Press Release By Associated Press January 2, 2007, 1:41 AM EST

Jackie Chan to Produce 10 Films in China

HONG KONG -- Jackie Chan said on his Web site Tuesday that he has a new film company in China.

"I just started a company in China and I will be producing 10 films," Chan said on his official Web site.

The action star, who is currently filming "Rush Hour 3" said he plans to use vacation time to scout talent and ideas for the 10 projects.

"I need to meet the new directors. I need to read the screenplays and listen to ideas for more screenplays. I need to look at director reels to hire more directors for this big project," he said.

Chan also said he is scheduled to make a commercial with retired boxer George Foreman in China, but didn't give details.

Chan has continued to make Chinese-language movies alongside his Hollywood films. He recently released the action comedy "Rob-B-Hood," about a group of kidnappers who have a change of heart after stealing a baby and don't turn him over to their employers.

Jackie Chan's official Web site:

www.jackiechan.com

December 5, 2006. Press release

HONG KONG -- Jackie Chan hurt his chest again while filming a fight scene for "Rush Hour 3," although doctors have cleared him of major injury, the veteran action star said in his online diary Tuesday.

Chan first injured his chest in March while shooting his recent action comedy "Rob-B-Hood," when a stunt man wearing the wrong shoes kicked him.

Chan said he got hit in the same area by a steel-reinforced wooden table while shooting a fight scene for "Rush Hour 3."

"I was in a lot of pain because it was in the same spot where I had gotten hurt during the filming of 'Rob-B-Hood,'" he said.

Chan said he tried to work through the pain, wearing a stunt belt across his upper chest and taking medication, but the movie's producers eventually sent him to a doctor. An X-ray cleared him of broken bones or organ injury, Chan said.

Chan has suffered numerous injuries throughout his career. One of his worst was a brain hemorrhage while filming "Armor of God." He said in an interview last year he usually feels pain in his waist, knees and shoulders when he wakes up.

The action star also said he's impressed with the spoken English of rising Chinese actress Zhang Jingchu, who has a part in "Rush Hour 3."

Chan said Zhang, whose credits include "Seven Swords" and "Peacock," has shown good acting skills, but that he was "also surprised that her English was so good."

"I don't know when she learned the language, but she sounded like an American. I've worked with many actresses who have had to learn English for a film, but she sounded the best," he said.

Zhang has said she has been studying English in her blog.

The Chinese actress is making her US debut in "Rush Hour 3," following in the footsteps of compatriot Zhang Ziyi, who made her debut in "Rush Hour 2" and has since successfully crossed over to Hollywood. The two Zhangs, who aren't related, have drawn comparisons to each other.

In "Rush Hour 3," Zhang Jingchu plays Soo Yung, the daughter of Chinese ambassador Han who is kidnapped in the first installment of the "Rush Hour" series, which also stars Chris Tucker.

The "Rush Hour" series plays on the humor from an interracial pairing of an ethnic Chinese and black police officer, played by Chan and Tucker.

On November 16, 2006 two very special events occurred in Hong Kong and although Jackie was unable to attend either of them, his involvement in both is newsworthy. First, the Jackie Chan Organic Skin Care line was introduced at Cosmoprof Asia, the largest and most prestigious international beauty trade event in Asia. Jackie and his business partner Maggie Chu joined forces to produce a line of skin care products which are completely organic. In keeping with Jackie's history of preserving and protecting the environment, the products are composed of natural ingredients which are non-polluting and all packaging is made using recycled materials. Several Hong Kong celebrities made an appearance at the opening, including Asuka Higuchi (Rob-B-Hood, Nothing is Impossible) and Hiro Hayama (Rob-B-Hood, Nothing is Impossible, The Myth).



