Jackie Chan and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are set to be casted in a Russian-Chinese fantasy film, "Viy-2".
The film is a sequel to a popular movie based on a horror novel by a Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.
"The shooting featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently being held in China. Another Hollywood star - Jackie Chan - is starring in Viy-2 together with Schwarzenegger," - the statement read.
"Viy-2 features the best Chinese actors: Yao Xingtong, the Luu Brothers, Zhang Lanxin (2004 Chinese taekwondo champion). Moreover, Jackie Chan and his company Jackie Chan JCE, responsible for the shooting in China, are taking a very active role in the creation of the movie," the producer of the film, Alexey Petrukhin, told RIA Novosti earlier.
The movie is about an English traveler, Jonatahn Green, who received an order from Peter the Great to create maps of Russia's Far East and subsequently finds himself in China.
"Viy-2" is set to be released on 2017.
