Donnie Yen News: Possible Donnie Yen/Cung Le reunion, HK remake of The Last Boy Scout…

Donnie Yen and Cung Le dining in Hong Kong

So far, there haven’t been any updates on Donnie’s anticipated action film Special Identity which should complete its’ post-production work at some point soon. Meanwhile,  I’ve found a couple of interesting news on Donnie’s upcoming projects…

In a tweet by MMA champion Cung Le made on September 14, he revealed that he met up with Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen – while touring Asia and stopping by in Hong Kong – and discussed on opportunities of working together again in the near future, possibly next year. Both guys first collaborated on Teddy Chen/Peter Chan’s epic political action thriller Bodyguards & Assassins about a group of fighters assembled to protect revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen against the Qing Dynasty and its’ army of assassins in the early 20th century. Yen played one of the protectors and got to squire off against Le’s ruthless Qing assassin in one major fight scene which is considered to be one of the highlights of the film, although it was somewhat unsatisfying for some people in terms of editing and overall style as well as design of the fight choreography. I think this could be the time for both to work together again as Donnie is publicly stated that he’s moving on to doing contemporary action films after making a streak of period action films in the last five years.

Word from Hong Kong Cinema expert Bey Logan is that Donnie might star in a Hong Kong remake of Tony Scott’s 1991 action comedy The Last Boy Scout starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans, with Bey himself playing Willis’ role. I’m not sure about the overall idea but at least it’s a sign of films Donnie promises to make from here on.

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