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EXCLUSIVE: The Neighborhood‘s Beth Behrs has boarded female buddy action comedy Twin Blades. She joins the previously set Ma Li in the Eva Jin-directed film. Cristal Pictures is co-producing along with The Donners' Company's Lauren Shuler Donner and Jack Leslie. The story centers on an unlikely pair of alpha females…

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based, China-backed finance and production outfit Cristal Pictures has set director Eva Jin (Sophie's Revenge) to helm female buddy action comedy Twin Blades. Rising Chinese actress Ma Li has also boarded to star. Cristal is co-producing along with The Donners' Company's Lauren Shuler Donner and…

Cristal Pictures has acquired an original pitch entitled The Steward from John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad. Cristal, of course, is fully backed by China's film finance/production/distribution entity East Light Media. The company will fully finance and produce what is planned as a first installment of a potential…

China-backed Cristal Pictures has acquired Twin Blades, a female buddy action spec from new writer Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi. Logan and Deadpool producer Lauren Shuler Donner is aboard to produce the project, which Cristal will fully finance as a Chinese co-production and take it out to directors soon ahead of an eyed…

EXCLUSIVE: Nick D'Angelo, who worked at Fox 2000 for 13 years, most recently as VP of production, has joined finance and production company Cristal Pictures as EVP, Production. He will report to Cristal President Scott Einbinder. D'Angelo will oversee development and production of all film projects at his new company…

The newly established LA/ Beijing-based film finance and production company Cristal Pictures, has set its first self-financed project, Imago (a working title), based on a pitch from writing duo Adam Robitel and Gavin Heffernan, with plans of developing it into a large scale film. The pic is a science-fiction disaster…

China-based movie company East Light Film Co. has founded and bankrolled new Los Angeles-based indie film finance and production outfit Cristal Pictures, whose principals Chris Liu and Scott Einbinder just co-financed and co-produced the upcoming Ryan Reynolds pic Hitman’s Bodyguard. Liu and Einbinder will be co-CEOs…