China Lion Film Acquires ONLY YOU & More Global Titles

China Lion Film Distribution announced today they have finalized the acquisition of the Tang Wei-starrer Only You the Zhang Ziyi-starrer The Wasted Times, and the Kris Wu and Li Yifeng-starrer Mr. Six from leading independent film and television financing, sales and distribution company IM GLOBAL. In North America, Only You will be theatrically released on July 24th, The Wasted Times will be theatrically released October 3rd and Mr. Six will be theatrically released in December, with a specific date to be announced. Australia and New Zealand theatrical releases will be one day prior. China Lion Film will continue its practice of releasing day-and-date with the Mainland, ensuring that North American and Australian & New Zealand audiences see all three films the same day as Chinese audiences.

Only You which stars Tang Wei and Liao Fan, is a remake of the 1994 romantic comedy starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., and Bonnie Hunt. Loosely following the original film's storyline, Wei plays a bride-to-be shaken when THE WORDS of a fortune teller from her youth prove true. Her fiancé's HIGH SCHOOL classmate (Liao Fan) shares the same name as her supposed fated lover and she takes it upon herself to travel to Italy to track him down. Directed by Zhang Hao and produced by Feng Xiaogang, Only You will open day-and-date with the Mainland on July 24th in North America and a day earlier in Australia & New Zealand. China Lion previously released the Tang Wei-starrers Finding Mr. Right and The Golden Era, the latter of which was recently part of the Seattle International Film Festival. Liao Fan was previously seen in the critically acclaimed Black Coal, Thin Ice.

The trailer can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYTkTRGNHQ

The Wasted Times (???????), which stars Zhang Ziyi, Ge You and Asano Tadanobu, and is directed by Cheng Er, is set for a day-and-date release with the Mainland on October 3rd in celebration of China's National Day and Golden Week. The revenge thriller takes place in 1930s Shanghai, revolving around a Japanese SPY hunting down his former friend for murdering his family. China Lion previously released Zhang Ziyi's My Lucky Star and Ge You's Personal Tailor. Director Cheng Er is best known for helming the Ning Hao-produced film Lethal Hostage.

The teaser trailer can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH1HTm51lts

Mr. Six (???), which stars Kris Wu, Li Yifeng, Zhang Hanyu and Feng Xiaogang, is set for a day-and-date release in December, with a specific date to be announced. The title character, played by Feng Xiaogang, finds himself a has-been hooligan, now living alone and suffering from various maladies. When his son (Li Yifeng) is taken by the new breed of wannabe gangsters (Kris Wu, Zhang Hanyu), he asserts his old ways to win him back. Kris Wu last starred in the China Lion Film release of Somewhere Only We Know. The film was directed by Guan Hu, who did 2009's well-regarded Huang Bo-starrer Cow.

A trailer has not yet been released.

All films are tentatively set to be released in theaters throughout the US and Canada, including Boston, Los Angeles, New York, the Orange County/Irvine/Tustin area, San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver, as well as throughout Australia and New Zealand. By opening with the worldwide release, China Lion will allow audiences to see the film at the same time as Mainland audiences. A complete theatre listing will be available as each film's release date approaches at the company's official websites,www.chinalionentertainment.com (US & Canada) and www.chinalion.com.au (Australia & New Zealand).

About China Lion Film

China Lion Film Distribution was founded by its current President Jiang Yanming and has celebrated more than four years of bringing Chinese-language films to North America and Australia and New Zealand. China Lion Film is headquartered in Los Angeles with international offices in Toronto, Sydney and Beijing and has theatrically released a number of major films from top Asia-Pacific producers. The company just released the film The Ark of Mr. Chow on June 19th and will release Forever Young on July 10th. China Lion North America can be found on the web at http://www.chinalionentertainment.com/, on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/chinalionfilm, on Weibo (the "Chinese Twitter") athttp://www.weibo.com/chinalion and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/chinalionfilm. China Lion Australian/New Zealand can be found on the web at http://www.chinalion.com.au/ and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ilovechinesefilms.

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