Fox producing Chinese-language movie

December 15, 2006 20th Century Fox will co-produce its first Chinese-language movie in China this June, the studio said Thursday, unveiling plans for a martial arts movie by Hong Kong director Andrew Lau ("Infernal Affairs"). The announcement adds Fox to the short list of Hollywood studios to navigate moviemaking in the strictly regulated mainland Chinese film industry. With co-production partners Beijing Ciwen Digital Oriental Film & TV Production Co. and its Hong Kong-based News Corp. subsidiary Fortune Star Entertainment, Fox said that the script for the tentatively titled "Gold Bandits" is being written by Hong Kong writer-director Gordon Chan ("Beast Cop," "Fist of Legend").

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