Keanu Reeves plans to make his directing debut on the kung-fu flick Man of Tai Chi. Reeves also tells MTV that he plans to play the villain in the movie, which would be set in the present day but recall classic kung-fu films. And the film won’t lack for kung-fu fighting:
“There’s 18 fights. We’ve timed it out. It’s about 40 minutes of fighting,” he said. “I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie. Good story, good plot — but let’s get some good kung fu going!”
Hit the jump for more details on the project. Reeves is currently shooting on Carl Rinsch’s 47 Ronin, which is due out in 3D on November 21, 2012 and centers on a group of former samurai avenging the murder of their lord.
Reeves says that Man of Tai Chi is set as a bilingual production:
“We want to do it in Chinese and English, do it as kind of a co-production with CFG perhaps, which is a Chinese film group, kind of a studio. It’s tricky.”
The “tricky” part most likely refers to not only to the international nature of the project, but the notorious Chinese censors who will let Reeves know what he can and can’t put in his movie.
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“The “tricky” part most likely refers to not only to the international nature of the project, but the notorious Chinese censors who will let Reeves know what he can and can’t put in his movie.”
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Chinese censors???
Care to elaborate please…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_films#People.27s_Republic_of_China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#Film
“I know Kung Fu…” jokes in 5…
Big fan of Keanu so I’d like to see how this turns out.
Chinese censor shouldn’t have a problem unless the film has some sort of criticism of their government or their actions
Cowboy bebop! Man! he would be perfect for the role, that is something they should be fighting for again!
Please don’t play the villian Keanu!!!! nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
ok the only question i have is WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE COWBOY BEBOP LIVE ACTION MOVIE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN?!! HUH?! WTF!? IVE BEEN WAITING THE LONGEST TIME FOR THAT MOVIE AND NOW I HEAR NOTHING ABOUT IT! FTW! THIS IS BULLSHIT.
Haahahaahahahaahahaaa, oh god man. The thought of Reeves trying to do Kung Fu makes my poop not want to come out.