Manchester came alive this weekend as the city celebrated Chinese New Year.
09.01.2020 - 22:21 / deadline.com
By Tom Grater
International Film Reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Detective Chinatown 3, the latest installment in the hugely successful Chinese action-comedy franchise, has scored UK and Ireland distribution after producer Wanda Pictures struck a deal with Brit outfit Trinity Cineasia.
The film is set to be released in China by Wanda on January 25, which is Chinese New Year, typically one of the country’s biggest-grossing days at the box office. In 2019, the holiday set a single-day record for
Manchester came alive this weekend as the city celebrated Chinese New Year.
Happy Chinese New Year!
The Chinese New Year is almost upon us and this year, we celebrate the year of the rat. The first animal in the Chinese zodiac sign, the Rat is associated with Earthy Branch and represents the yang in a yin and yang.
By Nancy Tartaglione
Imax on Thursday confirmed it supports the decision of studios and distributors in China to delay the release of their Lunar New Year movies on its giant screens amid a virus outbreak."The safety of Chinese audiences is our top priority.
China's major movie studios are scrapping the North American release plans for their big Lunar New Year blockbusters after being forced to shelve the projects at home because of the growing coronavirus outbreak.On Thursday afternoon, the leading studios in Beijing announced simultaneously that all seven of the major films that were set for release on Saturday, the first day of the weeklong Lunar holiday, would be put on hold.Chinese New Year is the biggest box office period in the world by
China's biggest movies of 2020, which were scheduled to release Saturday on the first day of Chinese New Year, have been preemptively pulled from cinemas in response to the coronavirus outbreak that has plunged the country into crisis.Chinese New Yearis the biggest blockbuster period in the world by far, and the coming week was expected to generate as much as $1 billion in ticket sales revenue.Distributors and exhibitors in Beijing tell The Hollywood Reporter that the decision to postpone the
The releases of all new movies this week in China have been cancelled as a response to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. The move is a massive blow for the Chinese film industry.
By Nancy Tartaglione
Warner Bros. is bringing some Chinese New Year blockbuster fare to North America in a big way.The studio has acquired North American theatrical rights to Wanda Pictures' upcoming tentpole Detective Chinatown 3.