All articles by 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
Peter Poon has quit as general manager of regional broadcaster Star TV's Hong Kong-based content arm, Fortune Star Entertainment, to pursue his own projects. 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 ...
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The Warlords, Lust, Caution lead race for Asian Film Awards
Ang Lee's highly-acclaimed Lust, Caution and Peter Ho-sun Chan's war epic The Warlords picked up the most nominations for this year's Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, with six nods apiece including best film and best director. Both films also picked up best actor nods; action star Jet Li tackled ...