The Lunar New Year is a time of feasting and family gatherings. It’s also a time for new movies. China’s Lunar New Year film rush is on par with the holiday film rush in the West, with dozens of premieres jockeying to be the season’s number one blockbuster. In the Chinese queue for this year are films like Donnie Yen’s Kung Fu fantasy Sakra, The Wandering Earth II, the prequel to China’s visionary 2019 sci-fi, and the eagerly anticipated action comedy, Everything Under Control.
It often takes a few months for new Chinese films to cross the pond to the West, and they seldom get theatrical showings. However, Western theaters are becoming increasingly aware of the drawing power of the Lunar New Year and have begun to showcase some special releases in honor of the holiday. This year the U.S. market is treated to a...
It often takes a few months for new Chinese films to cross the pond to the West, and they seldom get theatrical showings. However, Western theaters are becoming increasingly aware of the drawing power of the Lunar New Year and have begun to showcase some special releases in honor of the holiday. This year the U.S. market is treated to a...
- 1/22/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Endemol Shine has struck a deal with China’s CCTV to take the international rights to “docu-tainment” format The Nation’s Great Treasures.
The superindie will work with the Chinese public broadcaster to create an international version of the national heritage format that it can sell globally. It comes after the show, which features a different treasure in each episode, launched in December 2017 with a second season planned for later this year. The show is produced by CCTV Documentary International Media.
It is the second Chinese format that the 21st Century Fox and Apollo-owned firm has taken the international rights to; earlier this year it partnered with Vision Media to handle global sales on Puzzle Masters.
Chinese formats have largely struggled to travel globally and as yet there has not been a breakout hit. In 2014, ITV Studios Global Entertainment struck a landmark deal to sell CCTV’s entertainment format...
The superindie will work with the Chinese public broadcaster to create an international version of the national heritage format that it can sell globally. It comes after the show, which features a different treasure in each episode, launched in December 2017 with a second season planned for later this year. The show is produced by CCTV Documentary International Media.
It is the second Chinese format that the 21st Century Fox and Apollo-owned firm has taken the international rights to; earlier this year it partnered with Vision Media to handle global sales on Puzzle Masters.
Chinese formats have largely struggled to travel globally and as yet there has not been a breakout hit. In 2014, ITV Studios Global Entertainment struck a landmark deal to sell CCTV’s entertainment format...
- 10/9/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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