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