Xi Jingping finished his recent visit by giving the Americans a gift. The gift in question was a further entry for the US film industry into the Chinese market. Under current regulations, there are 20 foreign films in Chinese cinemas per year. Each of these is revenue-sharing between China and the film's country of origin. The new agreement doesn't add to this annual quota but it does allow for 14 other new movies to enter the market as premium format films exempt from the quota. This means more 3-D and IMAX films for us and more ticket sales for both interested parties. But what will we actually get to watch? The  New York Times seem to think that it's going to be wall-to-wall blockbusters.

Writer, journalist, former BeijingKids columnist and Shunyi resident Alan Paul and his book Big in China have been making waves since its release and now comes news from the Hollywood Reporter that "Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock’s Montecito Pictures has acquired the film rights."

According to the post: "Big in China is being developed with an eye for Reitman to direct. Project is out to writers."