Beijing – Sitting in his sparsely-decorated corner office in a glass-and-steel high rise in the Beijing’s central business district, Stellar Group chairman Qin Hong proclaims, “There will be another Avatar in China and it’ll be another Hollywood film, but in two to three years' time, a Chinese film will do as much business in China as Avatar.”
By grossing $207 million in China alone this year (second only to its U.S. take), Avatar became China’s biggest box office hit of all time.
However, as the majority investor in upcoming films from three of China’s top directors -- Chen Kaige’s Sacrifice, just out this week; Peter Chan’s Wu Xia, now shooting with Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro; and Kekexili director Lu Chuan’s first ancient war epic, King’s Feast, due out next fall – Stellar and Qin could eventually back the Avatar-killer
Stellar handles film production,...
By grossing $207 million in China alone this year (second only to its U.S. take), Avatar became China’s biggest box office hit of all time.
However, as the majority investor in upcoming films from three of China’s top directors -- Chen Kaige’s Sacrifice, just out this week; Peter Chan’s Wu Xia, now shooting with Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro; and Kekexili director Lu Chuan’s first ancient war epic, King’s Feast, due out next fall – Stellar and Qin could eventually back the Avatar-killer
Stellar handles film production,...
- 12/9/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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