When director James Cameron landed in China earlier this month for the Hainan Island International Film Festival in Sanya, it was a homecoming of sorts. “Avatar,” the first film in Cameron's science ...
Beijing is curbing Japanese movies, music and art as it seeks to punish Tokyo for its support of Taiwan. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo A singer was forced offstage in the ...
Disney's Zootopia 2 is an unprecedented smash hit. The animated sequel earned $556.4 million in its opening weekend: the biggest debut ever for an animated movie, and the fourth-biggest opening of all ...
2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?
A little under a year ago, I wrote about discourse in the industry that the future of Hollywood’s fortunes in China would become clearer once two of the most anticipated studio titles of late 2025 ...
Indian animation powerhouse Green Gold Animation, the studio behind popular children’s franchise “Chhota Bheem,” and U.K.-based Red Kite Animation have partnered on “The Assassin,” an adult-oriented ...
China has frozen regulatory reviews for new Japanese films, adding to the fallout from a dispute over Taiwan that shows little sign of easing. The China Film Administration paused the approval process ...
US films still dominate box offices at home and in Canada, but their international receipts have been in decline. The number of movie screens in China has almost quadrupled since 2014, according to ...
A series of World War II dramas about China’s fight against Japan is drawing audiences to their feet, and, in some cases, to tears. Some say it helps deflect public discontent. By Lily Kuo Reporting ...
"I will change my destiny!" A24 has unveiled a brand new official US trailer for the animated sensation Ne Zha 2, a massive animated hit from China. Ne Zha 2, which is indeed in the sequel to Ne Zha 1 ...