Matthew Morrison Joins Cast of Chinese Film Crazy Alien
Recently, Chinese director Ning Hao (Breakup Buddies, 2014) starts shooting his comic sci-fi movie Crazy Alien, which stars Chinese actor Huang Bo (Lost in Thailand, 2012) and American actors Matthew Morrison (Glee, 2009-2014), Tom Pelphrey, and Kat Nelson. Crazy Alien is scheduled to release in China on February 5, 2019. In a recent interview, Ning Hao mentioned that he had hired top international studios to create special effects for the film. He also mentioned that the biggest challenge during the shooting is language barrier. Read more on Mtime
Chinese Documentary Wins the Top Prize at the Locarno Festival
The 70th Locarno International Film Festival announced this year’s award winners on August 12 (Beijing Time). Chinese director Wang Bing’s Mrs. Fang wins the festival’s top prize Golden Leopard. This is the 6th time a Chinese filmmaker wins this award. Premiered at Kassel Documenta, Mrs. Fang documents the last days of an ordinary Chinese women Fang Xiuying who dies of Alzheimers. Read more on Cinematik
Who are China’s Top Grossing Actresses?
Recently, Chinese movie news site Mtime conducted a research to find out who are China’s highest grossing actresses. This research only targets Chinese actresses who were born after 1980. According to the final report, Bai Baihe ranks Number one. Movies that starred Bai as a lead actress grossed 5.75 billion yuan in total. Number two is Zhang Yuqi (3.83 billion yuan), who starred in Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid. Not far behind are Yang Mi (3.54 billion yuan) and Fan Bingbing (3.45 billion yuan). Read more on Mtime
The Adventurers and Guilty of Mind Start Strong as Wolf Warrior 2 Stays No. 1
The Adventurers and Guilty of Mind opened in China on Friday August 11, and both films have raked in more than 100 million yuan in ticket sales so far. Meanwhile, Wolf Warrior 2, after 17 days in release, continued to show its strong momentum and made more than 200 million yuan in ticket sales in a single day again. According to Mtime’s prediction, these three movies will dominate China’s Box Office this coming week. Read more on Mtime
Alibaba to Integrate its Digital Publishing Platform into China’s Entertainment Ecosystem
Li Zhiqian, CEO of Alibaba’s online publishing platform ‘Ali Wenxue’, recently attended China’s first conference on Internet Literature. Founded in 2015, ‘Ali Wenxue’ has become a top online platform that publishes Internet novels. For ‘Ali Wenxue’, generating revenue is not the only objective. As Alibaba’s content creating arm, ‘Ali Wenxue’ plays an important role in generating IPs for Alibaba’s film and TV production as well as merchandising divisions, to monetize. Read more on yuledujiaoshou
