Toyota launches Prius Campaign with comedic spot highlighting the reinvention of the world’s best selling hybrid. The striking all-new 2016 Toyota Prius steals America's heart in an entertaining, light-hearted 90-second commercial ...
Chinese TV producer Shen Jian (right) is a frequent guest at influential film events, such as the Academy Awards ceremony. [Photo provided to China Daily] Ang Lee turned down a number of interview requests from world media when his ...
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Actor Liao Fan plays the title role in The Master, a martial arts thriller that pays tribute to Bruce Lee. The movie is set to open across the country on Dec 11. [Photo provided to China Daily] While most directors rely on computers to ...
A Wanda cinema in Yichang, Hubei province. [Photo by Zhou Jianping/China Daily] Dalian Wanda Group Co Ltd, the privately owned Chinese property conglomerate, plans to list its film production and distribution business within a year, Wang ...
Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took audiences by storm when it was released 15 years ago. Now, 15 years after Ang Lee's international hit won four prizes at the 73th Academy Awards, the impressive Chinese wuxia (martial ...
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To many Chinese, the early 1980s were part of a "golden era" for idealists. A romance film named after the decade has recently made a nostalgic splash among those missing their lost youth and dreams. Love in the 1980s, adapted from a ...
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Tom Cruise's stunts and news of some Chinese investment are drawing people to Mission: Impossible-Rouge Nation. Xu Fan interviews director Christopher McQuarrie. Ethan Hunt looks unbeatable in Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. Tom ...
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A festival of short films by Chinese and South Korean filmmakers on the theme "share your dreams" kicked off in Dachang county, Hebei province, last week. It is the annual show's second edition that is co-hosted by South Korean ...
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A Century of Enlightenment, a Chinese film retrospective exhibition, will kick off on Friday in the US capital Washington D.C. During the one week activity, a forum on Sino-US cultural and film exchange will also be held. Sponsored by the ...
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Little Door Gods , an animation film about Chinese celestial beings, will be screened across the nation on New Year's Day next year. The film by Light Chaser Animation will follow the journey of two door gods in a contemporary Chinese ...
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Latest stats are suggesting the Chinese box office may surpass the US as the world's largest by as early as 2018. Jim Rainey is a senior film reporter with US-based film industry publication Variety. He says the overseas markets have ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping recently paid a state visit to the US, but cultural exchanges between the two countries are an important backdrop to the diplomatic ones. For example, Universal Studios has just contracted to build a theme park ...
As China's Internet giants rewrite the rules of the game for the traditional film industry, a new big player backed by the world's largest game company recently tapped into the booming market. Tencent Pictures, a subsidiary of Tencent ...
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Cinema typically prospers during slowdowns, and insiders think new films will turn box offices to gold, Xu Fan reports. China's box-office chart has seen new records set frequently in recent months. The latest big high-this year's first ...
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The National Day week has provided rich pickings for local filmmakers with homegrown movies overcoming competition from Hollywood, Xu Fan reports. The challenge from Hollywood has been a longtime concern for Chinese filmmakers. But the ...
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