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Amazon‘s mega-programming spending spree continues, as the streaming service follows reported $250 million deal to bring a Lord of the Rings series to television with word they are looking to adapt Liu Cixin‘s popular Chinese sci-fi book series “Remembrance of Earth’s ...
With the Switch’s massive popularity and it being the best selling console in North America last year, you would think Nintendo would be aggressively courting new markets to bring the console to. However, that does not appear to be the case. According the the Q&A section of...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a major hit around the globe, notably except for one market in particular: China. The film debuted in second place in China on its opening weekend, being defeated by The Ex-File 3: Return of the Exes, and by it’s second week, was dropped from more than 90% of...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens fizzled in its opening weekend at the Chinese box office, falling behind the second weekend of local hit The Ex-File 3: Return of the Exes and earning about a third of that movie’s box office take. There are a number of reasons why, explored in a new article...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi won’t take the top spot at the Chinese box office this weekend. Instead, the movie will play second fiddle to a Chinese franchise that rips off the iconic original trilogy! No, we’re not talking about the substance of the films. Rather, the titles of the...
Reuters released a story over the weekend detailing the plans Bluehole has releasing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in China. According to the report, the Chinese government isn’t too fond of the “killing” aspect to a battle royale game and would rather players focused on...
The WWE Network will finally debut in China on August 18, according to a press release on WWE’s website, but it may not exactly be the online streaming service most are used to. In partnership with Chinese streaming TV network PPTV, WWE is bringing its popular subscription video service...
Marvel Comics has objected to the application for trademark registration of the word “Marvelplus” by Chinese company Shenzhen Yibei Industrial Co.,Ltd, based in the New Guangming District of Shenzhen. The company has claimed trademark status for the word “Marvelplus” for...
Happy Pride Month everyone! Yup, Chinese censors have removed what was, admittedly, a rather odd part from the recent new addition to the Alien saga, Ridley Scott‘s Alien Covenant. Now, it doesn’t seem that the franchises first gay couple were removed from the film, as they were...
In an exclusive from Deadline Hollywood, Cinemax has announced a 10-episode, straight-to-series commitment to 19th century crime drama Warrior. Inspired by an idea from late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, the series will be created and executive produced by Banshee co-creator Jonathan T...
Power Rangers was, for me at least, a rather unexpectedly great movie. It also generally received positive reviews and was seen as a good start in a new franchise. However, that positivity hasn’t translated to box office. Not even breaking $100 million domestically, the film series’...
