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Sports film themed screening held at the Summer Palace; "Reverse Life" previewed this week; new version of "Superman" film wrapped

2024-07-31

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Sports film themed screening held in the Summer Palace

Recently, the 15th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the Double Olympic Culture Promotion Project launched the "From "One Man's Olympics" to "Xu Haifeng's Gun" - 7.29 Sports Film Theme Screening" event. "One Man's Olympics" and "Xu Haifeng's Gun" are two sports films that tell the Olympic stories of Liu Changchun and Xu Haifeng respectively. This screening event is one of the components of the Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival, which has been held for 15 consecutive years. It conveys the spirit of sports and spreads the Olympic culture through the screen, and further promotes and displays the legacy achievements of the Double Olympic Beijing. At the same time, the "Walking with the Olympics - Exhibition of Previous Summer Olympic Games" was held on the East Dike of the Summer Palace to help citizens understand the three-century history of the modern Olympic movement, and look back and remember those proud "Chinese moments" in the history of the Olympic movement.

The movie "Reverse Life" will be screened this week

The new realism film "Reverse Life" directed by Xu Zheng will start advanced screenings in 20 cities across the country from 14:00-17:00 and 19:00-21:00 on August 3 and August 4.

Science fiction comedy "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century" premieres in Beijing

Directed by Li Yang and starring Zhang Ruoyun, Zhong Chuxi, Song Yang, and Wu Xiaoliang, the film "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century" will be officially released at 14:00 on August 12. The film tells the story of the 18-year-old "Wang Zha" trio of brothers who accidentally acquired the superpower of being able to travel back and forth 20 years into the future with a sneeze, and use this to save the world and themselves. This film is the first feature film directed independently by Li Yang. He said that he wanted to tell everyone through the camera that the courage and enthusiasm of childhood have not disappeared, and hoped that everyone can awaken that self. Li Yang and Guo Fan co-directed the film "The Adventures of Li Xianji".

"Love, So Far" set to release

The movie "Love Ends With Us" starring Blake Lively is scheduled to be released in mainland China on August 30. The film is directed by Justin Balduni and stars Blake Lively from "Gossip Girl". The film is adapted from the best-selling novel "IT ENDS WITH US" by Colleen Hoover, telling the story of a flower shop owner facing a suffocating love that is full of passion but hidden pain. The film will be released in North America on August 9.

The animated film "Dragon Guardian" is scheduled to be released on August 17

Today, the animated film "Dragon Keeper" announced that it will be released on August 17. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Australian writer Carole Wilkinson. It tells the story of an ordinary little girl Ping from Luoxingling who accidentally discovers her identity as a "dragon keeper". In order to save the last Yinglong Danzi in the world and protect the dragon eggs that are about to hatch, she embarks on an adventure with her hamster partner Huahua to maintain peace between humans and dragons. The film is co-directed by Li Jianping and Salvador Simó, and actor Yang Enyou serves as a special voice actor.

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International News

International News

Deadpool and Wolverine set new North American record

The Marvel movie Deadpool vs. Wolverine earned $444 million in global box office and $211 million in North American box office in its first weekend (July 26 to July 28), far surpassing the $132 million North American box office of the first film in the series, Deadpool, and becoming the first R-rated movie in North American history to open with over $200 million. The film also surpassed the first weekend results of The Avengers and Jurassic World, becoming the sixth highest opening box office in North American film history.

DC's new movie "Superman" is finished

James Gunn announced on social media that the new version of "Superman" directed by him has been completed, and posted a group photo of the crew at the filming location in Svalbard, Norway. The film will be released in North America on July 11, 2025.

edit|Li Jialei, Tan Yu

Editor|Du Simeng

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