On April 23, Jackie Chan was in Udine, a North Eastern town in Italy, for the opening of the Far East Film Festival. Director Daniel Lee accompanied Jackie at the event, first attending a press conference followed by the screening of Dragon Blade, officially opening the film festival. Jackie was presented with the Golden Mulberry Life Achievement Award.
The 19th Annual Channel [V] China Music Awards and Asian Influential Power Grand Ceremony (全球華語榜中榜暨亞洲影響力大典) was held on April 16, 2015, at Macau’s Cotai Arena. The theme of the evening was “Never Stop” with over 40 celebrities from all over Asia attending the ceremony.
Jackie Chan won two awards at the ceremony: Channel [V] Best Motion Picture Theme Song (Channel V 最佳電影歌曲) for “Hero of the Desert” 《大漠英雄》 and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Asian Music (華語樂壇特別貢獻大獎).
On April 11, 2015, Jackie Chan attended the ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards 2015 (AIFFA), held at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Malaysia. Jackie was awarded the AIFFA Asian Inspirational Award.
Jackie Chan’s new book “Growing Old Before Growing Up” 《還沒長大就老了》, written by Zhu Mo, was released on his birthday on April 7, 2015, during a press conference held in Beijing.
The book reveals a side of Jackie Chan previously not known to the public, including how he used to drink and drive regularly after he shot to fame in his early 20s and became very wealthy; how he would often crash luxury cars after drinking and had treated media badly during those days.
Jackie’s new book is currently only available in Simplified Chinese.
Jackie Chan attended the “Dragon Blade” 《天將雄師》 press conference announcing the release of the movie’s theme songs “Hero of the Desert” 《大漠英雄》 and “Send Dad Home in the Wind”《風沙送爹回家》. Female actress’ of the film, Lin Peng and Wang Ruoxin, also appeared at the event which was held in Beijing on January 21, 2015.
“Dragon Blade”《天將雄師》 will be released in IMAX3D during the lunar new year.
“Hero of the Desert” 《大漠英雄》 – Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan’s upcoming new movie, “Dragon Blade”, is to be released in IMAX 3D format in China in time for Chinese New Year.
The film, which also stars Adrien Brody and John Cusack, will be remastered into the giant screen format and released by the Shanghai Film Group on Feb. 19, 2015.
“Dragon Blade,” from director Daniel Lee (“White Vengeance,” “14 Blades”), follows a Roman general (Cusack) who, after crossing into China, befriends a former high-ranking Chinese official, played by Chan.
The picture is produced on a $65 million budget and is one of the most expensive Chinese films of all time.
Text from Variety
Pictures © JC Group 2014
Directed by Daniel Lee, produced and starring Jackie Chan, Dragon Blade is set for release in IMAX 3D during the Chinese New Year holiday period in 2015.
Jackie Chan was in Bucharest, Romania, for the opening ceremony of the Chinese Film Days Festival, which took place in the Baneasa Grand Cinema. Jackie attended the event alongside Grandmaster actress, Zhang Zhiyi, and Romania’s State Secretary of Cultural Ministry, Alexandru Oprean.
Jackie and Zhang were both honored with the title of Friendship Ambassador and certificates were handed to them by Mr. Tong Gang, Deputy Director of the China’s State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).
The Chinese Film Days Festival is one of a series of events to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two countries, and is organized by China’s SARFT and Romania’s National Film Center with the support of the Chinese embassy in Romania and the Romanian-Chinese House.
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First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for your care and concerns. The recent news about my son, Jaycee, is very shocking and the impact it has caused on society is heartbreaking. When I first heard the news, I was absolutely enraged. As a public figure, I feel very ashamed; as his dad, I’m very sad and disappointed. But the person who feels heartbroken the most is his mom. I hope our younger generation will learn from Jaycee’s mistake and stay far away from drug abuse. I would like to take this opportunity and say to Jaycee: you’ve done something wrong and you have to be responsible for the consequences. I’m your dad and I’ll always be with you. We will face the road ahead of us together. I should also take some of this responsibility because as his dad, I didn’t teach him well. Therefore, on behalf of Jaycee and myself, I extend our deepest apologies to everyone for the negative impact this has caused on society. Thank you.
On the evening of April 13, 2014, Jackie Chan was in Hong Kong to attend the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, held at Tsim Sha Tsui’s Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Jackie presented the Best Motion Picture Award, won by Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster (一代宗師), starring Tony Leung as Ip Man and Zhang Zi Yi.
