China’s Youku Inks Deal With BBC Studios for Scripted Series

As coronavirus continues its deadly march across the globe, the outbreak is wreaking havoc with Hollywood’s efforts to launch major movies and shows. In the process, companies are asking employees to delay work trips to countries such as China, Japan, Italy and South Korea, the regions that have been the most affected by the disease, and they are scuttling promotional campaigns for several upcoming blockbusters.

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Age is just a number to Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the long-in-the-tooth action heroes battle it out in a new trailer for their upcoming film “The Iron Mask”.

Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger go head-to-head in the trailer for their new movie The Iron Mask!

Li Ruigang’s China Media Capital has raised $950 million for CMC Capital Partners III, its third U.S. dollar-denominated investment fund.

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David Attenborough is to present a new natural history series about the planet.

BBC Studios’ Science Unit will team with environmental activist Greta Thunberg for a documentary series focusing on the young activist’s international campaign.

Dele Alli has apologised for posting a video on Snapchat in which he joked about the coronavirus outbreak and appeared to mock an Asian man.

Chinese short video app Bilibili has launched a series of music events for people forced to stay at home in China due to the spread of novel coronavirus.

Next week’s London-based U.K. Screenings sales events are set to be heavily impacted by the absence of key Chinese buyers, a number of whom have pulled out from the BBC Studios Showcase on the back of China’s coronavirus outbreak, Variety has confirmed.

Glasgow-based Beezr Studios has optioned a Chinese factual entertainment format called “Little Chefs in the RV” from Guangdong TV. The deal marks the channel’s first format sale, and the production company’s first international acquisition.

The spread of coronavirus in China could deal a blow to the operations of Disney’s theme parks in Hong Kong and Shanghai.