Headlines from China: Wong Kar-Wai’s New Series ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ Drops A First-look Poster

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While a movie is still in the works, the TV adaptation of the multi-award-winning novel “Blossoms”—“Blossoms Shanghai” has just announced a full shooting schedule and dropped a first-look poster that features actor Hu Ge as the leading character. Read More

Headlines from China: Golden Rooster Film Festival 2020 Opens Application Portal for New Film Projects

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China’s top film festival Golden Rooster Film Festival just dropped a poster themed “Gravity” and launched its 2020 “Film Projects” section, calling for applications of new film projects to compete in this year’s festival. Read More

Headlines from China: China’s Box Office Tops 100 Million Yuan in First Reopening Week

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According to Lighthouse Data, a box office tracker and entertainment big data platform, there were about 416,600 screenings arranged across the country in the first week of cinema reopening, and the total gross of all films reaches 109.39 million yuan, which means a 4.17 million admissions in total. Read More

Headlines from China: The 10th Beijing International Film Festival Announces Opening Date

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The organizing committee of the Beijing International Film Festival announced yesterday that the 10th edition of the festival will be held from August 22 to 29. Read More

Headlines from China: Hengdian, China’s Largest Film Studio Welcomes Back More Crews

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More than 100 film and teleplay crews have resumed works at Hengdian World Studios, known as “China’s Hollywood”, as the COVID-19 pandemic eases in most parts of the country and the film and television industry emerges from its months-long slumber. Read More

Headlines from China: Curtain Rises on Shanghai International Film Festival

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The 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival, the first large-scale cinematic event held in-person in China since the coronavirus outbreak, kicked off on Saturday. The delayed event opened with the China Film Industry Summit Forum instead of the star-studded opening ceremony and red carpet, which had been canceled for safety reasons. Read More

Headlines from China: ‘Harry Potter’, ‘1917’, ’Bad Boys for Life’ and a Few Other Films Set Release Dates

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A trio of Hollywood titles including “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, in 3D and 4K restorations, the Oscar-winning war epic “1917”, and the Will Smith-starring “Bad Boys For Life”,  are set to hit the big screen in the upcoming weeks according to the announcements made by their distributors on Thursday. Read More

Headlines from China: Movie Theaters in Low-Risk Areas in Beijing Will Reopen Starting From July 24

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The Beijing Municipal Film Department just green-lit the local cinemas in Beijing to reopen this coming Friday. Notably, July 24 is also when the first new Hollywood titles will hit the market, including Dolittle and Bloodshot. Read More

Netflix Names TikTok as a Major Competitor For First Time

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TikTok has been publicly labeled by Netflix as a major competitor for the first time, as global pushbacks have left the Chinese app’s global expansion plans almost in tatters. Read More

Headlines from China: Art-house Film ‘A First Farewell’ Tops China’s Domestic Box Office On the First Day of Reopening

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The Xinjiang art-house independent film “A First Farewell” racked up 1.56 million yuan in first-day sales, making itself the champion on the first day of cinema reopening in China. Read More

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