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'Guardians of the Tomb'
The new films include upcoming features from directors Yiwei Liu and Dalei Guo.
Chinese-Australian co-productions got a shot in the arm at the Beijing Film Festival on Thursday with 15 features being announced including films starring Jackie Chan and Li Bingbing
14 of those films are part of a development slate worth $300 million that's been put together by production group Sydney Film. The fifteenth film on the slate, writer-director Yiwei Liu’s At Last, has been awarded official Chinese –Australian co-production status, the seventh film to be designated as such.
At Last centers on a couple from Beijing who find themselves caught in a complex art heist while on holiday in Australia. It will shoot in Queensland, Australia from July, injecting $8.1 million (AUS$10.8 million) into the local economy. Casting is currently underway.
Guardians of The Tomb, starring Li Bingbing and currently in post-production is the most recent official coproduction between the two nations since the treaty was signed a decade ago. Others have included Bait 3D, and Children of The Silk Road, with My Extraordinary Wedding and Tying The Knot set to go into production......
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