‘Jungle Cruise’ To Set Sail For China In November As Market Dates Trio Of Hollywood Titles

Outlining its 14th “Five-Year Plan” for the development of Chinese films, the China Film Administration has said it plans to increase the number of movie screens in the country to 100,000 by 2025. Good news, and along with that, the regulator will be promoting 10 domestic blockbusters each year. This is not far off from an earlier, pre-pandemic, five-year goal, but came to light this past week as China held the 6th plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of the China Central Committee.

Rebecca Davis editorDisney’s “Jungle Cruise” didn’t manage to catch a swift current in its China debut, drifting to a slow $3.3 million first three-day weekend, according to data from the Artisan Gateway consultancy. The Maoyan data platform currently estimates it will gross a total of just $6.19 million.The adventure tale has clearly lost steam since its simultaneous release in U.S.

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Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterResuming its traditional post as the last stand of the fall festival season, the American Film Institute’s AFI Fest will return to its traditional home at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, its first in-person fest since 2019.

Rebecca Davis editorSmall but growing production firm Midnight Blur Films has had a strong fall.Its soft sci-fi feature “Journey to the West” just won top accolades at China’s Pingyao Intl.

Oh, what a night! On Tuesday, November 2, celebrities and supermodels shut down Hollywood Boulevard to walk in Gucci’s Love Parade fashion show. Jared Leto and Jodie Turner-Smith were among the stars to hit the esteemed catwalk. But it’s Home Alone alum Macaulay Culkin, in particular, that pleasantly surprised — and shocked — the crowd.

Vivienne Chow OTT Entertainment, the local agent of mainland Chinese streaming giant iQiyi, says it will not apply to renew its contract to operate in Taiwan, citing Taiwanese government opposition.The decision highlights the political currents that underpin so much of the entertainment industry in Asia.

The partner of a teacher who has been in a coma for nine months in a Chinese hospital after a routine clinical procedure went terribly wrong has stated: "They’d rather she died."

Dark Glasses, the new film from Dario Argento, has just been released.The feature marks Argento’s first movie as director in 10 years, and will be released via Wild Bunch International.A synopsis for Dark Glasses obtained by Screen Daily reads: “Ilenia Pastorellistars as a prostitute blinded by a serial killer in a botched attack who takes in a young Chinese boy, whose life has also been abruptly altered forever by the maniac’s actions.“He will become her ally in a terrifying struggle to see off

Chris Pratt has signed on to voice the title character in a new animated Garfield film from Alcon Entertainment, Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson announced today.

On Instagram last week, Novak revealed that his face was being used to sell such products as a Calvin Klein cologne in Sweden, electric razors in China, face paint in Uruguay and more, as reported by The New York Times.The Office star and writer posted photos of the products in a collection on his Instagram titled “modelling”, where he explained: “Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site, and now apparently I am on products all around the world.” The history of

John Woo is set to helm his first US action film in nearly two decades with the upcoming Silent Night.The Chinese filmmaker, whose last US film was 2003’s Paycheck starring Ben Affleck, will return to Hollywood for a project led by The Suicide Squad star Joel Kinnaman.According to Deadline, the project is an action film which features no dialogue whatsoever, and follows a father as he heads into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death.John Wick producers Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian

Regina King is being honored in a major way!