20 LIFE | Film Thursday, September 20, 2018 CHINA DAILY HONG KONG EDITION Emmys PREMIERE PLAYER drop down China’s Tencent in TV Pictures is ratings aiming to hit the LOS ANGELES — The Emmy Awards, American tele big time as an vision’s biggest night, provid ed plenty of surprises — from investor in the an onstage marriage proposal to trophies for several fan global movie favorites — but viewers simply did not tune in, with the three market, Xu Fan hour show plummeting to all time low ratings. reports. An average of 10.2 million viewers watched the Emmys ofinancing deals for Monday night on NBC, down blockbusters such as roughly 11 percent from the Zhang Yimou’s latest 11.4 million who watched the film Shadow and the gala last year, according to Cnew Terminator outing, have Nielsen figures released on quickly propelled Tencent Tuesday. Pictures — a newcomer that NBC tried to put a brave face made its first foray in China’s on the data, noting that audi film industry in 2015 — into ences for this year’s Oscars the upper rankings of global and Grammys were down by movie backers. wider margins. In the new 33title lineup But it was difficult to spin unveiled on Monday by Ten the figures — ESPN’s Monday cent Pictures, the film and tel Night Football broadcast evision arm of Chinese earned higher ratings in internet giant Tencent Hold metered markets. ings Ltd, two bigbudget Hol The Emmys has been bleed lywood players revealed that Sanford Panitch, president of Columbia Pictures, alongside Cheng Wu (middle), vicepresident of Tencent Holdings Ltd, and Chen Hongwei (right), deputy general ing viewers for years, with TV the Chinese media company manager of Tencent Pictures, promote Venom in Beijing on Sept 17. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY fans increasingly turning to is now on board as one of their social media to learn about the financiers. Palace appeared at the event winners and watch the key These include the new to promote their new ancient moments at their leisure. James Cameron production Chinathemed drama The of the Terminator franchise, Legend of Hao Lan. referred to as Terminator 6, As the most popular drama and is due to be released in this summer, Story of Yanxi the United States on Nov 22, I underestimated Palace has racked up nearly 18 2019. As well as being a coin Hollywood’s strict billion “clicks” online, propel vestor, Tencent Pictures will ling actor Nie Yuan and handle the movie’s distribu system of curbing actress Wu Jinyan to become tion in China. one of China’s most popular “Arnold Schwarzenegger is (directors), which onscreen couples. back to play his iconic role With the two stars again with a slightly different twist I completely teaming up in the new tale, and Linda Hamilton is The Legend of Hao Lan rei returning to the franchise for dislike.” magines the myth surround the first time since Termina ing the birth of Qin tor 2: Judgment Day. We have Zhang Yimou, filmmaker Shihuang, China’s first great new characters to intro emperor who lived from 259 duce, which will take the fran to 210 BC. chise to a new level,” says taint on Zhang’s career, the To celebrate the 100th anni Claire Foy poses with her Emmy director Tim Miller in a video first Chinese mainland versary of the founding of the for outstanding lead actress in a statement, who is currently director to win a Berlin Film Communist Party of China in drama series at the 70th Emmy shooting the movie in Buda Festival’s Golden Bear for 2021, Tencent Pictures Awards in Los Angeles on pest, Hungary. his 1988 drama Red Sor announced its association Monday. MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS Another Hollywood film ghum. with the Shanghaibased stu backed by Tencent Pictures is “I underestimated Holly dio Passion China to copro Venom, Sony Pictures’ wood’s strict system of curb duce a series about the civil Also, the new host combo of upcoming film about the tit ing (directors), which I war in which the Communist Saturday Night Live stars ular Marvel Comics charac completely dislike. It’s quite Partyled forces defeated the Colin Jost and Michael Che ter, starring English actor different from the freedom Kuomintang. did not seem to win over new Tom Hardy. Directed by Rub that a Chinese director would “The war is one of the most fans. en Fleischer, the movie is set be allowed to enjoy in China,” significant conflicts ever to Entertainment industry to premiere in North Ameri said Zhang. have taken place in China, goto outlet Variety called the ca on Oct 5, with a release He says he was persuaded which has rewritten the fate show “lackluster,” with the date for the Chinese main to take up the project as his of millions of people,” says hosts “failing to raise the ener land to be confirmed at a lat agent believed The Great Wall Wang Shuzeng, who penned gy of the room or even to claim er date. would open in around 150 the book People’s Liberation the room as their own”. Cheng Wu, vicepresident countries, affording him War, which the drama was Hollywood Reporter critic of Tencent and CEO of Ten unprecedented global cover adapted from. “I hope audien Daniel Fienberg called it a cent Pictures, says Venom age, but the “catch” was that ces will see how New China “bloated Saturday Night Live marks the company’s first he had no right to revise even was shaped and will become episode” and slammed Jost collaboration with Sony that one line of the script. more confident about our life and Che for a “flat mono he hopes will allow them to Except for Shadow, a fic and future by watching this logue,” calling them “ill explore more projects tional story set in the Three drama.” matched to the event”. across multiple fields such Kingdom period (220280), Other productions that It does seem that NBC did as film, television, music Top:The Legend of Hao Lan, which uses the major cast of the popular series Story of Yanxi Palace, is the series Qing Yu Nian (Cele reflect China’s wartime histo the right thing to move the and games. one of the highlighted titles in Tencent Pictures’ new lineup. Above: Zhang Yimou’s upcoming martial brating an Affluent