A new Jackie Chan movie has just been announced, and the action comedy features the star following in the meta footsteps of Nicolas Cage.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Jackie Chan is undertaking a fun Nicolas Cage-like twist in his upcoming action comedy, Panda Plan. After dazzling Chinese audiences throughout the 1980s, Chan finally became a breakout star in America in the 1990s.
Now, THR has revealed new details about Chan's next movie, an action comedy called Panda Plan from director Zhang Luan. The movie features Chan playing an international action star version of himself and embarking on a mission to foil a panda kidnapping plot by a Middle Eastern tycoon. The evil plot comes after a panda from the zoo is born with a dark circle around only one eye, subsequently propelling the animal to international stardom.
An element that is present in the vast majority of Chan's films, from relatively early on in his career up to the present, is a blend of intricate, expertly choreographed action and laughs. The physical comedy in his early 1978 movie Drunken Master largely defines the tonal balance that Chan would strike in many of his subsequent films.
Chan playing a version of himself already sound innately comedic, and the actor certainly has the level of worldwide renown for this premise to make sense. What remains to be seen, however, is whether Panda Plan will strike a chord with audiences. Chan's collaboration with John Cena for Hidden Strike, for example, despite the star power involved, was a fairly big disappointment domestically in terms of box office and critical reception.
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