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Shanghai Noon ''Shanghai Noon'' is a 2000 martial arts western action comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. The first in the ''Shanghai'' film series and marking the directorial debut of Tom Dey, ''Shanghai Noon'' was written by Alfred ...

'' (2000), ''

Shanghai Knights ''Shanghai Knights'' is a 2003 American martial arts action comedy film. It is the sequel to ''Shanghai Noon'', and the second installment of the ''Shanghai'' film series. Directed by David Dobkin and written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it ...

'' (2003), and the upcoming '' Shanghai Dawn'' (TBA). It stars

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

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Owen Wilson Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for '' Bottle Rocket'' (1996), '' Rushmore'' (1998), and '' The Royal ...

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Films

''Shanghai Noon'' (2000)

''Shanghai Knights'' (2003)

''Shanghai Dawn'' (TBA)

A third film was meant to be produced under the title ''Shanghai Dawn''. Plans for the film were posted on Jackie Chan's website, but after some news of casting and production plans, no film has been produced. While unconfirmed, it is speculated that the project has been halted indefinitely as there is no news nor release dates. In a February 7, 2003, interview, Owen Wilson said: "We're talking about it maybe starting in Hollywood and then going from there to Africa or the Pyramids... I feel like we have the freedom to take them anywhere in time we want." On May 14, 2015, MGM announced that they are moving forward with ''Shanghai Dawn''.

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are expected to reprise their roles as Chon Wang, Roy O'Bannon and Chon Lin respectively. In September 2016,

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signed on as director for the film while both Millar and Gough will develop a screen story with Theodore Riley and Aaron Buchsbaum writing the script for the film. As of 2023, there's no information about either the film's progress or its release date.

Principal cast

Crew

Reception

Box office performance

Critical and public response

References

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