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LATEST JACKIE NEWS
The company that hosts the Kids Club web site is having technical difficulties. Therefore, this site is going to be experiencing some trouble in the next few days. PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON THE KIDS CLUB SITE!!! Right now you will experience very slow downloads. It's not your computer's problem - it's caused by the hosting service. Many apologies. There is nothing at all that can be done about this, so please be patient. The problems should be solved to some degree in a matter of days. Within several weeks the site will be back to normal (in terms of download times). Sorry!
**The webmaster has removed most of the images from this news page. They will be restored when the host fixes the problems**
April 18, 2003
***Mild Spoilers Ahead***
Check out these exclusive photos of Jackie preparing for his role as Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days!
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All photos are ©2003 The JC Group and are used with permission. Please do not "borrow" these photos (no screenshots either!) because if you do you may jeopardize the Kids Club chances of continuing to get great exclusive photos like these!
Recently Jackie showed off one of his three houses in Hong Kong. There are props from his movies in nearly every room! Thanks to Marie M. for finding this photo and story.
April 17, 2003
The Twins Effect web site is up if you'd like to have a look. You need Flash! to view it.
As many of you know, Jackie recently gave his father a new apartment in Hong Kong as a gift. Here is an exclusive look at Papa Chan's reaction:
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All photos are ©2003 The JC Group and are used with permission. Please do not "borrow" these photos (no screenshots either!) because if you do you may jeopardize the Kids Club chances of continuing to get great exclusive photos like these!
There are some new and absolutely hysterical additions to the Jackie Movies That Weren't page. Click here to see the latest.
April 16, 2003
Jackie talks about the dying art of Chinese Opera in an interesting article published on Boston.com's Daily News page.
Don't forget to vote for Jackie, Owen, and Fann for the MTV Movie Awards nominations. The links are listed below.
Here's a shot of Jackie from The Twins Effect movie which is due out in Asia this summer. Thanks to pinoy for the link.
April 15, 2003
Shanghai Knights has been nominated for two 2003 MTV Movie Awards that airs on June 5th. Jackie and Owen have been nominated for best on-screen team (vote here) and Fann Wong and the Palace Guards have been nominated for best fight (vote here). Congratulations to Jackie, Owen, Fann, and the others! Thanks to Marie M. for finding this latest news.
There are a few new photos up on Jackie's Official Site. They're a little dark, but they're there.
No Jackie news today. Check back later or tomorrow for any breaking stories.
April 14, 2003
Hey kids! There are new photos of Jackie on his Official Site - this time Jackie's dressed up as an Indian woman! Click here to take a look.
There are some new additions to the Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't page - thanks to Gary for the latest movie poster. Lots of people are sending in their ideas but sometimes it's hard to find good photos to work with. So if you don't see YOUR idea up there, don't fret.
April 13, 2003
Jackie has won the "Best Male Butt Kicker" award from Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. Congratulations to Jackie! He was also nominated for "Favorite Male Movie Star" but that category was won by Adam Sandler.
Jackie at the 2001 Kids Choice Awards.
April 12, 2003
There are new photos up on Jackie's Official Site....go have a look!
There was a rumor circulating on the Internet that Jackie is in the hospital. This is ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE! A confirmation from the JC Group assures us that Jackie is fine, so don't worry.
There's a new addition or two to the Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't page. If anyone wants to contribute a movie poster or if you'd like to BE IN a movie poster, just send either a poster or a picture of yourself to the webmaster and she'll do her best to include you or your work.
Don't forget to enter the Shanghai Knights You Write The Sequel contest. You could win a fabulous calendar. The rules have been changed slightly...you don't have to draw a picture to go with your story idea.
April 11, 2003
Because of the awful weather in Thailand, shooting has been delayed for Around the World in 80 Days. Once they wrap in Thailand, Jackie and crew are bound for Germany to continue the shoot.
According to the Daily Fluff, Jackie has invited Maggie Cheung to make an appearance in ATW80D. (Thanks to Marie M. for hunting down this story.)
There's still time to vote for Jackie for the Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. Click here to vote!
New additions have been made to the Jackie Movies That Weren't page. Remember that everyone's invited to contribute!
There are new photos up at Jackie's Official Site.
April 10, 2003
First some important news: The Jackie Chan Fan Club for Kids web site will be switching servers sometime today and there may be some outages today or in the next few days. Please be patient and keep in mind that the web site is just being managed, not deleted permanently. Sorry for any troubles that may occur.
