Cannes official announcement! Xin Zhilei starred in a Hollywood blockbuster and performed Huang Liushuang

Jiuzhiwang Cannes News Today at 00:00 Beijing time on May 13, 2026, just as the 79th Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, Deadline, the authoritative Hollywood media, announced the exclusive official news: Xin Zhilei, the new Venetian actress, will lead the lead role in the Hollywood biopic film "Sunset Boulevard-The Anna May Wong Story", playing the role of Anna May Wong, the first Chinese global superstar in the golden era of Hollywood. This is Xin Zhilei's first top international project after winning the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival. It is also a milestone in her official entry into Hollywood's core performing circle.
Film queen crosses the international stage, interpreting legendary life in a bilingual manner
The film was fully invested and produced by Shanghai Fundamental Films and was filmed in both Chinese and English. It is currently in the early preparation stage. The director candidate has not yet been announced. The script was co-written by Brant Boivin and Jonathan Keasey. The film will trace Huang Liushuang's extraordinary life in a panoramic manner: Born in Chinatown, Los Angeles, USA in 1905, as the daughter of a third-generation Chinese immigrant and laundry worker, she entered the film industry at the age of 14 and fought back from an extra to become Hollywood's first Chinese actress at the age of 20. She became popular around the world with classic films such as "Baghdad Thief" and "Shanghai Express", breaking Hollywood's stereotypes against Asian women at that time.
As the first Chinese movie star to stay on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Huang Liushuang's life was full of struggle and persistence: she refused to humiliate her role many times and always defended national dignity even when she missed important opportunities; she deeply cultivated China culture in her later years and became a pioneer symbol of cultural exchanges between the East and the West. The producer said that Xin Zhilei and Huang Liushuang's life trajectory are highly compatible-they also break down industry barriers with tenacity and break through the inherent label with solid acting skills. This spiritual core of "unyielding and uncompromising" is her interpretation of the role. Core advantages.
Xin Zhilei salutes: Spiritual resonance spanning a century
After the official announcement, Xin Zhilei immediately expressed her state of mind through official channels in Cannes, her words full of awe and honor: "Huang Liushuang's story is a microcosm of Chinese women's struggle, breakthrough and persistence on the world stage. She has spent her life proving that cultural roots will not fade due to distance, and female power will never yield to prejudice. Being able to play such a pioneer who spans the times is not only a performance challenge for me, but also a spiritual inheritance. I hope that through this movie, more people will see the persistence and difficulty of Chinese people in Hollywood a hundred years ago, and let the world understand the style and strength of Oriental women."
From the brave and tenacious Li Li in "Flowers", to the forbearance and broken mother in "Hanging in the Sky", to the legendary movie star who now challenges the international screen, Xin Zhilei has always broken through herself with her multi-dimensional roles and used her acting skills to break through regional and cultural barriers. This time, joining hands with Hollywood's top team is not only highly recognized by the international film industry, but also another important attempt by Chinese actors to deeply explore the international market.
New breakthroughs in the Chinese film industry, adding new masterpieces to cultural export

In recent years, the presence of Chinese actors in the international film industry has continued to increase, and Xin Zhilei's starring role in the biopic of Huang Liushuang has special cultural significance. As a landmark figure in the collision of Eastern and Western cultures a century ago, Huang Liushuang's story is not only a history of personal struggle, but also a microcosm of the history of overseas development of Chinese people [(Global People Network)]. The film is produced in bilingual and distributed globally. It not only allows overseas audiences to understand the legends of Chinese, but also conveys the core spirit of "tenacity, self-respect, and self-reliance" in Oriental culture through Huang Liushuang's story of struggle, becoming a new export of Chinese culture. carrier.
So far,"Sunset Avenue" has aroused heated discussions among fans around the world, and netizens at home and abroad have praised it: "Xin Zhilei's temperament and character are perfectly suitable for Huang Liushuang's sense of legend.""Looking forward to the film queen's interpretation of film history, and dialogue across time and space. It's too meaningful." It is reported that the film will successively announce the main creative lineup and starting time. It is expected to officially launch in global theaters in 2027. By then, it will lead the audience through a century and relive the brilliance and frustrations of Chinese movie stars in Hollywood.