Claim: Jet Li and Jackie Chan have been in a movie together.

The Forbidden Kingdom -LRB- : Gong Fu Zhi Wang -LRB- Mandarin -RRB- or Gung Fu Ji Wong -LRB- Cantonese -RRB- and translated King of Kung Fu -LRB- English -RRB- ; Working title : The J & J Project -RRB- is a 2008 Chinese-American fantasy kung fu wuxia film written by John Fusco , and directed by Rob Minkoff , and starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li . Loosely based on the novel Journey to the West , it is the first film to co-star Jet Li and Jackie Chan . The action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping .   The film is distributed in the United States through Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company , and through The Huayi Brothers Film & Taihe Investment Company in China . It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US and Hong Kong on September 9 , 2008 and the United Kingdom on November 17 , 2008 .