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Wanda's Wang in two billion-dollar film deals

Reuters reports real estate and entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co expects to seal two billion-dollar film-related deals in the United States this year, chairman Wang Jianlin said on Tuesday, as China’s richest man steps up his push into Hollywood. After completing the acquisition of two non-production film companies – each worth above $1 billion – Dalian Wanda’s next target would be a so-called “Big Six” movie studio, Wang told Reuters in an exclusive interview. “My goal is to buy Hollywood companies and bring their technology and capability to China,” Wang said. He declined to elaborate on the two deals in the pipeline, which would further bolster Wanda’s motion picture empire. In January, Wang splashed $3.5 billion to buy a controlling stake in U.S. film studio Legendary Entertainment

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