Deadline London is reporting that a representative from China Film Group has said that Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man of Tai Chi is the most important co-production for the company this year. During the press conference that was held today (May 20), Mr. Reeves said he shot in both Beijing and Hong Kong for over 105 days. With respect to why he chose to make this ilm, Keanu said:
it was “the story I felt I could tell and wanted to tell and didn’t want anybody else to tell.”
The article also gives more background on the story line and Lemore Syvan talks about some of the problems they ran into trying to get the film made.
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