It's eighteen years since the two last collaborated, but Tsui Hark and Jet Li are set to re-team for the 3D action-fest **New Dragon Gate Inn, according to China Radio International (well-spotted JoBlo).
The director and star previously brought us the first three instalments of the awesome Once Upon a Time in China series, where Li played his signature role of folk hero and Hung Ga martial artist Wong Fei-Hung. Their relationship on the third was reportedly somewhat fractious, but they've put aside their differences for the opportunity of creating a new classic of cinema asskickery. We're sure the several million dollars was just a sweetener.
New Dragon Gate Inn is a remake of the 1992 Dragon Inn, which Hark produced. The film, set during the Ming dynasty, will see Li play General Chow Wai-On, who has a fateful date with power-covetous eunuch Tsao Siu-Yan at the titular deserted hostelry. Xun Zhou (Beijing Bicycle, Confucius) is on-hand as the inn's slinky owner, but casting for Tsao has yet to be announced.
Shooting starts in September. Jet Li's first non-martial-arts film, Ocean Heaven (previously aka Ocean Paradise) is released in China shortly. No release date for the UK yet, but you can of course, catch him as one of The Expendables on August 20th.