Dion Leonard’s Stray-Dog Memoir ‘Finding Gobi’ Moves to Sony, Tencent Pictures From Fox (EXCLUSIVE)

Pierre Morel’s upcoming action thrillerThe Blacksmith, which recently lost its star Nick Jonas due to a scheduling conflict, has a deal in place for the important China market. Beijing-based distributor Infotainment China Media picked up rights to the film ahead of Berlin's European Film Market and plans to stick with the project despite the casting change-up.

FKA twigs has revealed she is working on a television series centred around martial arts.During an interview with I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel, published in The Face, twigs described the project as a “martial arts TV series which is very much centred around outsiders. And the idea of wanting to fit in but not being able to”.“I’ve been putting a lot of research into the way that the Black community and the Chinese martial arts community have a really deep connection.

Fresh off Sundance and a series of compelling interviews about how she chronicled the Covid-19 outbreak in China and its rampage across the the U.S., Nanfu Wang’s In the Same Breath will have its New York premiere as the opening film in the Museum of Modern Art’s Doc Fortnight 2021.

Fresh off Sundance and a series of compelling interviews about how she chronicled the Covid-19 outbreak in China and its rampage across the the U.S., Nanju Wang’s In the Same Breath will have its New York premiere as the opening film in the Museum of Modern Art’s Doc Fortnight 2021.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor“The Metamorphosis of Birds,” which premiered in the Encounters sidebar of the Berlin Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI prize from the international critics’ jury, has been sold in multiple major territories, including the U.S., the U.K., China, Italy and Spain.Portuguese director Catarina Vasconcelos’ “beautifully pensive, lyrical debut feature,” in the words of the Variety review, explores her family stories in the form of a fictionalized

United Arab Emirates and China sending instruments to study the planet’s surface. Today, it’s America’s turn: NASA’s rover, called Perseverance, is expected to touch down.

latte in the powdery snow. Stacks of instant noodles in the Chinese supermarket.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAn executive at Chinese tech giant Tencent has been arrested on suspicion of sharing personal data from the WeChat social media app with an official.The executive was named as Zhang Feng, who has in the past been referred to as a company VP.Tencent confirmed the information and said that Zhang’s detention relates to a case of “personal corruption.” The company said that Zhang’s case was not related to its Weixin app or its WeChat international iteration.It

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese New Year is the biggest, most lucrative and brashest season of the year in mainland China cinemas. It is a time for big-budget tentpoles and fun films that are pitched as family entertainment.Having reserved their place in the releasing calendar for months or even a year, seven films open simultaneously on Friday (Feb.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMore than 80% of movie tickets in China are sold online or via mobile device, one of the world’s highest penetration rates.

direct to your inboxThe virus which causes Covid-19 is “extremely unlikely” to have entered the human population as a result of a laboratory-related incident, global health leaders have said.Sars-CoV-2 “may have originated from zoonotic transmission”, a team of experts from China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) concluded.This means it leapt from animal host to human.But the “reservoir hosts” remain to be identified, they told a press conference.Some conspiracy theorists have falsely

EXCLUSIVE: The filmmakers behind Science Fair are prepping a feature doc about student entrepreneurs for Disney+.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOdion Ighalo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab following the end of his Manchester United loan spell. The forward spent a year on loan at United from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, extending his stay at Old Trafford after proving a useful back-up striker last season.

“My wife Valeria used the high-speed rail network to come out and visit on several parts of the trip which was great and we could enjoy those times together.” Talisker’s Travels can be found on YouTube by visiting www.youtube.com/channel/UCVnmei66-1g1XGEwS27PSTw