Wushu the Movie

Sammo Hung, who will only be with the production for 1/3 of the principal photography, will get to direct one of the action scenes personally - the scene in which Sammo Hung rescues his son. Apart from Sammo Hung, newcomers Liu Feng Chao and Wang Wen Jie are also starring in the film.

Sammo Hung says that he's old and should let the younger people shoot martial arts scenes while he does drama films. And indeed, he has more drama scenes in this film than action scenes.

Anthony Szeto says that while there are plenty of martial arts stars in their 30s and 40s, there isn't anyone else who is special. His hopes are on these young guys, "They are gifted, have good wushu foundation, have modern looks. I hope they would become the successors." Filming will be completed by end of February, and is being planned for release in around July.

Plot: A modern day martial arts coming-of-age feel-good drama, Wushu features rarely seen training of young martial artists in China. Set in an actual 3,000 student strong martial arts school in a remote part of Shandong, China, Wushu tells the story of Li Er - a talented teenage sanda fighter (Chinese kickboxing) who falls in love with a beautiful girl training in wushu (a martial arts form practiced by international action star, Jet Li).

In order to woo her, Li Er goes against his coach’s desire to make him the provincial sanda champion, and takes up wushu instead. Li Er struggles with losing his sanda champion status to becoming a no body in wushu competition, while at the same time he tries to get his girl to notice him and not getting kicked out of school for his poor marks. Wushu will show real life martial arts, starring talented young martial artists, in their actual stark yet exotic location. The total budget for this beautiful and up lifting fight film is US$1.5million. Sina, Hippopotamus Films | Photos: Sina | Trailer: DonnieYen.net