‘Tiny Times’ Heeds The Call of The North American Market
Consumerist, brand-obsessed Chinese film “Tiny Times” is heading to North American theaters after snagging $80 million at the B.O.
View ArticleNetflix Takes Page From HBO’s Prestige Playbook
In television, the burdensome label “quality” can be a hard sell to audiences. But as this year’s Emmy nominations demonstrate, you can sure as hell market it.
View ArticleTyler Posey for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Variety Power of Youth Honoree
Although the “Teen Wolf” star has been involved with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for just a few months now, the multitalent (who augments his screen career playing lead guitar for rockers Lost in...
View ArticleChina’s Richest Writer Guo Jingming’s Film Depicts a New China
“Tiny Times” is distinctly New China. It’s a Shanghai-set tale of beautiful girls and handsome boys who live in luxury and revel in their brand-name possessions and their Western-style values.
View ArticleSingapore Puts Online on a Leash
It takes a lot for Singapore’s docile citizens to hit the streets in an anti-government demonstration, especially over something like Internet regulation.
View ArticlePeter Bart, Michael Fleming Double Take: Film Flops Negate Star Power,...
Representing A-list movie stars is obviously a great gig — until you look at the summer box office results.
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Tiny Times 2.0’
Just as glossy and shallow as its hit predecessor, this sequel is also a sexier affair that should continue the franchise's B.O. winning streak.
View ArticleFuture of Print Journalism? Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Purchase Spurs Questions
The announcement that billionaire Jeff Bezos is buying the Washington Post — for $250 million, less than 1% of the Amazon patriarch’s net worth — set off a predictable flurry of front-page coverage and...
View ArticleEmmett/Furla Films Plays the Tax Break Game
By choosing to shoot “Lone Survivor” in New Mexico, Emmett/Furla not only got an excellent stand-in for the pic’s Afghanistan setting less than two hours by air from Hollywood, it was also able to cash...
View ArticleChinese Hit ‘Tiny Times’ Taps Internet Generation Via Audience Research
The film that has garnered the most attention this year in China is the June release “Tiny Times,” a homegrown picture that has been likened to “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Sex and the City.”
View ArticleChina’s Huace Buys Stake in ‘Tiny Times’ owner Zui
Leading Chinese TV produer Huace is to ramp up its film activities through a strategic alliance with Guo Jingming, internet novelist and director of the this year’s two “Tiny Times” hits.
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Tiny Times 3.0′
Doppelgangers, long-lost brothers and incestuous gay cousins are just some of the new ingredients that make "Tiny Times 3.0" even more ridiculous than its predecessors.
View ArticleChina Box Office: Big Time for ‘Tiny Times 3,’ as ‘Transformers 4′ Passes...
Chinese tween franchise delivers $50 million opening weekend
View ArticleChina Box Office: ‘The Continent’ Drives off With $12 Million Thursday
Blogger and race driver Han Han scores another victory for first time directors, deposes "Tiny Times 3.0"
View ArticleChina Box Office: ‘Witch’ Wins Weekend, But Holdovers Have Enduring Spell
Foreign movies have little impact as local titles dominate the chart.
View ArticleWarner Bros.’ DramaFever to Launch in Australia, New Zealand
Dramafever, the streaming network with an Asian flavor, is launching in Australia and New Zealand. It kicks off with Chinese fantasy “Ice Fantasy” as well as its familiar mix of Korean TV drama series....
View ArticleChina Box Office: ‘Belonged’ Wins National Day Holiday
Four new release films topped the Chinese box office over a weekend extended – and complicated — by the National Day holiday. This year the Oct. 1 memorial day – traditionally a day for families to go...
View Article‘Tiny Times’ Creator Guo Jingming Teases Pair of ‘Yin-Yang Master’ Titles...
At 30, and already an accomplished novelist, Guo Jingming deftly turned himself into one of China’s top film directors when he unleashed bratty, aspirational comedy-drama “Tiny Times” on an eager...
View ArticleNetflix Buys Chinese Fantasy Film ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity’
Global streaming giant Netflix has acquired rights to “The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity,” a period fantasy action film by the ferociously talented and divisive director Guo Jingming. The film is...
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