Jackie Chan is heading back to the Armour of God franchise in Armour of God 4: Ultimatum, with cameras slated to roll in July in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The new film is targeting a worldwide release in the second quarter of 2027.
The return gives Chan, now 72, another turn in the action series that helped make him a global star. The new story centers on an ancient relic called Tumar and a $20 million reward, a setup that keeps the franchise in the same globe-trotting lane that has long made it feel closer to Indiana Jones than a standard martial-arts sequel.
Salem Entertainment is aboard the production, and Robert Kun is directing. Kun is known for high-stakes set pieces and has been associated with Night Watch and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a sign the film is being shaped with scale in mind even before a frame is shot.
That scale comes with a familiar problem. The Armour of God films are tied to Chan’s reputation for dangerous practical stunts, but the new production is being framed around planning, precision and on-set safety. That is a different promise from the one that defined the series in 1986, when a rooftop stunt went wrong, Chan fell roughly 16 feet, suffered a skull fracture and partial hearing loss in his right ear, and later took over directing after Eric Tsang departed.
The accident has always been part of the franchise’s history, and part of the reason Chan’s commitment to practical action has carried such weight with audiences. It also hangs over any new chapter in the series, especially one that is moving into production nearly four decades later and is being mounted in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan rather than the familiar studio backlot.
For now, the next fixed point is July, when filming is expected to begin. After that, the question is not whether the franchise returns to action — it already has — but how much of Chan’s old physical risk the new team is willing to put back on screen before the planned Q2 2027 release.
