Back door to big screen

Popular short comedies will have their day as feature films, the latest in an online-to-cinema trend, Wang Kaihao reports. Wang Kaihao

Surprise, a series of short comedies broadcast on China's leading video-streaming website Youku, has attracted more than 2 billion clicks since its premiere in 2013.

So it wasn't a surprise when Internet colossus announced on Tuesday in Beijing that the show will be adapted into a feature-length film.