'Koseidon,''Skull Island' in Tecent's super film projects
Tencent Pictures announced on Saturday in Beijing it plans to develop 21 film and TV projects in its super brands list, including "Koseidon,""Kong: Skull Island" and "The Tibet Code."Founded by one of...
View ArticleChinese Writer Ba Jin's Novel to Land on Big Screen Tomorrow
(CRI) A Chinese film on some young people's experiences in the Korean War will become available in Chinese theatres tomorrow (September 15).The film My War is directed by renowned Hong Kong ghost movie...
View ArticleChina's holiday box office sales down to 505 mln yuan
China's Mid-Autumn Festival box office sales were down from the same period last year to 505 million yuan, or around 75.5 million US dollars, with several new releases struggling to find traction over...
View ArticleSurplus of TV dramas leads to broadcaster corruption
(Global Times) Roughly one-third of Chinese TV series are never broadcast due to the overproduction of TV dramas, leading to massive corruption at television stations, which are bribed into...
View ArticleChinese content wins ASEAN hearts
(China Daily) Two years ago, a Chinese boy named Bao Dada became famous in Cambodia. The boy won the hearts of tens of thousands of Cambodian children by safeguarding justice with his intelligence and...
View ArticleAnimated 'Storks' set to hit the screen
(China Daily) Warner Bros' upcoming animated movie Storks is a new twist on the mythologic concept of storks delivering babies.A preview screening was held in Beijing on Sept 17. Most of the viewers...
View ArticleBastille Day to Hit Theatres in China on September 20
(CRI) An action film on an anti-terrorist mission in France, Bastille Day, will hit theatres around China tomorrow, on September 20th.Directed by James Watkins, known for films like Eden Lake in 2008...
View Article"A Chinese Odyssey: Part III" dominates Chinese box office
(Xinhua) The domestic fantasy film "A Chinese Odyssey: Part III" topped the Chinese box office in the week ending Sept. 18, earning 250 million yuan (37.5 million U.S. dollars), China Film News...
View ArticleFeng Xiaogang wins int'l award but delays new film
China's top director Feng Xiaogang won an award for his new black humor satire "I Am Not Madame Bovary" at the Toronto International Film Festival, but postponed its domestic release amid much...
View ArticleZhang Ziyi attends awarding ceremony of Toronto Int'l Film Festival
Jury member and actress Zhang Ziyi speaks during the awarding ceremony of the 41st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 18, 2016.Source: Xinhua
View Article'I Am Not Madame Bovary' Photocall - 64th San Sebastian Film Festival
Chinese film director Feng Xiaogang, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and Chinese producer Wang Zhonglei pose for a photocall after the screening of their film "I am not Madame Bovary" during the 64th San...
View ArticleChinese film festival pushes for end to gender inequality
(AP) — In films, women and girls are much more likely to take off their clothes than male actors and to be scantily clad in the first place, studies show. Less than a third of speaking characters are...
View ArticleRising in the East
(CBS) The Chinese economy is struggling, plagued by slowing growth and uncertainty in the stock markets. But there is one industry that is not suffering: the movie business. For China and its 1.3...
View ArticleThe China Box-Office Boom That Wasn’t
(WSJ) Movie makers are master illusionists. In China, the boom in the movie industry could be a grand illusion.Box-office receipts during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a three-day holiday this month, fell...
View ArticleHollywood Under Pressure to Put More Chinese Actors in the Spotlight
(WSJ) Earlier this summer, the producers of a coming “Jumanji” remake put out a call to talent agencies: They wanted a Chinese actor in their movie.Male or female? It didn’t matter. And what was the...
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