The Top 10 Male Chinese Actors That You Should Know
Apr 8, 2021 · Click to check out the latest list of Top 10 Chinese Actors to Watch 2023!. In January 2021, “ Star Power List,” a popular social media account under Shanghai Zixiao Cultural Media Center, announced its list of the top 10 male actors in 2020.The ranking is based on data integrated from Baidu, Weibo, WeChat and other leading social media platforms, and includes young actors (all between 24 ...
Headlines From China: Film Executives Review China’s Film …
Dec 27, 2021 · Film Executives Review China’s Film Industry in 2021. Four top film executives looked back on the triumphs and hardships faced by the Chinese film industry in 2021 at a summit on Wednesday during the 16th Changchun Film Festival (CCFF). Alibaba’s Li said the yearly box office total had reached far beyond their early projections, with the ...
The Top 10 Chinese Actresses You Need to Know
Dec 21, 2017 · Zhang Ziyi. A teenage dance champion before beginning a career in acting, Zhang Ziyi was first scouted by director Zhang Yimou to star in the romantic drama film The Road Home in 1999. Zhang then went on to become the most well-known Chinese actress in Hollywood, with roles in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, with which she won three awards, and Rush Hour 2, her first American film.
How Cinematic Heroes Reflect a New, Assertive China
Jan 30, 2018 · Last year, the bombastic military romp “Wolf Warrior 2” became China’s highest-grossing movie of all time, raking in 5.68 billion yuan ($900 million) in box office sales. Its remarkable success heralded the rise of a new style of mainstream Chinese film: heroic individual stories that nonetheless appeal to the supposed superiority of the national collective.
In Depth: Is China’s Animation Industry Ready to Take Off?
Sep 16, 2019 · Tencent’s Wang said there is still a long way to go for China’s animation industry to mature, reflecting a lack of technology, talent and rational business partners. In an animation survey by iResearch, 51.6% of respondents said they preferred Japanese animations while 32.6% cited Chinese productions.
Headlines From China: A Glimpse at Chinese Spring Festival New Film ...
Jan 14, 2021 · A Glimpse at Chinese Spring Festival New Film Releases. With eight titled lined up for release, the 2021 Spring Festival will be busier than ever.
On Screen China: Tom Hanks Returns to China This Weekend …
Oct 28, 2016. Hollywood’s most American actor makes his first of two appearances on China cinema screens this weekend, beginning with Inferno. Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones star in Columbia PIctures’ “Inferno.”. Last weekend’s Chinese box office performance may have turned heads, with Jason Statham’s Mechanic: Resurrection handily ...
Foreign Films in China: How Does It Work?
Since 1994, the government has allowed foreign films to show in Chinese cinemas as fenzhang pian (分账片), or on a revenue sharing basis. These are films distributed almost exclusively by Hollywood’s Big Six studios (Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Fox, Sony, and Universal). Films selected to show in China and share the local earnings ...
Understanding China’s Video Streaming Services: Part One
Sep 24, 2019 · While the U.S. market braces for the coming “streaming wars,” which will see contenders such as Disney, Apple, and other media giants attempting to chip away at the dominance of Netflix, China has long offered a more diversified ecosystem for online video content, with no single service yet coming close to attaining a market share comparable to Netflix’s 87 % in the U.S.
Declaration of Independent Films: China’s Arthouse Market
Nov 9, 2018 · Three of China’s biggest entertainment companies—Perfect Village Entertainment, Edko Films, and Huaxia Film Distribution—announced a joint initiative to invest $16 million in China’s domestic arthouse industry. Titled A.R.T. Project, the venture aims to promote low-budget but high-quality films from emerging Chinese directors.