Having raked in US$70m in all worldwide, Huayi Brothers announces that they will be collaborating with Hollywood studios to produce Forbidden Kingdom sequel, with Lu Yan (Jackie Chan), Silent Monk (Jet Li), Jade Warlord (Collin Chou), White Hair Demoness (Li Bing Bing) making a return.

Just before production began, Jet Li, as one of the film’s investors, had an agreement with the Hollywood producers and bank that if the film makes less than US$40m worldwide, it’s considered at failure; if it hits US$50m, they would talk about making a sequel; if it makes US$70m within 2 weeks of its opening, it’s a confirmation.

Apart from Forbidden Kingdom sequel, producer Casey Silver also intends to make Legend of Lin Chong, one of the 108 heroic outlaws from Water Margins. While the script for Forbidden Kingdom sequel is far from completion, it’s possible that the scenes giving background to White Hair Demoness, her past relationship, her hatred towards men that were cut from the original will be put back. Jet Li, who hopes to introduce Monkey King to the West, says casually that they could even have Monkey King battling Marvel comics superheroes like Superman, Batman in the sequel.