All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 163
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Wong Kar-wai remodels classic Ashes Of Time
Wong Kar-wai is reworkinghis 1994 martial arts epic Ashes Of Time and the film is being sold at AFM by Fortissimo Films under the title AshesOf Time - Redux.Currently inpost-production, the project is described as the definitive version of thecritically-acclaimed film, which was shot by Christopher Doyle with Sammo Hungas ...
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Magnolia seals Dynamite deal on Thai actioner
In the first domestic deal of the market, Magnolia Pictures has closed on North American rightsto Thai action adventure Dynamite Warrior (Tabunfire), starringThailand's latest action export Dan Chupong.Sahamongkolfilm producedand is selling the high-octane title, from the team behind Ong Bak - producer Prachya Pinkaew and actionchoreographer Panna Rittikrai.Directed by ChalermWongphim, ...
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Pretty Pictures acquires Crossing The Line
France's Pretty Pictures hasacquired documentary Crossing The Line, about the last American defector still living in North Korea, whichrecently received its world premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival. Directed and producedby Daniel Gordon, the film tells the story of Comrade Joe - akaVirginia-born James Joseph Dresnok - a US ...
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Scorsese's Stones doc goes to Paramount, Fortissimo
The long-gestating RollingStones documentary, which Martin Scorsese recently joined as director, hasstarted shooting in New York with Paramount Pictures on board as domesticdistributor and Fortissimo Films handling international rights.Scorsese, hot off thebiggest box office hit of his career in The Departed, is working with an award-winning camera team tocapture The ...
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Applause teams with Ruddy Morgan to launch sales outfit ARM
Hong Kong productionoutfit Applause Pictures has teamed up with the Ruddy Morgan Organization tocreate an international sales company, ARM Distribution, which is making itsdebut at the AFM. The new outfit is beingassisted by Robbie and Ellen Little's The Little Film Company.Two of the company'sexecutives, Robbie Little and Clay Epstein, will ...
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Dragon Tiger Gate's Yip, Yen reteam on City With No Mercy
The team behind Hong Kongaction hit Dragon Tiger Gate- director Wilson Yip and action director Donnie Yen - arereteaming in action adventure City With No Mercy, which Hong Kong's Mandarin Films Distribution islaunching at the AFM. Yen, Louis Koo and CollinChou star in the $8m film which is scheduled to ...
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Japan still on outer edge of pan-Asian market
Japan may be Asia's largest box office territory, and currently one ofthe region's most active producers, but it's still only a peripheral player inthe developing pan-Asian market, according to speakers at a TIFFCOM seminar onTuesday. Reliance on a huge domesticmarket, language barriers, cultural differences and historical antipathies haveall contributed to ...
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PIFF to expand to LA, launch TV channel
The Pusan International FilmFestival is collaborating with JoongAng Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) to setup a Los Angeles edition of the festival and also launch aPIFF-branded cable channel in South Korea. The two partners, along withthe JoongAng group's LA-based newspaper KoreaDaily, plan to hold the first edition of the tentatively titled "PIFF ...
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Love Conquers All, Betelnut take top Pusan prizes
Malaysian drama Love Conquers All, directed by Tan ChuiMui, and Chinese director Heng Yang's Betelnutwere jointly awarded Best New Asian Filmmaker of the Year at the PusanInternational Film Festival (PIFF) on Friday night (Oct 20). The $30,000 award ispresented to the best film in New Currents, which is the only ...
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PUSAN: Pang's Ibrahim takes top prize at PPP
The Pang Ho Cheung project, One Day Of Ibrahim, picked up the topprize at this year's Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) - the $20,000 Busan Awardpresented by the Metropolitan City of Busan. The $2.2m project, about ayoung Kenyan boy's journey to find water, is set to be produced by the Hong ...
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PUSAN: Asian Film Market deals round-up
Cineclick Asia had a busymarket selling two horror titles to France's Wild Side Films - Hanzel And Gretel, directed by YimPil-sung (Antartic Journal), and Mommy's Risen, a co-production betweenCineclick and Blue Storm. Meanwhile, Thailand's J-bics picked up a package ofKim Tae-yong's quirky family drama FamilyTies; melodrama Love Me Not,starring Moon ...
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PUSAN: Taiwan's Three Dots unveils DNA cast
Taiwanese actors Terri Kwanand Eddie Peng and Hong Kong's Peter Ho are set to star in Three DotsEntertainment's My DNA Says I Love You,written and to be directed by Robin Lee. The high-concept romanticcomedy tells the story of two single girls who work in a biotech company anddecide to alter ...
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PUSAN: Taiwan's Serenity signs up for Pain
Serenity EntertainmentInternational has acquired Taiwanese rights to Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Confession Of Pain from Hong Kong's Media Asia. The company, which has beenramping up Chinese-language acquisitions since its launch in mid-2005, willrelease the film as part of a pan-Asian roll-out in mid-December. Since the beginning of 2006,Serenity has ...
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PUSAN: Avex boards Apple, Chen Kaige project
Following its investment in Beijing-basedChengtian Entertainment, Japan's Avex is making a push into Chinese production by co-financingtwo of the company's upcoming productions - Li Yu's Apple and a biopic to be directed by Chen Kaige.Chen, who most recentlydirected big-budget fantasy epic ThePromise, is developing a film based on the life ...
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PUSAN: Cha joins cast of Studio 2.0's Highway Star
Korea's Studio 2.0 has announced that Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl) will head the cast of comedy drama Highway Star. Co-directed by Kim Sang-Chanand Kim Tae-Hyun, the film is a remake of Japanese film Sharan-Q No Enka No Hanamichi, directed by Yojiro Takita, about anaspiring rock singer who signs the ...
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PUSAN: CJ Entertainment joins Focus: First Cuts
Korea's CJ Entertainment has boarded the Focus: First Cuts series of films,launched by Hong Kong star Andy Lau's Focus Films, as a project partnerand will distribute all six films in Korea from early 2007. Focus and CJ are also intalks about the next instalment of the project, Focus: First Cuts ...
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Asian Film Market - a Screen guide
Next week sees the birth ofthe newest addition to the international film market calendar - the four-dayAsian Film Market (Oct 15-18) - which takes place in the bustling containerport and tourism centre of Busan in South Korea. As part of the vibrant Pusan International Film Festival (Busanis the new name ...
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Leung to star in See Movie's Chinese Fairy Tale
Tony Leung Ka-fai has signedup to star in Lam Wai Lun's The ChineseFairy Tale (working title), to be co-produced by Hong Kong's See Movie and mainland Chinese partners.Written and directed by LamWai Lun, the film is based on a true story which took place in Changchun in northern China, where ...
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Hong Kong's Innotion to launch CG feature at AFM
Start-up Hong Kong animationstudio Innotion is launching what it describes as the world's first CG bearmovie, Tonki Bear, at upcomingmarkets including MIPCOM and the AFM. The English-language film,which is scheduled for release in spring 2007, is aimed squarely atinternational markets and has no recognisable Asian elements. With a budget of ...
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Celestial signs deals with Australian duo
Hong Kong-based CelestialPictures has sealed separate deals with Australian broadcasters SBS and Pan TVfor distribution of its Shaw Brothers library. Public broadcaster SBS haslicensed free TV rights to a package of Shaw Brothers films, including The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, Come Drink With Me and The Magic Blade. The deal ...