Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Jackie's 2000
Chan continued his Hollywood success with sequels Rush Hour 2 and Shanghai Knights and in 2004 Chan returned to Hong Kong box office success with the films New Police Story, in which Chan plays a troubled police officer, and in The Myth where we see Chan as a modern archaeologist who has dreamt he has been re-encarnated from an ancient Chinese Warrior. These are two examples of Chan's growing wish to play a new style of character and to include more dramatic scenes into his films. In 2007 Chan will be starring along side another Chinese action star, Jet Li in a film that is rumored to be based on the Chinese folk story Journey to the West. Chan also helped to create a Playstation game based on him called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster. Jackie did the voice over and motion capture for the game.
As well as many on-going projects Chan is also a keen philanthropist and has worked tirelessly to champion many charity works and causes. As a well-respected figure of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, he is often one of the leaders in such works, speaking up for conservation, against animal abuse as well as promoting disaster relief efforts for flooding in mainland China and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Chan helped raise thousands of US dollars, however this money was later stolen by a third party. In June, 2006, he announced that he would donate half of his assets to charity when he dies. He stated that he admired the efforts by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to help those in need.
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