Singaporean actor Leon Williams will replace the scandal-stricken Edison Chen in the reshoot of Jump next month, says Apple Daily.

The hip-hop gongfu movie directed by Stephen Fung, produced by Stephen Chow and backed by Columbia Pictures was not cleared for release in China after Chen's sex photo incident.

As for Chen's other finished film, Sniper, Media Asia studio has decided to give up the mainland market and release it in Hong Kong at Easter next year.

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