There is a thrilling selection of Chinese-language titles at Filmart this year. Liz Shackleton picks out some of the most promising.
With very few Hong Kong or mainland Chinese sellers making the journey to this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, Filmart offers a chance for buyers to catch up with the Chinese-language titles that will be rolled out in the region for the rest of the year.
After serving up the biggest film of the Chinese New Year holiday — Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong — China’s Sparkle Roll Media has launched a Hong Kong-based sales arm that is selling Ding Sheng’s reboot of the A Better Tomorrow series.
Other high-profile action titles new to market include Distribution Workshop’s Extraordinary Mission, from the creative teams behind the Infernal Affairs and Overheard series, and Huayi Brothers’ crime drama Explosion, starring Duan Yihong.
Previously announced...
With very few Hong Kong or mainland Chinese sellers making the journey to this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, Filmart offers a chance for buyers to catch up with the Chinese-language titles that will be rolled out in the region for the rest of the year.
After serving up the biggest film of the Chinese New Year holiday — Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong — China’s Sparkle Roll Media has launched a Hong Kong-based sales arm that is selling Ding Sheng’s reboot of the A Better Tomorrow series.
Other high-profile action titles new to market include Distribution Workshop’s Extraordinary Mission, from the creative teams behind the Infernal Affairs and Overheard series, and Huayi Brothers’ crime drama Explosion, starring Duan Yihong.
Previously announced...
- 3/13/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: FilmRise has acquired North American rights to record-breaking Chinese hit Monster Hunt, directed by Shrek animator Raman Hui, from Edko Films.
Since its release on July 16, the film has grossed $378.5m (RMB2.41bn) at the China box office, making it the biggest local film of all time.
It is close to overtaking Furious 7, which grossed $380m (RMB2.43bn) earlier this year, to become the biggest film overall.
Hui was a supervising animator on the first two films in the Shrek franchise and co-directed Shrek The Third.
He made his Chinese-language directing debut with Monster Hunt, a CGI/live-action hybrid set in a world where humans and monsters are at war.
The story follows a baby monster king Wuba who is adopted by humans played by Jing Boran and Bai Baihe.
Brooklyn-based FilmRise will release the film across all media in early 2016.
“With its spellbinding CGI and remarkable action sequences, the film provides...
Since its release on July 16, the film has grossed $378.5m (RMB2.41bn) at the China box office, making it the biggest local film of all time.
It is close to overtaking Furious 7, which grossed $380m (RMB2.43bn) earlier this year, to become the biggest film overall.
Hui was a supervising animator on the first two films in the Shrek franchise and co-directed Shrek The Third.
He made his Chinese-language directing debut with Monster Hunt, a CGI/live-action hybrid set in a world where humans and monsters are at war.
The story follows a baby monster king Wuba who is adopted by humans played by Jing Boran and Bai Baihe.
Brooklyn-based FilmRise will release the film across all media in early 2016.
“With its spellbinding CGI and remarkable action sequences, the film provides...
- 9/10/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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