John Cusack-Starring Chinese Thriller ‘Decoded’ Sets Global Release (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief CMC Pictures, the Chinese studio behind “The Meg” shark action franchise, has set plans for the global release of its John Cusack-starring cryptography thriller “Decoded.” The film will release in Chinese theaters on Saturday and is headed for an international rollout at the end of August.
CMC Pictures will operate as the direct distributor in a limited number of territories and as the sales agent handling the rights in others.
The film has a strong pedigree and is on course to make a splash. Directed by Chen Sicheng, one of China’s most consistently successful writer-director-producers, the film has a screenplay by Chen and Christopher MacBride (“Flashback,” “The Conspiracy”) that is adapted from a novel by the Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novelist Mai Jia.
Set in the volatile era of the 1940s, “Decoded” chronicles the journey of Rong Jinzhen (played by Liu Haoran), an autistic young man with an exceptional talent for mathematics.
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