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    ttt 4 2015

    Well, we've let this thread slide, haven't we?

    Sienna Miller, Sophie Marceau, Jake Gyllenhaal join Cannes jury
    UPI News Service, 04/22/2015

    Sienna Miller, Sophie Marceau and Jake Gyllenhaal have been named to the 2015 Cannes Film Festival jury.

    The 33-year-old English actress, 48-year-old French actress and 34-year-old American actor will serve alongside Spanish actress Rossy de Palma, Malian composer Rokia Traore, Spanish director Guillermo del Toro and Canadian director Xavier Dolan.

    Directors Joel and Ethan Cohen will act as co-Presidents of the Jury at the 68th annual event, the first time two people have shared the position. The nine members of the jury will vote to decide the festival winners, culminating in the prestigious Palme d'Or award.

    A Justin Kurzel adaptation of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender, Gus Van Sant drama The Sea of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey and Taiwanese martial arts film The Assassin are among the films in competition. The Cannes Film Festival will run May 13 to 24.

    I lost track of Assassin. Must check it out now if it made Cannes.
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    Two Chinese martial films at Cannes now

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    One more

    Jackie Chan's new project Railroad Tigers
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    And the winner is....

    ...Shu Qi.

    Chinese Actress Shu Qi Ruled the 2015 Cannes Closing Ceremony in Floral Elie Saab

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    The premiere of La Glace Et Le Ciel/the Cannes Closing Ceremony was all kinds of fabulous — Sienna Miller made headlines in a balletic (dare I say Khaleesi-worthy) Gucci gown, while Alicia Vikander stunned in icy velvet Valentino — but Shu Qi may have had the best dress of all: The Chinese star wore delicately embellished Elie Saab, and boy did she make a statement. Butterfly-like petals adorned the bodice, and cascaded down the multi-colored skirt — oh, and she paired the showstopping gown with a simple slim belt, along with some truly fabulous bling (because what else do you wear to Cannes?).

    Shu Qi was at Cannes promoting The Assassin, a beautifully-shot martial arts flick directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, in which she plays a 9th century woman trained to be an assassin by a nun (seriously, does it get any cooler than that? Oh, wait it does: Her character also happens to be on a mission to kill the governor — AKA her secret lover).

    Suffice it to say, Shu Qi’s considerable film chops paired together with her equally-considerable fashion chops (did you see the Reem Acra she wore to the premiere of her film? How about the Alexander McQueen she wore to the photocall?) made for quite the successful week at Cannes, and she topped things off accordingly with a truly gorgeous Elie Saab showstopper. Let’s take a look!






    Congratulations are in order: The Assassin picked up Cannes’ coveted best director award — and I think we can all agree that Shu Qi won the closing ceremony.

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    Plus there's one more bit of Cannes news of note: Donnie Yen's next project Big Rescue
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    Cannes 69

    2016 Cannes is on - official site

    We'll start with a Chinese Cannes darling, Zhang Yimou.

    Zhang Yimou’s ‘Great’ Adventure
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    MAY 11, 2016 | 09:44AM PT

    At an age when most men might prefer to slow down, Zhang Yimou is set to take on a string of global-scale projects that will venture beyond cinema.

    These projects aren’t just ambitious and lucrative for Zhang, according to China film observers. They’re also widely viewed as key projects capable of exporting China’s soft power and competing for high-profile accolades. The latter goal would seem to be well within reach of Zhang, a two-time Golden Lion winner at the prestigious Venice Film Festival.

    The iconic Fifth Generation director is in post-production on “The Great Wall,” his first English-language film. With a budget of $135 million, it stars Matt Damon, Andy Lau and Zhang Hanyu.

    Zhang previously enjoyed great box office success with his 2003 martial arts epic “Hero,” which raked in 250 million yuan ($41 million) in China — more than three times what he had expected — and $177 million worldwide. Afterward, “House of Flying Daggers” and “Curse of the Golden Flower” followed a similar formula of major box office success as well as enthusiasm from the world’s critics, especially “Daggers,” which grossed nearly $100 million worldwide and boasts a 95% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

    But Zhang’s current large-scale productions also require the popular success that may have left some fans of his earlier, more artistically daring films wishing for a return to his auteur roots. But Zhang’s priorities are clear. “The ultimate purpose of a film is to enchant the audience. If it scoops up many awards, but attracts very few moviegoers, it is still a failure,” Zhang told UCLA’s Asia Pacific Arts.

