Qian Zhijun, the cute chubby Shanghai teenager, who became a cult figure last year after his picture was posted online and other Internet users began photoshopping his image into the Mona Lisa and Doraemon among other characters (more pictures after the jump), may be going to Hollywood! Apparently, he has been approached by New Line Cinema, a major Hollywood film studio, to star in a film adaptation of "Ghost Blows Out the Light," (鬼吹灯) a popular Chinese online novel about a group of tomb raiders and their mysterious adventures in ancient tombs. Reports say that Qian is 19 years old, but we would really like to know how old he was when this pic was taken, because we think he looks just 10! Does anyone know? more ›

But they only get RMB 25,000 in damages. The movie companies involved in the suit were New Line Productions, Walt Disney, Warner Bros Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. The defendant was listed as Shanghai Leying Audio Visual Co. Ltd, but this story tells us the company also went by the name "Kadi" and was " well-known to many expatriates in Shanghai for selling pirated products." We think it might be safe to assume that they are talking about Ka De Club, the chain (?) of DVD shops that has been fleecing foreigners for years (OK, perhaps fleecing is a little strong — their prices were around 3 or 4 kuai higher than other shops selling the same thing). Evidently, the name change occurred after charges were filed, so the shop could continue to operate. We've lost track of Ka De — it moved around quite a bit over the years, trying to avoid Johnny Law, we assume (the raid that led to this lawsuit was in Changning) — and then there were Ka De clones, we think, trying to cash in on the "good" name. We have a feeling they'll be back. more ›