‘Boonie Bears’: How Two Plucky Bears Are Driving a Billion-Dollar Chinese...
When Daisy Shang first came to Cannes in 2008, the Chinese animation industry was still really just starting to find its feet, and billion-dollar franchises must have seemed like a dream. As the...
View ArticleGolden Horse Launches New Wave of Taiwanese Cinema in Cannes
“Golden Horse Goes to Cannes” is looking to make a splash on the Croisette, marking a collaboration with the festival’s Marché du Film that aims to showcase the “diversity, vigor and bold competence of...
View ArticleHow Taiwan Is Helping Filmmakers Explore the Boundaries of Cinema
Diversity, both in content and in terms of the characters explored, appears to be the driving force behind a number of Taiwan-backed productions spread out across this year’s Cannes Film Festival...
View ArticleChina Box Office: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Cleared for Release (Exclusive)
George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will have some good commercial news at its back as it roars into its much-anticipated Cannes Film Festival premiere Wednesday night. The Warner Bros. action...
View ArticleAlex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Lands China Release Date
Alex Garland’s hit dystopian thriller Civil War has landed a potentially lucrative theatrical release in China. Chinese company Huahua Media acquired the local rights to the film and will distribute it...
View ArticleIndia, Back in the Palme d’Or Hunt After 30 Years, Hopes Cannes Will Help...
India is ending its decades-long absence from the Palme d’Or this year with Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light lining up against the likes of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness and Francis Ford...
View Article‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhang-ke’s Defining Theme of Modern China...
The director’s longtime muse Zhao Tao plays a woman who takes an emotional journey from her home in a fading industrial city in search of a vanished former boyfriend.
View ArticleHuanxi Media CEO Talks Betting Big on Zhang Ziyi Tentpole ‘She’s Got No...
By the time Chinese star Zhang Ziyi walked the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet on the event’s penultimate night last Friday, it was already clear that Chinese cinema was back on the international...
View Article‘Black Dog’ Review: Man Bites Dog, Becomes His Best Friend in Gorgeously...
Director Guan Hu ('The Eight Hundred,' 'Mr. Six') won the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar for his darkly comic thriller starring Canadian-Taiwanese actor Eddie Peng.
View Article‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Lands China Release Date
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die has received clearance to roll into China. The Sony Pictures film will hit Chinese cinemas on June 22, according to both the studio and local...
View ArticleShanghai Film Festival Unveils 2024 Competition Lineup
The Shanghai International Film Festival unveiled the competition selection for its upcoming 26th edition Wednesday, featuring a lineup characteristically heavy on Chinese titles. As in recent years,...
View ArticleBob Iger Touts “Richly Immersive Experiences,” Cuts Ribbon on $2B Tokyo...
After $2 billion spent and a lengthy construction process complicated by the pandemic, the Walt Disney Co. threw open the doors Thursday to its sprawling Fantasy Springs addition to the Tokyo Disney...
View ArticleChina Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Civil War’ Both Fizzle
Warner Bros.’ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and A24’s Civil War have both gotten off to a slow start at China’s box office. Furiosa, the first movie of George Miller’s Mad Max saga to be released...
View ArticleStudy: U.S. Films, Series Remain Most Powerful Content Category for Global...
Even in challenged times, no national entertainment industry can flex quite like Hollywood. According to new research from regional advisory group Media Partners Asia, U.S. films and series remain the...
View ArticleChinese Animation Looks to Expand Its Global Reach at Annecy
The Chinese film industry has made no secret of the fact that it hopes the success of last year’s Chang’an will herald a new era for the country’s animation studios. It’s certainly a theory that is...
View ArticleSoho House Set to Open First Japan House in 2026
Soho House will finally reach Japan, after the global private members club for creatives revealed plans for a Tokyo house that is set to open in 2026. Located in the Tokyo’s upmarket Aoyama district,...
View ArticleShanghai Film Festival: 5 Chinese Movies Not to Miss
Less than a decade ago, the Shanghai International Film Festival was the preeminent annual hotspot for Hollywood and European dealmakers determined to forge alliances and carve out a foothold in...
View ArticleShanghai: Director Rolf de Heer on Joining Competition Jury, Seeking “New...
Multi-award-winning Dutch-Australian director Rolf de Heer’s films expand creative horizons in the ways he deals with character, narrative and dialogue. Heads were turned with the Venice Grand Jury...
View ArticleChina’s Leading Lights Look to Shine Across the Shanghai Film Fest’s Main...
The promise from organizers of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival is for a mix of the “old and the new” and to that end this year’s program offers a look at emerging contemporary filmmakers...
View Article‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Secures China Release Date (With Some Censorship Cuts)
Disney/Marvel Studios’ wildly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine has landed a day-and-date release in China on July 26. The approval from Beijing’s film regulators marks the first time the Merc with...
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