“Transformers” Popular Among Chinese Film-goers – Xinhua
From Xinhua: Hollywood blockbuster “Transformers” has raked in more than 100 million yuan (about 13 million U.S. dollars) since opening on the Chinese mainland last Wednesday, easily outperforming the...
View ArticleFilm Rating System = No Fun
Amidst the many policy rumor denials coming out of this year’s NPC meeting, the proclamation from Liu Binjie (director of the General Administration of Press and Publications) that China won’t be...
View ArticleChina Censors to Pull Avatar From Screens
From the Times Online: Here is the choice: a blockbuster involving noble aliens, evil humans and stunning effects that is breaking cinematic records all over the world. Or a patriotic film featuring...
View ArticlePatriotism and Protectionism in China’s Booming Film Market
With China’s film market poised to surpass America’s as the world’s largest, efforts to please Chinese audiences have become standard protocol for Hollywood filmmakers. Rory Carroll reports at The...
View ArticleDirector Doubts He’ll Ever Make an Uncensored Film
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, Chinese director Feng Xiaogang addressed a range of topics including his early life and career, his Oscar-nominated 2012 film Back to 1942,...
View ArticleChina’s Next Hack: Hollywood?
San Jose cybersecurity company FireEye says that “they’ve spotted warning signs that point to increased efforts by the Chinese government to hack Hollywood in the coming months and years.” From Chris...
View ArticleWhy Did Film Censors Say ‘No’ To ‘Noah’?
The $130 million dollar Paramount Pictures film “Noah” won’t be screening in China after all. Julie Makinen and John Horn report at The Los Angeles Times: The studio even spent about $10 million to...
View ArticleHow China’s Censors Influence Hollywood
The importance of Chinese box offices for the international revenue of Hollywood film studios continues to grow, a fact clearly illustrated in recent weeks by the massive theatrical success of both...
View ArticleMarvel Character Rewritten to Appease China [Updated]
Two growing complaints against Hollywood—that it bows to China to secure access to its audiences, and “whitewashes” Asian roles—collided last week in an interview with “Doctor Strange” writer C. Robert...
View Article“Ghostbusters” Unlikely to Show in China
Brent Lang at Variety reports that Paul Feig’s new “Ghostbusters” reboot is unlikely to be screened in China due to censorship rules banning films that promote “cults or superstitious beliefs”: It’s...
View ArticleTranslation: ‘3 Billion at the Box Office in Praise of a Lie’
Chinese military action blockbuster “Wolf Warrior 2” (战狼2), set in a generic African nation and starring co-writer and -director Wu Jing, became the highest grossing Chinese box office hit ever just 12...
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