All Screen articles in 21 Apr 2011 – Page 29
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NewsRango, Battle: LA ready to resume overseas hostilities
The pair will lock horns again at the international box office this weekend as each heads into new markets. Black Swan, The Adjustment Bureau and The King’s Speech should help to keep things lively.
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NewsSamuel Jackson to star in noir thriller The Samaritan
Andras Hamori of H2O Motion Pictures is producing and filming is set to begin in Toronto on Mar 20 and will continue in Rio de Janeiro through Apr 30.
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NewsLondon's Hackney Picturehouse to open in autumn
It is the latest addition to City Screen’s growing number of cinema venues in the UK.
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NewsShowbox to release Entertainment One's Asian catalogue
Titles will be released under the new banner Cine Asia presents HKL.
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Moving Pictures Film & TV closes sales on First Dog
Buyers of the family film include Free Dolphin in France, Central Partnership in Russia and Eagle Entertainment in Australia.
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NewsAttack The Block among SXSW audience winners
Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block was voted best Midnight Feature as SXSW announced the final audience awards on Friday [18].
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NewsAbu Dhabi to host Priyadarshan’s Athar And Madhavan Naayar
Indian filmmaker Priyadarshan is gearing up to shoot Malayalam-language project Athar And Madhavan Naayar in Abu Dhabi, with logistical support from Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).
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Asia Bridge takes on Little Big Panda
Asia Bridge, a Taipei, Beijing and LA based sales and production team has taken on sales to China-Germany co-produced animated film Little Big Panda.
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ReviewsQuattro Hong Kong 2
Dirs: Stanley Kwan, Brillante Mendoza, Ho Yu-hang, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. China. 2011. 60mins
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NewsBattle: LA dominates international arena on $29m
In its second weekend Sony’s action sci-fi overtook its chief rival Rango in fine style, adding $28.7m from 8,344 screens in 55 markets to boost the early tally to $51.6m.
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NewsLimitless rules US box office on $19m in cautious weekend
Relativity’s thriller starring Bradley Cooper as a man who acquires a pill that allows him to use his entire brain opened top on an estimated $19m in a slow weekend.
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Perfect World starts 33 Days Out Of Love
Perfect World Culture, the entertainment branch of Chinese online game operator Perfect World, has begun production on romantic comedy 33 Days Out of Love (working title) with Teng Huatao (The Matrimony) directing and Wen Zhang (Ocean Heaven) in the lead role.
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Tomson signs first-look deals with Lion Rock, Abundance
Tomson International Entertainment Distribution, the new outfit established by veteran producer Hsu Feng, has entered into first-look deals with John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions, and Abundance Pictures, established by Chang and Laura Fu.
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Mori, Kwok drive CAR into North American distribution
LA-based distribution veteran Ko Mori of Eleven Arts and producer Tim Kwok of Convergence Entertainment are launching a North American distribution outfit, Cinema Asia Releasing (CAR), which will focus solely on Asian product.
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Choi Dong-hoon assembles stars for Macao heist pic
South Korean director Choi Dong-hoon is putting together a top flight cast for his upcoming The Professionals, led by Kim Yun-seok from The Yellow Sea, Gianna Jun from Blood The Last Vampire, Kim Hye-su from Tazza: The High Rollers and Lee Jung-jae from TheHousemaid.
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Disney ramps up Chinese production with Becoming A Hero
The Walt Disney Company is gearing up to produce Mandarin-language films for the Greater China market with plans to produce three titles a year starting 2011.
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NewsDrucker bestseller tops TBS sales slate
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) is debuting a slate at Hong Kong Filmart led by Drucker In The Dug-Out, the story of how a girl mistakenly uses business consultant Peter Drucker’s Management principles to shape up her high school baseball team.
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NewsBusan IFF pacts with China's Zonbo Media
Newly renamed Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and Chinese investment and distribution company Zonbo Media have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for industry exchange and greater cinema-cultural business collaboration.