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'Red Dawn' star thinks enemy in new film is 'stupid'

Source: Detroit Free Press, Nov 24 2012, 1:08am CST

C. Thomas Howell is not pleased about the new enemy in the rebooted ÂRed Dawn. Howell, who starred as a young resistance fighter taking on a Russian invasion in the 1984 cult classic, feels that the enemy in the version storming ...

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Chinese audience expects good stories

Source: China Daily  |   Jun 19 2013, 1:31am CDT

BEIJING -- People attending this year's Shanghai International Film Festival are suggesting a good storyline and a better connection with the audience should be the focus of Chinese filmmakers as they push ...

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Could China’s growing influence in Hollywood affect Christian-themed movies?

Source: FOX News  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:57am CDT

LOS ANGELES – Last year, China surpassed Japan as the second-largest box office in the world – with theater earnings up 36 percent from the previous year. Experts now anticipate that in the next five to seven years, the world’s most populous country will ...

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Turkish films seek a new era in China

Source: Hurriet Daily News  |   Jun 17 2013, 4:03pm CDT

This year’s Shanghai Film Fest is hosting Turkey as a guest of honor as part of the Turkish year in China events. The festival opened on June 15 and is hosting many Turkish films. The festival will continue until June 23. Among the films is “The Taste of ...

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Stone: Films must make West 'fall in love with Chinese faces'

Source: Shanghai Daily  |   Jun 17 2013, 12:01pm CDT

FAMED American director Oliver Stone said that in order to capture Western audiences, Chinese directors and producers need to make movies that make them fall in love with China. Stone, the multiple Academy Awar ...

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China’s Movie Industry Sets Sights on South Korea

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   Jun 17 2013, 4:26am CDT

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China’s Movie Moguls Call for Tax Reforms, Precision Marketing and Diverse Content

Source: Hollywood Reporter  |   Jun 16 2013, 11:39am CDT

SHANGHAI – China might now boast the world’s most enthusiastic financiers and audiences for movies in the world today, but the country’s leading film executives are showing no signs of complacency – some of them are calling for f ...

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Shanghai film festival rolls out red carpet

Source: China Daily  |   Jun 14 2013, 7:10pm CDT

Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper heads the guest list of the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival that opens on Saturday and will run nine days. Hooper, whose Les Miserables and The King's Speech were both released in China, wi ...

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From the Wire: From China With Love (Of Additional Revenue Streams)

Source: Indie Wire  |   Jun 13 2013, 12:07pm CDT

The recent remake of "Red Dawn" was initially conceived as a paranoid thriller about an invasion of the American homeland by Chinese military forces. But in post-production, every reference to China -- dialogue, names, uniforms, flags -- was rep ...

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The New Abnormal In Movies: Why Charm Is Dead, Sequels, Reboots And Marketing Moguls Rule (And The One Bright Spot)

Source: Fast Company  |   Jun 12 2013, 10:11am CDT

In her new book Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales From the New Abnormal in the Movie Business, movie producer Lynda Obst does something that is nearly impossible: she explains what has gone so insanely wrong with t ...

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