DAILY BRIEF: Feb 16, 2018

NEWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

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  Berlin: China, Germany to Begin Negotiations on Co-Production Treaty

  Although China has co-production treaties in place with the U.K., Spain and France, no such formal partnership yet exists with Europe's largest economy. The Hollywood Reporter

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  Imax to Release Local-Language Trio for Chinese New Year

  “We used to give Hollywood titles precedence and date releases around them. Now we see local films have the greater upside. Similarly, we used to try to pick one movie at a time and roll the dice,” an IMAX source told Variety. “What we are doing now shows that China is not anyone’s 51st state, and instead is truly its own market.” Variety

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  China Can't Make Moviegoers More Patriotic

  Chinese audiences know what they want better than the regulators, and they're the ones who will ultimately determine the fate of local productions. And, as "Wolf Warrior 2" showed, Chinese filmmakers are up to the challenge. Bloomberg

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  How China's Indifference To 'Star Wars' Hurt The 'Last Jedi' Worldwide Box Office

  There has been much discussion, some of it fair and some of it hyperbolic, about whether the $618 million domestic and $1.325 billion worldwide gross was big enough for a movie of Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s stature. Forbes

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  Emile Hirsch’s China Pic ‘The Chinese Widow’ Goes Global – Berlin

  Emile Hirsch’s exploits in China will finally be seen around the world after international sales agent VMI Worldwide picked up global rights to Chinese period war drama The Chinese Widow. Deadline