Sun, 25 November 2007 at 10:18 am

Jet Li Makes Bank

Chinese action star Jet Li (Romeo Must Die and Lethal Weapon 4) will score 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, reports Reuters.

Nearly half of the $40 million budget for The Warlords went to the cast, among whom were Hong Kong heartthrobs Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

“Without Jet Li, we would not dare to invest $40 million in a Chinese-language film,” Xinhua news agency quoted director Peter Chan as saying.

The Warlords, a war epic based on a Qing Dynasty story, is slated for release in Asia in mid-December and in North America from next March.

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# 26

Nanana @ 11/26/2007 at 10:52 am

Jet Li is like the Chinese version of Angelina’s father. Left his wife and 2 toddler daughters for another woman.
Lucky for Angelina, at least she has a loving and devoting mother, not so for these 2 girls, their mother doesn’t want to raise them either, so Jet’s daughters are raising by his relatives(I am sure he pays them well). Poor girls!

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amy @ 11/26/2007 at 9:57 pm

8 katrina : 11/25/2007 at 1:28 pm
This sounds great…But didn’t Jet Li supposedly retire a while ago? Does anyone know why he changed his mind?

to answer Katrina, I am guessing he saw the $$ for the paycheck he said, hell with retirement I will act! LOL! Plus he gets to work with an A-list cast, an opportunity no one would dare to pass up. He’s a smart man and a kick ass actor. I can’t wait to see this!