    Zhang’s upcoming projects also include directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the November G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, and a new company, SoReal, which Zhang says will develop interactive games and possibly VR films.

    Ma Fung-kwok, who was a producer of one of Zhang’s most acclaimed films, “The Story of Qiu Ju,” says as China grew into a world economic powerhouse, the country was in pressing need to “showcase its soft power.” Ma, now a politician, says, “Zhang’s strength in visuals can help bring the images of China to an international audience.”
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    Cannes

    Next up, from Sammo.

    Cannes: Media Asia Sells 'Line Walker,' 'God of War' Across Asia
    6:03 AM PDT 5/12/2016 by Patrick Brzeski


    "God of War"

    Both films will open in mainland China this summer.

    Hong Kong-based Media Asia has pre-sold two of its upcoming Chinese titles to several territories across Asia after debuting some footage from the films in Cannes.

    Line Walker and God of War have sold to Sky Films in Taiwan, Clover Films in Singapore and MM2 in Malaysia.

    God of War, a period action picture starring martial-arts maestro Sammo Hung, tells the story of 16th century Japanese pirates battling the Chinese army along the coast of the South China Sea.

    Line Walker is a contemporary police thriller starring Francis Ng, Louis Koo and Nick Cheung.

    Tentative Chinese release dates for Line Walker and God of War are the second week of August and the first week of October, respectively.

    Additionally, Sky Films and Clover films picked up rights to Three, directed by Hong Kong's Johnnie To, and Trivisa, produced by To.
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    Cannes

    These news items coming out of Cannes right now are just the tip of the iceberg looming to sink the Hollywood Titanic...

    Cannes: Travis Fimmel to Star in Peter Segal’s Chinese Sci-Fi Epic 'Inversion'
    1:23 AM PDT 5/12/2016 by Patrick Brzeski


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    Co-written by Oscar winner Paul Haggis, the film is the first project from Hong Kong/Beijing-based production venture Facing East.

    Travis Fimmel is set to star in Peter Segal’s forthcoming sci-fi epic Inversion.

    The project is the first feature from Facing East, the new Hong Kong/Beijing-based production venture launched by producers Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee.

    Fimmel previously starred in History channel's historical drama Vikings, and can next be seen starring in Legendary Entertainment's Warcraft, which rolls out worldwide in June.

    Said Segal: "I love Travis' portrayal as Ragnar, king of the Vikings. I needed my modern-day Peter O'Toole and I found him. A man who could play a character that can command a room and make you write a huge check, before you realized he was gone and you knew you were f—ed.”

    Written by Paul Haggis (Casino Royale, Crash), David Arata (Children of Men, Spy Game) and Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch), Inversion follows a street-wise American con man, and a young Chinese physicist as they race against the clock to save the earth from a terrifying loss of gravity.

    The film is being co-financed by Hong Kong based Pegasus Motion Pictures and Sun Entertainment. Huaxia Film Distribution will co-produce and will distribute in mainland China.

    Principal photography is set to commence in Dublin on Sept. 12 before moving to locations in Shanghai and Chicago.

    Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited is handling international sales for the project at the Cannes market.
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    Cannes

    Cannes. FTW.

    SAVAGE DOG: Marko Zaror And Scott Adkins Are Reuniting!
    Andrew Mack, Associate Editor, News



    As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well, this sales art from Cannes is all we have right now to let you know that Marko Zaror and Scott Adkins are reuniting for a new film from Jesse V. Johnson called Savage Dog. This reunion has been a long time coming since 2010’s Undisputed 3: Redemption.

    So what is it about?

    No idea.

    When can we see it?

    Well, it shoots this June, so, no idea.

    Is there anything at all that you can tell us?

    I mean, ****, Marko Zaror and Scott Adkins are in it. Is that not enough?

    Keep typing, Nancy.

    Well, the director Jesse V. Johnson, has been a long time stunt actor and coordinator in some pretty big Hollywood productions. Both The Amazing Spider-Man films, the first Thor film, all the way back to the original Total Recall in 1990. He's seen things.

