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WARRIORS: Live-Action CG-Hybrid Cat Clan Tale Moves Forward At STX

It was in 2016 that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced a pairing with Harry Potter producer David Heyman to adapt Warriors for the big screen. Two years later, their efforts now have more push courtesy of STX Entertainment board member Greg Pritzker who joins in to produce the adaptation of pennamed three-way author collective “Erin Hunter’s” 2003 HarperCollins YA book series which is described as follows: For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their ancestors. But the warrior code has been threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying—and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named Rusty… who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all. Award-winning scribes Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger […]

SIFF 2016: LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD Nabs Renny Harlin To Direct For Alibaba

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Director Renny Harlin’s new globetrotting action comedy, Skiptrace is finally approaching this July among a slate of other Jackie Chan titles through 2017. In the meantime, the director is reportedly signed on to adapt the popular 2010 3D role-playing game, Legend Of The Ancient Sword with Alibaba Pictures. Shanghai Aurogon developed the game prior to publishing in 2010 courtesy of Gamebar with a plot that centers on a young boy who survives a village massacre and is taught the mystical ways of the sword, and subsequently meets new allies on his journey toward vengeance, and the possible reunion with his mother. The game was most recently brought to television over at China’s Hunan TV back in 2014 for a 50-episode run. via Variety: “This is a big, epic fantasy adventure,” Harlin told Variety. “My ambition is to integrate this Chinese property with Hollywood story telling and visual effects and to introduce […]

Skydance, Alibaba Team Up For FLYING TIGERS

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A World War II-inspired Flying Tigers movie has been in the works for sometime now but now it looks like it’s finally picking up some steam. Skydance Media and Alibaba Pictures appear to be moving forward as of this week and the pieces are now coming together with a director to be announced hereafter. Check out the announcement below. SANTA MONICA, Calif. & BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skydance, a diversified media company that creates elevated, event-level entertainment for global audiences, and Alibaba Pictures, Alibaba Group’s entertainment affiliate, today announced that they will join forces to finance and produce a Flying Tigers feature film for global release. It has been designated by Skydance Media and Alibaba Pictures as a high-priority development project. The screenplay will be written by Oscar-nominated writer Randall Wallace (Braveheart) and the film will be produced by David Ellison and Dana Goldberg of Skydance together with a team from Alibaba Pictures. […]