Keanu Reeves + Yuen Clan = Tai Chi Tiger.

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That's the sound of me exploding in my pants.
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Keanu wants back in the Yuen Clan with ‘Tai Chi Tiger’

Keanu Reeves has been prepping a martial arts film tentatively titled Tai Chi Tiger. According to an interview he did in Seoul he revealed that he had asked the king of martial arts choreography, a man who has a knack for making gweilos look half competent at Kung Fu, Yuen Wo-ping to be involved in the project in some capacity about six months ago. Though the script is not complete he would show it to Yuen once done. He had hoped that Yuen would direct the film but Yuen revealed recently that he wishes to only be involved as the Martial Arts Director.

So who would direct the film? It would seem that Reeves’ martial arts teacher and member of the Yuen Clan, Tiger Chen, would not only direct this film but also star in it alongside Reeves. Is he good? You tell me. Tiger Chen has choreographed martial arts for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix trilogy, Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill. Yeah, I’d say he’s qualified. The two have already been scouting locations in China. This would be the directorial debut for Tiger Chen.

Oh, and the report also says that Yuen has invited Reeves to be involved in another project next year. Could this be the unnamed Wo-ping project that recently made a worldwide casting call for martial artists? Had we known it included the chance to whup Keanu’s butt we would have made something up to get into the casting call.

 

[IRON_Lad]

Hell Yeah

 

[The Kid]

I'm not sure why but I'm liking the potential here.

 

[DorkyFresh]

could be interesting. i'm curious to see who this Tiger Chen dude is.

 

[xwolverine2]

and here i thought id never see keanu reeves kick ass again...

 

[dark_b]

http://www.slashfilm.com/votd-longtake-fight-cinematography-keanu-reeves-man-tai-chi/#more-130073

Keanu knows kung fu

 

[henry_9305]

The crew are shooting in Hong Kong now.

 

[Matt Mortem]

this seems really interesting

 

[PWN3R]

http://www.slashfilm.com/votd-longtake-fight-cinematography-keanu-reeves-man-tai-chi/#more-130073

Keanu knows kung fu

Well, excuse me, I've made a terrible mess of my pants and under garments.

 

[Lencho01]

Looks like it'll be cool.

 

[Lencho01]

Pics and poster...

http://collider.com/man-of-tai-chi-images-poster/

 

[Ajendo]

Keanu looks like a video game character. Hope this film rips ass.

 

[KenK]

I've never seen Keanu look so . . . clean.

 

[dark_b]

he looks like a wax model

 

[Ajendo]

That it! He looks a bit like Nathan Drake there. If only he had his charisma.

 

[Hunter Rider]

How have I not heard of this before?

 

[matrix_ghost]

TRAILER

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=103229

 

[Project862006]

looks very meh

 

[Liam_H]

The last line reading by Keanu makes me want to see it for the giggles.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It reminds me of that Kristin Kreuk Chun-Li movie.

 

[Lencho01]

"Let... the... show... begin."

That's the best part.

 

[Lencho01]

Turns out they aren't using the Bot & Dolly rig...

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/?p=92958

Exclusive: Keanu Reeves Couldn't Use High-Tech Rig For 'Man Of Tai Chi'

Posted 4/9/13 11:07 am EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Interviews, News

Last we heard from Keanu Reeves and his martial arts epic of a directorial debut "Man of Tai Chi," he had wrapped principal photography, which was exciting news to anyone who saw a proof of concept video that surfaced online last summer.

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For his fight sequences, Reeves intended to use a highly articulate and precise mechanical arm to take the camera above, around, and into the faces of his on-screen combatants. The results of the technique, which we saw briefly in the proof of concept, were impressive enough to make "Man of Tai Chi" something to eagerly anticipate.

But MTV News got some bad news from Reeves when speaking with him about his latest film "generation Um...." It turns out that he wasn't able to use the rig to film the fight sequences in "Man of Tai Chi." Find out why after the jump!

"It was really exciting to go into this idea. I got some feedback from [the reaction to the proof of concept]. It turns out though, ultimately, because we were filming in China, it was a lot simpler to do the proof of concept than to actually use it in the film," Reeves said. "One of the events that happened that was tough was that I wasn't able to use tool in the movie."

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Thankfully, you can't go from shooting an intricate fight scene with a high-tech mechanical arm to just filming the thing straight on. Reeves said his experience with the arm influenced how they eventually shot the scenes.

"It was tough. It was just too big and too much. We had to ship it to China. All sorts of practical consideration ran into the vision and the dream," he said. "It certainly influenced the way that we went forward in terms of shooting some of the fight scenes in terms of the organicness and movement of how we shot some of the fight scenes. I just couldn't go on top. [laughs] I couldn't do an overhead shot with no cut into a close up."

 

[Lencho01]

Another trailer...

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[Lencho01]

And another trailer...

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[Warhammer]

Hopefully this is good. For as long as this took to get made, hopefully it's great. It'll be good for Reeves.