All Asia articles – Page 465
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Asmik Ace picks up Kore-eda's Air Doll
Japan's Asmik Ace has picked up worldwide sales rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda's project Air Doll (working title), which stars Korean actress Bae Doo-na. The film, which is currently in post-production after wrapping at the end of January, is based on a manga created by Yoshiie Goda. It follows the story ...
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Magnolia kicks up US rights to Ong Bak 2
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Thai martial arts action title Ong Bak 2 from Sahamongkolfilm International. Magnolia is planning a theatrical release for the film under its Magnet Releasing genre label. The company released the first Ong Bak film, also starring Tony Jaa, which grossed more than $4m ...
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Zhao Wei to star in Mulan for Beijing-based Starlight
Beijing-based Starlight International has announced that it will produce and invest in a live-action version of Chinese classic folk story Mulan, set to star Chinese actress Vicky Zhao Wei (Red Cliff). Jingle Ma will direct the film which is scheduled to start shooting in mid-February. The budget of the film ...
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Sponge teams with CJ CGV to release indie titles
Korean importer/producer Sponge Entertainment has announced a deal with leading exhibitor CJ CGV to screen a slate of Sponge's upcoming local independent films. The films will be screened under the CGV Movie Collage label, an arthouse/independent cinema brand at CGV multiplexes. Sponge Entertainment, best known for importing and distributing arthouse ...
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Singh moves from Sony India to PVR Pictures
Uday Singh, executive vice president of production at Sony Pictures India, has left his post after 12 years with the studio to take up theposition of CEO at PVR Pictures. Before taking over production, Singh headed up distribution at Sony Pictures India. In his new role, he will oversee both ...
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Disney closes longterm distribution deal with DreamWorks, Reliance
The Walt Disney Studios and Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider and Indian giant Reliance BIG's DreamWorks 2.0 have signed their exclusive long-term distribution deal to handle distribution and marketing on approximately six live-action films a year.Disney moved in after the distribution deal announced last October between DreamWorks and Universal fell apart ...
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M-Line seals European, Japan deals on Flower
Seoul-based sales agent M-Line Distribution has sealed a raft of deals on recent pick-ups A Frozen Flower and Scandal Makers, which are both currently huge hits in Korea. Yu Ha's A Frozen Flower has gone to Splendid for Germany and Benelux, Impacto Films for Spain, KNTV for Japan, Good Films ...
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Fireball deals snowball for Golden Network
Golden Network Asia has scored a slew of deals on Thai action title Fireball, including sales to the UK's E1 Group, France's Metropolitan and Germany's Splendid. The fast-paced combination of martial arts and basketball also went to Spain's TOT Media, Greece's Strada Films, Brazil's Global Media, Turkey's Horizon International and ...
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NewsLocarno's Open Doors to focus on Greater China
Greater China will be the focus region of the Open Doors co-production platform at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
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Germany's Ascot Elite chews up Chaw
South Korea's Fine Cut has clinched a trio of pre-sales on Shin Jung-won's $7m creature feature Chaw, including the sale of all German-speaking rights to Ascot Elite. The film, about a man-eating boar terrorising a Korean village, has also gone to J-bics for Thailand and IOF Entertainment for India. Hans ...
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Index sells further shares in Nikkatsu studios
Index Holdings has sold a 7.11% share in group company Nikkatsu to Amusement Media Entertainment Group (AMG). Nikkatsu is here at the EFM selling Takashi Miike's Yatterman which had its world premiere at New York Comic Con last night (Feb 6). The film is a live-action version of the manga ...
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Reliance seals deals with Julia Roberts and Brett Ratner
Reliance Big Entertainment has signed a further two development deals in Hollywood - with Julia Roberts' Red Om Films and Brett Ratner's Rat Entertainment - to add to the seven similar deals announced last year at Cannes. As with the other deals, RBE will create a development silo for each ...
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Korea's Fine Cut wraps up pre-EFM sales
Seoul-based sales agent Fine Cut has wrapped up a slew of sales on the eve of the EFM, including the sale of Antique, which screens here in the Culinary Cinema section, to Thailand's Rose Media. Directed by Min Kyu-dong (Memento Mori) and starring French actor Andy Gillet, the film was ...
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Distribution Workshop picks up Snowfall, Overheard
Distribution Workshop, the new Hong Kong-based sales outfit founded by Nansun Shi and Jeffrey Chan, has picked up two new titles - Alan Mak and Felix Chong's Overheard and Snowfall In Taipei from Chinese director Huo Jianqi. Produced by Derek Yee, whose credits as director include Protege and One Nite ...