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-- Yip Man -- 

When at a promotional event on March 25, Donnie Yen was wearing sunglasses. It turns out that there was a gash on the area around Donnie Yen's left eye, "When rehearsing an action scene in 'Yip Man' whereby I fight against a group of people, an axe wielder accidentally slashed the side near my left eye. Blood was gushing out."
 
 Donnie Yen was worried that he would be disfigured. Fortunately, the doctor on the set immediately used ice bag to staunch bleeding. When he was rushed to the hospital, he needed no stitches, and filming won't be affected. When he called his wife, he told her that his eye was nearly blinded.
 

"I was shooting a fight scene against Fan Siu Wong. He came slashing at me with the axe. I could have warded it off accordingly, but it would have lost its flavour as Wing Chun calls for shorter moves. In the end, I did to manage parry it, but still got hit by the head of the axe." explains Donnie Yen at a later date. 

 Donnie Yen says that 'Yip Man' is the film he is most concerned about, for Yip Man was the mentor of his idol Bruce Lee. He says he has spent months to get himself ready for this role, training in Wing Chun, and learning more about Yip Man through his two sons, he has even stayed in his hometown for quite a long time. He says that filming hasn't formally begun, he's in Shanghai doing preparation works and rehearsals.
 
 Because of the countless injuries he has sustained over the years, Donnie Yen sighs, saying that after a few years, after shooting a few more films that he is partial to, he'd retire to the backstage. Instead of acting, he'd be working behind the scenes as producer, martial arts director, before the audience grows tired of him as he gets older. He wants to retire as an actor when he's at his peaks.  Shanghai Youth Daily | Photo: Sohu

-- Forbidden Kingdom --

When Jet Li heard that he could take on the role of the Monkey King, he was instantly keen, having never played this beloved legendary character ever in his career. However, the five and a half hours of makeup that will ensue almost frightened him off.

Jet Li confessed, “I became afraid and almost said no because I was not sure how I will be able to act and fight in the whole getup.” So after much discussion with director Rob Minkoff and producer Casey Silver bouncing off ideas with the art and costume department, the image of the Monkey King was re-created, much to Li’s relief. Makeup time was drastically reduced to three hours.

Tan Zong (Yuen Biao), as a grandmaster of martial arts, is the chief martial arts instructor in Shaolin Temple. As much as Wang Shi Chong (Leung Kar Yan) worries about the pugilistic fraternity forming an alliance to revolt against him and thus issues a ban on martial arts practice, he also tries to recruit top martial arts exponents to consolidate his powers. Here, he is trying to invite Tan Zong to work for him, but before that, he sets up a Wooden Bench Formation to test him.  Legend of Shaolin 2 Blog

-- Legend of Shaolin Kungfu II: Thirteen Cudgel Monks -- 

Yuen Biao is playing Tan Zong, one who is responsible for assembling 12 other monks to form Thirteen Cudgel Monks to deal with Wang Shi Chong. He is expert in 72 Peerless Arts of Shaolin, his skills unfathomable, having reached the state of union of Zen and Kungfu. He is pensive, collected, and doesn't exhibit his emotions. He has the bearings of a grandmaster of his times, caring for the affairs of the world.

Leung Kar Yan plays the antagonist Wang Shi Chong, a cunning, greedy, vicious, merciless general of Sui who later usurps the throne. He throws his weight about in the court and oppresses the populace. He bans martial arts practice in order to forestall any future threats.

-- Yip Man --

Zhang Yan Bin, casting director for Yip Man, which began production on March 4, says that casting for the production, which took three months, is settled; his job with the production is done and he's proceeding to other projects. He also mentioned earlier regarding looking for someone to fill up the role of adolescent Bruce Lee and teaching lead child actor(s) acting. Below is the cast list.

-- HK Filmart 2008 --

-- Legendary Assassin --

Wu Jing is soon making his directorial debut with an action thriller Legendary Assassin (or Wolf Fangs in Chinese), which he's co-directing with Nicky Li Chung Chi. The film has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Arclight Films' Asian label Easternlight Films at Filmart. The deal, which excludes Hong Kong and China, is the first between Easternlight and Paco Wong's production company Gold Label Pictures from Hong Kong.

Wu Jing also heads the cast of the $HK30m film along with Alex Fong, newcomer Celina Jade, Sammy Leong and a few martial artists (whose names are not available at this time). This marks the screen debut of the singer-songwriter-model Celina Jade, who appears to have some trainings in Tae Kwon Do.

Set in a remote island, the story revolves around a small-time cop investigating a murder with a mysterious martial arts master as chief suspect. Legendary Assassin is due for filming soon, with an expected year-end release.

Wu Jing has starred in Fatal Contact, SPL and the recent Fatal Move, which have all been acquired by Easternlight previously.  Screen Daily