    Who is JuJu Chan?

    Ah. Well she starred in Netflix's doomed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sequel Sword of Destiny and a couple flicks produced by Roger Corman but do not hold that against her. It gets really interesting if you look past that. Check out these excerpts from her IMDB bio...
    She is.. a Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) 46KG Champion in Hong Kong, and a Taekwon-Do Black Belt international championship medalist. She... represented Hong Kong in the 18th World Taekwon-Do ITF Championships and China Open Taekwon-Do Championships where she won a GOLD medal in Female black belt pattern and a BRONZE medal in Female black belt sparring competitions... was coined as the next Michelle Yeoh and Female Bruce Lee by the Hong Kong Media, she is the only female actress in Hong Kong who has mastered the nunchakus, including double nunchakus.

    One word. Badass.

    I mean, come on, that has to be enough to keep you all at bay for now. Once production starts hopefully we will have more to share with you.

    Yesterday, 8:00 pm
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    Cannes

    What? No thread on one of my fav movies here? Maybe there is and because our forum censor censors h0m0, it won't pop out of of the search engine.

    If anyone finds a previous one, post here and I'll merge.

    Cannes: Taiwan's Alice Wang to Remake Akira Kurosawa's 'Ras****n' (Exclusive)
    11:14 AM PDT 5/13/2016 by Patrick Brzeski

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    Wang's start-up film company, Datang International Entertainment, has signed additional deals in Cannes to produce two Chinese co-productions.

    Taiwanese producer-director Alice Wang will helm a remake of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa's classic Ras****n.

    Wang's start-up production and distribution company Datang International Entertainment will co-produce the picture with Japanese entertainment company DLE Japan.

    Datang also closed deals in Cannes to co-produce two Chinese co-productions: action-comedy Fish Sword and musical romance Veteran and the Beauty. For Fish Sword Datang is partnering with producer Chun Han; the film will star Candy Wang and Junior Han. Veteran and the Beauty will also star Wang, along with Gary Tsao. Taiwan's John Su will produce.

    In November, Datang entered into a strategic partnership with U.S.-based DesertRock Entertainment for a $100 million fund supporting a slate of six films for the global marketplace. Currently in pre-production through this partnership is the WWII action/adventure Six Days, based on the epic true story of U.S. Navy veteran Bill Harrison. Alice Wang and Mike Wech are producing with Tim Lowry directing.

    “These strategic partnerships with DLE and DesertRock allow Datang to duplicate our successful business model in Taiwan on a global scale and expand our ability to become an international entertainment studio," said Wang.
    Good luck with this, Ms. Wang. I am EXTREMELY skeptical that the original can be bested.
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    Gong Li complains

    Actress Gong Li irked by lack of Chinese films at Cannes
    Angela Chen, Associated Press Updated 12:39 pm, Friday, May 13, 2016




    Actress Gong Li arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film Cafe Society and the Opening Ceremony at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Photo: Joel Ryan, AP / AP
    Photo: Joel Ryan, AP

    CANNES, France (AP) — Actress Gong Li made a head-turning return to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, but the "Memoirs of a Geisha" star said she's disappointed at the absence of Chinese films at the festival this year.
    Not a single Chinese film is in competition, out of competition, or selected for any other category. Gong said she believes that's a sign of an industry that cares too deeply about the dollar sign.
    "Of course this is about money," she said Wednesday. "We need to tell everyone that a movie is not merely for entertainment. It might leave you with something much deeper for your soul. It's not just for laughs, not just for jokes. It's more than that. There's not a lot of people talking about that in China right now."
    The 50-year-old actress, who has previously starred in films in competition at Cannes and who has served as a jury member, this year is a guest of the french cosmetics brand L'Oreal, for which she's an ambassador.
    With close to three decades in the business, Gong has worked extensively with Chinese director Zhang Yimou on films like "Ju Dou," ''Rise the Red Lantern" and "To Live." She also worked in Hollywood in the early 2000s, appearing in "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Miami Vice."
    When asked if a lack of roles for Asian actors has kept her from a larger Hollywood career, Gong said that the issue was less about ethnicity than gender.
    "There are a lot of male roles, but not a lot of female roles. There are a lot of great actresses in the U.S. and there aren't enough roles for them. It's even hard for them to get a good female role, never mind a Chinese actress. How do you integrate that into the script? That's very hard. How do you mix a Chinese actor with a group of foreigners? It's not easy."
    There may not be any Chinese films competing, but there's a lot of business deals going down with Chinese film this year, more than ever.
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    Cannes: Huayi Brothers CEO Outlines How Hollywood Can Make Hit Films for China's Audiences
    9:30 PM PDT 5/13/2016 by Patrick Brzeski


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    Beijing-based exec Jerry Ye tells THR of his partnership with STX and why the studios need more of "the Chinese dream."

