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Popular Tomb Raiders novel made into film
A film based on the popular Chinese novel "The Adventures of Three Tomb Raiders" will begin shooting in August.
Three production giant Wanda film, Enlight Media and Huayi Brothers will co-produce the film.
The production companies say the film will be released in December of next year.
They're hoping for ticket sales of 2 billion yuan.
The writer of the popular online novel 'Tian Xia Ba Chang' is the screenwriter for the film.
The series is about a grave robber, and is very popular among online readers here in China since it was first published in 2006.
The cast for the new film hasn't been announced yet.
Filmmaker defends contentious actor's role in film
Hong Kong filmmaker Pang Ho-Cheung says he will not remove the part of actor Chapman To Man-chat from his new film "Aberdeen," despite a controversy To has aroused on the Internet.
Chapman To and internet users on the mainland have been fighting a war of words after To posted that mainlanders are "self-righteous and not capable enough".
He has also posted numerous supportive comments on Taiwan's disapproval of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement on his Facebook account.
To has since come under fire by mainland Internet users.
A forum page on Weibo has more than 30-thousand supporters calling for a boycott of To's films.
Despite the controversy, "Aberdeen" Director Pang Ho-Cheung says he will keep all of To's three-minutes in the film.
"Not deleting his role doesn't mean I support Du's view. The film is a collective effort of the cast and crew, and the audiences deserve to see a complete film,"
Chapman To did not appear at the premiere here in Beijing.
His latest film "Let Go For Love" opened in theaters on April 30th. The film has grossed less than a million yuan in ticket sales through the first two days.
The new film "Aberdeen" staring Gigi Leung and Louis Koo is set to hit theatres tomorrow.
TV's '24'-hour hero returns
Emmy Award-winning TV show "24" is returning for a ninth season after a four year hiatus.
Star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland is reprising his role as Agent Jack Bauer in "24: Live Another Day".
Sutherland has turned out for the premier of the show in London where the new season has been filmed.
"Fantastic. I just think it gives '24' kind of international scope that the show never had before. I think certainly for an American audience, it's going to be very visceral and kind of exciting, you're going to feel like you went on a trip. And then we've had just access to a pool of actors here, that we would not normally get and so that's been extraordinary as well."
In the new season, Jack Baucer once again races against the clock to thwart a terrorist plot.
But this time he's a fugitive being hunted by American agents.
The cast and crew have spent the past five months filming 12 episodes in the British capital.
Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub who plays Chloe O'Brian, has been getting to know the British lingo.
"I wear my wellies when it rains. And I used to say, no this is too filthy. I used to say, 'I go to the toilet.' But then somebody told me that was number two. So now I say 'loo.' Is it true?"
Former 'Law & Order' star Benjamin Bratt has joined the show as Steve Navarro, the head of a CIA division in London.
ABC extends Jimmy Kimmel late-night show
Jimmy Kimmel's contract for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has been extended for two more years.
Kimmel's new deal means he'll remain the host of his ABC late-night show through at least January 2017.
Kimmel is currently competing with the "Tonight Show" and Jimmy Fallon in the 11:30 time slot.
Kimmel moved to the time slot in January of last year, and has seen his ratings increase, despite going head-to-head with both Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman on CBS.
Kimmel's viewership has gone up 28 percent in its full first season at 11:30.
The 46-year-old has hosted the show for the last 11-years.
Eurovision 2014: 10 song contest qualifiers from first semi-final
Ten artists have emerged from the first semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Denmark.
The qualifiers are from Armenia, Russia, Ukraine and another seven countries.
Aram Sargsyan, or Aram MP3 as he calls himself, represents Armenia.
He is the current favorite among the bookies' with his song "Not Alone".
"It was great, really great. I want to take this stage to my country actually. Thank you very much."
Sergej Cetkovic is performing for Montenegro with the song "Moj Svijet."
"It's a great task for Montenegro. For several years we didn't get to the finals for the last five years so as (inaudible) it's a small step for mankind, but it's great for Montenegro."
Fifteen countries will take part in the second semi-final to be held on Thursday.
Only 26 countries will compete in the final.
The so-called Big 5 countries - Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Germany - and hosts Denmark qualify for the final automatically and do not compete in the semi-finals.
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