Kids Club member Shane and Kids Club contributor Kay have added some very funny Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't posters to the ever-growing collection. Click here to see them all! A big thank you to Shane and Kay!
There has been a change to the "Shanghai Knights: You Write The Sequel" contest. It is now NOT NECESSARY to draw a picture to go with your story. Perhaps this was too much to ask. So click here to get all the info....and remember, you can win one of the AWESOME JC Group Official calendars. They're HUGE and beautiful and they're YOURS FOR THE TAKING....all you have to do is come up with your idea for the sequel to Shanghai Knights. You still have almost 3 weeks to submit your entry. Don't pass up your chance to get one of these great calendars....it's valued over $40!
Please visit this page and read about a wonderful chance encounter that a student had with Jackie in Central Park many years ago. Nearly 20 years later Nancy still remembers it as a special day.
Finally, here's a great picture of Jackie from Sing Pao which was posted by Seung Ho on the JCMB. Thanks Seung Ho!
April 9, 2003
While wandering around the web looking for Jackie news the webmaster ran across a very sweet story about a teenager's chance encounter with Jackie Chan in New York City's Central Park. Click here to read it.
According to May's Premiere Magazine, Jackie is # 94 of Hollywood's Most Powerful People.
Just in case Jackie didn't have enough planned in the way of future movie projects, he has signed on to play Nicholas Tse's father in The Sword Searchers, based on the popular Hong Kong comic book Magic Weapons. Plans are to begin shooting in China this July. Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer and actor who starred in Gen-X Cops, a movie produced by Jackie Chan. Jackie also had a cameo in the film. Source: Screen Daily
Nicholas Tse (Photo: MediaCorp)
The Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon series is a smashing success as evidenced by this report from Animation Insider:
Cartoon Network's Saturday Video Entertainment System block (Saturdays, 7:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.) has seen its ratings shoot up thanks in part to the introduction of Jackie Chan Adventures (Saturday, 10 p.m.). The action series from Sony provided 28% delivery gains with tweens 9-14 (719,000) and 16% increases with kids 6-11 (1,013,000). Ratings improved 26% with tweens 9-14 (2.9) and 17% with kids 6-11 (4.1).
Obviously Jacke has the Midas Touch when it comes to all kinds of projects! (To find out what the "Midas Touch" means, click here!)
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are
several
new
projects
posted
on
the
Jackie
Chan
Movies
That
Weren't
page.
Have
a
look!
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one
of
your
projects
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posted
there
and
you
would
like
credit,
please
email
the
webmaster.
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of
those
movie
poster
projects
were
found
at
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bottom
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forgot
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made
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anyone
without
crediting
everyone
since
that
wouldn't
be
fair.
April 8, 2003
Around the World in 80 Days will begin filming on April 16th in Germany! According to the Yahoo news site, everything is right on track.
In other news, Shanghai Knights has taken the number two spot at the UK box office. Congratulations Jackie! (Thanks to Marie M. for this breaking news!)
Some new additions to the Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't page on the Kids Club site:
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Click the posters to see them all!
Thanks to Colin for his "Matrix" idea!
To celebrate Jackie's birthday, the Northeastern United States had a big April snowstorm! This enabled the webmaster to spend more time updating the "Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't" page. Check out the newest additions. Remember to send in your suggestions! Thanks to Lisa S. and Mary for the latest suggestions.
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The Shanghai Knights DVD, due out July 22nd, promises to have lots to offer. According to a source the DVD will contain fight scenes which were cut from the movie PLUS a whole lot of bloopers! This is good news for Jackie fans who were left a bit high and dry by the Tuxedo DVD's lack of features.
Don't forget to check the "Fun Stuff" pages of the Kids Club website. There's always something....well, FUN there to see!
There is a "Write A Sequel To Shanghai Knights" contest going on right now. So far there hasn't been much response which actually causes your chances of winning an awesome (AWESOME!!!!!) Jackie Chan Official JC Group Calendar to go way up! Click here to get all the info.
April 7, 2003
Happy 49th birthday Jackie Chan!!!!!
Have a look at some of the birthday cards for Jackie sent in by his fans!
Here's a great photo of Jackie, Sammo, and others on the set of Around the World in 80 Days.
Photo: ©www.sammohung.com (Thanks to pinoy on the JCMB for the link.)
From Owen Wilson's site comes a great interview with Jackie and Owen. Click here to read this at its source. (Thanks to Marie M. for this link.)