    Jerry Ye began his career in entertainment just as the Chinese box-office boom was beginning to go supernova. The 43-year-old executive joined Chinese property conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group in 2002. Under the tutelage of Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, Ye helped orchestrate the conglom’s diversification into the entertainment sector.

    During Ye’s tenure as vp of Wanda’s Culture Industries Group, the subsidiary’s movie theater arm became China’s largest exhibitor, with more than 1,600 screens, accounting for as much as 14 percent of the country’s total annual box office. He also helped found Wanda’s production and distribution subsidiary, Wanda Pictures, in 2010.

    After just five years, the cash-flush upstart studio co-produced and distributed China’s second and fourth highest-grossing movies of 2015, Mojin: The Lost Legend ($255.7 million) and Goodbye Mr. Loser ($226.1 million). Ye was a producer on both.

    In March, Ye left Wanda to join Huayi Brothers, the influential Chinese studio established by Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei in 1994. Shortly before Cannes last year, Huayi Brothers signed an 18-film co-financing and distribution agreement with Robert Simonds’ STX Entertainment. As the new CEO of Huayi Brothers Pictures, Ye already has begun to deepen its international ties.

    Ye invited THR to his Beijing office to discuss the rapid changes underway in the Chinese movie industry and why Hollywood will have to learn to tap “the Chinese dream” if it’s going to continue being successful there.

    It’s been a little over a year since Huayi partnered with STX. What’s your take on how the partnership has progressed?

    The cooperation has been great. Our strategy is to be an international entertainment company, and in my personal view, real cooperation between the States and China is exactly the future of this industry. The Chinese market has so much potential but we still lack the experience to make great global films. Hollywood has huge experience at doing this, because they have an industry that has been developing production and distribution mechanisms for many, many more years.

    But, frankly, the U.S. market faces many challenges — from new media and changing behavior of young moviegoers. China is the engine of the future for world film, because our young people are crazy about watching big movies on the big screen. So, I have strong confidence in the future of our partnership. We will need each other.

    Recently, some of your Chinese competitors have begun financing the big Hollywood studios. Bona Film Group invested $235 million in 20th Century Fox's slate, and Perfect World Pictures put $500 million into Universal. What was behind Huayi's strategy for partnering with a startup like STX instead of one of the big studios?

    I've known Bob for a long time and he has a clear vision for his company and for their future, so STX is a good start because this company is also starting from scratch. It’s not so huge, like the studio guys. As we go international, we are starting from scratch, too. It's very important for Huayi to be able to engage in the whole process, from development to production to distribution, so that we can bring these mechanisms back to China. They also need direct and frank information about the China market at the start of that process, because this market is so important for them. It's a sincere, strong partnership. My team in L.A. is in direct contact with them on a daily basis.
    Will you make other investments in Hollywood?

    Of course, because as I said, this is how both sides will have a brighter future. We just have to find the right time and the right partner. But yes, we will. We are discussing many things. Huayi is a publicly traded company, so we have to wait to make announcements officially.

    Tell us about the vision for your new animation division.

    Last year, Monkey King: Hero Is Back broke the record for an animated film in China [$153 million]. This year, [DreamWorks Animation’s] Kung Fu Panda 3 set a new record [$154.3 million]. Then, [Disney’s] Zootopia broke the record again [$236 million]. So animation movies have had great success in China recently.

    Do you know why?

    I have some theories. … In China, “animation movie” means “family movie.” We have no rating system in China, so during holiday periods, animated movies are very important because parents know they are safe for young moviegoers. The whole family can go and have confidence that it’s a nice story. The Hollywood studios are doing very well with their animated movies here. We need to be doing this, too.

