Australian auteur George Miller is getting into business with Beijing-based real estate giant Sunac China. The Chinese property developer has closed a deal to co-finance Miller's forthcoming "epic love story" Three Thousand Years of Longing, co-staring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.
Sunac's growing entertainment subsidiary Sunac Culture will distribute the film in China and participate in the title's worldwide box office revenue.
In May, MGM nabbed North American distribution rights to the project. Three Thousand Years of Longing will be Miller's followup to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which was a critical sensation and a box-office smash, earning $374 million during its global theatrical run.
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