All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 5
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NewsChina box office: ‘Chinese Doctors’ maintains lead against three local releases
Foreign titles are few and far between during this period, when cinemas have been ordered to play new and classic “main melody” films.
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NewsTokyo film festival partners with Amazon on new talent award
The award will be open to filmmakers living in Japan who have not yet made a commercial feature.
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NewsAsian streamer Viu seals content deals with China’s Huace
Viu grew its user base in Asia with Korean dramas, but is starting to push into Chinese-language content.
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NewsRediance picks up Locarno title ‘Whether The Weather Is Fine’ (exclusive)
Whether The Weather Is Fine is directed by Philippines filmmaker Carlo Francisco Manatad.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Chinese Doctors’ tops chart with $53.5m opening
Patriotic titles continue to lead the China box office, with historical drama 1921 coming in second.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Wrath Of Man’ grosses $17.5m in first week
Guy Ritchie action thriller took third place over the weekend behind local thrillers Cliff Walkers and Break Through The Darkness.
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NewsTaiwan authorities close Taipei cinemas as Covid cases start to climb
Cinemas had remained open since the start of the pandemic due to a low rate of infections and deaths.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Cliff Walkers’ overtakes ‘My Love’ during May Day holiday
Zhang Yimou’s spy thriller topped the May 7-9 weekend box office with $24.3m for a cumulative total of $117.5m.
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NewsDisney+ Hotstar to launch in Malaysia with premieres of local films
Streamer has multi-year agreements with leading Malaysian studios, including Skop Productions and Primeworks Studios.
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NewsChina box office: ‘My Love’, ‘Cliff Walkers’ top May Day holiday weekend
Romcom starring Greg Hsu and Zhang Ruonan grosses $65.1m, while Zhang Yimou’s spy thriller takes $37.7m in opening three days.
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NewsThailand’s Purin Pictures announces grant recipients for spring 2021
Fund for Southeast Asian projects is handing out grants to two fiction and two documentary projects in latest funding round.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Detective Conan’ stays on top in quiet weekend
Box office slumps ahead of busy May Day holiday weekend when several big local titles are scheduled for release.
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NewsNetflix acquires Thai thriller ‘Ghost Lab’ as Bangkok cinemas close
Supernatural drama, produced by Thailand’s GDH 559 Co, will start streaming from May 26.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up Rotterdam title ‘All About My Sisters’ (exclusive)
Hong Kong-based sales agent also picks up ’If Only Trees Could Talk’, directed by India’s Bobby Sarma Baruah.
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NewsWarnerMedia unveils Chinese-language originals ‘Legacy’, ‘Trinity Of Shadows’
Legacy involves talent from Story Of Yanxi Palace, while Trinity Of Shadows is co-produced with Taiwan’s Catchplay and Hong Kong’s Viu.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Detective Conan’ trumps ‘Lord Of The Rings’ re-release in opening weekend
Source: Douban Detective Conan The Scarlet Bullet Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet, the latest installment in the long-running Japanese anime franchise, topped the China box office on its opening weekend, grossing $17.1m in its first two days. The film, which opened in China on April 17, is ...
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NewsTAICCA, Taiwanese exhibitors join forces to launch Bole Film
Joint venture plans to use box office intelligence to inform the development of Taiwanese films.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ stomps into China with $70m opening
The Warner Bros/Legendary title had the biggest opening weekend for a foreign film in China since the start of the pandemic.
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NewsNetflix unveils slate of 40 anime titles headed by ‘Record Of Ragnarok’
New titles also include Yasuke, directed and executive produced by US anime artist LeSean Thomas.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Avatar’ stays on top with $14m in second weekend
James Cameron’s epic has taken a further $43.8m since its re-release, for an all-time China total of $250.2m.