SKY HIGH actor Michael Angarano is in talks to join Jackie Chan and Jet Li in their untitled J&J project, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Rob Minkoff will direct with Casey Silver producing.
Angarano is set to take the lead as a disgruntled 17-year-old wannabe kung fu trainee, who after being beaten up by a street gang, is transported to ancient China where he must free the Monkey King (Li) and locate his all-powerful staff. John Fusco penned the screenplay.
Production is set to start in early May in China.
Ryan Kavanaugh and Raffaella De Laurentiis will exec produce while Relativity Media is funding the project
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