This undated publicity photo shows Bumblebee in a scene from the film, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
Michael Bay's "Transformers" robots are shaping up again with an assist from China.
Paramount Pictures announced a deal Tuesday with China Movie Channel
and Jiaflix Enterprises to help on the production of "Transformers 4,"
the next instalment in the director's blockbuster franchise.
According to the agreement, China Movie Channel, which is overseen by
the Chinese government, will help select filming sites in China, and
with theatrical promotion and possibly post-production work there,
reports The Associated Press.
It also will work with the filmmakers on casting Chinese actors in the
movie, which stars Mark Wahlberg and is due out in June 2014.
Jiaflix, headed by former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
president Sid Ganis, brokered the deal. The company exports Chinese
films to overseas markets and promotes production and distribution of
films in China.
Bay's 2011 smash "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" took in $1.1 billion worldwide, including $165 million in China.
Source: Punch
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