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‘Water for Elephants’ will be opening at the Shanghai International Film Festival!

BEIJING – Hollywood romantic drama Water for Elephants starring Reese Witherspoonand Robert Pattinson will open the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday, organizers said, breaking a long-standing tradition of keeping the opening film a secret until opening night.

The Fox 2000 film directed by Francis Lawrence, which released in North America in April to mixed reviews and box office results, will show at the Shanghai Grand Theater opening ceremony, which is set to be attended by News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, Hollywood celebrities including SIFF jury president Barry Levinson, actors Susan Sarandon, Matt Dillon and Mischa Barton, and a who’s who of Chinese cinema such as directors John Wooand Feng Xiaogang.

The SIFF runs from June 11-19 and will screen 200 films around China’s largest city at a time when recent stellar box office growth — up 64 percent in 2010 — has slowed, rising 8.8 percent from January-March to 2.68 billion yuan ($407.2 million).

Read more at Hollywood Reporter

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