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Report: Chinese remake for 'Prison Break'
Published Thursday, Apr 26 2007, 07:47 BST | By Neil Wilkes
According to The Beijing Morning Post, the Zhongbo Media Group has acquired adaptation rights from Fox to make a 200-minute film based on the popular series, which has just been recommissioned for a third season Stateside.
The Chinese version will feature new plotlines, expanded from the original story, such as a high-profile computer virus case from 2006. A large computer corporation will replace the vice-president and "the Company" as the main antagonist.
Filming of the movie - an online-only project - will take place in May and June.
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