A handy overview of how Hollywood is tweaking its output to appeal to the Chinese market - an ironic mirroring of how British films (at least those with higher budgets affording a US star or two) have long made huge compromises to appeal to the US market.
This is a trend you need to grasp if you are going to speak/write with any autohority on the film industry.
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Rock vehicle Skyscraper set in China (but white westerners lead the action AND actually shot in Vancouver!): Skyscraper review – The Rock towers over an inferno of cliches
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/10/skyscraper-review-the-rock-towers-over-an-inferno-of-cliches?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
This blog explores US influence (financial + cultural), Anglocentric (ie, primarily English) representations, digitisation, ownership, industry developments, audience, media theories, tracking key news + events, with Film/Media A-Level/undergrad students + educators in mind. Examples often include Sheffield's Warp (Indie) and London/LA-based Working Title (NBC-Universal subsidiary), ie This is England/Four Lions v Bridget Jones/Green Zone! Please acknowledge the source/blog author: Mr D Burrowes
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