A frontline director of overseas AI short dramas says the hardest shots are the suggestive ones, where large language models refuse or fumble and the work falls back to hand-written prompts and edits. Just as he learned the craft, platforms began banning the content.
Orca Entertainment's Jingrui AI platform bundles more than 50 AI video models into one production and management tool, claiming per-minute cost savings above 30%. The launch points to a shift from chasing model quality to controlling how AI video gets made, reviewed and budgeted.
A wave of Chinese actors and actresses are publicly saying work has dried up, with some trading film sets for vegetable stalls. The shift reflects a smaller, cheaper and more fragmented screen business in 2026.
Documentary filmmaker Lu Qingyi went back to his home county to care for his dying father and stayed to care for his mother. His new book turns that year of caregiving into a meditation on family, memory and ordinary lives.
A Chinese finance review argues that the US-China trade friction may have dented Hollywood's box office in China by eroding audience goodwill, using cinema data from 2017 to 2019. The finding sits alongside other explanations, from weaker films to stronger domestic competition.
A viral post asks whether Hengdian, China's biggest film and TV production hub, is losing its edge as AI takes over acting and production work. The debate touches on extras, sets and the town's tourism economy.
A gymnastics champion turned actress is now credited as chief producer of a period drama that led its CCTV-8 time slot in March 2026. Online, the conversation still circles old co-star rumors rather than the new job.
A claim that Hengdian film town fed 150,000 background performers' data to AI sparked a backlash, and the platform behind the model denied it. The dispute exposes how China's studios are digitizing extras without clear consent rules.
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