{"id":5209,"date":"2013-06-05T03:36:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T03:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2013-06-05T03:37:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T03:37:00","slug":"chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-for-u-s-china-co-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-for-u-s-china-co-production\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Chinese Regulators Approve &#8216;Arabian Nights&#8217; for U.S.-China Co-Production<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<h2>Chuck Russell\u2019s long-anticipated 3D adventure project, starring Liam Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins, will reportedly go into production in August.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chuck Russell<\/strong>\u2019s long-delayed adaptation of\u00a0<em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Arabian Nights<\/em>will soon be reinitiated as a China-U.S. co-production, after China\u2019s Film Bureau cleared a script synopsis submitted by the film\u2019s producers.<\/p>\n<p>The application for official approval for<em>Arabian Nights<\/em>, which boasts a cast including\u00a0<strong>Liam Hemsworth<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>Anthony Hopkins<\/strong>, was listed on the<a href=\"https:\/\/dy.chinasarft.gov.cn\/shanty.deploy\/blueprint.nsp?id=013f09da0c3b272b402881a73db09ef3&templateId=0129f8148f650065402881cd29f7df33#\" target=\"_blank\">Film Bureau\u2019s latest public notices released online<\/a>\u00a0on June 4. The entry listed the Chinese film company Zhejiang HG Entertainment and another entity called AN Holdings as filing the paperwork on May 10, with Russell named as the writer of the screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>The application was approved after adjustments were made to the synopsis, the notice stated. These official statements do not usually list exactly what changes are requested or made to the applications.<\/p>\n<p>When Russell first unveiled\u00a0<em>Arabian Nights\u00a0<\/em>two years ago \u2014 when preproduction was completed and Film District acquired the project\u2019s U.S. rights at Cannes \u2014 Chinese financiers were hardly on the radar. In fact, the film was originally shaped as a joint production to be backed by Kazakhstan\u2019s state-owned studio,\u00a0Kazakh Film, with Russell having signed a cooperation deal with the company in December 2011 and also claiming to have already scouted locations in the Central Asian country.<\/p>\n<p>The film then dropped off the radar, until Zhejiang HG Entertainment began making noises about its involvement in the project. Speaking to the Chinese press earlier in the year, the company\u2019s general manager\u00a0<strong>Liu Zhijiang<\/strong>\u00a0said production of\u00a0<em>Arabian Nights\u00a0<\/em>will begin in August, with Russell, Hemsworth and Hopkins still on board. Liu also said the film will have a budget of $70 million.<\/p>\n<p>While Liu has stopped speaking about Kazakh Film\u2019s involvement in the project, it is now highly unlikely the film will be shot in Kazakhstan. Zhejiang HG Entertainment is one of the subsidiaries of Hengdian Group, the vast conglomerate that also runs the Hengdian\u00a0World Studios, the largest shooting facility in China \u2014 and the world.<\/p>\n<p>In previously released publicity material,\u00a0<em>Arabian Nights\u00a0<\/em>is described as \u201ca visually stunning 3D retelling of the classic adventure tale about a bold, young commander who joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his Genie to rescue Scheherazade and save her kingdom from the dark powers of an immortal sorcerer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhejiang HG Entertainment is also one of the backers of the Sino-Australia co-production\u00a0<em>33 Postcards<\/em>, starring\u00a0<strong>Guy Pearce<\/strong>\u00a0as a prison inmate who gets to meet the young Chinese woman he helped support with monthly payments sent to her country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Chinese Film Bureau\u2019s latest notices also revealed approved script synopses for sequels of several domestic blockbuster franchises, including a third installment for the fantasy action series\u00a0<em>Painted Skin\u00a0<\/em>and crime thriller\u00a0<em>Overheard<\/em>. A second helping of the\u00a0<strong>Donnie Yen<\/strong>-starring\u00a0<em>Iceman Cometh\u00a0<\/em>has also been greenlighted\u00a0\u2014 despite the first installment, which was marketed heavily at Cannes in May, still being in postproduction.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong\u2019s Media Asia has, alongside its mainland Chinese partners Rosat Film Production, also submitted a script synopsis for a sequel to\u00a0<strong>Johnnie To<\/strong>\u2019s rom-com\u00a0<em>Don\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart<\/em>, with the outline suggesting the reappearance of the characters played by the first film\u2019s two leads,<strong>Louis Koo<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Gao Yuanyuan<\/strong>. The project is shaping up as a mainland China-Hong Kong co-production.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-562234\">https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-562234<\/a><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Russell\u2019s long-anticipated 3D adventure project, starring Liam Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins, will reportedly go into production in August. Chuck Russell\u2019s long-delayed adaptation of\u00a0The\u00a0Arabian Nightswill soon be reinitiated as a China-U.S. co-production, after China\u2019s Film Bureau cleared a script synopsis submitted by the film\u2019s producers. The application for official approval forArabian Nights, which boasts a [&hellip;]<\/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-5209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese Regulators Approve &#039;Arabian Nights&#039; for U.S.-China Co-Production - FTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-for-u-s-china-co-production\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oliver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ft-agency.com\\\/wordpress\\\/chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-for-u-s-china-co-production\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ft-agency.com\\\/wordpress\\\/chinese-regulators-approve-arabian-nights-for-u-s-china-co-production\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Oliver\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ft-agency.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f076e4c00545b6ff0cb77e74c9bb28ad\"},\"headline\":\"Chinese Regulators Approve &#8216;Arabian Nights&#8217; 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