Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro will star in the $40 million-budget "Ci Ma" ("This Violent Land") for director Peter Ho-Sun Chan ("Perhaps Love") reports Variety.
"Ci Ma" is a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi, and was previously filmed as 1973's "The Blood Brothers".
Female roles have yet to be cast. Shooting will take place in Beijing, Shanghai and Hengdian. Siu-Tung Ching is handling stunts, Arthur Wong is doing the cinematography.
