'The Assassin' leads nods for Asian Film Awards There’s also “God Does Not Play Dice With the Universe,” an intriguing first feature from newcomer Wen Shipei billed by Tencent as “a Chinese version of ‘ No Country for Old Men,’” starring two Taiwanese leads, But another category of Tencent’s projects fall under the heading “Eastern Stories.” Among the more notable works are 2021 actioner “ Raging Fire” starring Donnie Yen, the last film from Hong Kong director Benny Chan, who died of cancer in August “The Eleventh Chapter,” a family comedy starring and directed by Chen Jianbin (“A Cool Fish”) set to release later this year and “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” a romance starring “ The Wandering Earth” lead Qu Chuxiao from first-time director Sha Mo. A large chunk of the new titles is “main melody” or unabashedly patriotic works. Tencent Pictures, the film production arm of mainland Chinese tech giant Tencent, last week unveiled a slate of 43 new pictures. Tencent Pictures Adds Eastern Dimension to Production Slate Netflix acquired rights to the Guo title from sales agency Fortissimo Films ahead of the film’s mainland China release on Dec. The latter is the first element of a two-part, book-to-film adaptation, directed by Guo Jingming (“Tiny Times”).
It should not be confused with another film with a similar title “ The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity” that ultimately draws on the same source material.
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The fantasy movie is a game-to-film adaptation of “ Onmyoji” directed by Li Weiran and starring Chen Kun (“ Mojin: The Lost Legend”) and Zhou Xun. Netflix acquired distribution rights in the rest of the world ex-mainland China from Huayi Brothers Media (“ The Eight Hundred”). Netflix has picked up international rights to “ The Yin Yang Master” a film that is one of the big seven tentpole titles that will open in mainland Chinese cinemas on Friday and compete for Lunar New Year holiday audiences.
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