Fox International Productions, Star and Huayi Brothers Join Forces to Produce and Distribute the Romantic Comedy, Hot Summer Days
BEIJING & HONG KONG & LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Fox International Productions (FIP), Star Television Asia Limited (STAR) and China-based Huayi Brothers Media today announced a collaboration to produce and distribute a Chinese-language romantic comedy, HOT SUMMER DAYS.
HOT SUMMER DAYS is co-directed by first time directors Wing Shya — an internationally renowned cinematographer and fashion photographer whose work includes 2046 and In the Mood for Love — and screenwriter Tony Chan.
Director Fruit Chan and veteran filmmaker Paul Cheng are co-producers.
HOT SUMMER DAYS brings together a dream cast of some of today’s most acclaimed actors and pop stars from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Jacky Cheung (Perhaps Love), Nicholas Tse (Bodyguards and Assassins), Daniel Wu (Protege), Rene Liu (A World Without Thieves), Vivian Hsu (If You Are the One), Barbie Hsu (On His Majesty’s Secret Service), Angelababy, Jing Boran, Duan Yihong (The Message), Fu Xinbo, and Gordon Liu (Kill Bill). Special surprise cameo appearances are also planned.
“We are very excited to be making our first Chinese film, Hot Summer Days,” said Sanford Panitch, President of Fox International Productions. “China is undoubtedly one of the most exciting markets in the world today; and we hope this is just the beginning for Fox to make movies in the region.”
Daniel Cheung, Director, STAR, said, “We are thrilled to be part of this joint film production featuring the hottest talent across Greater China. As a media company that owns the largest contemporary Chinese movie library and two popular Chinese movie channels, STAR is a strong supporter of the Chinese film industry. Our participation in this film production is further testament of our commitment.”
Huayi Brothers’ President, James Wang, is very confident with the new partnership: “Huayi Brothers highly values the partnership with Fox. We admire Fox’s courage and decision in going into a mainstream romantic comedy. With a superb story, high production values and star-studded cast from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hot Summer Days will sure become the hottest movie for the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day period.”
Set during a summer of record-breaking temperatures, HOT SUMMER DAYS tells six intertwined stories in which several people discover the myriad facets of love.
The film began principal photography on August 12, and is shooting on locations in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It will wrap production in October, and is scheduled for an early 2010 release in China by Huayi Brothers and by Twentieth Century Fox in all territories outside of Mainland China. STAR holds pay TV rights to the film in Asia excluding China.
ABOUT FOX FILMED ENTERTAINMENT
One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox International Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Animation
ABOUT STAR GREATER CHINA
STAR Greater China broadcasts six Mandarin -language channels including general entertainment channels (Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel), music channels (Channel [V] Mainland China, Channel [V] Taiwan) and movies channels (Star Chinese Movies, Star Chinese Movies 2). The group controls the Fortune Star library, the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. It also owns 17.6% of Phoenix Satellite TV Holdings Ltd. STAR Greater China is wholly owned by News Corporation.
ABOUT HUAYI BROTHERS MEDIA
Huayi Brothers Media Corporation is the largest private-owned media and entertainment group in China. Its businesses include: Film Production & Distribution, Artist Management, Music, Advertising Agency, TV Drama Production, and HB Cinemas. Huayi Brothers has produced and distributed some of the highest grossing Chinese-Language films in local box office, notable hits include: THE BANQUET, KUNGFU HUSTLE, ASSEMBLY, and IF YOU ARE THE ONE, which grossed over USD 50 million throughout Asia, becoming the No. 1 film in Chinese box office all time.
Further to producing local language films, Huayi Brothers is also active in foreign co-productions, having collaborated on five titles with Columbia Asia Productions and recently with US-based Relativity Media on the Jackie Chan & Jet Li worldwide box office hit, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM.
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