Clifford Coonan of The Independent takes an in depth look at the Huairou Film Base which is the largest studio complex of its kind in Asia. The complex has emerged as the center of the Chinese film industry in a short period of time. They offer facilities for all aspects of production and post production.
Further, the number of Chinese cinemas and total number of screens has increased substantially with over 9200 screens and 2800 cinemas in 2011. As a result, the Chinese Box Office take was over £1.25bn in 2011.
Huarirou was pleased to attract Keanu Reeves and his production, Man of Tai Chi to the Film Base hoping it would lead other Hollywood A-listers to the Film Base. For his part, Keanu Reeves is on the cutting edge putting Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia and Universal is a strong position to garner a corner of the Chinese Box Office.
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