China Eyes Hollywood with “Empires of the Deep”

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A Chinese real estate magnate is all set to establish china as a global movie maker power house, one that can create big budget English language movies that can compete Hollywood films.

The movie is produced using 3-D technology cameras and is a hot pot of ancient Greek warriors, pirates,nder water kingdoms, a villain called the Demon Mage and mermaids that kill men during sex. The film stars most of the American actors but it is shot on the world’s largest studio , north of Beijing.

The budget is $100 million , the biggest ever for a chinese movie.

There are many restrictions on Hollywood movies in chines to safeguard Chinese film industry. No more than 10 movies can be shown each year in China although American Lobbyist are trying hard to increase this number from 10 to 25 as China can prove to be the biggest market for Hollywood movies.

Mulan, an animated movie based on Chinese legend did not prove successful in China though it was quite a success outside China. Chinese rejected the movie because the character Mulan was foreign looking, different complexion and behaviour from authentic Chinese legend.

Lotus Latern is another successful animated movie primarily in China and if China continues to produce these kind of movies, it can grab global share of market.

Alice Wonderland History

In 1862, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson made up a story to help three little girls (including 10-year-old Alice Pleasance Liddell) pass their time. On this date in 1865, his story — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — was published under the pen name Lewis Carroll. The book recounted the tale of Alice who fell through a rabbit hole into an underground world that was full of surprises. A few years later, Carroll followed it up with further stories about Alice in Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Quote: "'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where—' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat." — Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland