Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Chinese-Propaganda Blockbuster Eyes 2022 Release

As we get rolling into the new year, optimism and caution are part of the outlook for 2022 at the international box office. The issue of China also remains top of mind as the territory — which maintained its status as the top global market in 2021 — has been even more ornery to navigate than usual, notably not approving a single movie with a Marvel character last year, from Disney’s Black Widow straight through to Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.

“I think for the next two weeks, we’re going to continue to see our case rates rise,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Thursday. That statement was made more ominous by the fact that, on that very day, the county recorded a record number of new daily cases for the pandemic. At 37,000, the new tally was 10,000 cases higher than the previous record. It’s hard to imagine where two more weeks of increases will lead.

Kate Bosworth has moved on from her estranged husband, Michael Polish, with Justin Long!

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to No Running, a sci-fi thriller marking the feature directorial debut of Delmar Washington, for a multi-platform release this spring.

Richard Kuipers Errors and omissions are standard features of historical dramas everywhere. It is therefore no surprise to find Korean War history being filtered to suit domestic requirements in the three-hour Chinese blockbuster “The Battle at Lake Changjin.” Nor is it unexpected for U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOnce billed as the “Netflix of China,” video streaming firm iQiyi is now laying off staff in order to bring its costs under control.

Vivienne Chow Viya, China’s queen of live streaming, has been fined RMB1.34 billion ($210 million) and had her social media account suspended as punishment for tax evasion.

Little Devil Inside seems to have slipped further down the release schedules, with the game now set to launch late next year.Although developer Neostream Interactive hasn’t publicly announced a firm date, a snippet of the game can be seen in a new PlayStation post on Instagram (as spotted by Eurogamer).

Anthony Joshua is facing another stern test in his quest to unify the heavyweight division, with undefeated Chinese boxer Zhang Zhilei calling out the Brit insisting he wants to fight him in Beijing next year.

Reuters.Insiders at Amazon told the news service that the company received the official demand in 2019 after negative reviews of the book were posted on Amazon’s Chinese site. “I think the issue was anything under five stars,” one person said.

Peng Shuai is denying making any claims of sexual assault following a misundersood social media post.

via Reuters). When pressed further about the social media post that has since been deleted, she said “there are a lot of misunderstanding[s], so there’s nothing to say… about this interpretation and distortion.”Peng was attending a cross-country skiing exhibition in Shanghai as part of the run-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai is speaking out again about the sexual assault accusation she made against a high-profile government official — but now, she’s saying she never actually delivered the allegation at all.

Time’s Person of the Year.In the short video originally posted on TikTok, the doppelganger, who is the self-proclaimed “Chinese Elon Musk,” stands next to a car, mimicking the Tesla CEO.On Facebook, the video has racked up 878 reactions and 1,801 shares, sparking a debate about its authenticity in the comments.While some people posted GIF reactions in awe of the celeb twin, dubbed “Yi Long Musk,” others weren’t so convinced it was real.A chorus of users are convinced it’s a deepfake — a

STX films has made some changes to its 2022 release schedule: The Burbank, CA-studio will be opening supernatural horror Bed Rest on July 15 while Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and The Contractor are going slightly later in the spring.

Taking an early look at 2022, Gower Street Analytics is projecting global box office to reach $33.2B next year. That would rep a 58% increase on 2021 if the current year stays on track for the London-based firm’s projected approximate $21B (this is a slightly revised number from its October prediction for the year, in part owing to some Hollywood films not securing China dates through December).

Naman Ramachandran After several COVID-induced delays, Ayan Mukerji’s magnum opus “Brahmastra,” starring Bollywood A-listers Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, has locked a theatrical release date of Sept. 9, 2022.The film, which also stars Nagarjuna Akkineni and Mouni Roy, will release in the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.