Ocean's Paradise (Jet Li)

[GreenScar]

Jet Li is returning to Chinese film with a reportedly non-kung fu movie after three Hollywood productions, a publicist said Tuesday.

Li is due to start shooting the movie - tentatively called "Ocean Paradise" in Chinese - Edko Film publicist Zhang Hongyan told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday. The film, due to be released next year, will be directed by a newcomer, Zhang said, declining to give further detail before the official announcement at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
Hong Kong-based Edko Film is the Chinese distributor for the movie.
The Chengdu Shangbao newspaper reported Tuesday that Li will not fight in the movie, but Zhang declined to confirm the report, only saying, "It's a movie that's very different from his previous movies."


Li's last three films were all American productions. His two most recent releases are "The Forbidden Kingdom" - which marked his first on-screen collaboration with Jackie Chan - and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." The 46-year-old action star just finished shooting the action thriller "The Expendables."


A former national martial arts champion in China, Li first made his name in the Hong Kong film industry with the "Once Upon a Time in China" series before moving on to Hollywood, where his credits also include "Lethal Weapon 4," "Romeo Must Die" and "Kiss of the Dragon."

[Coqui2k]

Very excited for this

[tbizzle]

Curious to see how his acting will be in a non-martial arts movie. I thought he gave a pretty good performance in Unleashed. And he didn't really have to act much, but he was good in Lethal Weapon 4 too

[adh56]

Hope it turns out good. Rock on!

[Jellybeans]

Must see for me

I adore Jet Li

[OrlandoEastwood]

It's been titled to Ocean Heaven. Jet Li released the poster on his AliveNotDead account.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by tbizzle

Curious to see how his acting will be in a non-martial arts movie. I thought he gave a pretty good performance in Unleashed. And he didn't really have to act much, but he was good in Lethal Weapon 4 too

I always considered War as one of his non martial art movies also.

[OrlandoEastwood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6MGx...eature=related

That's the trailer with English and Chinese subs. It looks sad as hell.

[TokyoLee]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6MGx...eature=related

That's the trailer with English and Chinese subs. It looks sad as hell.

I agree looks good but really sad