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'The Hunger Games' Set for June Release in China

May 5, 2012 By Kasia Anderson 1 year ago

Lionsgate's latest big hit for the young adult set will be unleashed on Chinese audiences in the first half of the month

  

SEC Probes Movie Studios Over Dealings in China

April 24, 2012 By Reuters 1 year ago

SEC has sent letters of inquiry to at least five movie studios asking for information about potential inappropriate payments and how the studios dealt with certain government officials in China

  

'Iron Man 3' to be Co-Produced in China with DMG

April 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Disney will film part of the next "Iron Man" movie in China and will allow a Beijing company to invest and help distribute the superhero sequel

  

Disney Forms Partnership to Develop Animated Films in China

April 10, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Disney will partner with China's Culture Ministry and Internet service provider Tencent to develop content

  

Apple Supplier Foxconn Agrees to Reduce Overtime Hours, Improve Working Conditions

March 29, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

A report from the Fair Labor Association found "serious" violations at the Chinese factories that supply Apple

  

Apple in China & the Mike Daisey Problem: Bad ‘Journalism’ Clouds Jobs Issue

March 17, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Note to Mike Daisey: journalism must be relentlessly fact-based. Your fabricated reporting distracts from a serious subject

  

CAA Losing Top Agent in China (Updated)

March 15, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

CAA agent Peter Loehr had been managing director of the Beijing office since 2005

  

Sundance Selects Takes North American Rights to Documentary 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'

February 21, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Alison Klayman's Sundance documentary about Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei will be released in North America by Sundance Selects

  

How Hollywood and Joe Biden Got China to Drop a 20-Year Movie Quota

February 19, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Says MPAA’s Chris Dodd of the U.S.-China movie pact: "This is a very big deal. And Joe Biden deserves the credit"

  

White House Gets China To Open Market to U.S. Movies (Updated)

February 17, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

The new agreement, announced by Vice President Biden, will allow 50% more U.S. films in the Chinese market

  

DreamWorks Animation Announces China Joint Venture

February 17, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Oriental DreamWorks will produce Chinese language animated and live action films

  

Apple Asks Labor Group to Inspect Chinese Suppliers

February 13, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Fair Labor Association will inspect Apple's "final assembly suppliers," including the controversial Foxconn factories

  

'Outraged' Apple CEO Deems N.Y. Times' Exposé 'Offensive'

January 27, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Tim Cook's internal e-mail leaked, and, unsurprisingly, the New York Times drew his ire

  

N.Y. Times Exposes Abusive Working Conditions At Apple's Chinese Manufacturers

January 26, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The New York Times dug deep into Apple, and what it found is prize-worthy

  

Chinese Government: Christian Bale 'Should Be Embarrassed'

December 21, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Local official slams actor -- who was caught on video getting roughed up by plain-clothes police -- for attempting to visit a Chinese activist

  

VOD Distributor Gravitas Ventures Eyes China With New International Unit (Exclusive)

December 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The company will partner with You on Demand and expects to sign other foreign distribution pacts

  

State-Owned Chinese Broadcaster to Open U.S. Studio (Report)

November 7, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

CCTV will look to push further into the U.S. market

  

Chinese Movie Giants Buy Stake in L.A. Distribution Company

October 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The large companies Huayi Brothers Media Corp. and Bona Film Group acquire a stake in the year-old China Lion Distribution

  

Human Rights Groups Rebuke Relativity Over Chinese Co-Production (Updated)

October 30, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Human rights groups demand that studio stop production on comedy "21 and Over," after it shoots in Linyi, China, home to a repressed activist

  

Relativity Unveils Its 1st Chinese Co-Production: '21 and Over'

October 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Will drunken debauchery from the "Hangover" writers play in Beijing?

  

New OTX Study of Chinese Moviegoers Bodes Well for Sino-Happy Hollywood

October 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Research firm Ipsos OTX finds that Chinese moviegoers are not averse to seeing films set in the United States

  

Eastward Ho!: IMAX Adds 15 Theaters in China

October 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The company is partnering with Korean media conglomerate CJ CGV Co.

  

RealD to Outfit 100 Chinese Theaters With 3D Technology

August 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Company will partner with theater chain SAGA

  

Hollywood's China Revolution: Smaller Is Better

August 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Still, DMG, Relativity and Legendary East will face structural challenges in trying to penetrate the exploding new market

  

Legendary Gets $220M Investor for China Filmmaking Venture

August 21, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Paul Y. Engineering Group will take a 50% stake in the new company to fund two English-language, event-style films per year for global audiences

  

Relativity Sets Chinese Production/Distribution Partnership

August 14, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Studio enters partnership with several top Chinese investment arms and entertainment companies to co-produce films and distribute in China; it remains unclear as to how much cash Relativity will net

  
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