April 6, 2003
Some interesting news has trickled down from Chris Jones at the JCMB:
Whilst watching morning TV here in the UK, I managed to catch Owen and Jackie on a kids tv program. The interviewer mentioned watching 'Drunken Master' as a kid and went on to ask if Jackie was planning to make any 'classical' martial arts films again. Jackie replied that he would really like to make Drunken Master 3!
Now THAT would be exciting!
Don't forget, tomorrow's Jackie's birthday so light a candle and sing a song to him.
A new addition to the Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't...this one from a suggestion by Kids Club fan Colin. Thanks for the idea Colin! Keep the ideas coming!!!
April 5, 2003
Upsetting news about Highbinders/The Medallion: Columbia has succeeded in cutting the comedy scenes from the movie, according to monkeypeaches.com. According to source Nanfang Daily, both Gordon Chan and Jackie are upset with this decision.
Well, to make Jackie feel better the Kids Club webmaster has attempted to make one of his dreams come true. Check out the latest "Jackie Movie That Wasn't" to see what's up. (Click on the picture below).
Click here to see all the Jackie Movies That Weren't. Thanks to Mary D. for her great suggestions! Do you have an idea? Would you like to be included in a "Jackie Movie That Wasn't" poster or magazine cover? If you have a CLEAR .jpg shot of your face, email it to the webmaster and she'll certainly try her best to use it!
April 4, 2003
Great news...Jackie has updated his diaries which he wrote while on location in Thailand. Set aside some time and read them all...they're fascinating. Surely Jackie's fans are the luckiest in the world to be able to get to hear firsthand what he is thinking and feeling. Jackie talks about the weather, the stunts, the food, and the people around him.
The Jackie Chan Teaches Thai section of the Kids Club web site has been updated with lots of new words and phrases from our "teacher."
According to Jackie, the city of Nevada has given him a sheriff's badge in honor of his Shanghai Knights character. Congratulations Sheriff Jackie! Jackie also mentions that a song from his last CD has been named one of the top ten songs of the year in China.
The Jackie Chan Movies That Weren't section of the Kids Club web site is a big hit! You know what that means.....keep your eyes open for new additions to this fun page! There was a new one added today! Everyone is welcome to submit a project to this page. Just come up with your own "Jackie Chan Movie That Wasn't" and using your Photoshop (or similar) software create a movie poster. Then mail it to the web master at jckids@jackiechan.com.
It looks like Highbinders (renamed The Medallion) is set for an October 17th release in the US.
According to myinky.com, British comedian Dom Joly has been added to the cast of Around the World in 80 Days.
Dom Joly Source
April 3, 2003
According to Monkeypeaches.com, filming has been completed in Thailand and Jackie and the team are headed for Germany.
The South China Post reports that Jackie's 19 year-old son Jackson Chan (Chan Cho Ming) will be releasing a pop album in July. If good singing voices run in the family then he should be very successful!
"JC" Chan
Have you ever wondered about all those Jackie Chan films that never quite make it into the theaters? Well the Kids Club got an exclusive peek at a few Jackie flicks that just never made it past the discussion stage. Click here to have a look.
April 1, 2003
In a shocking announcement at a news conference in Thailand, Jackie Chan has said that he is retiring for good. After walking off the set of Around the World in 80 Days, Jackie called the news conference to announce his stunning plans:
"I'm moving to New Zealand to start a free-range poodle farm. After seeing the way poodles are primped and groomed throughout the world, I feel that it is my obligation to provide them with a place where they can roam free and wild the way nature intended. I've purchased 600 acres in a remote area and have set up the Jackie Chan Poodle Preserve where these wonderful creatures can hunt and roam free."
Jackie left for New Zealand immediately following the press conference saying, "I've had a good run but the poodles of the world need me now and I must go to them."
Jackie Chan on his New Zealand Poodle Preserve (Click here)
This is THE coolest news of the year for the Kids Club!!!
As most of you know, Jackie has been keeping a diary for his fans while shooting Shanghai Knights. In the July 3rd diary entry, Jackie talks at length about the Kids Club and mentions each of the last 7 "Jackie's Kids" by NAME! As most Kids Club members know, Jackie has taken a keen interest in the newest Jackie Fan Club and he reads all of the newsletters. It is very exciting to read Jackie's comments about the club and its members! In the July 8th entry, Jackie mentions the Kids Club again, encouraging his young fans to join. Click the highlighted links (above) or read the diary entries at Jackie's Official Web Site. (From the August 12, 2002 News Report)
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