Chinese Billionaire Zhang Xin Invests in Mubi, Joins Board
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Scott Roxborough
scrn logline
Chinese billionaire Zhang Xin invests in arthouse streamer Mubi, joins board in move to reshape global film industry
beat sheet
- Zhang Xin, co-founder of real estate giant SOHO China, shifts gears to film production and financing with her new company Closer Media, whose projects include a Tony Goldwyn-directed film starring major Hollywood talents
- Mubi, known for its focus on international arthouse cinema, has been expanding into theatrical distribution, handling the $16 million-plus U.S. release of the horror satire 'The Substance'
call sheet
Zhang Xin, Pan Shiyi, Tony Goldwyn, Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Alex Gibney, Pawo Choyning Dorji, Efe Cakarel, Josh O'Connor, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, SOHO China, Closer Media, Mubi, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures, Ezra, Musk, The Monk and the Gun, The Substance, Priscilla, Bird, Perfect Days, The Mastermind, Father Mother Sister Brother, Attack on Titan: The Last Attack