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Baidu’s Video Website Taps International Film Festivals For Home Growth
In its quest to compete with Youku Tudou for the attention of China’s 618 million Internet users, Baidu’s IQiyi video website is tapping global movie festivals to satisfy Chinese viewers’ curiosity for…
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Chinese Director Zhang Yimou To Film Promo for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Bid
‘Hero’ director and the man behind the epic 2008 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies will likely take the reigns again if China wins the bid. Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who wowed the world…
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Jason Statham Looks to Star in Chinese Action Film
A Chinese producer says he is looking to create “an action movie only for Chinese audiences” with the British action hero, who is on tour in China to promote “The Expendables 3.”…
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Beijing Forum To Address Sino-U.S. Film Cooperation; Local Producers Eye ‘Avatar’ Rival
A forum to be held this week in Beijing will address critical issues facing the Chinese film industry, especially as they regard cooperation with the U.S. The state-backed China Film Association has…
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Lionsgate Pacts With Alibaba for China Streaming Service
Alibaba is working on a New York IPO that could be the biggest tech listing in history and has been expanding rapidly into the entertainment industry. FTA can act as your Chinese…
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Chinese Tourism Company to Sue Paramount Over ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’
“Transformers: Age of Extinction” may be breaking box office records in China, but not everyone there is happy about the film. A tourism company has announced their intentions to file suit against…
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Tom Hardy Confirmed to Join Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Revenant’
Tom Hardy is officially set to join Leonardo DiCaprio in New Regency’s Western “The Revenant.” Hardy had been linked to the project for several weeks but needed to work out his very busy schedule before…
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Bart & Fleming: Is China Hollywood’s Future, Or Folly?
By PETER BART and MIKE FLEMING JR Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly Sunday column, two old friends get together and grind their axes on…
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First Look At Tom Hardy & Charlize Theron Together In ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
“He’s a rebooted Mad Max, but it’s a new interpretation.” George Miller told us in 2011 about Tom Hardyplaying the new anti-hero maverick of the wasteland. “We made it very clear from the outset that it would…
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Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise Adds Luke Evans And Elizabeth Moss
Welsh actor Luke Evans (“The Hobbit”) and Elisabeth Moss have joined the cast of Ben Wheatley’s “High-Rise,” which is being produced by Jeremy Thomas’ Recorded Picture Company. As previously announced, other thesps include Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller,…