All Screen articles in 16 March 2008

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    10,000 BC rules on at international box office

    2008-03-16T22:45:00Z

    Powerful debuts in the UK, Korea and Russia kept Warner's 10,000 BC on top in the international marketplace this weekend as the prehistoric adventure grossed an estimated $38m from 6,900 prints and topped box office charts in 30 markets. Fox's computer animated Horton Hears A Who!, meanwhile, began its international ...

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    Horton Hears A Who! opens loud and clear in US

    2008-03-16T19:26:00Z

    Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who! made a big noise at the North American box office this weekend, opening with a chart-topping estimated three-day gross of $45.1m. The computer animated comedy from 20th Century Fox and its Blue Sky Studios almost matched the debut of the companies' first hit Ice ...

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    Antique and Go Go 70's added to Fine Cut Filmart slate

    2008-03-16T16:53:00Z

    Recently-launched Korean sales agent Fine Cut has announced two additions to its slate from United Pictures - Antique, directed by Min Kyu-dong (All For Love), and Go Go 70's, directed by Choi Ho (Bloody Tie) and starring Cho Seung-woo.United Pictures is a new joint production and financing outfit set up ...

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    Shanghai Film Group launches $140m IPO

    2008-03-16T16:41:00Z

    Shanghai Film Group is planning to go public with an IPO.Company president Ren Zhonglun has not revealed the timetable but Shanghai Film Group is expected to become the second state-owned film company to be listed.China Film Group Corporation has already announced its plans.SFG expects to raise no less than $140m ...

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    Khoo, Tan and Tong top Raintree slate

    2008-03-16T16:40:00Z

    Celebrating its 10th anniversary as Singapore 's leading producer, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures has unveiled a slate of five projects, including three by the most prominent local film-makers and two co-productions with Hong Kong 's Salon Films.Eric Khoo will direct Chinese Rose - a biopic of 'Queen of Striptease' Rose Chan, ...

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    Empress finds champion in Golden Network

    2008-03-16T16:40:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Golden Network Asia has picked up worldwide rights outside Asia to martial arts epic An Empress And The Warriors from United Filmmakers Organization.Hong Kong's Mei Ah Entertainment is handling Asian sales on the film, directed by action choreographer Tony Ching Siu-tung and starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen and ...

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    THE BUSINESS: Hong Kong Filmart round-up

    2008-03-16T16:40:00Z

    Screen's team at Filmart look at some of the key deals concluded at this year's Filmart in Hong Kong.Click on headline to see storyUniverse kicks up a storm of pre-sales for Pang Brothers Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution has scored a string of pre-sales on the Pang Brothers' The Storm ...

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    Ramy Choi's Fame to develop new Taiwanese talent

    2008-03-16T16:39:00Z

    Former Fortissimo Films executive Ramy Choi has launched a production and talent management outfit, Fame Universal Entertainment, which aims to develop up-and-coming talent with a focus on Taiwan.The company is representing several award-winning Taiwanese films as international sales agent - including Singing Chen's Berlin Forum entry God Man Dog, Doze ...

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    US independents march on Asia

    2008-03-16T16:39:00Z

    US interest in Asia's film and entertainment industries is hotting up with Lionsgate becoming the latest mini-major, following The Weinstein Company and Hyde Park Entertainment, to make a major investment in the region. Lionsgate is understood to be one of the main investors in a Hong Kong-based operation being set ...

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    Sundream signs output deal with The Weinstein Company

    2008-03-16T16:38:51Z

    Hong Kong's Sundream Motion Pictures has sealed an output deal and a two-picture co-production pact with The Weinstein Company (TWC), and is also lining up a slate of new productions. Under the output deal, Sundream will handle theatrical and video distribution of all TWC titles deemed suitable for the Hong ...

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    Oldboy star Yoo says Hello to rom-com

    2008-03-16T16:38:24Z

    Oldboy villain Yoo Ji-tae is to star in M&FC's tentatively titled Hello, Schoolgirl, a romantic comedy based on a hugely popular South Korean manga by Kang Full.The film, which starts shooting on Wednesday, is directed byRyu Jang-ha - whose previous film When Spring Comes starred another Oldboy star Choi Min-shik.Boyun ...

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    HK five sign up for Enlight action

    2008-03-16T13:04:00Z

    Beijing-based Enlight Pictures is working with five Hong Kong film-makers on a series of action genre films developed by the company's in-house development department.The plans include Chen Zhen from Gordon Chan (Painted Skin). Donnie Yen will play folk hero Chen Zhen, the character portrayed in Bruce Lee's Fist Of Fury ...

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    Terminator finds Korean future with Mars

    2008-03-16T13:02:00Z

    South Korea's Mars Entertainment has made a number of acquisitions including a deal for The Halcyon Company's Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. Christian Bale will star in the fourth in the Terminator series to be directed by McG for a 2009 release. Warner Brothers hold US rights while Sony recently ...

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    Guard posts pre-sales to UK and Thailand

    2008-03-16T12:59:00Z

    South Korea's Showbox Mediaplex has pre-sold mystery thriller The Guard Post to the UK's Showbox and J-Bics for Thailand.The film tells the story of an officer sent to solve the mystery of a massacre at a guard post overlooking the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.Directed by Gong Soo-chang, ...

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    Upside Down signs $11m deal with Hanwen

    2008-03-16T12:57:00Z

    Singapore's Upside Down Entertainment (UDE) has sealed an $11m co-financing and co-production deal with China's Hanwen Animation Co (HAC), it was announced here today.The slate includes 3D animated feature Last Days and live-action TV series Colourful Fish. Both are English-language projects aimed at international markets.Most of the production will take ...

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    Celestial launches first Blu-ray title

    2008-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Celestial Pictures is to release its first Blu-ray title with 1984 classic Behind The Yellow Line from the Shaw Brothers film library, starring the late Hong Kong superstar Leslie Cheung.'We are planning to release more Shaw Brothers classics in in Blu-ray format to deliver the most advanced viewing experience to ...

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    Mendoza picks up pre-sales on Service

    2008-03-16T12:54:00Z

    Ignatius Films Canada has picked up a string of pre-sales for Brillante 'Dante' Mendoza 's latest film Service, including France and French-speaking territories (Swift Distribution), UK and Ireland (Peccadillo Pictures), and Taiwan (Joint Entertainment).Shot in cinema verite style, the film about male prostitution has been selected for HAF this year.The ...

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    Lotte's Show goes on to Germany

    2008-03-16T11:58:00Z

    South Korea's Lotte Entertainment has sold gangster drama The Show Must Go On to Splendid Film for Germany.Han Jae-rim's gritty film stars Song Kang-ho (The Host) as a middle-aged gangster struggling with work and family'Splendid and Lotte have done business together before and they had ex press ed interest in ...

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    Syndromes to be released with blacked-out scenes

    2008-03-16T04:41:00Z

    Acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has finally accepted the local censors' verdict of removing 'objectionable' scenes from his Syndromes And A Century after a second appeal was rejected. But he has replaced the censored scenes with silent scratched black film which amount to about 15 minutes with the longest such ...

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    Han Yan film first on Fantasy slate

    2008-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Beijing-based Fantasy Pictures Entertainment has moved into production business with a mission to develop young generation film-makers.The first film in their 2008 slate is romantic drama Qiyue And Ansheng, directed by upcoming Han Yan.The project is now approved by the Film Bureau and it plans to start shooting before summer.Established ...