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NewsChina's Wanda Group poised to buy stake in Legendary
China’s Dalian Wanda Group is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsAlibaba Pictures removes missing digital chief
Alibaba Pictures has removed group digital content chief, Patrick Liu Chunning, who has been in police custody relating to a corruption investigation since July 2015.
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NewsChina box office up by 49% to $6.78bn in 2015
China’s box office grew by 48.7% to hit a record $6.78bn (RM44bn) in 2015, according to the state film regulator, with local films grossing $4.17bn (RMB27.1bn) or 61.58% of the total haul.
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NewsScreen's most-read news, reviews, features and blogs of 2015
Heelgate, the “tedious” Fantastic Four, Screen’s Stars of Tomorrow and our Cannes Competition blog proved some of the most-read articles of the year.
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News'Mojin – The Lost Legend' scares up $93.39m in China
Action-horror rakes in a whopping $93.39m to become the third-biggest opening for a local film.
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NewsViki makes China push with Xiaomi tie-up
Fan-subbed streaming service Viki.com has launched a Chinese version of its website and partnered with smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi as its video streaming partner in select international markets.
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NewsBAFTA, Beijing Film Academy sign MOU for UK-China collaboration
Aims to promote creative and cultural exchange across film and television.
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NewsBouzid, Soliman win top prizes at DIFF
Leyla Bouzid’s As I Open My Eyes won best fiction film in the Muhr Feature competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), while Mahmood Soliman’s We Have Never Been Kids scooped best non-fiction film and best director.
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NewsAlibaba, Tencent join Bona privatisation
Subsidiaries of Chinese internet titans Alibaba and Tencent are among the entities investing in Bona Film Group as the Chinese studio delists from the NASDAQ stock exchange.
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NewsStudiocanal, DMG team for T2 3D re-release
Studiocanal and Beijing-based DMG Entertainment are teaming with James Cameron on a 3D re-release of Terminator 2.
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NewsBusan City accuses festival co-director of fraud
Festival counters that probe is “retaliation” for screening of controversial film; “I’m consulting with lawyers,” exec tells Screen.
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News'Point Break' tops China box office
Point Break knocked The Martian off the top spot, while local fantasy comedy Surprise – Journey To The West set a new record for previews.
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NewsZentropa sets up first Sino-Danish co-production
My Best Friend Andersen will be based on the work of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.
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NewsWarner Bros’ Richard Fox to relocate to Beijing
Warner Bros executive vice president Richard Fox is relocating to Beijing to drive the studio’s activities in China and oversee its interest in Flagship Entertainment, a joint venture with China Media Capital (CMC).
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NewsDIFF: Barajoun tunes up Spanish animation
Dubai-based Barajoun Entertainment, the studio behind the UAE’s first feature-length animation Bilal, which premieres at DIFF today (Dec 10), has revealed details of its next project.
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NewsDIFF: MAD ahead of The Curve, Summer Crowds
MAD Solutions has acquired pan-Arab rights to seven films in this year’s DIFF line-up, including The Curve and Before The Summer Crowds, which receive their world premieres in the Muhr feature competition today.
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NewsDIFF: VOX unlocks Rattle The Cage
Regional exhibitor and distributor VOX Cinemas has acquired Arabic-language rights to Emirati film-maker Majid Al Ansari’s Rattle The Cage (Zinzana) ahead of its gala screening at DIFF today.
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NewsDIFF: Movie Pigs feasts on Arab cinema
North American audiences will soon have access to a wide range of independent Arab cinema through SVOD platform Movie Pigs, backed by US tech investor Dave McClure.
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News'Mad Max: Fury Road' rules at AACTAs in Sydney
George Miller’s action-epic scoops eight awards including best film and best director.