The spotlight will be shining both on what’s happening in Chinese animation right now and on what is about to emerge from the genre as the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, which opened Friday, plays out until June 18.
The festival’s main Golden Goblet Awards have lined up five films from five countries for its Animation Film section, and they include the hotly anticipated Master Zhong from Chinese streamer iQiYi. The film takes its place in the competition alongside the Iran-Turkey co-production Dolphin Boy (directed by Mohammad Kheirandish), Hungary’s Four Souls Of Coyote (Aron Gauder), Gonta: The Story Of The Two-Named Dog In The Fukushima Disaster (Akio Nishizawa) from Japan and the Belgium-France-Spain effort The Inseparables (Jérémie Degruson).
Master Zhong taps into a much-loved character from archives of Chinese mythology but gives the demon-slaying titular hero a YA-savvy contemporary twist by pairing him with a young woman taking...
The festival’s main Golden Goblet Awards have lined up five films from five countries for its Animation Film section, and they include the hotly anticipated Master Zhong from Chinese streamer iQiYi. The film takes its place in the competition alongside the Iran-Turkey co-production Dolphin Boy (directed by Mohammad Kheirandish), Hungary’s Four Souls Of Coyote (Aron Gauder), Gonta: The Story Of The Two-Named Dog In The Fukushima Disaster (Akio Nishizawa) from Japan and the Belgium-France-Spain effort The Inseparables (Jérémie Degruson).
Master Zhong taps into a much-loved character from archives of Chinese mythology but gives the demon-slaying titular hero a YA-savvy contemporary twist by pairing him with a young woman taking...
- 6/9/2023
- by Mathew Scott
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mel Brooks and Zendaya also amongst voice cast for English-language version of Chinese animation The Little Door Gods.
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired worldwide rights to the forthcoming English-language version of Chinese animation The Little Door Gods, which will be titled The Guardian Brothers.
The rights exclude China, where The Little Door Gods was distributed by Alibaba in January this year, as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Mel Brooks and Zendaya have all joined the English-speaking cast for the release, which TWC will shop at Cannes alongside animation The Nut Job 2.
TWC’s Harvey Weinstein commented on the acquisition: “Everyone who knows me, knows I’m determined to build our animation division for film and television. This is going to be a huge area for our company.”
Garry Wang directed The Little Door Gods, which Zhou Yu produced for Light Chaser Animation Studios.
The story follows...
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired worldwide rights to the forthcoming English-language version of Chinese animation The Little Door Gods, which will be titled The Guardian Brothers.
The rights exclude China, where The Little Door Gods was distributed by Alibaba in January this year, as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Mel Brooks and Zendaya have all joined the English-speaking cast for the release, which TWC will shop at Cannes alongside animation The Nut Job 2.
TWC’s Harvey Weinstein commented on the acquisition: “Everyone who knows me, knows I’m determined to build our animation division for film and television. This is going to be a huge area for our company.”
Garry Wang directed The Little Door Gods, which Zhou Yu produced for Light Chaser Animation Studios.
The story follows...
- 5/6/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Weinstein Company acquired most worldwide rights –China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau are excluded — to The Guardian Brothers, an animated feature that will feature the voices of Mel Brooks, Nicole Kidman, and Zendaya. The film, which was released in China by Alibaba Pictures on January 1 under the title The Little Door Gods, is directed by Gary Wang and produced by Zhou Yu and Light Chaser Animation Studios. TWC will sell the film at Cannes. This follows TWC’s…...
- 5/6/2016
- Deadline
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