Behind the Scenes Look at Keanu Reeves' 'Man of Tai Chi'

Well I'll be dam, the man actually does know Kung Fu.

In case you're wondering what Keanu Reeves has been up to for the past half-decade, he's actually been keeping himself quite busy.  He wrapped production a while back on Universal's 47 Ronin (due out next year) - which tells the story of the legendary Samurai clan who set out to restore their master's honor - and has been hard at work on making his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi.

For those not familiar with martial arts, Tai Chi is a style of Kung Fu emphasizing self-defense, health, and particularly, slow movements.

Man of Tai Chi is set around a young martial artist's journey through Beijing (to be played by Tiger Chen, who worked on The Matrix stunt team) with Reeves himself playing the picture's villain.

With shooting currently going on in Hong Kong, Reeves recently offered a behind the scenes look on the type of camera work he'll be using to capture the film's fight scenes, known as Bot & Dolly's Iris, the world's most advanced Robotic motion control camera system.

As you can see in the video below, the new camera technology is able to move all-around during a fight scene without sacrificing accuracy, detail, or precision of any kind.

With Reeves having participated in the revolutionary "bullet time" and "wire-fu" shown in The Matrix, it looks like the man wants to take martial arts on film another step further.

Source: TwitchFilm