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HONG KONG, Aug 9 (AP) -- Jackie Chan said Thursday he hopes to finish an animated movie based on him that late Cannes-winning Taiwanese-American director Edward Yang was working on at the time of his death. A spokesman for Chan also said Thursday the Hong Kong actor is working on the script for an action movie that he will direct, but denied that it would be the third installment of Chan's "Armor of God" series, as reported in Chinese media. In a blog entry on Chan's Web site Thursday, Chan mourned the death of Yang, who passed away on June 29 from complications from colon cancer. Chan had been working with Yang on the animated movie "The Wind," which revolves around a character inspired by Chan. A spokesman for Chan, Solon So, said the movie was partly finished. Chan said in his blog he wants to complete the movie. "I've started to wonder how I would finish 'The Wind' ... I can't let his (Yang's) efforts go to waste," Chan said. Yang, known for his realistic portrayals of modern Taiwan, won the Cannes Film Festival's best director award in 2000 for "Yi Yi," a film about a Taiwanese family that copes with the serious illness of their elderly mother. Spokesman So also denied reports that Chan plans to shoot the third installment of "Armor of God." The first two installments revolve around an Indiana Jones-style treasure hunter named Asian Hawk. Chan suffered one of the worst injuries of his career while filming the first installment, which led to a brain hemorrhage. So, however, said Chan is working on the script for an action movie he hopes to direct. The film will be funded by Chan's JC Group. So declined to reveal the plot. Chan is currently filming "The Forbidden Kingdom," a Hollywood kung fu movie that co-stars Jet Li. He is scheduled to start shooting a movie by Hong Kong director Derek Yee at the end of the year, So said. The movie, called "Shinjuku Incident" in Chinese, is reportedly about Chinese immigrants in Shinjuku, one of Tokyo's most crowded shopping and entertainment districts.
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