Promotional Video for 'Peppa Pig' Movie Goes Viral
Promotional Video of Alibaba Pictures’ ‘Peppa Pig’ Movie Goes Viral
On Jan 17, a promotional video (see above) for Alibaba Pictures’ upcoming film Peppa Pig Celebrates Chinese New Year (小猪佩奇过大年, xiǎo zhū pèi qí guo dà nián) was released on the film’s official Weibo account. The clip soon went viral and has been shared widely on Weibo as well as WeChat. Titled What’s Peppa?, the short film centers around Li Yubao, an old man who lives alone in a rural area. After learning that his three-year-old grandson who lives in Beijing wants “Peppa” as a Chinese New Year gift, Li is initially confused and goes on a hilarious yet touching journey of finding out what exactly “Peppa” is.
Read more on Sina here: ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2019-01-18/doc-ihqfskcn8107285.shtml.
Jia Zhangke Attends China Premiere of Cathy Yan’s ‘Dead Pigs’
On Jan 6, the China premiere of Cathy Yan's Dead Pigs (see trailer above) took place in Beijing. The film’s executive producer Jia Zhangke and lead actress Vivian Wu attended the event along with other cast and crew members. Based on a true event, the film features a bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect, and a disenchanted rich girl. They converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly-modernizing Shanghai, an incident that actually occurred back in 2013. Yan was absent from the premiere event, as she is filming the DC film Birds of Prey in the US. Dead Pigs opened in Chinese theaters last Jan 25.
Read more on Mtime: news.mtime.com/2019/01/17/1588230.html#p2.
Hit Japanese Film ‘Kon’ya Romance Gekijô De’ Set for Valentine’s Day China Release
It’s just been announced that Kon’ya Romance Gekijô De (see trailer above), a 2018 Japanese romantic fantasy drama film directed by Hideki Takeuchi and starring Haruka Ayase and Kentarô Sakaguchi, has been scheduled to release in China on Feb 14, Valentine’s Day. In the film, an assistant director and film fan sees his wish come true when his favorite heroine, a princess from an old film, appears in the real world. The film took the director nine years to make and pays tribute to several classic films, such as The Purple Rose of Cairo, Cinema Paradiso, and Titanic.
Read more on Mtime: news.mtime.com/2019/01/17/1588234.html.
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at China Film Insider.
Images: Youku.com, Variety.com, IMDB.com
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