Rebecca Davis editorTrinity Cine Asia has acquired all U.K. and CIS rights to Chinese disaster film “Cloudy Mountain” from Beijing Blossoms Entertainment.The film first debuted on Sept.
17 in China, and went on to lead the box office there for two weeks. It has grossed $66 million to date, having sold $1.7 million in pre-sales in the week prior to its local opening.Now, the title, starring popular TV actor heartthrob Zhu Yilong, Huang Zhizhong and Shu Chen, is set to release in 35 U.K.
cinemas in 24 cities on Oct. 8, as well as in Russia and Ukraine in late November with “a version localized for the market,” Trinity Cine Asia director Cedric Behrel said.With a production budget of $40 million, the film tells the story of a Chinese county.
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