Later in the afternoon, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the official opening of the new Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Film and Television campus in Pok Fu Lam. This second facility of the HKAPA is located in a renovated heritage building called the Bethanie. Built in 1875 by French missionaries, the Bethanie was used for over a hundred years as a sanotorium for missionaries recovering from tropical diseases they contracted while doing their work. In 2003, a groundbreaking was held to begin renovation of the building for use by HKAPA's School of Film and Television. The Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation donated US$100,000 to build a suite of three rooms for film production students. When completed (they're just about done), the suite will consist of a screening theater, an audio-visual room, and a production design room.

Kung fu star Jackie Chan has joined forces with People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) in urging Chinese authorities to stop large-scale dog culls to combat rabies. The actor has called on the Chinese government to use vaccines to tackle the deadly disease before outbreaks occur, rather than just reacting to emergencies.

Chan has designed a unique greeting card which is currently being auctioned on eBay, with proceeds going to PETA Asia Pacific's humane rabies control campaign. The card carries the inscription, "Of course it is our duty as human beings to love and respect each other. But that obligation extends to our animal friends as well. They are just as deserving of our care and kindness."



PETA director Jason Baker says, "With Jackie's help, we hope to make dog culling a thing of the past. Humane rabies prevention programs not only save dogs lives, they also save human lives."

More than 50,000 dogs were slaughtered in just one district of Yunnan province last month, following the death of three people from rabies.

www.peta.org

Jackie Chan Emperor's new film ROB B HOOD (BO BUI GAI WAT) has been scheduled for an October 1 National Day release. Big Brother Jackie Chan and Louis Koo Tin Lok suffered thoroughly in the film. Goo
Jai has repeatedly been injured. This film is Benny Chan Muk Sing directed. With comedian Michael Hui Koon Man and a cute baby, an action comedy is born.

In one scene they were in a personal training room as debt collector Ken Low Wai Kwong led a dozen people for the fight. In the chaos both were kicked in the chest and broke the glass. Goo Jai also
kicked the fitness equipment and his feet was bleeding; after the accident, Goo Jai remained calm and waited for the crew to treat the wound for him. He even comforted his assistant not to be too worried.

"This is ordinary, it's no big deal and is not life threatening. I am a man, don't you think I can take a minor accident?" He continued, the next
day the wound was still bruised and swollen like a pig's foot. Then it hurt the most. In addition, they had to perform highly difficult stunts like jumping from the air conditioning unit and escalators. Even with wires they could have been scared to death. In one scene Jackie Chan had to jump on an escalator to save the baby. The escalator was over 100 feet
tall. Any mistake would shatter every bone. Although Jackie Chan was in control he still was sweating bullets inside.

The final two scenes that injured them were a night break in of a high technology building to steal shark fin and the battle at the mahjong hall. They along with Hui Koon Man descended from a building roof but
their rope tangled up, lowered the tolerance and nearly loosen.

Although stunt doubles performed the stunt, the leads still had to be hung outside for close up shots. Goo Jai during the shoot suffered rope burn on his
hands.

Hi folks, i found a website with some good articles about Jackie and some old magazine articles online.

The first magazine is called Screen Power and about Jackie Chan. The second one is called Jade Screen and about Hong Kong movies.

The magazines look good and have some interesting information.

You can read some previous articles online here:
www.screen-power.com

The famous martial-arts trio of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-bo and Biao Yuen will reunite in a new movie as early as this month, Jackie Chan said yesterday (6 okt 2005).

"I did write the script for the new film myself, but it is likely to be directed by someone else," said Chan without unveiling the title of the new movie, during an interview with Yonhap News Agency. "It’s going to be a quite unique comedy film, which nobody has ever seen before."

The world famous action star added that the new film is about a big comedy surrounding a baby in Hong Kong and said he is considering casting a Korean actor.

In the 1980s, the three action heroes starred in several kung fu comedy hits produced by Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest, including "Project A" (1983), "Wheels on Meals" (1984) and "Dragon Forever" (1987).

