Author: Oliver
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Chinese Film, Internet Video Companies Sue Search Giant Baidu in Anti-Piracy Push
Dalian Wanda Group, Youku Tudou and others seek $49 million in damages from Baidu and a smaller search engine in litigation announced at a Beijing press event attended by reps from the…
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AFM: Hype, Hope and Business as Usual with China as Part of the New Normal
The Great Wall of Chinese money has not exactly washed away the American Film Market this week. Rather, it has seeped into every conversation and every deal permutation. Chinese companies are attending…
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Bona CEO Yu Dong Predicts Golden Age for Chinese Film Sector
Content, not money, is the biggest challenge going forward say attendees of the U.S.-China Film Summit. “Yu said the industry is flush with cash and that the challenges are actually on…
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Russia’s ‘Stalingrad’ Storms Into China
After making records in its home territory, Russian pic Stalingrad is off to a strong start in China. The Sony Pictures Releasing International WWII drama went out in China on Thursday last week on…
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JYP Pictures has entered a collaboration with China Oriental Performing Arts Group to produce a film together
Both CEOs of the respective companies signed the contract at the China Oriental Performing Arts Group headquarters on the 29th. Through this collaboration, both sides will invest in each other’s…
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Suning invest $420 mln in PPTV & China’s SGAPPRFT Outlaws Foreign TV Programs
Two bits of news today: Suning invest $420 mln in PPTV (largest online tv subscribers 340 million users ) More@ https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/suning-lenovo-idUSL3N0II2L62013102 & China’s SGAPPRFT Outlaws Foreign TV Programs more @https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2013/10/27/chinas-sgapprft-outlaws-foreign-tv-programs/ Foreign Talent Agency…
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Hunger Games vs. Gravity to compete in China
In spite of previous speculation that Lionsgate would wait until 2014 to release The Hunger Games: Catching Fire to Chinese theaters, the studio announced this morning that the anticipated sequel will open in the…
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Hollywood must think bigger about China, says producer Janet Yang
With a few exceptions, Hollywood studios are moving far more slowly than Chinese companies in the world’s second-largest movie market, said U.S. producer Janet Yang, whose works include “The Joy Luck Club” and…
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Animated film shows the human side of Mao Zedong
When director Lei Junlin, 41, came up with the idea of producing an animated film about Mao Zedong’s childhood, she had plenty of doubts. To portray Communist Party leaders in China through…
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China’s Poly Culture Plans Hong Kong IPO, Says Report
Poly Culture, one of China’s leading auction, cultural and film investors, is planning a stock market listing in Hong Kong, according to reports. The state-owned enterprise previously planned to list its shares…
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Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford visits special needs school in Guangzhou
Chace Crawford surprised students at a special needs school in China with an impromptu visit. The actor was in China last week and stopped by the Special Education Center of Children’s…
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Lance NewlandLance Newland
HOBBIES & FEATURES Boy Scout. Legos. Cycling (dirt) & playing Wii video games.
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Caroline KeoghCaroline Keogh
HOBBIES & FEATURES Gymnastics, horseback riding, dancing
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China approves Gravity. China doesn’t tend to promote a foreign nation’s space program, But China are a major player in the international film market, so exceptions are made for $$
Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity has been one of the year’s most successful films, both fiscally and critically. Since debuting at the Venice Film Festival, the movie has accrued a 97% rating on RottenTomatoes.com, and grabbed $91m…
