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Shadow Zhang Yimou, one of China’s most prolific international mainstream successes, shows no signs of abandoning the historical adventure epics which up until recently proved...

Sony Pictures Classics has made a pre-emptive buy of sorts, picking up Zhang Yimou's latest while it is in production.

It appears that after a stretch of films (Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower) that reached outwards, towards international audiences, Zhang Yimou might be looking a little “inwards”.

In a difficult economical climate, Zhang Yimou has decided to sacrifice a bigger, more costly production about 1937's massacre of Nanjing and instead turn towards making people laugh. Known for recently making high end action films (he made a name for himself a second time with the very popular Hero and House of Flying Daggers, Yimou will, according to Screen Daily shoot a black comedy with comedians Zhao Benshan and Xiao Shenyang.

Cannes 2017 had a strong crop of Russian titles on hand, and several 2018 possibilities could be poised for entry in this year’s program....