Scenes for Jackie Chan's latest movie Kung Fu Yoga were being shot at Dubai Marina Walk on Thursday. Among a heavy police presence Chan's stunt double could be glimpsed in a suit walking through the set. Two staffers held a parasol above his head. Emirati extras were seen among the extras filming scenes.
The 61-year-old martial arts star arrived in Dubai about a month ago with filming already done in Atlantis The Palm and a car chase in Business Bay. The shoot is set to wrap up on October 30. Chan seems to be safely back in his action-adventure comedy comfort zone — and, in the process, on the cusp of cracking open the lucrative Bollywood market.
The film — a joint venture between two Chinese production companies and the US-Indian studio Viacom 18 — reunites him with the director Stanley Tong, who was behind Rumble in the Bronx.
Little is known about the plot, but it probably isn’t too much of a spoiler to reveal that the film will feature several action sequences.
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