Spring Festival movie guide 2021
- By Zhang Rui
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8. Two new online blockbusters
China Film Association has been working with three major streaming sites, Youku, iQiyi and Tencent Video, to present 43 domestic productions during the online Spring Festival film season. Notably, there are two new heavyweight online films to debut during the holiday on the three platforms.
"Shaolin Temple: Legend of Debao," an upcoming martial arts flick directed by Jackie Chan's close collaborator Stanley Tong and starring Wang Baoqiang, Ni Dahong and Ng Man Tat, features obvious nods to classic kung fu films from the 1970s and 1980s. The producers said this will be an original and pure kung fu film.
The other new film to debut will be the comedy "Dreams of Getting Rich" directed by comedian Song Xiaobao, starring himself alongside Ma Li, Sha Yi and Zhang Yishan. The film tells the story of two rural migrant workers from northeastern China who travel to southern China's Shenzhen to work. Once in Shenzhen, they encounter a woman and unexpectedly find an abandoned baby, which ignites a hilarious journey.
This year marks the first time that the online Spring Festival film season concept gained official support and recognition from Chinese broadcasting authorities.
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