Happy Girls contestant picked for online drama

2011-06-14 08:05:35

Zeng Yike, a contestant on the popular TV competition Happy Girls, will soon embark on an acting career.

Restored for posterity

2011-06-14 08:05:35

A restoration of the 1940 biopic of Confucius by the director Fei Mu, thought to have been lost, means the film can now take its rightful place in history.

China and Singapore wrap up film deals

2011-06-14 08:05:35

China's Zonbo Media has signed a contract with Singapore's Homerun Asia to make a $15 million remake of the French literary classic Dangerous Liaisons.

Lin Chi-ling on love and luxury goods

2011-06-14 08:05:35

Marrying well is better than marrying wealth, says Taiwan model/actress Lin Chi-ling, whose latest big screen role, nevertheless, is that of a material girl.

Japanese films the focus of film festival

2011-06-09 07:57:55

A total of 12 Japanese films will be screened in Beijing and during the Shanghai International Film Festival, which will kick off on Saturday.

When The Great Magician trumped The Grand Masters

2011-06-07 08:12:05

Hong Kong star Tony Leung's first film after Lust, Caution in 2007 should have been Wong Kar-wai's The Grand Masters, but that is not to be.

Raise the red curtain

2011-06-03 08:13:52

China screens only 20 foreign films, mostly from the United States, in theaters every year, but even fewer Chinese films are allowed in US cinemas.

Part 2 of ‘romantic fantasy’ gets under way

2011-06-03 08:13:52

Chinese filmmakers generally tend to avoid supernatural subjects, as they are invariably put through greater scrutiny by the censors.

Director cameos in his own upcoming film

2011-05-25 07:50:09

Hong Kong director Jacob Cheung makes a cameo in his new film, Rest on Your Shoulder, which will premiere at the end of June.

Lust, Caution star keeps mum about cut scenes

2011-05-25 07:50:09

Even as rumors spread that scenes of Tang Wei in The Founding of a Party have been cut, the actress showed up in Beijing to promote another one of her films.

The reel Mao

2011-05-25 07:50:09

Young heartthrob Liu Ye, 33, will play Chairman Mao Zedong in the upcoming movie, The Founding of a Party.

Box office star of 2010 Ge You itching for a rest

2011-05-17 07:52:54

Comedian Ge You, who starred in three films in 2010 that grossed about 1.2 billion yuan - or more than one-tenth of the year's box office revenue - is taking a break in 2011.