China Film File: 'Coal' Conspiracy, CFG's Challenger, And Eminem's Investment
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- China’s film industry has found itself in a turbulent state due to controversy sparked by news company Phoenix TV’s investigations into some shady market moves designed to keep viewers away from the Diao Yinan’s award-winning Black Coal, Thin Ice .
- Expectations abound that China’s one and only film distribution organization, the China Film Group, is about to be joined by a second organization .
- Johnny Depp’s upcoming film Transcendence will be the first Hollywood film to simultaneously premiere on the same day in China and the United States.
- Amazingly, famous American rappers 50 Cent and Eminem, along with award winning producer Timbaland and Knicks basketball player Carmelo Anthony, were revealed to be among the financial backers for Diao Yinan’s recent Berlinale-winning independent Chinese noir, Black Coal, Thin Ice .
- Han Sanping, the charismatic former head of CFG, has officially stepped down after 10 years of chairmanship. The position now goes to new head La Peikang.
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