Hong Kong's biggest budget action film; Twins Effect.
NEW Pictures Added!!!Donnie Yen on the set of Twins Effect

Twins Effect, the biggest budget action film yet this year in Hong Kong is currently underway. This is the first of Donnie's multi-picture deal with EMG as co-director as well as action director; Twins Effect stars the hottest Hong Kong teenage singers Twins, also Ekin Cheng, Anthony Wong, Edison Chan, Josey Ho and the undisputed heavy weight Jackie Chan!

Donnie Interviewed at kung Fu Cinema (kungfucinema.com) about his Action Direction on the Twins Effect project. Read the scoop here: http://www.kungfucinema.com/articles/2002-10-28-01.htm

New DVD is released prequel to Fist of Fury!
Fist of Fury: Sworn Revenge - Special Edition

Donnie Yen is Chen Jun, the character played by Bruce Lee in his film The Chinese Connection, in this action packed prequel to Fist of Fury! When Chen's sister is brutally killed by a vicious horse thief (Hung Yen Yen from Once Upon a Time in China series), Chen swears revenge and vows to learn martial arts. His quest eventually leads him to the famous Jin Wu Martial Arts Academy and its legendary master, Fok Yuen-gaap (Eddy Ko).

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"The Kung Fu Master " release! on DVD and VHS at www.taiseng.com

1994; Directed by Chan Yu-Chiu; Starring: Donnie Yen, Poon Chi-Man; 3:20:00; DVD Features - Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin. On/Off English subtitles. Audio commentary by star DONNIE YEN and Hong Kong Film Expert Bey Logan. Second Audio Commentary by Hong Kong Film Expert Ric Meyers and Martial Artist Bobby Samuels. "Making of" Featurette. Chapters, trailers, filmographies. Domestic. DONNIE YEN (Iron Monkey, Blade II) is the lead and action director in this 3-hour plus spectacular kung fu epic saga. Yen plays righteous martial artist Hung Hei-Kwun avenging his father's death and revolting against the Ching Emperor.

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Hong Kong's hottest pop duo and Donnie

Hong Kong's hottest pop female stars TWINS are put to the action in Donnie's next action directorial project already in preparation. This will be the first picture out of four that Donnie has lined up with EMG (Emperor Media Group) over the next 2 years - one of the biggest Hong Kong multi-pic collaboration recently struck.(http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/film/brief display-jsp?vnu content id=1496455 )
Principal shooting starts this September in Bangkok, Thailand.

Hollywood Hottest Bachelor by People.com
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Donnie Yen is PEOPLE's hottest Asian Bachelor!
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AND amongst the top 25 hottest picks next to Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Tobey and Justin!

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Cannes rave about Princess Blade's action!
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Fist of Fury hit TV series now on DVD and VHS at www.taiseng.com

This new Fist of Fury collection starts with a 2hour extraction from the first 15-episodes of the series, along with a 2hour commentary from Donnie himself. Most of the drama and action from the original TV series is not included. However, the distributor Tai Seng will be delivering a prequel on DVD and VHS some time in the near future. The prequel is promised to be better than the first collectors' copy, with the help of Donnie's guidance on which exact parts of the series should be extracted.

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Iron Monkey enters the World Stunt Awards for Best Fight

Donnie Yen has been nominated for a World Stunt Award in the category of "Best Fight" for his outstanding performance in Iron Monkey. Other film nominees within the same category are Rush Hour 2, The Mummy Returns, Planet of the Apes, and 15 Minutes, with Rush Hour 2 currently as the front runner. The 2nd Annual World Stunt Awards will be held at Santa Monica Air Center's Barker Hangar on May 19, 2002. The event will air on ABC at 8pm EST/PT on Friday, May 31, 2002.

Check out The World Stunt Awards web site: http://www.worldstuntawards.com

Donnie's most recent Japan trip visit

Donnie stops over in Japan for scriptmeetings on Japanese Angels and more promotional work just before heading back to Prague. (Pre-production of Angels is expected to start in July of this year.) Barely 2 weeks into his stay in Japan, he was already tied up with several ongoing magazine interviews at the same time, including a feature article by Japanese version Premiere magazine and a cover photoshoot and interview for Hi-Ho magazine.

Shanghai Knights in progress

It's Donnie's second visit to Prague since filming Blade 2 with Wesley Snipes one year ago, and now he's back to live it up once more. Only this time, he's got a new friend, Jackie Chan. According to Spyglass Entertainment, Shanghai Knights will be tentatively released during Christmas, which coincidentally is when HERO will be released. It's gonna be the ultimate fight of the century! Side-bets, anyone?

Iron Monkey makes the Top Grossers Chart in the Foreign Language Hit department

Foreign-language Hits Only a few foreign movies have made more than $5million in North America.
Top grossers in the past 10 years: MOVIE, TOTAL (in millions)

Iron Monkey is the 6th top grosser ($14.7mill.) foreign film to make more than $5 million in the past decade. Leading film is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with $128.1million.

Donnie appears in Movieline
Donnie Yen is this month's hype for the April Oscar issue of Movieline Magazine.

Donnie Yen is Asia's LAST ACTION HERO

Donnie, on the cover of EAST, is labeled as Asia's last action hero. Cover reads:" Iron Monkey, Blade 2, Hero. Donnie Yen is Asia's last action hero.

Donnie meets Jackie in Shanghai Knights (Shanghai Noon2)

Shanghai Knights will be the sequel to the 2000 Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson duo, Shanghai Noon. Having just returned from China and Zhang Zimou's big Hero project with Jet Li, Donnie makes no hesitation to jump right back onto the saddle to continue fighting with the big boys. Donnie returns to Prague for shooting at the end of April, 2002.

DVD release
Iron Monkey will be available on DVD March 26th.

BLADE 2 trailer
Check out the official BLADE 2 web site.
View the latest trailer here: http://www.blademovie.com

Most exciting 100 people

Donnie was listed as one of the most exciting 100 people on the planet in this month's issue of Gear magazine.

Donnie named "Man of the Year" by INSIDE KUNG FU

Donnie is on the cover of the February issue of INSIDE KUNG FU, and also named "Man of the Year 2002".

Time Magazine

The January 12 Asian edition of TIME magazine ran a cover story on the production of HERO, China's first big budget martial arts epic. Donnie Yen joined the cast of HERO in December, missing the TIME photo shoot by two days, due to previous commitments in Japan (promotion for the hit film SHURAYUKI HIME, or THE PRINCESS BLADE, which Yen action-directed). In addition to Yen, HERO stars Jet Li (ROMEO MUST DIE, THE ONE), Zhang Ziyi (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, RUSH HOUR 2), and Hong Kong stalwarts Maggie Cheung and Leung Chiu Wai, and is directed by Zhang Yimou (RAISE THE RED LANTERN, NOT ONE LESS). The film is expected to appeal to the same international audience that made CROUCHING TIGER a huge hit. In a related interview, Li explained that he told Zhang "Donnie Yen was the one" to cast if the martial arts sequences were to be as authentic as possible. HERO will be released later this year.

CHECK OUT TIME ASIA: http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/hero/

Legend of the Wolf interview

Donnie was interviewed about Legend of the Wolf (His 1997 film) by Jean Lukitsh on kungfucinema.com.
CHECK IT OUT: http://www.kungfucinema.com/articles/donnieyen02_interview01.htm