DAILY BRIEF: Mar 22, 2018

NEWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

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  Filmart: Ridley Scott in Talks to Produce Chinese Action Thriller

  The veteran filmmaker is circling a $35 million military drama based on the evacuation of Chinese nationals during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The Hollywood Reporter

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  FilMart: Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton Board China’s ‘Watch The Skies’

  Leading British talent Sean Bean (“Game of Thrones”), Asa Butterfield (“Ender’s Game”), Gemma Arterton (“Quantum of Solace”), Sam Claflin (“Hunger Games,” “Pirates of the Caribbean”) and Laura Haddock (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) are poised to sign up as the voice cast of upcoming Chinese animation “Watch The Skies.” The film is to be completed in the first quarter of 2019. Variety

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  Busy Sundance Producer Rachel Song Launches China Production Company

  Rachel Song, the producer behind the Sundance Film Festival competition pics A Kid Like Jake starring Jim Parsons and Claire Danes and Nancy starring Andrea Riseborough, is opening up shop in her native China. Deadline Hollywood

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  Filmart: China's Pearl Studio Execs Talk Plans Post-DreamWorks, New Netflix Partnership

  The Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded Shanghai animation studio is now fully backed by Beijing investment group CMC Capital Partners and plans to produce one to two features for global consumption per year. The Hollywood Reporter

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  China’s consumers are paying to watch movies online, but foreign streaming giants are missing out

  China has become a market where consumers are increasingly paying for online video content, a far cry from the days of pirated downloads. But it is a boom that foreign streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon are missing out. South China Morning Post