Aliens on the big screen
The recent lineup of Tencent Pictures features four new sci-fi movies, which are either set in China or feature Chinese heroes. Xu Fan reports.
When it comes to movies, alien invaders love the United States. But things may be changing thanks to China's booming movie market. The recent lineup released by Tencent Pictures - the movie arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent Inc - has added four new movies to the expanding list of domestic sci-fi titles, which are either set in China or feature Chinese heroes. Among the four is Shanghai Fortress, adapted from the 2006 best-selling novel Once Upon a Time in Shanghai, and it is attracting attention thanks to its star-studded cast.
In the movie, Lu Han, one of China's most popular pop idols who is followed by nearly 39 million fans on the Twitterlike Sina Weibo, will star as a college student-turned-warrior alongside Taiwan actress Shu Qi.