    The second reason to invest in animation is, like I said, we want to be international. Animation is a very smart starting strategy. It’s very strange for American moviegoers to watch subtitles. Frankly, this is a huge challenge for us. With animation, this problem goes away. You just do a dub or reanimate in English. It’s a good starting point for introducing Chinese content to international audiences.

    When you were at Wanda, you oversaw a massive expansion of its movie theater circuit across China. How are the demographics of smaller, provincial cities changing the theatrical market?

    The fourth- and fifth-tier cities will keep the growth going for at least 10 more years. It’s a very positive resource for our industry. The age of most of our moviegoers is from 20 to 35 — very young. And they are very connected on social media, even though they live in smaller towns far from Beijing or Shanghai. You have to understand how fun and exciting going to the movies is for these guys. Their lives are changing very quickly. They want to feel connected to the cool, new things happening in the bigger cities. Going to the movies gives them this connection. A movie comes out at the same time everywhere, so they go on WeChat and join the conversation and discuss the movie, and they feel like they are part of it. It's a very big part of their lives.

    Hollywood's box office share in China has been on the decline so far this year. It's been said that audiences in these increasingly important provincial regions of China strongly prefer local Chinese-language films over Hollywood imports.

    Yes, that's exactly right. And they are the segment that is growing.

    So some of the studios, such as Warner Bros., have begun making bigger investments in developing and producing Chinese-language films. What do they need to do to reach this audience?

    They will need to learn from the Chinese market. You need to get to know these young people in small Chinese cities — how they live, what they care about. My hometown is a very small town; it’s a tier-five city, maybe even a tier-six city. These young guys there, they want a bright future, an exciting life. They all work really hard but they face fierce competition and they are under a lot of pressure. It’s difficult to get a good job in China now. They need to find someone to marry. And they also want to have fun and be cool! They need entertainment that’s for them.

    Hollywood stories feel very far from their lives. They need Chinese superhero stories. They need stories about a small-town nobody who, totally by his own hard work, realizes his dreams and gets the girl and finds that happy future. It sounds like the American dream, right? Well, this is the Chinese dream, too.

    How do you unwind?

    I watch films! I'm usually very busy, always occupied by different meetings. Last week, I had just one day off and I went to see four films in the cinema. I saw The Jungle Book — amazing visual effects, by the way; this is what we need to learn from Hollywood — and three Chinese films. I'm very happy spending my whole day in the cinema.
    Mojin: The Lost Legend
    Goodbye Mr. Loser
    Monkey King: Hero Is Back
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    China buying up movies

    China is buying up everything.

    Cannes: China's Huashi TV Acquires Digital Rights to 71 Films (Exclusive)
    9:13 AM PDT 5/17/2016 by Patrick Brzeski


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    "Next year, we will probably buy hundreds of movies," says the company's vp of investment.

    It's been a busy week on the Croisette for Chinese entertainment and media company Huashi TV. The company has scooped up mainland China's digital rights to some 71 U.S. and European films so far at the Cannes market.

    "Our goal was to acquired 100, which we should reach sometime in the next few days," said Huashi TV's vp investment, Jo Zhang.

    Among the titles picked up by the Chinese company is Gaumont's romantic comedy Up for Love, starring Jean Dujardin and currently on release in France.

    The company also picked up 11 titles from Arri Media, four movies from Odin's Eye Entertainment, along with buying pictures from Angel Grace Worldwide, Lotus Media, Red Sea Media, Picture Tree, EastWest Film, Parkland Pictures and others.

    Founded in 2010 by Chinese entrepreneur Chen Tongang, Huashi acquires digital media rights to Chinese and international film and TV titles — including local rights for DVD, VOD, SVOD, OTT, IPTV, etc. — and licenses the content to China's leading mobile and online platforms, such as Youku, Tencent, LeTV, Sohu and others.

    Huashi previously acquired and managed the Chinese digital media rights to Stephen Chow's The Mermaid, the highest-grossing Chinese film ever, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar winner The Revenant, which was co-financed by Chinese company Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture.

    "We bought the rights to Revenant from Alpha, but it's very expensive to buy from Chinese middlemen, so this year we decided to come to Cannes to buy films ourselves," said Zhang. "Next year, I will come back with a team of 10 staff and we will probably buy hundreds of films."

