For The Forbidden Kingdom, Rob Minkoff, who had also directed The Lion King, had Jet Li and Jackie Chan duke it out on Beijing sets. The Mummy 3 placed the Qin emperor in the title role after being cursed by a witch. Based on a novel set in Afghanistan, The Kite Runner was filmed in China's Xinjiang because the Afghan war prevented the filmmakers from working there.
包括《獅子王》導演來到北京搭起《功夫之王》擂台，讓李連杰和成龍對打；秦始皇被女巫詛咒，變成木乃伊，成為《神鬼傳奇 3》的主角；由暢銷書改編的電影《追風箏的孩子》，因阿富汗處於戰亂，也移師到中國新疆來拍攝。