The Business
The Hollywood-China Connection
The challenges and rewards of making movies in China.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenLooper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis is a US-Chinese co-production and part of a growing trend in Hollywood. We discuss the challenges and rewards of making movies in China.
Banner image: Summer Qing and Bruce Willis in Looper. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures
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The new movie Looper stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. It's due to open simultaneously in the US and China. Not all films get that coveting release plan but this film is different. It's the latest example of a Hollywood trend designed to break into the lucrative Chinese market.
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