You can watch the movie trailer for the upcoming new Jackie Chan movie called "The Myth" here:

www.jackiechan.com

Picture from "The Myth":

Jackie Chan will come to the Toronto Filmfestival 2005. The festival is from 8 till 17 august 2005. This is your chance to see Jackie in real life! Please let me know if any of you is in the neighbourhood. Then we can drop in together and see if we can get on a photoshoot with Jackie.

This is the press release:

TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival will have wall-to-wall star power on its red carpets this year, befitting the event's 30th anniversary.

Co-directors Piers Handling and Noah Cowan read a very, very, very long list of big names yesterday, in turns and with big gulps of breath, at the festival's annual August press conference.

The celebrities, who put the glitz and the glam into what is otherwise a serious celebration of cinema, are part of a 500-strong contingent of guests coming to the world's second-ranked film
festival (behind only Cannes in France).

Here is a sampling, with the proviso that, while confirmed now, any one of these names could drop out before the fest launches with the world premiere of Water on Sept. 8:

Classic screen beauties: Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laura Linney, Tilda Swinton, Robin Wright Penn, Juliette Binoche, Charlotte Rampling and Annette Bening.

Young starlets with sugar and spice: Resse Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, Claire Danes, Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst, Maria Bello, Gretchen Mol and Brittany Murphy.

Unique personalities: Jackie Chan, Richard Gere, Tommy Lee Jones and the post-007 Pierce Brosnan.

TV hotties -- both male and female -- with film ambitions: Eva Longoria, Caroline Dhavernas, Adam Brody, Elisha Cuthbert and Cynthia Nixon.

Oscar winners, with two of them newly minted: Cate Blanchett and Morgan Freeman plus Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Stars made famous in The Lord Of The Rings: Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving and the wizard of wizards, Sir Ian McKellen.

Perennial favourites we love to have around: Jeff Daniels, William H. Macy, Helena Bonham Carter, Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William Hurt and Gabriel Byrne.

Celebrity couples: Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake (unless you believe the latest that they're already on the rocks) plus Julianne Moore and her filmmaker husband Bert Freundlich.

Canadian celebs getting their due: Keanu Reeves, Sarah Polley, Barry Pepper, Kiefer Sutherland, Jonas Chernick, Liane Balaban, Daniel MacIvor, Don McKellar, Jackie Burroughs and one-time big-time star
Genevieve Bujold.

Stars we just love to have around: Ed Harris, Kurt Russell, Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Toni Collette, Hope Davis, Brenda Blethyn, Jeff Bridges, Joan Chen, Joaquin Phoenix, Ralph Fiennes and David Duchovny.

Bad boys of Hollywood: Party lovin' Nick Nolte, Val Kilmer, Tommy Chong, Woody Harrelson and Robert Downey Jr.

Those who need no introduction: Liza Minnelli, Isabella Rossellini and Shirley MacLaine.

Old cowboy actors: Kris Kristofferson and Sam Elliot.
Music folk with a film connection: LL Cool J, Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000), Gerard Butler and Montreal folkie-poet-balladeer Leonard Cohen.

Celebrity directors, some with acting credits, too: Tim Burton, Guy Ritchie (no Madonna announced; presumably she is recovering from her riding accident), Stephen Frears, Ang Lee, Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Steven Soderbergh, John Turturro, Nick Park and, of course, Toronto's Deepa Mehta with the opening night gala.

More info: www.e.bell.ca

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Hong Kong - Kung fu star Jackie Chan two weeks ago (18 april 2005) began a tour of the tsunami-devastated areas of Indonesia.

Chan was travelling with other celebrities, including Miss World 2004 Maria Julia Garcia Mantilla of Peru.

The group was to meet with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the governor of Aceh - the province hardest hit by the December 26 disaster.

Chan has been planning the visit since he announced two weeks ago that charity efforts he helped organise had raised about 5 million dollar for tsunami survivors.

The tsunami killed more than 128 700 people in Indonesia and left more than 37 000 missing.