Total Pageviews

SEO Stats powered by MyPagerank.Net

Pact sets China's filmmakers fighting for silver screens

Friday, March 16, 2012

To go with CHINA-CINEMA/BEIJING (Reuters) - Underdogs fighting off a foreign invasion or small-time hopefuls competing against all odds for the spotlight. Those could be plot lines for Hollywood scripts - or the real world plight of China's movie producers, now that Beijing has approved imports of a new wave of American blockbusters. A deal hammered out during Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States last month paved the way for the import of 14 premium format films, such as IMAX or 3D, which will be exempt from China's annual quota of 20 foreign films per year. That pleased U.S. ...



Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News

Pact sets China's filmmakers fighting for silver screens