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Executive: China's anniversary propaganda film on track to match record set by 'Transformers'

October 5th, 2009 Exec: China's anniversary film set to break recordHONG KONG — China's star-studded propaganda blockbuster that marks 60 years of communist rule is on track to match the country's box office record set by the Hollywood film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" in July, a senior movie executive said Monday. "The Founding of a Republic" has so far made nearly 330 million yuan ($48 million) as of Sunday since it was released on Sept.

China's latest propaganda efforts score a hit with country's DVD pirates

September 30th, 2009 Chinese propaganda films a hit with DVD piratesBEIJING — Pirates are raining on China's big parade. Police in China, where DVD and other product piracy is rampant, are hunting down illegal copies of two new propaganda films made in honor of the nation's 60th anniversary Thursday.

Fox invests in 1st Chinese movie, romantic comedy now filming on the mainland

September 30th, 2009 Fox invests in 1st Chinese film, a romantic comedyHONG KONG — Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The Chinese-language romantic comedy "Hot Summer Days" will be a co-production between Fox International Productions, China's Huayi Brothers Media Corp.

Jet Li returns to Chinese film after 3 Hollywood productions

August 25th, 2009 Jet Li returns to Chinese film after 3 US movies HONG KONG — Jet Li is returning to Chinese film with a reportedly non-kung fu movie after three Hollywood productions, a publicist said Tuesday. Li is due to start shooting the movie — tentatively called "Ocean Paradise" in Chinese — Edko Film publicist Zhang Hongyan told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday.

'Infernal Affairs' director hopes film scores big in China where he's still learning market

July 29th, 2009 'Infernal Affairs' director hopes for hit in ChinaHONG KONG — "Infernal Affairs" co-director Alan Mak hopes his new thriller will break new ground for Hong Kong filmmakers still learning the tastes of mainland Chinese viewers. Directors in this vibrant movie industry — which produced Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan — are increasingly under pressure to cater to the booming Chinese market, but they sometimes struggle to find the pulse of mainland moviegoers because Hong Kongers' tastes tend to be more Westernized.

Bruce Lee's siblings planning biopic on him

July 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A biopic on late martial-arts legend Bruce Lee is being planned by his brother and sister and Chinese officials. According to Chinese website Zhejiang, Bruce's brother Robert Lee will produce the biopic, and his sister Phoebe Lee "will also help", reports Contactmusic.ast year, a 40-part TV series about Lee had been aired in China, but it is only now that Lee's family has approved a film or TV project on him.

Competition aims to make Bruce Lee's former home, now a love motel, into a museum

July 20th, 2009 Competition aims to make Bruce Lee home a museumHONG KONG — The former home of Bruce Lee is now a love motel, renting rooms by the hour. But officials on Monday launched a design competition to turn it into a Hong Kong museum for the kung fu icon.

Jackie Chan: Co-star Jaden Smith's kung fu skills put his own son to shame

July 18th, 2009 Jackie Chan praises kung fu of Will Smith's son HONG KONG — Jackie Chan says "Kung Fu Kid" co-star Jaden Smith's dedication to martial arts puts his own son to shame. The 11-year-old son of Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has been training under Chan's stunt co-ordinator for his role in the China Film Group-Columbia Pictures remake of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid," which kicked off filming in Beijing on July 11.