Michael Jackson's , the concert film This is it showing rehearsals for his 02 arena gigs, will screen across China later this month after securing official blessing from the Chinese authorities, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Each year, only 20 or so films made outside China are allowed into the country, though there is a roaring trade in pirated DVDs. This Is It has obviously taken one of the last slots available for 2009, and will open on 28 October, in line with the rest of the world.
A digest of interviews, rehearsals and backstage capture of Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold out shows in London, High School Musical's Kenny Ortega This Is It is directed, a long time collaborator with the late singer. Jackson suffered a heart attack at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, on 25 June.
While only a few Western films screen legally in China each year, the number of cinemas in the country is mushrooming, and appetite for Hollywood fare is enormous. Earlier this year Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took over 400 million Chinese yuan to break the box office record previously held by James Cameron's Titanic.
But a homegrown epic, China's Foundation of the great cause, released last month to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China, looks on course to challenge that figure.
Each year, only 20 or so films made outside China are allowed into the country, though there is a roaring trade in pirated DVDs. This Is It has obviously taken one of the last slots available for 2009, and will open on 28 October, in line with the rest of the world.
A digest of interviews, rehearsals and backstage capture of Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold out shows in London, High School Musical's Kenny Ortega This Is It is directed, a long time collaborator with the late singer. Jackson suffered a heart attack at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, on 25 June.
While only a few Western films screen legally in China each year, the number of cinemas in the country is mushrooming, and appetite for Hollywood fare is enormous. Earlier this year Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took over 400 million Chinese yuan to break the box office record previously held by James Cameron's Titanic.
But a homegrown epic, China's Foundation of the great cause, released last month to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China, looks on course to challenge that figure.
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nice article. he is one of the most talented stars. in my views he is the king.
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