All China articles – Page 84
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IMAX adds 15 theatres to South Korea’s CJ CGV Holdings circuit
The expanded revenue share deal will add 15 IMAX theatres to China and will bring the number of the company’s theatres in South Korea and China to 65.
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FeaturesGrowing up fast
Local films are losing ground to Hollywood imports at the Chinese box office. Liz Shackleton explores how China’s production sector, still in a relatively early stage of development, is approaching the marketplace
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FeaturesA change of image
As a growing part of the global visual-effects industry, China offers more than low costs and outsourcing. Liz Shackleton reports
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FeaturesRules of attraction
China has been emerging as an exciting international partner. But with its government putting co-productions under scrutiny, could that be about to change? Liz Shackleton reports
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NewsHyde Park International kicks off talks on The Wonder
Karl Urban, Willow Shields from The Hunger Games franchise and Taiwan’s Leehom Wang will star in the upcoming 3D family adventure.
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NewsFox International Productions, Bona unveil production deal
The announcement follows a deal signed this May in which FIP parent company News Corp acquired a 19.9% equity stake in Bona.
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NewsGuttentag to shoot French Concession in China
Film is billed as being the first entirely financed out of China and shot by a Hollywood director.
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NewsChina box office monthly round-up: The Expendables 2 tops September box office
The Expendables 2 was the highest-grossing release at the Chinese box office in September; a month dominated by US films.
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NewsProduction underway in Asia on My Lucky Star
As previously reported on Screendaily, the prequel to Chinese hit Sophie’s Revenge sees Zhang Ziyi reprise her role in the crime caper.
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NewsLooper grosses $16.7m in first ten days in China
Sources issued the numbers on Wednesday (10) after the independent sci-fi thriller was understood to have added approximately $7.5m in the second weekend through DMG Entertainment. Combined with the bulk of international grosses from mostly FilmNation licensees, the tally has reached $46m excluding second weekend results from Russia.
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NewsMillion Dollar Crocodile to take a bite of North America
Sales company Odin’s Eye has sold North American rights to the Chinese film Million Dollar Crocodile to Screen Media Films, which will now begin planning for a release in the first quarter of next year.
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Entertainment And Media In Asia to host US-China Film Summit
The Asia Society Southern California’s Entertainment And Media In Asia (EMASIA) will present the event in Los Angeles on Oct 30.
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US-China Summit scheduled for Nov 1 in Los Angeles
Sponsored by East West Bank and Loeb & Loeb, the half-day event is being hosted by the Asia Society Southern California’s Entertainment & Media/Asia Initiative (EMAsia).
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GFZ Group to handles effects on Andy Lau thriller Switch
Vancouver-based visual effects company GFZ Group has won a contract to act as lead visual effects and post-production house on the China-US action thriller Switch.
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NewsGong Li to star in The Last Empress
The China-US co-production involving Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios is scheduled to begin shooting in the fourth quarter of 2013.
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NewsChina box office monthly round-up: Spidey and DKR go head-to-head
The dominance of local films ended on August 27 when The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises opened on the same day.
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NewsDalian Wanda Group completes AMC acquisition for $2.6bn
Wanda and AMC announced the $2.6bn transaction at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (Sept 4) when Wanda said it would invest up to an additional $500m in the unit over time “to fund strategic and operating initiatives.”
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NewsDark Knight Rises prevails in seventh international session
China returned more than $63m from two Hollywood smashes in a single week.
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NewsSpidey, Batman make waves on shared opening day in China
Both films launched on Monday (Aug 27) and the results are strong: The Amazing Spider-Man grossed an estimated $5.46m through Sony Pictures Releasing International while Warner Bros Pictures International reported a $4.45m debut for The Dark Knight Rises.
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NewsChina box office monthly round-up: Painted Skin 2 dominates China market
Wuershan’s fantasy period drama Painted Skin 2: The Resurrection dominated the China box office during July.