STX Entertainment and Alibaba Pictures join forces on multi-platform actioner Steel Soldiers STX Entertainment and Alibaba Pictures announced today that they will partner to co-develop and co-produce Steel Soldiers, an upcoming adrenaline-pumping action-sci-fi film. STX will handle U.S. and international distribution, with Alibaba Pictures retaining rights in Greater China. Plans to expand the project beyond theatrical and onto other platforms are also underway. Steel Soldiers aims to immerse audiences into a futuristic world where humans and androids fight shoulder to shoulder, challenging the fundamental question of a soldier’s humanity in a newfound way.