of Chen Zhen is set 7 years after the reported death of Chen Zhen. He was showered with bullets following his vengeance on the Japanese at a dojo who are behind his mentor's death. A mysterious, wealthy entrepreneur returns from abroad and makes a grand entrance on the Shanghai social scene by befriending a notorious mafia boss. This man is none other than Chen Zhen in disguise who dwells in a world of nefarious means in order to infiltrate the criminal empire. He soon discovers a clandestine collusion between the mafia and the Japanese. Under the guise as a caped crusader at night, Chen Zhen sets out to dismantle with his martial arts skill the evil collusion that is plaguing the country. One of his foremost missions is to ferret out the assassination list prepared by the Japanese...

The Legend Of Chen Zhen begins shooting later this year and is expected to be released sometime in 2010.