Jackie Chan, Jet Li Collaboration
There have been widespread news reports that Jackie and Jet have entered into an agreement regarding a joint film project. Here is a statement from Jackie's manager, Mr. Willie Chan:
This report was in all of the Hong Kong papers and on many Internet news sites as well. For years now, many producers have tried to put the two superstars together in a movie and both Jet and Jackie liked the idea very much. (There is a Chinese proverb which says "It takes a hero to know another hero.") However, at this point, although both Jackie and Jet have agreed to a project, no date has been set and a script has not been finalized.
Let's keep our fingers crossed and who knows? Let's hope there will be a Jet Li/Jackie Chan project as soon as possible!
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