Headlines from China: The H Collective To Produce Three Movies Featuring Li Bingbing and TFBoys’ Karry Wang

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The H Collective, a newly-launched film finance, production, marketing, and distribution company based in Los Angeles, is signing Chinese actors to be in its first few productions; among them, actress Li Bingbing and singer Karry Wang. Read More

Headlines from China: China’s South Korean Content Restrictions May be Loosened

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As China and South Korean will resume normal relations, the unofficial restrictions on South Korean entertainment content, which started last year in August, may also be loosened. Read More

Chinese Cinemas to Show Propaganda Trailer Ahead of Screenings

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Industry insiders said that cinemas have been instructed to show one of four minute-long videos collectively titled “The Glory and the Dream” before every movie screening. Read More

Australia Announces 14-Film, $302 Million Co-Production Slate with China

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"Guardians of the Tomb," (aka "Nest") stars Li Bingbing and Kelsey Grammer and is currently in post-production for 2017 release. Also on the slate is the Jackie Chan film "Bleeding Steel," co-starring Australian actor Callan Mulvey ("Underbelly"), now in post-production and set for release later this year. Read More

Goodbye Hollywood? ‘Meg’ Star Li Bingbing Sells LA Home for $3M

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It seems a curious time for China star Li Bingbing to sell her home in Los Angeles, for a cool US$3 million. Read More

Shark Thriller ‘Meg’ Will Bite China in 2018 Before Rest of World

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The Jason Statham/Li Bingbing vehicle will debut for Chinese New Year audiences a full two weeks before it attacks the rest of the world in early 2018. Read More

CFI Q&A: Li Bingbing’s English Tutor, ‘Mysterious Foreign Boyfriend’

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When you hear Li Bingbing speak English, its polish on the road to Hollywood crossover at one time got a little boost from China Film Insider China correspondent Fergus Ryan. Read More

Chinese Celebrity and the Soft Power Machine

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In the first in a series of occasional guest Op-eds, China Film Insider brings you the voices of two academics in Britain who are recording milestones and studying trends in the growing world of Chinese moviemaking, Read More