DAILY BRIEF: Jul 9, 2019

NEWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

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  Netflix Expands Chinese Content With Series, Film Additions

  Global streaming giant, Netflix is growing its Chinese-language content with six new licensed titles. These will arrive on the service in the second half of 2019. Variety

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  China Box Office: ‘White Storm 2’ Dominates as ‘Spider-Man’ Loses Grip

  The Andy Lau- and Louis Koo-starring Hong Kong action film “White Storm 2: The Drug Lords” was the third highest grossing film in the world this weekend thanks to a strong $62.4 million China opening. It far outstripped other Chinese and U.S. content in Chinese theaters. Variety

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  Chinese film censors cancel two domestic movies, giving Hong Kong releases a boost

  'The Eight Hundred' and 'Better Days' are withdrawn over controversial KMT and youth violence content; 'The Last Wish' is renamed. 'White Storm 2' and 'The Invincible Dragon' fill the gaps in mainland cineplex schedules. SCMP - Post Magazine

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  'The Farewell' Filmmaker Lulu Wang to Direct Sci-Fi Feature 'Children of the New World'

  Ahead of the theatrical release of her Sundance darling The Farewell this weekend, director Lulu Wang has set her sights on her follow-up project. Wang will helm the sci-fi feature Children of the New World, which she is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name. The Hollywood Reporter

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  ‘The White Storm 2: Drug Lords’ to close New York Asian Film Festival

  Hong Kong thriller The White Storm 2: Drug Lords, which grossed $59.7m in China at the weekend, has been unveiled as the closing night film at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Screen