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Is This 22-year-old Australian Actress Disney’s Choice for Mulan?

Jan 16, 2017  /  News  / 
Chinese social media is abuzz with speculation that 22-year-old Australian actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo has scored the role of Hua Mulan in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation. Read More

China’s First Big Gay Movie Passes Censors Again

Jan 13, 2017  /  News  / 
For the second time ever, China's movie regulators have approved the release of a film featuring gay central characters -- but in this case, that approval is for the same movie. Read More

On Screen China: ‘Passengers’ Takes on ‘Rogue One’

Jan 12, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
This weekend brings Sony’s Passengers, the sci-fi romance starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt that has struggled critically and commercially in North America since its release on December 21. Read More

January May Be a Great Month for Hollywood Movies in China

Jan 12, 2017  /  News  / 
For the first month of the year, normally the Chinese market serves as a dumping ground for foreign films that have bombed overseas and are bought, on the cheap, by local distributors looking to turn a modest profit. Read More

The Animated Film Industry is Taking off in China with Help from South Korea and Japan

Jan 11, 2017  /  News  / 
Following the biggest year for animation ever at China's box office, Japanese and South Korean amimators are looking to cash in on the Chinese cinema market. Read More

Chinese Publishers Turn to TV as Book Profits Spiral

Jan 11, 2017  /  News  / 
More striking than Qin’s Holmesian knack for solving cases is that, unlike most of its competition, Dr. Qin is not the work of a seasoned web TV production company. Instead, it is the fruit of a new generation of TV producers in China: book publishers. Read More

Virtual Reality Porn Peddlers Arrested in Shenzhen

Jan 11, 2017  /  News  / 
Pornography is illegal in China, where a 1997 law bans the production and dissemination of obscene content. Read More

China Clears Golden Globe Winner ‘La La Land’ for Release

Jan 10, 2017  /  News  / 
Golden Globe-winner "La La Land" has been approved for distribution in China and will screen in the China Giant Screen format and possibly IMAX 2D, although a specific date is yet to be announced. Read More

Film Review: Jackie Chan Throws Back and Rolls Ahead in ‘Railroad Tigers’

Jan 9, 2017  /  Reviews  / 
Surrounded by a crew played by so-called Little Fresh Meat actors along with his 34-year-old son, Jaycee, Chan winningly reprises the loose-limbed, high-spirited vibe of the Hong Kong "Lucky Stars" comedies of the ‘80s with charm if not a memorably balletic central performance. Read More

‘Rogue One’ Star Jiang Wen Attributes Hollywood’s Success to US Naval Superiority

Jan 8, 2017  /  News  / 
Actor, director, and producer Jiang Wen has taken the peculiar stance of declaring that Hollywood films are welcome internationally because of the size of the US Navy. Read More

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