Teddy Chen’s previously announced Dark October will now be renamed Bodyguards & Assassins. Start-up production house Cinema Popular has announced their debut feature, a $23 million historical epic with an all-star cast led by Donnie Yen is now ready to begin shooting in this month with a powerhouse line-up of actors.

The partial cast announced includes Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Tony Leung Kar -fai, Simon Yam, Eric Tsang and Fan Bing-bing.

The 150million yuan film produced by Peter Chan and action direction by Stephen Tung-wai, is aiming for a December 2009 release.