Despite being based on a rather common idea, “Duckweed,” by China’s most famous blogger, Han Han, managed to stand out from the majority of Chinese blockbusters due to its intelligent humor, and in the process became one of the highest grossing movies of 2017 in the country.
“Duckweed” screened at Art Film Fest Kosice
In 2022, Ah Lang is a freshly crowned rally champion, with some serious daddy issues. His frustration with his dad, Ah Zhang, who never supported his career as a race driver, instead pressuring him to become an ambulance driver, is so intense, that in the award ceremony, he has nothing but accusations and contempt for him, which he utters in front of the crowd celebrating his win. After the event, the two of them return in the racecar, but have an accident on the road, when an oncoming train crashes into the side of the car as...
“Duckweed” screened at Art Film Fest Kosice
In 2022, Ah Lang is a freshly crowned rally champion, with some serious daddy issues. His frustration with his dad, Ah Zhang, who never supported his career as a race driver, instead pressuring him to become an ambulance driver, is so intense, that in the award ceremony, he has nothing but accusations and contempt for him, which he utters in front of the crowd celebrating his win. After the event, the two of them return in the racecar, but have an accident on the road, when an oncoming train crashes into the side of the car as...
- 6/4/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Being a famous blogger, novelist, singer and film director seemed not to be enough for Han Han, who at one point, also decided to become a rally driver, and then blog and write about his experience. Then he decided to shoot a movie about rally, which brings us to “Pegasus”, his third movie, 2 years after the very good “Duckweed”.
“Pegasus” is screening at the Udine Far East Film Festival
The hero of the film is Zhang Chi, a former rally champion who was banned from racing after taking part in an illegal race and resisting arrest after the police arrived in the parking lot the event took place. Now, as his 5 year ban is about to be lifted, he finds himself cooking fried rice on his stall, since sponsors and friends, and in essence, everyone around him except his little boy, have abandoned him. Despite his difficulties though, which also...
“Pegasus” is screening at the Udine Far East Film Festival
The hero of the film is Zhang Chi, a former rally champion who was banned from racing after taking part in an illegal race and resisting arrest after the police arrived in the parking lot the event took place. Now, as his 5 year ban is about to be lifted, he finds himself cooking fried rice on his stall, since sponsors and friends, and in essence, everyone around him except his little boy, have abandoned him. Despite his difficulties though, which also...
- 4/28/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Being a famous blogger, novelist, singer and film director seemed not to be enough for Han Han, who at one point, also decided to become a rally driver, and then blog and write about his experience. Then he decided to shoot a movie about rally, which brings us to “Pegasus”, his third movie, 2 years after the very good “Duckweed”.
Pegasus is screening in the UK, courtesy of Cine Asia
The hero of the film is Zhang Chi, a former rally champion who was banned from racing after taking part in an illegal race and resisting arrest after the police arrived in the parking lot the event took place. Now, as his 5 year ban is about to be lifted, he finds himself cooking fried rice on his stall, since sponsors and friends, and in essence, everyone around him except his little boy, have abandoned him. Despite his difficulties though, which also...
Pegasus is screening in the UK, courtesy of Cine Asia
The hero of the film is Zhang Chi, a former rally champion who was banned from racing after taking part in an illegal race and resisting arrest after the police arrived in the parking lot the event took place. Now, as his 5 year ban is about to be lifted, he finds himself cooking fried rice on his stall, since sponsors and friends, and in essence, everyone around him except his little boy, have abandoned him. Despite his difficulties though, which also...
- 2/20/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World top Hollywood film of weekend session.
Chinese titles were in typically robust form over the Chinese New Year holiday as The Wandering Earth earned $172.7m and Crazy Alien delivered $77.7m to obliterate the Hollywood competition at the global and international box office.
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was the top Hollywood film of the session, while Bohemian Rhapsody became the first Fox release since Avatar to cross $100m in Japan, and Ralph Breaks The Internet is a week or so away from crossing $500m worldwide.
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Chinese titles were in typically robust form over the Chinese New Year holiday as The Wandering Earth earned $172.7m and Crazy Alien delivered $77.7m to obliterate the Hollywood competition at the global and international box office.
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was the top Hollywood film of the session, while Bohemian Rhapsody became the first Fox release since Avatar to cross $100m in Japan, and Ralph Breaks The Internet is a week or so away from crossing $500m worldwide.
