At the Beijing Crystal Film & Animation company, 270 programmers manipulate digital martial arts masters and busty maidens. Producer Li Zhenhua’s cursor deftly jumps between split screens as he creates ancient warriors. The company churns out 1,500 minutes’ worth of feature films and video games annually. But none of its projects has anything close to Kung Fu Panda’s four-year development period, $130-million budget or blockbuster success.
“Kung Fu Panda was a terrific movie,” Li said, “We need to learn from Hollywood.”
-Mark Magnier (LATWP)
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