The Guest of Sanxingdui (三星堆来客)

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JC & the Governator - together again.

Schwarzenegger Signs for $200 Million Chinese Epic, Wraps Jackie Chan Film
By Steven Schwankert|October 26th, 2016

The Hollywood hero and former California governor is involved in two upcoming China film projects.



Arnold Schwarzenegger is making himself at home in China, signing up for a $200 million Chinese historical epic, and filming scenes for a new movie with Jackie Chan.

Schwarzenegger announced Monday that he will star in The Guest of Sanxingdui (三星堆来客), with the title referring to the ancient ruins in China’s southwest Sichuan province where the film will be partially shot. The Terminator star will also serve as an international ambassador for the site, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

The film will have an initial budget of USD 200 million, Xinhua reported, and will be produced by Beijing Ajimo, an investment company with no apparent previous film production credits. As the title implies, Schwarzenegger will play a foreign visitor to Sanxingdui during its heyday, thousands of years ago. Set to be shot in 3D, Guest will begin shooting in March 2017 for an expected 2019 release.

The former California governor was accompanied by Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan on his trip to Sichuan, having just completed his role in Journey to China (中国游记) with Chan this week. The film is a Sino-Russian co-production involving China Film Co. Ltd., shooting in Beijing, London and Moscow.

Schwarzenegger did not indicate if Chan would be involved in the Sanxingdui production. He and Chan both appeared in the 2004 film adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, and worked together on an anti-film piracy public service announcement while Schwarzenegger was still governor.

Schwarzenegger made no mention of either of the Chinese film projects on his social media accounts.

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Schwarzenegger to star in Chinese film promoting ancient culture
Source: Xinhua 2016-10-25 15:53:59

CHENGDU, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in Chinese film "The Guest of Sanxingdui." He has also became an ambassador of the prehistoric Sanxingdui ruins that will feature in the film.

The film will be a 3D production featuring Hollywood technology and oriental culture. With an initial investment of 200 million U.S. dollars, the film will start shooting in March 2017 and be released in 2019, said film investment company Beijing Ajimo during a press conference Monday.

Schwarzenegger, producer and lead actor of the film, said that the film would be made as an international story in order to introduce a global audience to the culture of Sanxingdui.

Located in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Sanxingdui Ruins are believed to be remnants of the Shu Kingdom that suddenly disappeared 3,000 years ago.

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I wonder if his accent is as amusing in Chinese as it is in English.

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Will it get tagged for whitewashing I wonder?

Arnold Schwarzenegger to Star in Blockbuster Chinese Film About a Local Tourist Site
Actor wants tourists saying "I'll be back"... to China

Charles Liu, October 28, 2016 11:50am

Move over, Pirates of the Caribbean: China’s nascent film industry wants to turn a tourist attraction into a blockbuster movie with the help of a big name Hollywood star.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to take on the leading role in a $200 million Chinese blockbuster about a long-lost Chinese civilization, recently rediscovered in the 80s.



Tentatively titled The Guest of Sanxingdui, the project is expected to start filming next year and has a 2019 release date. In addition to producing the film, Schwarzenegger will as serve as an overseas spokesperson for Sanxingdui, which also happens to be a tourist site in Sichuan containing the ruins to the remnant of the Shu Kingdom.

Film investment company Beijing Ajimo describes the film as “a 3D production featuring Hollywood technology and oriental culture.”

Schwarzenegger was seen at the Sanxingdui museum on October 24 where he viewed many of its Bronze Age relics.

Even though the former governor and 80s action star doesn’t have the draw he once had, Schwarzenegger’s Terminator Genisys was well received by Chinese audiences. The latest Terminator offering is also one of the top 50 highest grossing movies in China.

Schwarzenegger is the latest of a long line of Hollywood stars that have been courted to take part in Chinese films. Matt Damon is set to take part in Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall next year, while Christian Bale was cast in a previous Zhang film about the Nanjing Massacre, The Flowers of War.

Last year’s Dragon Blade featured John Cusack and Adrien Brody as dueling English-speaking Roman generals, while another Jackie Chan film The Myth was a historical mash-up that featured a movie star from India, Mallika Sherawat.

Meanwhile, Brandon Routh appeared as a Chinese chef with deadly fighting skills in Lost in the Pacific while Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai cast Norah Jones as his lead actor in his only English-speaking film, My Blueberry Nights.

But audiences won’t have to wait long to see Schwarzenegger in a Chinese film. The Terminator wrapped shooting a scene with Jackie Chan in the upcoming Chinese Travelogue (shown below).



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