China Update
Frant Gwo...
- 2/11/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
This week, China rings in the New Year, and as annual tradition has it, multiplexes will be stuffed with new local titles vying for big business during the lucrative holiday period. Of the more than 10 pictures releasing Tuesday, among the most anticipated are epic The Wandering Earth, which could be the breakout that ignites the homegrown sci-fi business; racing-themed comedy Pegasus from multi-talent Han Han; and Peppa Pig Celebrates Chinese New Year, based on the hugely popular kids character.
Check out The Wandering Earth‘s trailer above, and the others’ and more, below.
The Wandering Earth and Pegasus were the only films that held press screenings in the Middle Kingdom, and only the former had sneaks tonight, before tomorrow’s holiday begins in earnest. It grossed an estimated Rmb 14M ($2.08M), setting a new record for Chinese movies. But this is a wait-and-see game: With so much choice, alongside family commitments,...
Check out The Wandering Earth‘s trailer above, and the others’ and more, below.
The Wandering Earth and Pegasus were the only films that held press screenings in the Middle Kingdom, and only the former had sneaks tonight, before tomorrow’s holiday begins in earnest. It grossed an estimated Rmb 14M ($2.08M), setting a new record for Chinese movies. But this is a wait-and-see game: With so much choice, alongside family commitments,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Ace Hong Kong director Dante Lam has begun work on “The Rescue,” which is set to be the biggest-budget Chinese film made this year. The $90 million action-adventure picture has already claimed a coveted Chinese New Year release slot in 2020.
Lam was recently responsible for two of mainland China’s highest-grossing films: “Operation Mekong” and last year’s “Operation Red Sea,” which raked in a combined $750 million in their target home market. Both were drenched in blood and Chinese patriotism, which failed to connect with audiences overseas.
For the long-gestating “Rescue,” Lam – whose track record includes upscale Hong Kong thrillers “The Viral Factor” and “The Stool Pigeon,” as well as sports dramas “Unbeatable” and “To the Fore” – has changed direction again. “There are no guns or martial-arts things,” he told Variety. “‘The Rescue’ is focused on courage, which I show through action. This has the energy of song and dance, or...
Lam was recently responsible for two of mainland China’s highest-grossing films: “Operation Mekong” and last year’s “Operation Red Sea,” which raked in a combined $750 million in their target home market. Both were drenched in blood and Chinese patriotism, which failed to connect with audiences overseas.
For the long-gestating “Rescue,” Lam – whose track record includes upscale Hong Kong thrillers “The Viral Factor” and “The Stool Pigeon,” as well as sports dramas “Unbeatable” and “To the Fore” – has changed direction again. “There are no guns or martial-arts things,” he told Variety. “‘The Rescue’ is focused on courage, which I show through action. This has the energy of song and dance, or...
- 2/4/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Week-long holidays commence on February 5.
The Chinese New Year battle is set to officially begin tomorrow, but the ticket presales kicked off a couple of weeks ago, with eight major titles vying for a share of the most lucrative period of the year.
The presales for Feb 5, the first day of the week-long Chinese New Year holidays, have reached $84m, almost half of the record-breaking total of the same period last year.
Tracking at No.1 was Crazy Alien on $23m, a comedy starring Huang Bo and Shen Teng about two brothers who hope to make a fortune from the unexpected arrival of an alien visitor.
The Chinese New Year battle is set to officially begin tomorrow, but the ticket presales kicked off a couple of weeks ago, with eight major titles vying for a share of the most lucrative period of the year.
The presales for Feb 5, the first day of the week-long Chinese New Year holidays, have reached $84m, almost half of the record-breaking total of the same period last year.
Tracking at No.1 was Crazy Alien on $23m, a comedy starring Huang Bo and Shen Teng about two brothers who hope to make a fortune from the unexpected arrival of an alien visitor.
- 2/4/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Alibaba Pictures confirmed that it has invested an undisclosed amount in Chinese celebrity blogger-turned-film director Han Han’s Shanghai Tingdong Film. Han’s upcoming “Pegasus” is one of the most anticipated films of the year in China.
Alibaba Pictures, part of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is now the second-largest stakeholder in Tingdong. It has a 13.1% stake, according to Chinese finance publication Caixin.
