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Donnie Yen’s ‘Crouching Tiger’ sequel gets a new action choreographer! Posted: 27 May 2014 01:03 AM PDT "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Theatrical Poster The Weinstein Company will start production on a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon later this year titled Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny. Yuen Woo-ping (True Legend) is directing, with a script by John Fusco (The Forbidden Kingdom), which will be based off the fifth book in Wang Du Lu's Crane-Iron Pentalogy, which is same source material Ang Lee used for the original film. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny will star Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh and Nicholas Tse. Zhang Ziyi is rumored to return. The sequel will continue to revolve around Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh). "This was an opportunity to explore a lifelong passion I've had for Wu Xia, and if there wasn't continuing source material, I would never have gotten involved," says Fusco. Updates: According to EW, Zhang Ziyi is in talks to reprise her role as Jen Yu for flashback sequences. | According to Deadline, Donnie Yen has signed with Los Angeles-based CAA (Creative Artists Agency), and his new reps just closed his deal to star in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny. BREAKING NEWS: Charlie Nguyen, the writer and director of The Rebel, will take over fight choreography duties for Yuen Woo-Ping, so the latter can concentrate on directing. Worried Nguyen's work won't hold up against Yuen's? Read our review for The Rebel and gain some confidence. – Thanks to DiP and Film Combat Syndicate for the heads up!

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