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Disney+ Boss Kevin Mayer Moving to TikTok Could Damage His Storied Career

May 19, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Kevin Mayer Chairman of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International Has Become The New CEO of the Chinese-Owned Tween Video App TikTok, And As COO of Its Parent Company ByteDance.

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Could Shang-Chi’s Production Utilize The Mandalorian’s “Stagecraft” VFX to Resume Production?

May 12, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Could the Revolutionary Technology Used on Disney+ The Mandalorian Safely Put Shang-Chi Back Into Production? Then Get Doctor Strange and Thor into Production?

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Is This Chinese Anime Anti-China or Pro-China Animation? A Donghua Review Video ‘Dahufa’

April 9, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Dahufa is a Chinese Animated movie released in 2017 from Director BusiFan and Nice Boat Animation Studio.

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China’s Animation Streaming Industry is Still On Schedule Because of Remote Work During the Quarantine

March 28, 2020 Silk Celluloid

China’s Streaming Anime (Donghua) Industry will rebound before its box-office, or live-action TV counterparts will, and it’s all due to remote working.

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Is China Facing a Second or Multiple Mini-Waves of The COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak?: Cinemas Across China Re-Close / Hong Kong & Japan Face Reemerging Lockdown

March 27, 2020 Silk Celluloid

With Hubei Residents allowed to leave the Province to the rest of China, and others to enter Wuhan, could they be asystematic and carry the COVID19 coronavirus to other cities where people have no immunity causing a second wave of outbreaks?

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The China Box-Office Made $4.2 Million During The Spring Festival Coronavirus Closure

March 16, 2020 Silk Celluloid

China’s Box-Office Had $4.2MM in Ticket Sales When No One Went to the Movie Theaters During the Coronavirus Outbreak.

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Black Widow May Be Marvel’s First Falter at the China Box-Office or the Hero It Needs

March 4, 2020 Silk Celluloid

With the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak the release of Marvel’s “Black Widow” on May 1st might be the first MCU movie to falter at the China Box-Office.

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Why Disney Should Release ‘Mulan’ on Chinese Streaming-on-Demand and Give Its Box-Office Cut to Cinemas as a Coronavirus Relief Fund – Opinion

March 1, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Disney should release ‘Mulan’ on streaming-on-demand in China, and give its box-office cut to cinemas as a coronavirus relief fund.

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The History of Chinese Animation aka Donghua: A Video Essay of Nearly 100 Years of History

February 21, 2020 Silk Celluloid

The History of Chinese Animation or Donghua goes back nearly a century. This video essay takes a look at all the different eras of its history.

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Coronavirus China Box-Office Closure Will Be Felt Into 2021 & Its Overflow Effects on the China Streaming Wars

February 15, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Though Offices, Stores and Schools Have Partially Reopened After the Extended Chinese New Year Long Holiday. Nearly All Film, Television, Animation, and Streaming Productions Are

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China-Financed Faraday Future to Use Facial Recognition in FF91 – Even on Child Rear Seat Riders?

February 12, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Chinese owned, but American made, Electric Vehicle car company Faraday Future will use Facial Recognition in the back seat of their cars even if there are child riders. Will China gain access to this data?

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ByteDance is Winning the Spring Festival China Streaming Wars

January 30, 2020 Silk Celluloid

With the coronavirus and everyone staying home, China’s ByteDance releases more movies on their steaming video apps.

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Could Put Marvel Over $4BnUSD at the China Box-Office

August 11, 2019 Silk Celluloid

With $2.8 billion dollars already at the China Box-Office Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, with two MCU coming before it, has the potential of putting Marvel Studios at $4 billion in China.

Will the Shang-Chi Movie Introduce Marvel’s Chinese Developed Superheroes Aero & Sword-Master for Disney+

August 6, 2019 Silk Celluloid

While Marvel Studios introduced Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel Comics introduced the Chinese superheroes Sword-Master and Aero just weeks before. Who made their Marvel debut through NetEase Comics in China just one year ago.