The deal is a “long-term strategic partnership that covers content production, distribution and marketing, merchandise and artist management,” Alibaba told Variety on Thursday. It falls under the umbrella of a new initiative launched in November called the “Jin Cheng Co-Production Plan” — with “jin cheng” roughly translating in English to “golden orange.”
Under this plan, Alibaba intends to co-produce 20 films over the next five years with various top production teams. The films will be released during China’s four busiest movie-going times: Chinese New Year (around January-February), the summer, the...
Alibaba Pictures, part of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is now the second-largest stakeholder in Tingdong. It has a 13.1% stake, according to Chinese finance publication Caixin.
The deal is a “long-term strategic partnership that covers content production, distribution and marketing, merchandise and artist management,” Alibaba told Variety on Thursday. It falls under the umbrella of a new initiative launched in November called the “Jin Cheng Co-Production Plan” — with “jin cheng” roughly translating in English to “golden orange.”
Under this plan, Alibaba intends to co-produce 20 films over the next five years with various top production teams. The films will be released during China’s four busiest movie-going times: Chinese New Year (around January-February), the summer, the...
- 1/18/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Love him or hate him, Jiang Wen is a director you cannot ignore. In 2018, he completes his Republican Era gangster trilogy, which started in 2010 with “Let the Bullets Fly” and also includes 2014’s “Gone with the Bullets”, with the Eddie Peng starring “Hidden Man”
Synopsis
On the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War, a spy returns to China set on revenge, but finds himself plunged into a high-stakes game of intrigue, love, and scheming. Young Li Tianren escapes to America after his master is killed by the power-hungry Zhu Qianlong and his Japanese sidekick Nemoto. 15 years later, the boy, now called Bruce, returns to Beijing as a spy for the Americans but has bloody revenge on his mind.
Loosely based on Zhang Beihei’s wuxia novel “Xia Yin”, “Hidden Man” stars Taiwanese heartthrob Eddie Peng as Bruce, Liao Fan as Zhu Qianlong as well as Jiang Wen himself. The film...
Synopsis
On the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War, a spy returns to China set on revenge, but finds himself plunged into a high-stakes game of intrigue, love, and scheming. Young Li Tianren escapes to America after his master is killed by the power-hungry Zhu Qianlong and his Japanese sidekick Nemoto. 15 years later, the boy, now called Bruce, returns to Beijing as a spy for the Americans but has bloody revenge on his mind.
Loosely based on Zhang Beihei’s wuxia novel “Xia Yin”, “Hidden Man” stars Taiwanese heartthrob Eddie Peng as Bruce, Liao Fan as Zhu Qianlong as well as Jiang Wen himself. The film...
- 10/20/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Contemporary Chinese Cinema is a column devoted to exploring contemporary Chinese-language cinema primarily as it is revealed to us at North American multiplexes.The Monkey King 3: Land of BeautyThis year’s Lunar New Year week was the biggest ever, almost doubling the box office take from last year, with grosses over 850 million American dollars. Traditionally the busiest movie-going time in the Chinese-speaking world, packed with crowd-pleasing star vehicles, this year’s holiday was dominated by four major releases, each of which was also released in North America.1 Three sequels opened here on February 16th, The Monkey King 3, Monster Hunt 2 and Detective Chinatown 2, while Operation Red Sea opened the following Friday, February 23rd. While none of the four has had the impact stateside of The Mermaid’s historic run two New Years ago, they’ve all proven to be hits at home. Soi Cheang’s Monkey King sequel opened first,...
- 2/27/2018
- MUBI
Despite being based on a rather common idea, “Duckweed,” by China’s most famous blogger, Han Han, managed to stand out from the majority of Chinese blockbusters due to its intelligent humor, and in the process became one of the highest grossing movies of 2017 in the country.
Duckweed is screening at the 9th International Chinese Film Festival, that will be on 23 February to 28, 2018.
In 2022, Ah Lang is a freshly crowned rally champion, with some serious daddy issues. His frustration with his dad, Ah Zhang, who never supported his career as a race driver, instead pressuring him to become an ambulance driver, is so intense, that in the award ceremony, he has nothing but accusations and contempt for him, which he utters in front of the crowd celebrating his win. After the event, the two of them return in the racecar, but have an accident on the road, when an oncoming...
