DAILY BRIEF: Jun 20, 2018

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Shanghai: Renny Harlin's Extraordinary Entertainment Inks India-China Film Deal
The Finnish director's Beijing-based production company will co-develop three film projects with Indian studio B4U, including an actioner about global wildlife poaching. The Hollywood Reporter
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In China, US Films Struggle Against Homegrown Movies
With audiences in North America steadily shrinking, Chinese moviegoers have never been more important to Hollywood. But China has also poured billions of dollars into its own film industry. The Christian Science Monitor
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Say goodbye to Huallywood? The Star Tax Probe Clouding a Chinese City’s Movie-making Dreams
Claims of tax evasion by highly paid performers could be a major plot twist in debt-ridden Wuxi, a city building its hopes of a better future on film and TV production South China Morning Post
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Coming to a Movie Studio Near You: Chinese Censorship
Two subjects were off limits at a major gathering of top Chinese and Hollywood movie producers and financiers in Shanghai this week. AFR
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China's Richest Son Unveils Film Label and New Talent Program
Banana Pictures, founded by the son of China's wealthiest man, officially unveiled its logo at the Shanghai International Film Festival on Monday. China.org.cn