Huzzah. Skyfall, the new James Bond movie coming out on October 26th, is going to feature scenes filmed and set in Shanghai! The narcissistic lobes in our brain are practically throbbing at this new teaser footage of various assistant directors praising the filmability of Shanghai's modern facade in Pudong. more ›

"China is like Hollywood in the 1920s. We’re all wondering which one of these big Chinese and China joint-venture companies forming is going to have the right a management. How else will China find its way?” more ›

More and more Hollywood Studios are attempting to establish partnerships with China to create films. Just yesterday, Disney announced it would be co-producing "Iron Man 3" in China. But as The Wall Street Journal notes, Hollywood's still got a long way to go in the Middle Kingdom. more ›

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Despite backlash over government censorship of Kate Winslet's boobs, the 3D re-release of Titanic had a huge opening day in China on Tuesday, according to Box Office Mojo. The film reportedly took in US$11.6 million (or RMB 73 million) from 2,400 3D screens and 66 IMAX 3D screens throughout the country. more ›

Chinese moviegoers hoping to catch the re-release of Titanic in 3D won't get to see two very important characters from the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster: Kate Winslet's boobs. more ›

How do you make a killing selling movie tickets through group-buying in China? A new infographic from DaTaoTuan explains how a few sites like Meituan and 55Tuan have gotten movie ticket deals to now account for 13.4 percent of China's group-buying revenue. Budding execs in Hollywood looking to expand in China, print this out and laminate it for your boss! more ›

"Xi's move to allow 30 Hollywood films into China is good for the following reasons: 1. The more Hollywood films are here, the greater the creative space for Chinese filmmakers. Because there can only be one standard for all. Whatever content they can create, we can do the same. 2. The government will have to fight piracy more proactively, or else Hollywood would be breathing down their necks. We share the benefits. Now we have the backing of Hollywood too. Let's see if you pirates still have the guts! 3. Ultimately, it's great news for the viewers. It's the survival of the fittest. There's nothing to worry about. " more ›

A new deal signed by Chinese vice president Xi Jinping in Los Angeles, the last stop of his 5-day whirlwind US visit, will give American film studios greater access to China's $2.1 billion box-office market. US vice president Joe Biden has hailed the new deal as one that will support “thousands of American jobs in and around the film industry.” more ›

The above infographic, provided by the Gravity Group, is a brief summary of the hits and percentages that make up the Chinese box office totals for last year. more ›

The movie features Christian Bale in the role of John Haufman, a mortician sent to bury a priest at a private boarding school for girls in Nanjing during the massacre. Based on a true story, Bale's mortician dons the robes of the recently deceased priest, and assumes his identity in order to protect the girls, as their school comes under siege from Japanese troops. more ›

A reader pointed us to this hilarious video, which takes numerous clips of Hollywood actors trying their hardest to muddle through various Mandarin scripts. Some (Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite) do a lot better than others (Bruce Willis). But whether they're actually on point or completely unintelligible, it's all awesome. more ›

It seems like everybody is getting on the "Make a movie in China" train. There was John Cusack in Shanghai last year, then Hugh Jackman in Wendy Deng's Snow Flower & The Secret Fan. There's even a Disney reinterpretation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves that will take place here. So perhaps its not surprising that our favorite time traveler-turned-surf cop-turned-virtual reality messiah has jumped aboard as well. more ›

Warner Brothers will offer video on demand for folks in China with cable TV. New movies will be available four months after they are released on theaters (roughly the same time they're put out on DVD) and older movies will also be available. Warner Brothers is making 600 of its films available for viewing. The studio is partnering with YOU On Demand Media, which has a 20-year joint partnership with China Home Cinema. They are partnering to create the country's first national pay-per-view/view-on-demand channel. Warner Brothers is the first studio to try this as part of a larger attempt by Hollywood to get access to Chinese customers. Chris Dodd, the head of the MPAA urged China to open up at SIFF a few days ago. The LA Times piece on the story says that despite the restrictions, five of the top 10 highest grossing films in China came from Hollywood.
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Ahead of its release later this year, rumors have been confirmed that the remake of the 1984 classic Red Dawn has had to make some not-too-minor adjustments. Originally featured was an invasion of America by the Chinese Army. But in a desperate attempt to tap into the Chinese market, the enemy has been changed to North Korea. It would seem that Hollywood has come grovelling at the gates of Beijing, and its $1.5 billion box office. more ›

Zhang Xin embodies the tagline of the recently released Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Besides being one of China’s lady billionaires, CEO of Soho China, ex-Goldman Sachs employee and mother of two, she can now add Hollywood movie star to the list. Ok, ok, let’s not get ahead of ourselves - but she does have a short cameo in the film starring Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf. Her character represents an unnamed Chinese company that the fictional Goldman character refers to as “Chinese money.” more ›

Ok, so Zhang Yimou's remake of Blood Simple wasn't exactly the greatest and to say Disney failed with their Chinese take on High School Musical when reportedly, only one person showed up to their Beijing screening, is kind of an understatement. But despite such an abysmal track record, the dream is still alive for big studio execs. more ›

There's not much I can add to these pictures except... Holy hell! So I guess turning any celebrity black means widening their nose and lips and giving them a spray on tan? Is this part of your strategy to get legitimized in the eyes of Western media, Xinhua? Stay classy. more ›

"Before, many Chinese directors used to think of Harvey [Weinstein] as a god, a savior, a person who would open the gates for Chinese movies to enter the international sphere. But now if you ask these directors, they will all say Harvey is a liar." more ›