Jackie Chan and Jet Li have been confirmed to be starring together for the first time in a $70 million family pic from Relativity Media reports Variety.
Robert Minkoff ("The Lion King", "Stuart Little") will direct, while martial arts expert Yuen Woo-Ping ("The Master") will create the action sequences. Shooting is set for April.
John Fusco script is based on the legend of the monkey king and his quest to achieve immortality. Li is set to play two roles, that of the monkey king and the silent monk. Chan will play the monk T'sa-Ho.
The two martial-arts masters have long said they would like to appear together in a film and fight each other. The film is being called the "untitled J&J project" at present.
Relativity is also developing Brian De Palma's $70 million prequel "The Untouchables: Capone Rising" which Paramount will distribute domestically, and the Russell Crowe-Christian Bale starrer "3:10 to Yuma".
