All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 162
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Hong Kong revs up for first ever drive-in
Hong Kong may be losing its only dedicated arthouse theatre,but is about to gain its first ever drive-in cinema.Located on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour, the drive-in will officially open with the premiere of TakashiShimizu's horror film The Grudge 2 onDec 7. It will have one screen at opening, ...
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CJ to distribute Paramount titles in South Korea
Paramount PicturesInternational (PPI) has announced that CJ Entertainment (CJE) will become theexclusive distributor of Paramount titles in South Korea from February 1, 2007. The announcement, which was widelyanticipated, follows yesterday's news that UIP's South Korean branch officewill transition to a Universal Pictures International operation as of Jan 1,2007.CJE was a ...
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China experiments with on-demand services
With its huge broadband andmobile phone subscriber base, not to mention its ability to leapfrog entireepochs in the evolution of consumer technology, China is well placed to set trends in the distribution ofmovies over new media platforms. But as with the country's traditional media,high levels of piracy, censorship and patchy ...
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China experiments with movie on-demand services
With its huge broadband andmobile phone subscriber base, not to mention its ability to leapfrog entireepochs in the evolution of consumer technology, China is well placed to set trends in the distribution ofmovies over new media platforms. But as with the country's traditional media,high levels of piracy, censorship and patchy ...
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Media Asia seals further deals on Confession, Exiled
As the AFM draws to a closetoday, Hong Kong's Media Asia has sealed several more sales on its upcomingAndrew Lau and Alan Mak title ConfessionOf Pain and Johnnie To's Exiled. Italy's Lucky Red acquired cop drama ConfessionOf Pain, which stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Takeshi Kaneshiro, along with Turkey's Filma, ...
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Tohokushinsha takes Japan on Scorsese's Stones doc
Tohokusinsha FilmCorporation has acquired all Japanese rights to Martin Scorsese's documentaryfeature about The Rolling Stones which is one of the hottest titles at the AFM.Portugal's Lusomundo is alsoone of the first distributors to sign on for the film. Sales agent FortissimoFilms has also received multiple offers for territories including Spain, ...
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The Core sells two to WPM in Thailand
Korean sales company TheCore Studio has sold two titles to Thailand's WPM -black comedy actionpicture No Mercy For The Rude andLee Myung-Se's new project M. No Mercy For The Rude, about a killer who abides by his own rules to onlykill rude people, recently premiered at the Vancouver International FilmFestival. ...
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China Vision Group pursues international production plans
Start-up Chineseproducer-distributor China Vision Group has retained global law firm Melveny& Myers (OMM) as part of its push into international production.Founded by producer Jimmy Wuand former banker Jane Shao, Beijing-based China Vision plans to set upinternational co-productions as well as English language remakes of Chinesefilms.The company has raisedfinance from private ...
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Hong Kong's Golden Network sells five to Brazilian distributors
Hong Kong-based GoldenNetwork Asia has secured a slew of sales to Brazil, which is emerging as one ofthe most acquisitive territories at the AFM.Brazil's Golden Filmes hassnapped up Thai horror titles The Victim, which is currently topping the Thai box office, and Ghost Game directed by Sarawut Wichiensarn.The company has ...
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Gaga moves into genre production with Ryuhei Kitamura
Japan's Gaga Communications,which has recently made a push into production with a slate of dramas, is nowmoving into genre filmmaking with cult Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura.Kitamura, who shot tointernational recognition with sword-fighting splatterfest Versus in 2001, is developing three projects for Gaga. Thefirst, entitled Yoroi, is anaction horror title about ...
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Fortissimo on board for Hamilton's Mama's Boy
FortissimoFilms has picked up international rights outside North America to comedy Mama'sBoy from Warner Independent Pictures(WIP).Directedby Tim Hamilton, whose short film Truth In Advertising screened in competition at Cannes in 2001, Mama'sBoy stars Jon Heder who first cameto notice in indie hit Napoleon Dynamite.DianeKeaton, Jeff Daniels and Anna Faris also ...
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Media Asia assembles buyers for Feng
Hong Kong-based Media Asiahas boarded Feng Xiaogang's The Assemblyas co-producer and already sold almost all the territories it's handling on the$10m war epic.Media Asia is handling salesin South-East Asia and has sold the film to Thailand's Rose Media and Entertainment, Golden ScreenCinemas in Malaysia and Galaxy Studio in Vietnam. In ...
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Hong Kong film festival sets new industry direction
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is changing dates next year - to coincide with Hong Kong Filmart - and is undergoing a major repositioning to reflect changes in the international festival scene.Next year's HKIFF will open on March 20 and run for 18 days. The first nine days ...
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Japan's Style Jam picks up sales, remake rights to Seven Days
Japan's Style Jam haspicked up international sales and remake rights to comedy drama, Seven DaysOf Assistant Manager Tsubakiyama,which is scheduled for a wide release in Japan on Nov 18.Produced by Be Wild,the film is about a fat, bald middle manager who passes away, but gets thechance to return to earth ...
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Chang takes lead in Kim Ki-duk's love story Breath
Taiwanese actor Chang Chen will star in Kim Ki-duk's upcoming lovestory Breath, markingthe first time that the acclaimed Korean director has worked with a foreignactor. The project, which is being sold internationally by CineclickAsia, also marks the first time that Chang has worked with a Korean filmmaker. He is best ...
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Thai Warrior sells to Japan, Brazil
Following its sale to Magnolia Pictures at the beginning of themarket, hot Thai action title Dynamite Warrior (Tabunfire) has sold to Japan and Brazil. Thailand's Sahamongkol has sold the film to start-up Japanesedistributor Hexagon Pictures, while Imagem has acquired all Brazilian rights.Singapore's Innoform also bought the film as part of ...
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Shochiku sells three titles to Houston-based ADV
Shochiku has closed amulti-picture deal with Houston-based ADV Films which has acquired two features- Ghost Train and Synesthesia - and TV series Le Chevalier D'Eon from the Japanese studio.Under the terms of thedeal, ADV has acquired North American theatrical, video and TV rights to thetwo features - as well as ...
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Tsui Hark signs to direct The Eye 3 with Chan
Leading Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark will direct The Eye 3 - the next installment in thepopular horror franchise - marking his first collaboration with producerPeter Ho-sun Chan.ARM Distribution, the recently launched joint venture between Chan'sApplause Pictures and the Ruddy Morgan Organization, and The Little FilmCompany are working together to ...
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Huayi Brothers signs on for Blood Brothers
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has become the first distributor to sign on for Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers, acquiring all rights for mainland China to the $10m period drama which is produced by John Woo and Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions.Set in 1930s Shanghai, the film follows three young men who are ...
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Celestial to remake two Shaw Brothers classics
Hong Kong-based CelestialPictures is introducing remakes of two martial arts classics in its ShawBrothers library - Five Deadly Venoms and The Flying Guillotine - here at the AFM and has attached leadingdirectors to both.Kirk Wong is set to direct FiveDeadly Venoms - to be producedby Celestial's vice president of new ...