Cusack film gains Chinese release date
By Min Lee |
May 8, 2010, Saturday
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THE Weinstein brothers' first Asian production has secured a Chinese release date nearly two years after shooting wrapped up in August 2008, the local distributor said yesterday.
"Shanghai," starring John Cusack, Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe, will hit Chinese theaters in mid-June, said Gu Yu, a publicist for the Chinese film studio Huayi Brothers. It will receive a wide release, but the exact number of screens hasn't been decided, Gu said.
The Mikael Hafstrom movie, about an American intelligence official who investigates a friend's death in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been bogged down by repeated delays.
It was blocked from shooting in China and had to make do with sets in London and Bangkok.
Editing took longer than usual because Hafstrom had to combine visually different footage from London and Bangkok and went through several composers, a person familiar with the production, who was not authorized to speak to the media, told the AP in August.
"Shanghai," however, cleared Chinese censors without any edits, Gu said.
Release dates for the United States and other countries weren't available.
Bob and Harvey Weinstein are best known for founding Miramax, which became part of the independent film movement in the 1990s. The brothers left in 2005 to form The Weinstein Co.
"Shanghai," starring John Cusack, Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe, will hit Chinese theaters in mid-June, said Gu Yu, a publicist for the Chinese film studio Huayi Brothers. It will receive a wide release, but the exact number of screens hasn't been decided, Gu said.
The Mikael Hafstrom movie, about an American intelligence official who investigates a friend's death in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been bogged down by repeated delays.
It was blocked from shooting in China and had to make do with sets in London and Bangkok.
Editing took longer than usual because Hafstrom had to combine visually different footage from London and Bangkok and went through several composers, a person familiar with the production, who was not authorized to speak to the media, told the AP in August.
"Shanghai," however, cleared Chinese censors without any edits, Gu said.
Release dates for the United States and other countries weren't available.
Bob and Harvey Weinstein are best known for founding Miramax, which became part of the independent film movement in the 1990s. The brothers left in 2005 to form The Weinstein Co.
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