Jackie Chan to shoot new film in Dubai

Asian action superstar Jackie Chan will return to Dubai to film his latest movie this month.

Dubai Film and TV Commission Chairman Jamal Al Sharif said on Twitter that "megastar Jackie Chan is returning to film in Dubai for the second time after his smash-hit Kung Fu Yoga! The new film is titled Vanguard and is directed by Stanley Tong."

He said the film will be shot in and around Downtown Dubai, City Walk and other prominent locations and residential areas with support from Dubai Film and TV Commission.

Asian action superstar Jackie Chan was featured in the Chinese Spring Festival Gala of Hunan Satellite Television on February 8, 2019. [Photo：IC]

Chan's earlier movie "Kung Fu Yoga," an India-China co-production, marked the actor's first film shot in Dubai and the Middle East, when it was produced there in September-October 2015.

The film used Dubai locales such as the Atlantis, the Palm, Jumeirah Lake Towers, and the open desert.

(Story includes material sourced from Xinhua)