Duckweed is screening at the 9th International Chinese Film Festival, that will be on 23 February to 28, 2018.
In 2022, Ah Lang is a freshly crowned rally champion, with some serious daddy issues. His frustration with his dad, Ah Zhang, who never supported his career as a race driver, instead pressuring him to become an ambulance driver, is so intense, that in the award ceremony, he has nothing but accusations and contempt for him, which he utters in front of the crowd celebrating his win. After the event, the two of them return in the racecar, but have an accident on the road, when an oncoming...
- 2/24/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Contemporary Chinese Cinema is a column devoted to exploring contemporary Chinese-language cinema primarily as it is revealed to us at North American multiplexes.Over the last few years it has become increasingly easy to see mainstream Asian films in North America at the same time they are released in their home countries. Thanks to partnerships with small, international distributors, the major multiplex chains (AMC, Cinemark, Regal) have devoted a handful of screens in major markets to showing new releases from India, Korea, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Most of these titles fall under the radar of both critics and audiences outside the diasporic communities to which they are targeted. They play for a week or two and then disappear, outside of a handful of breakout titles. Last year Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid made headlines for its high per-screen averages in North America as it shattered domestic box office records in China.
- 12/4/2017
- MUBI
As previously announced, Thailand’s Chutimon ‘Aokbab’ Chuengcharoensukying will receive Screen International Rising Star Award.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announced on Monday the updated roster of honourees at the upcoming 16th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff).
China’s Duan Yihong and South Korea’s Gang Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award, South Korea’s Jung Byung-gil will collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema, and Eric Tsang will receive the Star Hong Kong Lifetime Achievement Award.
As previously announced, Thailand’s Chutimon ‘Aokbab’ Chuengcharoensukying will receive the Screen International Rising Star Award and stars in opening night selection Bad Genius.
Duan Yihong will receive his Star Asia Award on July 1 in recognition of his entire body of work and will be presented before screenings of Extraordinary Mission and Battle Of Memories.
This is the first time a Star Asia Award has been presented to an actor...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announced on Monday the updated roster of honourees at the upcoming 16th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff).
China’s Duan Yihong and South Korea’s Gang Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award, South Korea’s Jung Byung-gil will collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema, and Eric Tsang will receive the Star Hong Kong Lifetime Achievement Award.
As previously announced, Thailand’s Chutimon ‘Aokbab’ Chuengcharoensukying will receive the Screen International Rising Star Award and stars in opening night selection Bad Genius.
Duan Yihong will receive his Star Asia Award on July 1 in recognition of his entire body of work and will be presented before screenings of Extraordinary Mission and Battle Of Memories.
This is the first time a Star Asia Award has been presented to an actor...
- 6/19/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kung Fu Yoga actor Aarif Lee stars in film from Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi.
Distribution Workshop is unveiling a new slate of productions at Filmart, including Yuen Woo-ping’s [pictured] The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia, produced by Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi.
The martial arts action fantasy stars Aarif Lee, hot from recent Chinese New Year hit Kung Fu Yoga, along with Dong Chengpeng (aka Da Peng), Zhou Dongyu and Ni Ni.
Set during the Northern Song Dynasty, the film follows a band of martial arts warriors who secretly protect the human race from evil outer space creatures. Producer Nansun Shi described the film as “a completely fresh approach at telling a story which combines traditional martial arts with science and aliens.”
Currently in post-production for tentative release in October, the film is produced by Le Vision Pictures, Acme Image Film Cultural Co and Film Can Production.
The film heads a busy slate for Distribution Workshop, which...
Distribution Workshop is unveiling a new slate of productions at Filmart, including Yuen Woo-ping’s [pictured] The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia, produced by Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi.
The martial arts action fantasy stars Aarif Lee, hot from recent Chinese New Year hit Kung Fu Yoga, along with Dong Chengpeng (aka Da Peng), Zhou Dongyu and Ni Ni.
Set during the Northern Song Dynasty, the film follows a band of martial arts warriors who secretly protect the human race from evil outer space creatures. Producer Nansun Shi described the film as “a completely fresh approach at telling a story which combines traditional martial arts with science and aliens.”
Currently in post-production for tentative release in October, the film is produced by Le Vision Pictures, Acme Image Film Cultural Co and Film Can Production.
The film heads a busy slate for Distribution Workshop, which...
- 3/12/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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