Jet Li and Jackie Chan star in THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

Lionsgate are the studio that will bring us the much talked about Jet Li/Jackie Chan team-up movie, which now has a title... THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM.

Based on the Chinese legend of the monkey king, story revolves around an American teenager who discovers the king's legendary stick weapon in a pawn shop. Teen is transported back in time to ancient China, where he joins a crew of warriors fighting to free the imprisoned king. Li is set to play two roles, that of the monkey king and the silent monk. Chan will pay the monk T'sa-Ho

Can't help but feel it's about 4 years too late on this one but Chan still looks great for his age, so I'm not counting him out of this one at all. Filming is set to begin in China on May 2nd for a release sometime around September of next year. source - variety