Shinework Media, a Beijing-based private film and TV production company, plans to co-produce a feature film in Brazil, Shinework's CEO Jonathan Shen told Xinhua.
Shen said the idea is to put together a China/Brazil co-production and film in both countries. The story, still at the synopsis stage, will be centered on a Chinese pro soccer player who goes to Brazil, tapping on the fact that a significant number of Chinese players on Brazilian teams.
"Brazil is very famous for football, and in China football has so many fans. We know that there are interesting stories involving Chinese football players and Brazilian coaches here in Brazil. Both Brazil and China have a market for a film with this kind of topic," Shen told Xinhua in Rio, where he was honored by the United Nations' Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards.
While the director will likely be a Chinese one, Shen would like to have a Brazilian screenwriter.
Shinework was founded in 2000 and makes international feature programs for China Movie Channel (CCTV-6), such as World Film Report and World Cinema Retrospect.
Over the past few years, the company has co-produced features films outside China, which will be the model for the co-production in Brazil.
The company's most expected film is "Kung-Fu Yoga," an English-language co-production with India, starring Hollywood star Jackie Chan.
The film is in post-production and is set to be released early next year. In the plot, Chinese archeology professor Jack (Jackie Chan) teams up with beautiful Indian professor Ashmita and assistant Kyra to locate a lost Magadha treasure.
Shinework is also coproducing "Way to Shaolin" with Iran' s Farabi Cinema Foundation. The martial arts picture is the first co-production between the two countries. In Kazakhstan, the company is coproducing "Composer."
