Hong Kong director Fruit Chan, who somehow manages to be an industry veteran and an enfant terrible at the same time, is currently in post-production on “Coffin Homes.” The film is a satirical horror anthology, that probes the city’s eternal housing problem, especially its micro dwellings known as cubicle apartments or coffin homes.
Chan, who has long played in a social realist riff through titles including “Dumplings,” “The Midnight After” and Hollywood-Hong Kong,” takes the term literally and focuses his film on folks who are ready to live under the same roof as the dead. It stars Tai Bo (“Suk Suk”), Cheung Tat Ming (the Dragon Loaded film series), Loletta Lee (“Ordinary Heroes”) and Susan Shaw (“Gallants”).
Edko Films, part of producer Bill Kong’s cinemas to distribution group, is handling rights, with all territories outside Greater China available at FilMart.
The firm is also proposing “Disconnect’d” a drama-thriller starring Aaron Kwok.
Chan, who has long played in a social realist riff through titles including “Dumplings,” “The Midnight After” and Hollywood-Hong Kong,” takes the term literally and focuses his film on folks who are ready to live under the same roof as the dead. It stars Tai Bo (“Suk Suk”), Cheung Tat Ming (the Dragon Loaded film series), Loletta Lee (“Ordinary Heroes”) and Susan Shaw (“Gallants”).
Edko Films, part of producer Bill Kong’s cinemas to distribution group, is handling rights, with all territories outside Greater China available at FilMart.
The firm is also proposing “Disconnect’d” a drama-thriller starring Aaron Kwok.
- 3/16/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Five competitive local titles have announced as of Monday that they will be vying for box office supremacy in China over the May 1 Labor Day weekend, a public holiday.
They include a long-anticipated video game adaptation, an omnibus pandemic film helmed by three different female big shots from China, Hong Kong and the U.S., a sleek Aaron Kwok-starring thriller, a TV series adaptation and the first title from helmer Li Yu not to star the now-disgraced Fan Bingbing in 14 years.
Their sales will be worth tracking, as holiday periods tend to be the most money-making in the world’s largest film market, where the February Chinese New Year box office set world records with an impressive $1.2 billion in sales in just six days.
In years past, Labor Day was considered a less significant holiday for movie-going than Chinese New Year, the summer holidays, October’s weeklong National Day holiday in October,...
They include a long-anticipated video game adaptation, an omnibus pandemic film helmed by three different female big shots from China, Hong Kong and the U.S., a sleek Aaron Kwok-starring thriller, a TV series adaptation and the first title from helmer Li Yu not to star the now-disgraced Fan Bingbing in 14 years.
Their sales will be worth tracking, as holiday periods tend to be the most money-making in the world’s largest film market, where the February Chinese New Year box office set world records with an impressive $1.2 billion in sales in just six days.
In years past, Labor Day was considered a less significant holiday for movie-going than Chinese New Year, the summer holidays, October’s weeklong National Day holiday in October,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Patriotic Chinese viewers flexed their muscles this weekend to topple Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Monster Hunter,” which grossed just $4.8 million before it was pulled from cinemas due to complaints that interpreted a line of dialogue to be racist and “insulting to China.”
In a slow week, however, that was enough to net it a fifth place open, even though cinemas had entirely pulled the title from their line-ups by early Saturday. The result is assuredly disappointing, however, considering Anderson’s previous China outing.
His last film to screen in China was 2017’s “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” which grossed $160 million there — six times more than it did in the U.S., making China the title’s top-selling global market by a margin of more than $123 million.
(The two other of Anderson’s films screened in the country did not receive quite the same reception: earlier franchise chapter “Resident Evil: Retribution...
In a slow week, however, that was enough to net it a fifth place open, even though cinemas had entirely pulled the title from their line-ups by early Saturday. The result is assuredly disappointing, however, considering Anderson’s previous China outing.
His last film to screen in China was 2017’s “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” which grossed $160 million there — six times more than it did in the U.S., making China the title’s top-selling global market by a margin of more than $123 million.
(The two other of Anderson’s films screened in the country did not receive quite the same reception: earlier franchise chapter “Resident Evil: Retribution...
- 12/8/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese netizens blasted the film, which opened December 6, and grossed $4.8m before it was withdrawn.
US action adventure Monster Hunter, produced by Constantin Film and Impact Pictures, was pulled from Chinese screens over the weekend following an online outcry over dialogue in the film that was perceived as being a racial insult.
The film, which has been co-financed with China’s Tencent and Japan’s Toho, opened on Friday, December 6, and grossed around $4.8m on its first day, ranking third behind two local releases, before disappearing from screens on Saturday.
Although authorities finally requested the withdrawal of the film, the...
US action adventure Monster Hunter, produced by Constantin Film and Impact Pictures, was pulled from Chinese screens over the weekend following an online outcry over dialogue in the film that was perceived as being a racial insult.
The film, which has been co-financed with China’s Tencent and Japan’s Toho, opened on Friday, December 6, and grossed around $4.8m on its first day, ranking third behind two local releases, before disappearing from screens on Saturday.
Although authorities finally requested the withdrawal of the film, the...
