Lucy Liu on the New Charlie Chan

Lucy Liu talked to MTV about her upcoming new Charlie Chan movie in which she'll play... Charlie Chan. "[I'm going to be playing] Charlie Chan's granddaughter, who's also named Charlie," Liu says. "So she's going to be the next Charlie Chan."

Created by Ohio author Earl Derr Biggers, Chan was a detective who always found himself solving murder cases in exotic places despite the bumbling efforts of a son (or two) who would comically interfere while trying to help.

Liu has enlisted X2: X-Men United screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris to help her reinvent Chan for the 21st century. "I'm sure it's going to be a commercial film," Liu added. "I don't think it's going to be something that's an alternative version of Charlie Chan. I'd like to bring a dark edge to it, if that's possible, but we have to see. I just want people to enjoy and appreciate it."

The project is at 20th Century Fox which says that the film is still in the early stages of development.