Title: Shaolin Directors: Benny Chan and Cory Yuen Starring: Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Tse, Wu Jing, Li Bing Bing Another nationalist, feuding-warlord Chinese martial arts import, historic epic “Shaolin” delivers moderately on the expectations its core demographic might likely have, but otherwise does little else to distinguish itself for a broader audience. Ambitiously staged set pieces fall victim to portentous technique, creating an ultimately irreconcilable chasm between how much one wants to like this movie and how much they actually do. A kind of spiritual rebooting of Jet Li’s 1982 classic “The Shaolin Temple,” the film unfolds in the early days of the Chinese republic, as various warlords look to…

The Associated Press is reporting that martial arts/action megastar Jackie Chan will star in a Chinese-language remake of the 1982 film “The Shaolin Temple” alongside Fan Bingbing, Andy Lau, and Nicholas Tse. In the original, Jet Li played a boy adopted and trained by Shaolin monks who seeks to avenge the death of his father. It is not known exactly what role Chan will play. Hong Kong filmmaker Benny Chan will be directing, with Cory Yuen onboard as as action co-ordinator. The production, slated to start in late 2010, is said to have 1,000 real fighting Shaolin monks as part of it. Stay tuned for more from Shockya.com on “The…