- 12/7/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
It was a drama-filled weekend at the Chinese multiplex.
Tencent’s big-budget video game adaptation Monster Hunter was yanked from cinemas one day into its release over a scene local audiences decried as derogatory. Domestic fantasy features The End of Endless Love and Soul Snatcher then took advantage of the breach, pulling in strong earnings of $22.6 million and $19.5 million, respectively.
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) and starring Milla Jovovich, Monster Hunter is an adaptation of the Capcom game series of the same name — which happens to command a particularly strong following in China. Other video ...
Tencent’s big-budget video game adaptation Monster Hunter was yanked from cinemas one day into its release over a scene local audiences decried as derogatory. Domestic fantasy features The End of Endless Love and Soul Snatcher then took advantage of the breach, pulling in strong earnings of $22.6 million and $19.5 million, respectively.
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) and starring Milla Jovovich, Monster Hunter is an adaptation of the Capcom game series of the same name — which happens to command a particularly strong following in China. Other video ...
- 12/7/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It was a drama-filled weekend at the Chinese multiplex.
Tencent’s big-budget video game adaptation Monster Hunter was yanked from cinemas one day into its release over a scene local audiences decried as derogatory. Domestic fantasy features The End of Endless Love and Soul Snatcher then took advantage of the breach, pulling in strong earnings of $22.6 million and $19.5 million, respectively.
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) and starring Milla Jovovich, Monster Hunter is an adaptation of the Capcom game series of the same name — which happens to command a particularly strong following in China. Other video ...
Tencent’s big-budget video game adaptation Monster Hunter was yanked from cinemas one day into its release over a scene local audiences decried as derogatory. Domestic fantasy features The End of Endless Love and Soul Snatcher then took advantage of the breach, pulling in strong earnings of $22.6 million and $19.5 million, respectively.
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) and starring Milla Jovovich, Monster Hunter is an adaptation of the Capcom game series of the same name — which happens to command a particularly strong following in China. Other video ...
- 12/7/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sunday’s international box office reporting looks vastly different to what was expected coming into the weekend. A Friday gross that portended a high-teens launch for Monster Hunter in China was quickly thwarted when local authorities pulled the feature game adaptation from the country’s cinemas. This was the result of an online backlash over a short exchange in the film that has been perceived as racist by local audiences. We understand that Tencent, which is handling Chinese distribution and is an equity partner in the film, is waiting to hear from the film bureau over whether excising the offending scene could allow it back to screens.
China state media is not reporting on the issue, and ticketing platform Maoyan has removed Monster Hunter from the Friday chart even though the film did about $5.3M that day (including late Thursday sneaks).
The Middle Kingdom was expected to be Monster Hunter’s biggest play.
China state media is not reporting on the issue, and ticketing platform Maoyan has removed Monster Hunter from the Friday chart even though the film did about $5.3M that day (including late Thursday sneaks).
The Middle Kingdom was expected to be Monster Hunter’s biggest play.
- 12/6/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
An online backlash that swirled in China on Friday over a scene in Monster Hunter has resulted in the movie being pulled from the country’s cinemas. The Paul Ws Anderson-directed feature game adaptation had been eyeing the market as one of its biggest plays, but a short exchange in the film has been perceived as racist by local audiences, and led to its run being abruptly halted late yesterday, the first day of its official launch.
We understand that Tencent, which is handling local distribution and is an equity partner in the film that stars Milla Jovovich, is working with the Chinese government and agencies involved to remedy the situation — ie removing the offending scene. But it remains unclear if the movie would then be re-released into local cinemas.
Monster Hunter had limited sneaks on Thursday (December 3) in China before going wide yesterday. It had landed in 3rd place for the day,...
We understand that Tencent, which is handling local distribution and is an equity partner in the film that stars Milla Jovovich, is working with the Chinese government and agencies involved to remedy the situation — ie removing the offending scene. But it remains unclear if the movie would then be re-released into local cinemas.
Monster Hunter had limited sneaks on Thursday (December 3) in China before going wide yesterday. It had landed in 3rd place for the day,...
- 12/5/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Monday Update, writethru after 8:47Am Sunday post: DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s The Croods: A New Age led the weekend in China with a $19.2M debut, outpacing local titles One Second and Caught In Time as it got a huge Saturday boost. This is the third best bow for a studio movie in the Middle Kingdom during the pandemic era — behind Tenet (which topped $300M overseas this session) and Mulan. In total, the sequel opened in seven offshore markets for a combined $20.8M at the international box office. There were also No. 1 starts in Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and the UAE. The worldwide opening estimate including domestic is $35M.
This is a solid start for the animated film that comes seven years after the original. Directed by Joel Crawford, it has strong word of mouth in China (9.1 on Maoyan and Taopiaopiao and 8.2 on Douban). Play increased by 191% from Friday to Saturday...
This is a solid start for the animated film that comes seven years after the original. Directed by Joel Crawford, it has strong word of mouth in China (9.1 on Maoyan and Taopiaopiao and 8.2 on Douban). Play increased by 191% from Friday to Saturday...
- 11/30/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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