Paramount, China Filmco partner for legendary explorer Marco Polo movieApril 21, 2014 - 13:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Paramount has partnered with China Filmco, the country's largest state-funded film group, to produce a 3D fantasy/action movie about legendary explorer Marco Polo. Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore traveled to Beijing to make the announcement with Zhang Qiang, the vice president in charge of film investment and production at CFC, TheWrap reported. This is the first collaboration between Paramount and CFC. ”Fast and Furious” filmmaker Rob Cohen will direct the movie, which is scheduled to begin production in October. Yuehua Entertainment, Phoenix Entertainment and Huahua Film & Media Culture will all be involved in the production. Hollywood has been looking for every opportunity to co-produce movies in China, paving the way for release in a country with a strict import quota. Paramount made it latest “Transformers” movie, “Age of Extinction,” in conjunction with a Chinese company and cast Chinese actors in the film. The previous film grossed more than $165 million at the box office there. The Weinstein Company is also working on a TV series about “Marco Polo” for Netflix. Photo: PublikArt Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |