Jet Li and Jason Statham WAR Trailer

The trailer for Jet Li & Jason Stathams WAR is now online at IGN After his partner is killed by “Rogue” (Li), the infamous assassin who has recently set off a bloody crime war between two rival Asian mobs, FBI agent Jack Crawford (Statham) starts a deadly game of cat and mouse to settle the score. The film will be produced by Steve Chasman, Fierce Entertainment’s Christopher Petzel and Jim Thompson in association with Lionsgate. Principal photography on ROGUE will commence in spring 2006 and will be overseen by Paseornek and John Sacchi, SVP of Production.

Another close collaboration between Lionsgate’s international and motion picture production teams, the project, originally developed by Fierce Entertainment, was brought to Lionsgate by President of International Film Sales Stephanie Denton. Lionsgate will be launching the project to the international community at the European Film Market in Berlin this February under the direction of Nick Meyer, President of International. Other titles presented at the market will include CRANK (also starring Jason Statham); FLYBOYS and LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN, which is an official selection of the Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival.

“WAR is an engaging, high-crime thriller teaming the internationally acclaimed, hugely popular Jet Li with one of the hottest young action stars in the business, and it will have audiences on the edge of their seats,” said Paseornek. “We are very excited to be working with Jet Li along with director Atwell and writers Smith and Bradley on a project that adds another fast-paced thriller to our upcoming theatrical release slate.”