Stan Lee Creates New Superhero ‘Monkey Master’ for China-India Co-pro

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Marvel Comics impresario Stan Lee and his long-time collaborator Sharad Devarajan are teaming up to launch "Monkey Master" as a new superhero drawing on the myths of China and India. Read More

CFI Interview: Ty Ahmad-Taylor, CEO of THX

 /  People  / 
For Ty Ahmad-Taylor, CEO of THX, the US cinema certification company founded by George Lucas and engineers at Lucasfilm, Chinese audience reaction is a sign of Chinese moviegoers' increased sophistication. Read More

China Box Office: 2016 Fails to Eclipse 2015’s Mid-Autumn Festival Take

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The top four spots at this week’s Chinese box office were captured by four new local-language films, all released to coincide with China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival. Read More

China Has Finally Seen Explosive Growth in Short Original Videos

 /  News  / 
To be relevant in the China market, user-generated video sites turned to TV shows, movies, and more recently original shows, with a business model close to Hulu’s. Read More

Blacklists are Real, Both for Content and People: Part 4 of the First CFI Guide

 /  News  / 
Within 18 months of starting the first China bureau of The Hollywood Reporter in Beijing, CFI editor Jonathan Landreth reported in September 2006 that director Lou Ye was banned from filmmaking in China for five years. Read More

Chinese Director Huang Bin To Adapt Marc Levy’s ‘The Shadow Thief’

 /  News  / 
Chinese director Huang Bin has secured the rights to French bestselling author Marc Levy’s "The Shadow Thief," the author announced this week in Beijing. Read More

Streaming App CEO Sentenced to 42 Months for Lewd Content

 /  Legal  / 
A district court in Beijing has sentenced the CEO of QVOD, the company behind the now-defunct video-streaming application Kuaibo, to 42 months in prison and fined 1 million yuan (US$150,000). Read More

Wanda Qingdao Studio to Begin Partial Operations This Year

 /  News  / 
Wanda Group will open parts of what is set to be the world’s biggest movie studio this year, with some local media reports saying it could be as early as the end of September. Read More

The Rise and Fall of Chinese IP Film Adaptations

 /  News  / 
2016 seems destined to be the year that the Chinese IP film adaptation industry falls. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Star Trek’ Goes ‘Beyond’ for a Second Week

 /  Box Office  / 
Imported films from four different countries took the top seven spots at China’s box office this weekend. Read More

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