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China’s entertainment and media industry is set to close the gap on the U.S. over the next four years, according to PWC’s latest Global Outlook. Advertising and consumer spending revenues in the world’s second most populous country will shoot up by more than 7% to $362.5B by 2028, according to the…

Making the most of the fact that Deadpool & Wolverine is the first original film of the franchise to land a China release date, stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, along with director Shawn Levy, appear to have had a grand time promoting the Disney/Marvel pic in Shanghai this week. During the trip…

Imax and Wanda Film, China’s largest exhibitor, have announced a big expansion of their longtime strategic partnership there spanning technology and content. The agreement calls for Wanda Film to upgrade 61 of its top performing locations to state-of-the-art Imax with Laser technology including in…

China's Film Bureau has approved a July 26 release for Disney/Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine, arguably one of the most anticipated movies of the year globally. Marvel's Weibo account announced the dating this morning Beijing time which Disney has confirmed. The release is day-and-date with the U.S…

Columbia Pictures' Bad Boys: Ride or Die has been cleared for a theatrical release in China, landing in cinemas there on June 22. This is the second Bad Boys movie after Bad Boys for Life to play mainland China. Filmmakers Adil and Bilall return after that threequel with this fourthquel. Bad Bo…

Alex Garland's Civil War has been set for a June 7 theatrical release date in China. This marks the first time an A24 production will officially hit cinemas there. The dystopian thriller was acquired by Huahua Media in the market with Alibaba set to partner on the local release.  After world…

Hong Kong's lawmakers have unanimously passed a national security legislation, which will come into effect on March 23. The national security bill, also known as Article 23, covers five categories of crimes in Hong Kong, which include a total of 39 new national security crimes. These categories…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal the first trailer for Chinese filmmaker Qiu Yang’s first feature, Some Rain Must Fall, which will premiere in the Berlinale's Encounters section on February 19. The trailer sets the scene with Cai, a 40-year-old housewife, and her daughter, who is on the school’s…

Prime Video might be pulling back from Southeast Asian originals, but Netflix is doubling down on originals in the region. The streamer has unveiled several titles from Indonesia and Thailand, and a Chinese-language slate for 2024.  One of the bigger titles on the streamer's Indonesian slate is…

Madame Web is headed East. Sony said today that its stand-alone origin tale from Marvel will hit China on March 1, two weeks after its North American bow. Dakota Johnson stars as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future and realizes she can use that insight to…

Chinese streaming giant iQiyi has hailed the integration of artificial intelligence into its development and pitching processes. Owned by Chinese technology conglomerate Baidu, iQiyi has been well-positioned to quickly incorporate AI into several key areas of development and production. The…

Henry Kissinger, who as national security advisor and secretary of state for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford became one of the most influential, famous and controversial diplomats of the 20th century, died Wednesday in his home in Connecticut. He was 100. A consultant to almost every President of the…