#Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud to Accompany French President Emmanuel Macron on China State Visit (Exclusive)

#Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud to Accompany French President Emmanuel Macron on China State Visit (Exclusive)

French president Emmanuel Macron is set to kick off a three-day trip to Beijing this week, a high-stakes diplomatic mission that will be a delicate balancing act between urging Chinese leader Xi Jinping to alter his stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and maintaining France’s trade priorities. The French delegation accompanying Macron will include as many…

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#China Box Office: Anime ‘Suzume’ Dominates as ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and ’65’ Flop

#China Box Office: Anime ‘Suzume’ Dominates as ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and ’65’ Flop

Makoto Shinkai’s Japanese anime sensation Suzume held strong at the top of China’s box office over the weekend, earning $22.1 million while easily defeating Paramount’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Sony’s 65, which both flopped. Suzume has earned $80.6 million in China, better than any other international film released in the country this…

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#Netflix’s Indian Adaptation of ‘Ray Donovan’ Finds Global Audience

#Netflix’s Indian Adaptation of ‘Ray Donovan’ Finds Global Audience

Netflix’s Indian Adaptation of ‘Ray Donovan’ Finds Global Audience Indian action crime show Rana Naidu has climbed into Netflix’s top ten list of most-watched non-English series for the second consecutive week, becoming one of the streamer’s most globally successful Hindi-language titles to date. The show is a local adaptation of CBS’ hit crime drama Ray Donovan….

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#Is Crunchyroll the Right Specialty Streamer for the Moment?

#Is Crunchyroll the Right Specialty Streamer for the Moment?

Is Crunchyroll the Right Specialty Streamer for the Moment? As the global streaming business underwent a surprise, secular reassessment last year, Sony’s anime service Crunchyroll found the whole industry suddenly contemplating the same strategies it had been prioritizing for years. Out was the gusher approach to content spending in pursuit of limitless subscriber growth. In…

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#Filmart: China’s Linmon Pictures Launches Ambitious International TV Slate (Exclusive)

#Filmart: China’s Linmon Pictures Launches Ambitious International TV Slate (Exclusive)

Filmart: China’s Linmon Pictures Launches Ambitious International TV Slate (Exclusive) Shanghai-based Linmon Pictures is preparing to go where few major Chinese TV studios venture — overseas. On the second day of Hong Kong’s Filmart entertainment convention, the premium TV producer unveiled an ambitious plans for a slate of local-language TV projects targeting the Korean, Thai, Indonesian…

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#Filmart: Singapore’s mm2, Taiwan’s Man Man Er Team on TV Series Adaptation of Bestselling Book ‘Tales of Mystery’

#Filmart: Singapore’s mm2, Taiwan’s Man Man Er Team on TV Series Adaptation of Bestselling Book ‘Tales of Mystery’

Filmart: Singapore’s mm2, Taiwan’s Man Man Er Team on TV Series Adaptation of Bestselling Book ‘Tales of Mystery’ Singapore-based entertainment company mm2 and Taiwan’s Man Man Er revealed Tuesday at Hong Kong’s Filmart that they are teaming up to develop a high-end series adaptation of the bestselling Taiwanese book Tales of Mystery. The project is the…

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