EXCLUSIVE: Eventually released in China much later than anticipated, the Orlando Bloom-starring S.M.A.R.T. Chase was not the big box office winner its producers desired. But Shanghai-based Bliss Media has come out the victor in a long BTS legal battle over the pic. Almost two years after Stateside-set Das Films sued…

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pence, formerly of The Firm, has been hired by Bliss Media as a Los Angeles-based creative executive and talent manager as part of an expansion of the Chinese company's U.S. operations. Bliss, which also has offices in Shanghai, handled the Chinese distribution of Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, which…

Boyd Holbrook is set to star in Bliss Media's Two/One, from Argentine director Juan Cabral, which Protagonist Pictures is unveiling to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Bliss Media's Wei Han (Jackie), RedRum Films' Chris Clark (All the Money in the World, Legend) and Flora Fernandez Marengo (Calvary) will…

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Singer recently got the green light to bring 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to the big screen via Fox, but now comes word that another film based on Jules Verne’s popular novel has bubbled up — and this one has Chinese backing. Bliss Media told Deadline that it will produce and finance their own 20,000 L…

China’s Bliss Media, a shareholder in Insiders, is partnering with CODI Capital Group to launch a film and TV fund to the tune of $150 million. Bliss Media CEO Wei Han and CODI Capital Group’s Xiaodi Li will co-manage the fund, which will concentrate on international film and TV equity investment. The first round of…

China's Bliss Media has acquired a stake in Insiders, the company launched by Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval and Cine France last year with the partnership of CAA.  The company was intended to to drive higher profile, English language fare such as Michael Mann’s passion project Enzo Ferrari. Insiders is headed by…