China's burgeoning movie market has seen a growing number of coming-of-age romances in the past four years.
The Chinese TV series My Love Hit the War recently made waves in the country.
The year 2016 is witness to a slew of domestic films that enjoyed satisfying box office returns, yet some of them suffered controversy.
Wanda Cinema Line announced on Wednesday that it is buying another great asset for $280 million, Mtime.com, the biggest Chinese movie website that provides film news, ticketing, merchandise, an online community and film ratings.
Hollywood ace Jackie Chan is set to star in the most expensive Chinese movie production ever to be filmed in Australia.
Chinese director Wang Bing's "Bitter Money" will compete in the Horizons section. In 2012, his documentary "San Zimei" (Three Sisters) had been awarded the best movie in the same section.
"Skiptrace," starring Jackie Chan, soared to the top of the Chinese box office, earning 408 million yuan ($61.2 million) in its debut weekend, China Film News reported Tuesday.
Globally recognized kung fu giant Jackie Chan's latest film Skiptrace has raked in 400 million yuan ($60 million) in its first weekend, to top the box-office charts. But fans are calling it a hodgepodge of cliches.
Beyonce's critically-praised visual album "Lemonade" earned the R&B singer a career-best 11 nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards, in a list that included multiple nods for Adele and rapper Kanye West but nothing for Taylor Swift.
Feng Xiaogang's "I Am Not Madade Bovary" and Cheng Er's "The Wasted Times" are scheduled to premiere at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival.
Summer's Desire, adapted from the namesake best-selling novel, opened to a 5.2-million-yuan ($778,617) box office on July 21.
Benedict Cumberbatch has attended the Comic-Con to promote his upcoming new installment of Sherlock with its executive producer Steven Moffat.