Donnie Yen will star in new Hollywood crime thriller called Golden Empire

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Donnie Yen will star in new Hollywood crime thriller called Golden Empire

The Ip Man and Mulan role player volition besides produce the film, where he will play a drug lord wanted by the US and Mexican governments.

Donnie Yen is set to star in and produce a new Hollywood motion-picture show chosen Golden Empire.

The 56-year-old player will play a drug kingpin who'southward wanted by both the U.s.a. and Mexican governments in the English language-language thriller, according to Borderline.

Peter Luo, CEO of Starlight Media, which is lead financing the motion-picture show, was inspired to cast Yen in the pic after watching him play a real-life gangster in 2017's Chasing The Dragon. Luo said, "The talents of Donnie are undeniable and volition exist utilised in every imaginable manner to bring this epic story to life."

Luo added that Golden Empire is "the first major narco film with an Asian lead that plays to global audiences" and that the motion picture volition span the continents of Asia, North America and S America.

Yen is no stranger to Hollywood – he appeared in Rogue Ane: A Star Wars Story and xXx: Render Of Xander Cage. He also played the titular Ip Man in iv movies, and he has the much-anticipated live-action remake of Mulan coming up in August (unless the release engagement gets delayed once again).

For his next project though, Yen will star in Sleeping Dog, an activity film adaptation of the 2022 video game of the aforementioned name. He volition play an undercover police officer who infiltrates the Hong Kong triads.

Donnie Yen will star in new Hollywood crime thriller called Golden Empire

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