    In August, Shenzhen-based electronics maker Jetsen Technology acquired a controlling 80 percent stake in Huashi TV for $515.3 million (3.2 billion yuan). Jetsen is headed by Chinese billionaire Xu Ziquan.
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    Distant Horizon

    No telling what this means for U.S. theatrical distribution...

    Cannes: Distant Horizon Wins China’s ‘League of Gods’
    Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief


    COURTESY OF CHINA STAR
    MAY 14, 2016 | 10:53AM PT

    South Africa’s Distant Horizon has picked up international sales rights to big-budget Chinese fantasy action movie “League of Gods.”

    The film has a starry cast headed by Jet Li, Fan Bingbing, Louis Koo, Angelababy, Andy On and Xu Qing (“Looper”.)

    It features a group of unique super-heroes with special powers in a story based on the ancient novel “Fengshen Bang.”

    Direction is by VFX ace Koan Xu. Production is by Charles Heung and Tiffany Chen’s China Star.

    “We have been tracking ‘League of Gods’ from development stage. What has emerged is an action packed visual spectacle that combines China’s best talent with an award-winning international creative team,” said Distant Horizon chairman Anant Singh. “‘League of Gods’ has global appeal and has attracted a great deal of interest already, and following on the success of ‘The Mermaid,’ we are confident of its prospects internationally and are certain that we will close deals very quickly.”

    The creative team includes composer John Debney (“Jungle Book”,) animation director, Randall William Cook (“Lord Of The Rings”,) sound designer Brent Burge (“The Hobbit”,) and editor, Wayne Philip Wahrman (“I Am Legend”.)
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    A little late on this one....

    ...Sorry, I had this tournament to deal with...

    Donnie Yen embarks on 3-D kung fu dog road movie



    By Kevin Ma

    Sun, 15 May 2016, 08:30 AM (HKT)

    Sales News

    Easternlight Films, the Asian label of Arclight Films Pty Ltd, has launched sales of 3-D Chinese adventure Big Rescue at the Cannes Marché du Film.

    Directed by The Lost Bladesman 關雲長 (2011) producer LIANG Ting 梁婷, the live-action family adventure film is about a group that is kidnapped on a road trip, only to be rescued by a team of kung fu fighting dogs.

    Donnie YEN 甄子丹, who is currently shooting Ip Man 3 葉問3 in Shanghai, is set to star in the film.

    Action choreography is by Japan's TANIGAKI Kenji 谷垣健治, who worked with Yen on Wu Xia 武俠 (2011), Special ID 特殊身份 (2013) and The Monkey King 西遊記之大鬧天宮 (2014).

    "It's an action road comedy, with a Hollywood narrative structure," Liang said in a statement, "It blends the kung fu of Donnie Yen with exciting and extremely cute family fun performances by the dogs."

    Arclight is also handling Liang's thriller Inside the Girls 女生宿舍 (2014), that she directed last year, and SUN Zhou 孫周's forthcoming 3-D sci-fi comedy Impossible 不可思異, which she produced.

    Also new at Cannes this week is Jonathan LIM 林浩然's Pali Road 未知人生, a Hawaii-set mystery thriller featuring Taiwan actress Michelle CHEN 陳妍希.
    Gene Ching
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    Gong Li is gonna get upset again.

    Chinese Cinema Absent from Cannes 2017 Selections
    BY JAIME WOLF APR 13, 2017



    The 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival announced its official selections this morning with no Chinese films chosen for the Competition, the Un Certain Regard sidebar, or special screenings.

    The annual festival held each May on the French Riviera is both legendarily glamorous and the world’s most prestigious presentation of cinema—titles spotlighted at Cannes set the agenda for the international arthouse circuit over the year to come while also establishing early Academy Awards contenders.

    This year’s festival is set to unspool from May 17 through May 28. In past years, Cannes has featured Chinese-language cinema by King Hu, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wong Kar-Wai, Lou Ye, Ang Lee, Johnnie To, and Jia Zhangke, but this year, while Japan and South Korea are well-represented, the only Chinese element seems to be the corpse of the titular teenage “China Girl” washed ashore on Bondi Beach in a special presentation of the new season of Jane Campion’s television series, Top of the Lake.
    Gene Ching
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