When Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa Meet Prison Break - Update from Song Hye-Gyo's Management

UPDATE 12/4
- Just a little update on this. Korean media picked up on this item (crediting it to ScreenAnarchy and not Chinese media, which is kind of laughable. We're only the messenger, folks) by contacting Song Hye-Gyo's management on the matter, and they promptly denied any involvement. So either they'll get a script under their Xmas tree, or it's another chapter in the "Chinese media plays wishful thinking" saga. Guess next in line will be Miller's folks. Oh well. That's what fervid imagination is for.

As reported last September, we're not exactly dealing with a confirmed deal, particularly as none of the major Chinese portals have an entry for the film yet, but the HK$ 150 million project 急先锋 (Vanguard) is creating more buzz, and going even more insane with potential casting shenanigans. You knew about the possibility of Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa cooperating for this, but now the producers are upping the ante, saying that they're going for Korean star Song Hye-Gyo (who was supposed to work in a few John Woo projects before they went belly up) and Prison Break's own Wentworth Miller as well.

The film would start shooting next April, and will have a budget of over 100 million yuan (about $14 million). Originally, the project was slated for a late 2009 shoot, but Yen's several projects got in the way, finally pushing principal photography to next spring.

So... there you have it. Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa, Song Hye-Gyo, and Wentworth Miller, together in the same film. They sure have a fervid imagination, but I've seen crazier things happen...

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