The Hong Kong director and mainland Chinese film studio are locked in a war of words over the distribution of earnings for the blockbuster.<\/p>\n
As Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons continues its record-breaking march towards becoming the top-grossing domestic production ever released in China, a parallel drama is unfolding online, as the film\u2019s producer-director and his mainland Chinese partner engage in an escalating battle over how the spoils are to be shared.<\/p>\n
For the past week, Stephen Chow Sing-chi\u2019s Bingo Group and the Beijing-based Huayi Brothers studio have issued separate notices contesting how Journey\u2019s net profits are to be divided. The main sticking point is whether Huayi is an investor in the production, or merely the Chinese distributor of the film \u2014 if the latter, the studio\u2019s take will be considerably less. <\/p>\n
More @: https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/stephen-chow-chinas-huayi-brothers-425054<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hong Kong director and mainland Chinese film studio are locked in a war of words over the distribution of earnings for the blockbuster. As Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons continues its record-breaking march towards becoming the top-grossing domestic production ever released in China, a parallel drama is unfolding online, as the film\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n