There will soon be a Chinese version of the popular American TV
series
Prison Break.
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The
Beijing Morning Post on Wednesday reported the Zhongbo
Media Group has bought the rights to adapt the movie from the Fox
Broadcasting for US$1.2 million.
But the company has only bought the rights to create an online
video adaptation.
Zhongbo Media plans to create a 200-minute online movie based on
the original series. Shooting will start in the middle of May and
should be finished by the end of June.
Zhongbo Media Chief Chen Weiming says the Chinese language
remake will have more plotlines on top of the original storyline
and characters. The movie will encompass a well-known computer
virus case from last year. A large IT company will be one of the
bad guys in the adaptation, instead of the Vice President and the
FBI in the American version.
Chen Weiming says they will find some famous podcasters to star
in the movie, though they have not yet drafted any plans to hold
any kind of casting activity.
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(CRI.cn April 25, 2007)
