{"id":291911,"date":"2026-02-15T02:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T02:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/291911\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T02:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T02:05:10","slug":"will-chinas-state-backed-holiday-thriller-spill-details-of-little-known-spy-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/291911\/","title":{"rendered":"Will China\u2019s state-backed holiday thriller spill details of little-known spy cases?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of China\u2019s most anticipated Lunar New Year<\/a> holiday films features a renowned director, a cast of stars and an unusual creative consultant: the country\u2019s top counter-espionage agency.Scare Out, which will debut in cinemas in mainland China<\/a> on February 17, is the first film directly supervised by the Ministry of State Security. The ministry said it provided technical guidance for the film and that the script was based on real cases.Directed by the multi-award-winning Zhang Yimou<\/a>, the film focuses on modern espionage in China, depicting an investigation into leaked secrets about a new fighter jet. The Chinese government rarely discloses or confirms such leaks, but the film might reveal details of little-known espionage<\/a> cases.<\/p>\n

On January 29, the film\u2019s distributor released a promotional video titled Spies Among Us. In the video, Zhang said Scare Out recreated modern espionage scenarios and incorporated technical elements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve worked on this kind of subject matter under the guidance of the [ministry]. We filmed it very realistically, and the national security personnel gave us a lot of technical guidance,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n

The promotional video features behind-the-scenes footage in which a national security officer instructs actors on how to track a target. The officer\u2019s image is blurred with a mosaic effect to protect their identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of China\u2019s most anticipated Lunar New Year holiday films features a renowned director, a cast of stars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5560,57414,14108,1657,148446,148447,148448,40489,146,20891,148450,148438,148442,878,148449,85,46,148440,148439,148445,148451,117632,397,84814,128512,148452,50303,148453,11657,148444,148441,148443,9444,89813],"class_list":{"0":"post-291911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-blockbuster","10":"tag-cctv","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-chinese-cinema","13":"tag-chinese-film","14":"tag-chinese-ministry-of-state-security","15":"tag-cinema","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-espionage","18":"tag-fc","19":"tag-fc-31","20":"tag-fighter-jet","21":"tag-film","22":"tag-guo-jian","23":"tag-il","24":"tag-israel","25":"tag-j-10","26":"tag-j-35","27":"tag-jackson-yee","28":"tag-liu","29":"tag-lunar-new-year","30":"tag-movies","31":"tag-peoples-liberation-army","32":"tag-pla","33":"tag-scare-out","34":"tag-sichuan","35":"tag-spies-among-us","36":"tag-spy","37":"tag-state-secrets","38":"tag-stealth-fighter","39":"tag-stealth-jet","40":"tag-xinhua","41":"tag-zhang-yimou"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}