EXCLUSIVE: In its first original scripted series, Cinedigm is embracing its close ties with China by telling the story of Emily “Mickey” Hahn. The noted feminist and adventurer helped introduce Shanghai and greater China to U.S. readers in the 1930s through her articles in the New Yorker magazine. The project is the…

The deals keep flowing out of China. UK financier Ingenious Media (Brooklyn) today announced it has inked a $200 million deal with China’s Hejing Culture to co-finance a slate of indie films. Ingenious, which also co-financed Cate Blanchett-Rooney Mara love story Carol, made the announcement during the Shanghai Film…

Baidu, one third of the digital Chinese behemoths that make up the BAT acronym (Alibaba and Tencent are the others), is set to invest $300 million into the film business through the Baidu Nuomi Pictures Fund. The announcement was made during the Shanghai Film Festival. It marks the latest in a series of buzzy…

The Weinstein Co.’s Mikael Hafstrom film Shanghai is getting moved once again. The film, which was completed five years ago, finally landed a domestic release date, which was to be tomorrow. However, TWC now is taking the limited release to October 2, where it will play in about 100 locations. While many dates…

Five years after it bowed in China, Shanghai, director Mikael Håfström’s neo-noir set during the Japanese occupation of China in World War II, will finally see theatrical release in the United States, The Weinstein Company has announced. Though it hit Chinese theaters in the summer of 2010, the film has never been…

Bravo has put three more scripted series projects in development, including Rules Of Attraction, a high-concept adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis book, with Roger Avary, who wrote and directed the 2002 Lionsgate feature adaptation, writing. Lionsgate TV is producing. Also in the works is Shanghai, an ensemble drama…

A Walt Disney theme park and resort project in Shanghai that has been in the planning stages since the late 1990s looks like it’s finally received a green light. The Wall Street Journal reported today that invitations went out over the weekend to a “special event in Shanghai” set for Friday, which would be a…

The studio's education arm, Disney English, plans to open in Brazil next. Disney English already runs 11 English-language schools in China, and plans to expand to 148 within five years. Several are based in Shanghai, where Disney is building its next theme park. It recently opened its first school in Beijing. Disney…