China's Tianying Media Group has just snapped up the rights to US media mogul Stan Lee's The Last Resort, a sci-fi comedy about a woman who inherits a quirky hotel on an orbiting space station.
Building its cinematic universe in the same decade that China's movie industry has opened up and expanded has certainly helped Marvel Studios produce the kind of financial success that would fill Tony Stark with avarice, especially after its latest triumph.
The term "online films" refers to movies released via the internet which are longer than an hour. These films, compared to ones screened in cinemas, entail lower costs and earn a lot of money from advertisements and pay-per-view services.
Chinese animators are now producing more quality works and making their mark abroad.
Nearly 30 years after graduating from The Central Academy of China, award-winning actor Hu Jun reunites with his celebrity classmates in the upcoming TV show Qingchun Tongxuehui (Class Reunions).
Hong Kong singer-actor William Chan and Uygur actress Guli Nazha are starring in the forthcoming TV series, Dancing in the Storm.
A string of Academy Awards is helping to put an Irish animation studio on the map. Xu Fan looks at how its films may be received by Chinese audiences.
In the real world, Di Renjie was a seventh-century politician in the court of Chinese empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The 71st Cannes Film Festival has a strong Chinese presence this year with many Chinese stars seen on opening night and director Jia Zhangke's latest movie Ash is Purest White shortlisted for the Palme D'Or .
The slow pace and soft focus of a CCTV literary show seem to be appealing to viewers. Wang Kaihao reports.
Over the past decade, many Chinese films that have earned massive amounts at the box-office records in the domestic market have often flopped in North America.
The 71st Cannes International Film Festival opens Tuesday and Asian films are expected to be the highlights of this year's festival.
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