Jackie Chan's Dragon Blade, Starring John Cusack, Adrien Brody, and Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is joining forces with Hollywood heavyweights John Cusack and Adrien Brody for the most expensive film ever to be made in China, costing over USD 65 million.

The film, titled Dragon Blade, is being directed by Daniel Lee (Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon), and is semi-historically based on ancient Roman artifacts and architectural ruins found in the Gansu region, dating back to the Han Dynasty.

Cusack will play Lucius, a Roman general on the run with his legion of soldiers from the vicious power hungry Tiberius, played by Adrien Brody. Jackie Chan will play the military leader, Hua An, who will team up with Cusack to battle Tiberious’ 100,000 men, and defend the ancient capital against the foreign invaders.

Though the plot seems to be following the standard format of historical epic, with lots of hair raising action and legions of soldiers with CGI chiseled abs. We can probably expect it to end up being the 300 of China. “Tonight we dine, in Chang'an!”

I don’t want to salt the fields, because I love John Cusack, but who would have thought 20 years ago that this guy would be leading a Roman army into China to fight back to back with Jackie Chan?

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