Category Archives: Film

Tom buys 35% of Huayi Brothers

Posted on 2004-12-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A story by Ada Shen originally written for Variety magazine: Hong Kong’s TOM Conglom Moves on Mainland Movies Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s TOM Group Limited announced a strategic investment for a 35% stake in privately-owned, Beijing-based Huayi Brothers, one … Continue reading →

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Tom Group to buy 20% of Huayi Brothers

Posted on 2004-11-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Tom Group continues its aggressive pursuit of China media properties. Xinhua reports: The Hong Kong-based Tom Group is negotiating to acquire a 20 per cent interest in Huayi Brothers Media Group [huayi xiongdi], the biggest private filmmaker on the … Continue reading →

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Fucking gangster newspapers, Jimmy Lai and other China media follies

Posted on 2004-11-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Tabloid news.

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Mao and the Three Stooges by David Moser

Posted on 2004-11-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Nyuk Nyul Nyuk! is an article by David Moser about the man who dubbed the Mandarin voice of Curly and other fun stuff. It was published in That’s Beijing’s November issue and is online. It does not seem to be … Continue reading →

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Guardian article plagiarized by Shenzhen Daily plagiarized by Xinhua

Posted on 2004-11-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Yesterday, Danwei linked to a Xinhua story on the planned return of Quentin Tarantino to China to film a Mandarin kung fu film. As noted, the Xinhua piece was taken from the Shenzhen Daily. It turns out that the Shenzhen … Continue reading →

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Quentin Tarantino to return to Beijing

Posted on 2004-11-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

AP, Xinhua and a bunch of other news services are carrying a report about Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino’s plans to make a kung fu film entirely in Mandarin. He is apparently busy writing the film, and plans to shoot … Continue reading →

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Merchant Ivory wants to exploit you in Shanghai

Posted on 2004-10-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Merchant Ivory Productions, the makers of A Room with a View, Howards End and The Remains of the Day, is shooting The White Countess in Shanghai, a 1930s period film to be shot from September-December 2004. They want to exploit … Continue reading →

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Screening in Beijing tonight: Railroad of Hope

Posted on 2004-10-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A screening in Beijing tonight: A documentary about migrant workers by director Ning Ying: Railroad of Hope The information below is from organizer Cherry Lane movies’ email:

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Product placement in Chinese films: raising the bar for marketing in China?

Posted on 2004-10-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Ada Shen has been working in the film industry for several years in Beijing, Shanghai, LA and Peurto Rico. Prior to that she was the art director of the sadly defunct print weekly Beijing Scene. Shen recently wrote an article … Continue reading →

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The Three Stooges in China

Posted on 2004-09-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

“Can you do the laugh?” I ask him. “You know, that laugh?” He nods. He knows what I’m talking about. “Nyuk nyuk nyuk!” he suddenly erupts, in an imitation of Curly so compelling that I’m suddenly transported from Beijing to my family’s living room floor in Eureka, Kansas, circa 1959…

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