Kungfu superstar Jet Li says acting is just a hobby now. He has seldom appeared in public to promote his films in the past three years. But he has seized every chance to discuss tai chi and his charity.

When the Taiwanese film "You are the Apple of My Eye" successfully passed the Chinese mainland film censorship board, the production company behind the film immediately announced that the film is set to hit theatres on January 6, 2012.

A short romantic film titled Love During the Days of SARS directed by Joan Chen and starring Jiang Yiyan has begun shooting. The film is set in China during 2003 amid the outbreak of SARS, which claimed more than 600 lives worldwide.

The "New Year movie" phenomenon started in 1997 with director Feng Xiaogang's 'Dream Factory', a comedy made on a slim budget of 6 million yuan, or about 896,000 US dollars. It grossed a total of 36 million yuan or 5.37 million US dollars.

Xu will bring the second act of her commercial endeavors this year with "Dear Enemy". Despite centering on workplace romance like "Go Lala Go!", Xu says "Dear Enemy" is her first entertainment-oriented directorial work tinged with suspense and aiming to excite audiences at every twist and turn.

A senior official with the Beijing Radio, Film and TV Bureau has announced that a specialist censorship department will be established in Beijing next year to monitor and, if necessary, reject low quality screenplays.

The Flowers of War took in 24 million U.S. dollars at the domestic box office on its opening weekend and got a Best Foreign Film nod from the Golden Globes.

A press conference was held to conclude its three month's shooting with the five leading actors making appearances. Tony Leung, Zhou Xun, Mavis Fan, Wang Xuebing and Dong Yong all star in the movie which is based on the best-selling novel "Plot Against" .

A recent survey on film ticket prices was done by the Social Survey Institute of China; it shows that nearly half of respondents think movie ticket prices aren't affordable.

World-renowned Chinese filmmaker John Woo has released an Internet-based animated series that is adapted from the graphic novel "Seven Brothers" that he co-created.