Liz Shackleon
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CJ Entertainment sells four-pack to Germany's Splendid
Korea's CJ Entertainment had a busy weekend selling to both Europe and Asia - sealing a four-picture deal with Germany's Splendid and selling three Asian territories on A Man Who Was Superman, starring Jun Ji-hyun.Splendid has pre-bought all German rights to The Divine Weapon, which wrapped two weeks ago, on ...
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Devillers to bring western film-makers to China for genre slate
Natacha Devillers' Les Petites Lumieres is launching a project to bring Western filmmakers to China to make genre movies. Devillers is developing a slate of low-budget genre films - entitled China Syndromes - in partnership with Taiwanese producer Wendy Kuan and UK filmmaker Simon Rumley. Among the directors who are ...
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Poon quits Fortune Star, produces digital series
His first venture since quitting the company - a digital series made for wireless and broadband platforms and featuring pro-wrestler Paul Heyman as a motor-mouthed video-blogger - has already been announced. News Corp-owned UK newspaper The Sun will air the series on its web-site starting Feb 18.
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The Warlords, Lust, Caution lead race for Asian Film Awards
Both films also picked up best actor nods; action star Jet Li tackled a strong dramatic role in The Warlords,while Tony Leung Chiu-waiplayeda war-time official embroiled in a passionate affair in Lust, Caution.