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Ewan mcgregor on red carpet for qingdao oriental movie metropolis
Oriental Movie Metropolis is an upcoming major Chinese studio, combining film and television production and a theme park. The Metropolis has been funded by Wang Jianlin, China's wealthiest man and head of the Dalian Wanda Group. The Metropolis is based in Qingdao, China. Plans call for it to have the world's largest studio pavilion (10,000 square meters) including a permanent underwater stage.
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Ewan mcgregor attends red carpet event for wanda oriental movie metropolis
Description
The studio is planned to be fully operational in August 2018. It will cover 376 hectares. The Oriental Movie Metropolis will also be the home for a celebrity wax museum, a film museum, an Imax research lab, and movie theaters. The Metropolis will have its own international film festival.
The goal of the Oriental Movie Metropolis is to become an industry powerhouse. According to Wang Jianlin, China's film box office revenue will surpass North America's by 2018 and double it by 2023. 130 films are planned for production each year, including 30 foreign movies.
History
In May 2012, the Wanda Group bought the AMC Theatres movie chain for US$2.6 billion. Overall, the Wanda Group is investing US$4.9 billion to build the studios and the recreational activities.
A handful of movie stars and executives from the film industry attended the grand opening of the Metropolis on September 22, 2013, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, Christoph Waltz, Kate Beckinsale, Ewan McGregor, John Travolta, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Harvey Weinstein, Rob Friedman, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Zhang Ziyi, Jet Li, Tony Leung, Donnie Yen, Huang Xiaoming, and Zhao Wei, amongst others.
On January 11, 2016, Wanda Group announced that it concluded an agreement with shareholders to acquire Legendary Entertainment for US$3.5 billion, making it the largest acquisition of an American media company by a Chinese firm. In October 2016, Legendary announced that Godzilla: King of the Monsters would be filmed at the Oriental Movie Metropolis facility along with Pacific Rim: Uprising.