DAILY BRIEF: Jun 13, 2019

NEWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

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  China Developers Building Six Flags-Sized Gamer Theme Park

  Dota 2 lovers: Get your China visas ready. China is building the world’s largest gamer theme park ...“for the win!” Forbes

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  Sony Pictures Animation Links to Tencent, Sets New ‘Boondocks,’ Tartakovsky Duo

  In an expansive mode after the huge critical, commercial and Academy Award validation for “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures Animation announced at Annecy on Wednesday that China’s Tencent has boarded Jackie Chan’s “Wish Dragon,” plus a reimagining of “The Boondocks,” horror series “Hungry Ghosts,” comedy series “Superbago” and two new Genndy Tartakovsky movies. Variety

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  China's Bona Film Group Lines Up Big Movies Through 2020

  Distributors and producers frequently bemoan the difficulty of understanding fast-moving audience trends in China. Affecting the outcome is the scale of country and all are affected by word of mouth driven by ubiquitous social media. Variety

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  Can 'Men in Black: International' Travel to $100 M+ Worldwide Opening

  With sequelitis in full swing at the domestic box office before Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 changes that course, Sony is plotting for its responsibly-budgeted reboot of Men in Black: International to carry the load exactly there — overseas. Deadline

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  ‘Little Fresh Meat’ and the Changing Face of Masculinity in China

  The embrace of a more fluid form of masculinity shows that many Chinese are frustrated with the traditional ideas pushed by the establishment. The New York Times