Jackie Chan’s Spartan X: Official 90s US comic series about Jackie Chan – an overview
Jackie Chan’s breakthrough in Hollywood is often associated with “Rush Hour” (1998). In the end, it is the decisive film, but this success was paved over the years. The third attempt to conquer Hollywood wanted to get it right and advertise the Jackie Chan brand extensively.
Mysterious Jackie Chan cameo in the film “Fists And Guts” (1979) by director Lau Kar-Wing?
In the late 1970s, Jackie Chan was a star that everyone recognized on the streets of Hong Kong thanks to his films “Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow” and “Drunken Master”, both from 1978, as well as the freshly released “The Fearless Hyena”. Still contractually bound to Lo Wei, he sometimes helped his friends Sammo Hung and Chen Chi-Hwa as an action director away from the camera. From this very time there is a strange hint of a hidden cameo by Jackie Chan.
Sensation: Jackie Chan discovered in old Bill Cosby TV series from the 60s!
It may sound unlikely, but it’s true: A young Jackie Chan is hiding in an episode of the hit 1960s TV series “I Spy” starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. The fact that the then 11-year-old Jackie Chan and some of his friends appeared in a US TV series should be considered a great coincidence – or was it good research by the producers?
Duang! – How Jackie Chan went viral and invented a new Chinese character
At the beginning of the 80s, the stuntman Jackie Chan became the superstar. With the success of his films, his name was also marketed. Over the years it has been an advertising medium for a wide variety of brands. At that time, however, nobody was aware of the lasting success of a bad shampoo advertisement from 2004.
Jackie Chan soon with his own musical in Hamburg, Cologne and Stuttgart?
The fact that Jackie Chan is not only an actor and singer should have become clear to the last European, at the latest after he contributed the title song to his blockbuster “The Foreigner” with Pierce Brosnan. Now Jackie Chan wants to conquer the musical stages of the world with a play based on his life.
Jackie Chan’s racing career since 1984 | Jackie Chan DC Racing winner at 2017 Le Mans
That actor Jackie Chan is a fan of fast cars is proven by his blockbuster “Thunderbolt” from 1995, in which he has to win a race to save his family. There are also great chase scenes with luxury cars in the new film “Kung Fu Yoga” (2017). But Jackie Chan’s career as a racing driver began in 1984 on a semi-professional level thanks to Mitsubishi.
Japan, China filming Keigo Higashino’s Namiya novel each
Keigo Higashino is an award-winning Japanese writer. In 2012 he wrote the fantasy novel “The Miracles from the Namiya General Store” (free translation, unfortunately the book has not yet been published in German). In 2017, the Japanese director Ryuichi Hiroki filmed the story, which premiered on September 23, 2017. The Chinese adaptation with Jackie Chan will be released in cinemas on December 29th, 2017. High risk of confusion!
Animal/human friend Jackie Chan committed to the environment in 3-part documentary “Green Heroes”
Jackie Chan is not just an action star and kung fu clown. He has lived out his benevolent streak for decades, supporting flood and earthquake victims and campaigning for the protection of species of tigers, rhinos, elephants and pangolins. Together with National Geographic and Buick, a documentary series on modern environmental protection is now being created.
