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Zhang's new, much smaller-scale endeavour aims to start a conversation about the relationship between people and technology, and where this relationship is heading. I hope more people will collaborate like this." Pressed on whether he would attempt a Chinese-Hollywood co-production again, the director said: "It doesn't have to be me. I hope that there will be more co-operation like this, that people won't stop just because the result wasn't so good," Zhang said. "As the Chinese saying goes, 'all beginnings are hard.' I feel that this beginning is valuable. Zhang said "The Great Wall" marked a milestone in the collaboration of Chinese and Hollywood producers. Le Vision Pictures, a private film company affiliated with Chinese tech firm LeEco and Hollywood's Universal Pictures. Other companies behind the movie include the state-owned China Film Group Corp. The movie was made by Legendary East, the Chinese arm of Legendary Entertainment, a Hollywood studio now owned by Chinese real estate and theater chain developer Wanda Group. In China, where it was released in December, it made $171 million, making it the eighth-highest earner in the country last year.
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since its February release, though it has earned $332 million globally. "The Great Wall" has pulled in a disappointing $45 million in the U.S. Zhang added elements of Chinese culture and his opulent visual style, seen in the romantic kung fu drama "House of Flying Daggers" and the 2008 Beijing Olympics ceremonies. The script for the 3-D adventure fantasy that has Damon and Chinese warriors fighting monsters with China's iconic Great Wall as protection took Hollywood seven years to develop.
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co-productions failing to make a splash in both markets, at a time when movie makers wrestle with how to appeal to Chinese and Western audiences at the same time. Producers of "The Great Wall" had hoped the movie with a US$150 million production budget could buck the trend of China-U.S. Zhang spoke amid preparations for the Beijing opening of the stage play "2047 Apologue," which he described as a "conceptual performance" linking Chinese traditional culture with an imagined future of how humans will interact with technology. "Probably the story is a bit weak, or the timing of it wasn't right, or we didn't do a very good job in making the film. "The actors are all very good (star) Matt Damon and everyone was splendid," the acclaimed director told The Associated Press on Tuesday. co-production to date, "The Great Wall," may have been down to a weak story, but he hopes other filmmakers won't be put off from attempting such ambitious Hollywood-Chinese collaboration. performance of the biggest budget China-U.S. BEIJING - Zhang Yimou says the disappointing U.S.