All Asia articles – Page 452
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NewsSola continues on its journey with Turtle
Sola Media is continuing to do business on Turtle: The Incredible Journey and closed deals after the second screening for Greece (PAS Distribution) and Korea (Line Tree) and is about to sign on further for Middle East and South East Asia.
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NewsFilm Distribution closes deals on Happy Ever Afters at busy market
Films Distribution has reported a busy market concluding sales on Happy Ever Afters in Australia (Hopscotch) and Germany (Telepool) with US negotiations currently underway for the film, which stars Sally Hawkins.
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NewsChang and Woo unveil 3D fantasy epic Magic Bell
Terence Chang and John Woo’s Lion Rock Productions has unveiled details of upcoming 3D fantasy epic LegendOf The Magic Bell, to be directed by renowned Korean TV director Kim Jonghak.
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NewsFortissimo picks up international rights to Yonfan's Prince of Tears
Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights outside China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan to Prince Of Tears from acclaimed filmmaker Yonfan and has already sold it to Ocean Films for France.
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NewsJapan's Sion Sono summons Lords of Chaos for English debut
Hot Japanese director Sion Sono is set to make his English-language debut with Lords Of Chaos, about Norway’s black metal music scene, which has Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone lined up to star.
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NewsSingapore's MDA appoints Distribution Workshop to handle first IFF titles
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has appointed Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop as the international sales agent for the first batch of films produced under its International Film Fund (IFF).
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NewsThailand's Five Star turns Macabre for first international pick up
Thailand’s Five Star Entertainment has picked up Asian rights to horror film Macabre, marking the first time the Bangkok-based studio has handled a non-Thai film.
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Tiger8 and Wuxi launch $150m fund to take Chinese films global
Tiger8 Media and Wuxi Jinyuan Industry Investment And Development Company have launched a $150m (€74m) fund dedicated to financing and producing features in China for worldwide distribution.
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NewsAngels & Demons summons up $104.3m opening weekend
Angels & Demons took over the international box office this weekend with an estimated $104.3m from 10,468 screens in 96 territories.
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NewsMiike to direct $30m adaptation of Terasawa’s Takeru
Japanese director Takashi Miike is set to direct a $30m adaptation of Buichi Terasawa’s original manga Takeru.
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NewsIndia's NFDC teams up with Locarno on Screenwriters Lab
India’s National Film Development Corp (NFDC) is teaming up with the Locarno International Film Festival for the third edition of its Screenwriters Lab.
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NewsKorea's Showbox closes deals on Breathless, The Murderer
Korea’s Showbox has closed a duo of French distribution deals in the early days of the market – selling Breathless to Tadrart Films and The Murderer to Wild Side.
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NewsOng Bak 2 kicks it to EuropaCorp, Aurum
Thailand’s Sahamongkolfilm International has sold action title Ong Bak 2, starring Tony Jaa, to France’s EuropaCorp and Aurum for Spain.
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NewsFreeway and RevCheck launch revenue recovery service
Freeway Entertainment Group and German-based distribution auditor RevCheck have launched a new joint venture offering worldwide revenue reconciliation services to the international film industry.
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NewsWe Distribution closes sales on Bodyguards And Assassins
Beijing and Hong Kong-based We Distribution has closed a raft of South-East Asian sales on Teddy Chen’s $23m Bodyguards And Assassins, starring Donnie Yen.
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NewsIndian Film Company strikes digital deal with Saavn
The Indian Film Company (TIFC) has struck a deal with New York-based digital distributor Saavn for 14 titles to be released across the company’s cable VoD network in the UK and North America.
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NewsEndeavor takes revenge tale Hisss
Endeavor Independent is handling worldwide sales in Cannes on Split Image Pictures and Venus Records And Tapes’ $5m (€ 3.7m) Indian revenge tale Hisss.
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NewsVanguard picks up US rights to Distant Course and Island Etude
Taipei-based producer-distributor Joint Entertainment International has sold two award-winning Taiwanese titles – The Most Distant Course and Island Etude – to Vanguard International Cinema for the US.
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NewsHigh Fliers soars with City Of Life And Death
High Fliers Films has acquired City of Life and Death from Media Asia for the UK and Ireland.