Daniel
Lee announces his two future projects 《比武》 Duel (tentative) and
《将军》General/Checkmate (tentative) at a press conference in Beijing on
25 Feb. One is slated to be filmed in October, while the other at the
end of the year. Sammo Hung will play the leading man in Duel. He
agreed to joining due to the emphasis on drama. Daniel Lee also hopes
to invite 70s martial arts stars Hwang Jang Lee and Wang Ing Sik.
The
film is about two wushu practitioners who made a pact in their early
years to challenge each other's martial arts skills. Subsequently, one
lives overseas in USA while the other in China. To fulfil their
obligations, the two have been waiting for over half a century, until
they are in their seventies. It also examines the conflicts between the
aging wushu practitioner and his kids, their differences in thinking
and their generation gap, cultural differences, family ties, the
traditional Chinese beliefs, trust and being true to one's word,
exploring human relationships through the spirit of wushu. Sina