Did you miss Jackie Chan's kung-fu? Well, he's back as his new movie "Bleeding Steel" has started filming in Sydney, Australia. This week, an Aussie actress Tess Haubrich joins the cast.

Chan was at Sydney Opera House when he announced to a small audience of movie makers, reporters, and photographers that his new movie set to be released in 2017, "Bleeding Steel," will start filming in Australia. Chan was not the only cast member in the Utzon Room. Other cast members who appeared in the Utzon Room were Nana Ouyang, Erica Xia-Hou and the newest cast, Australian actress Tess Haubrich, ABC reported.

During the press release, "Rush Hour" actor told the audience that he used to live in Australia for two years, and he knows Canberra. "I'm just like a tour guide," Chan said jokingly.

The upcoming movie was reported to be the biggest budget Chinese production ever shoot in Australia. The Acting Premier Troy Grant told reporters at the conference that filming this movie in Australia opens door of opportunity because because we(Aussies) are "now moving into a significant professional era of bringing big time movies, big time reach into new markets."

As "Bleeding Steel" was started filming on Sydney Harbour, a party boat full of lingerie-clad women crashed into film shooting on Friday, July 29. During shooting the scene of Chan's co-stars Nana Ou-Yang and Erica Xia-Hou, where they were playing on a carousel, young men and scantily clad women crashed the shooting, Daily Mail UK reported.

The British publication obtained some photos of the scenes during the film shooting. One photo shows the Kung-fu expert was taking a photo of the 16-year-old cast member Xia-Hou using a white mobile phone.

"Bleeding Steel" will hit theaters in 2017. However, there is no announcement about the release date.

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