Year) is ry or modern reforms also Emmys to Monday, sparing its As the third installment of arts epic Shadow, starring young actor Wu Lei, will open on Sept 30. another key production root include director Guan Hu’s flagship Sunday Night Foot Xue Xiaolu’s directorial ed in Chinese history. World War II epic 800, a ball game, which was seen by franchise examining the Adapted from the popular biopic of the hero Xie Jinyu 20.7 million viewers. struggles and ambitions of the tech giantbacked new create great stories,” says revealed that he regretted to online novel of the same title, an during the War of Resist The big winners at the overseas Chinese, The Whis comer. Zhang, adding that he having taken the role as Qing Yu Nian is a thriller that ance Against Japanese Emmys were HBO’s fantasy tleblower is highlighted At the recent global debut enjoyed cooperating with director on the SinoUS follows the story of a young Aggression (193145), and epic Game of Thrones, which alongside the Jackie Chan of Shadow at the Venice Inter cofinancers like Tencent Pic coproduction, The Great man, whose unraveling of a Face to Sea, a TV drama series was named best drama series, action flick Project X as an national Film Festival, Zhang tures, Le Vision Pictures and Wall. fatal poisoning case leads to on Shenzhen’s rise, thanks to and Amazon’s breakout come example of Tencent Pictures’ showed up at Monday’s event Perfect Village on his latest With a budget of around the discovery of his true iden China’s reform and opening dy The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ambitions to create influen in Beijing with actor Hu Jun, venture. $150 million and starring tity. up. which won eight awards over tial blockbusters. Both the who plays a general. Interestingly, in a recent Matt Damon, the film In an exciting moment for all. movies have had a portion of “I’ve shot films for many statement released by Le bombed at the box office and costume drama fans, the Contact the writer at their budgets supplied by years and always strive to Vision Pictures, Zhang was regarded by some as a main cast of Story of Yanxi [email protected] AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE
centrate the major projects for through design and integrate display at the National Agri the intangible cultural heri Beijing Design Week pays ‘homage to life’ culture Exhibition Center.” tage into our modern lifestyle. The expo consists of six “We often view intangible major exhibitions, ranging cultural heritage as something By CHENG YUEZHU in meeting the requirements opment since China’s reform protection technologies from from traditional Chinese from the past when, in fact, [email protected] of contemporary people for a and openingup. Denmark to reform and reju crafts and intellectual proper much of it was the innovation better life. Copenhagen, the guest city venate the antiquated areas of ty to home furnishings, fash of its time. Intangible cultural The 2018 Beijing Design According to Dong Dianyi, of this year’s Beijing Design Beijing. ion and interactive heritage is the collective dis Week gets underway on Satur executive deputy director of Week, will bring a series of One of the highlights of this technology. play of the most advanced day, with its opening ceremo the organizing committee, We want to use events that will run from Sept year’s design week is the Bei Expanding over the Mid technology, materials and ny set to take place at the there are three key areas of 26 to Oct 5, on the theme of jing Design Expo from Friday Autumn Festival public holi lifestyles of ancient times. China Millennium Monu focus: The construction of Bei the power of “living is giving,” including to Tuesday. Themed “design day, Beijing design expo is That’s why we want to use the ment. jing as a national cultural hub design to instill exhibitions and forums intro beyond,” the expo will center intended to be familyfriendly, power of design to instill new Hosted by the Ministry of and the removal of noncapital ducing Danish lifestyle, cul on aspects of people’s daily Wang adds. life into heritage,” says Li Dan Culture and Tourism and the functions, the construction of new life into ture, values and sustainable lives and explore how to util “With catering service and yang, general manager of Beijing municipal govern the city’s subcenters and the development programs. ize design to satisfy daily rest areas provided in all the Gehua group. ment, and organized by Bei integrated development of tra heritage.” According to Dong, Beijing needs and improve living con exhibition halls, families can Featuring a design exhibi jing Gehua Cultural ditional cultural inheritance will take the opportunity of ditions. enjoy a whole day at the tion focusing on the revitaliza Development Group in con and modern design. Li Danyang, general manager of the design week to further “Beijing Design Week is expo.” tion of traditional crafts, this junction with the Beijing This year, the thematic exhi Gehua group expand cooperation with Den known to be held in the city A new component of this part of the design week will Industrial Design Center, the bition, 40 Years — Design in mark and carry out a Sino across 40 venues. However, it year’s design week is intangi showcase the latest achieve design week will run through China after 1978, will be pre Danish renovation project in is difficult for travelers to visit ble cultural heritage redesign, ments of craft culture, as well Oct 7. sented at the China Millenni Qinglong Hutong. The project in a day or two,” says Wang intending to promote the crea as a series of panels between Themed “homage to life,” um Monument throughout aims to utilize advanced Yudong, deputy general man tive development of tradition inheritors of the intangible this year’s event pays special the design week, looking back urban design concepts and ager of Gehua group. “With al crafts, extract the cultural heritage and modern attention to the role of design at the 40 years of design devel sustainable environmental the design expo, we will con traditional Chinese aesthetics designers.