By Andreas Wiseman International Editor China’s Starlight Media, which has previously backed Hollywood directors including Sylvester Stallone, Robert Zemeckis and James Wan, has formed a multi-year, multi-project joint venture with David Steward II’s Lion Forge Animation.
The two companies say they will co-finance and co-produce a slate of original animated films as well as projects based on Lion Forge IP.
The first two projects will be a feature re-imagining of classic Chinese novel Journey To The West and an original animated short film inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Production on the latter is being fast tracked to start this month. Under the JV, Starlight will maintain distribution, licensing and merchandising rights in the
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