“Crouching Tiger” prequel to be filmed

Filming on a prequel to Oscar-winning martial arts film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is set to begin in July. Titled “The Green Destiny”, the movie will see Michelle Yeoh reprise her role as female warrior Yu Shu Lien. Pre-production is believed to have begun. Filming is due to start in Auckland, New Zealand, with two further weeks of shooting in China. Yuen Woo-ping, who co-ordinated the action scenes in the original, will step behind the camera for the prequel.
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” remains the most successful Chinese-language film of all time, making $213.5m on its release in 2000. It won the best foreign-language Oscar the following year, with three more awards in the technical categories.

Source: BBC