Diretor Ang Lee’s multi-Oscar-winning martial arts drama Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is based on the fourth of five installments in the “Crane Iron Pentalogy” written by Chinese author Wang Dulu. The finale novel in Dulu’s saga, titled “Iron Knight, Silver Vase,” will partly serve as the basis for the upcoming movie sequel, which has been fitted with a not-so-poetic alternative title – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – The Green Destiny - in order to make sure that your average moviegoer understands the two films are connected (… essentially).
Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang is in talks to reprise her role as badass warrior apprentice Jen Yu in the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which will begin shooting in March 2014 , which means this could be yet another sequel that opens in theaters in 2015 (joining Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star Wars: Episode VII, etc.).
A source close to the film says Zhang’s part would be shot as flashbacks to explain what happened to her character. As previously announced by The Weinstein Company, Michelle Yeoh will return as Yu Shu Lien and Donnie Yen will star as Silent Wolf in the sequel, titled Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon — The Green Destiny. Yuen Wo Ping will direct, and John Fusco is writing the screenplay.
Ping and Zhang also recently teamed up for Wong Kar-wai’s upcoming film The Grandmaster, opening August 23, which Ping choreographed.
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