Shaolin Temple Involved in New Film ...

Well, now, this is interesting ... the Shaolin Temple - yes, the real Shaolin Temple - involved in am upcoming China / Hollywood film production titled New Shaolin Temple: Monks in Army. The film is budgeted at fifteen million, will be partially filmed at the ancienct Shaolin Temple and will feature performances from many actual Shaolin monks demonstrating a range of martial arts with no wire work or 'tricks' of any kind.

"Based on a true historical account, New Shaolin Temple: Monks in Army depicts a group of 30 monks of Ming Dynasty's Jiaqing Reign who forms a special imperial legion to fight against pirates and defend the nation. While the cast are not known at this moment, they will come from Mainland, Japan and Korea."

If this ends up being successful it'll be the first in a trilogy ... the film's producer is currently pursuing Ang Lee, Yuen Woo Ping, Tsui Hark and Stanley Tong as possible directors ...

via Wu-Jing.