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All Asia articles – Page 357
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NewsGiant to start shooting in July
Singapore’s Clover Films and G&J Productions are joining forces with China’s Stellar Megamedia International (SMI) to co-produce $1.2m sports drama Meeting The Giant.
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NewsMatsumoto wraps sex comedy R100
Japanese director Hitoshi Matsumoto, whose Dai Nipponjin screened in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2007, has wrapped his latest feature R100, produced by Yoshimoto Creative Agency.
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NewsFortissimo secures Dubbo for Cannes
Mirando Otto and Richard Roxburgh attached to Sue Brooks’ Australian drama.
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NewsGFM boards Toei's Space Pirate
London-based GFM is partnering with Japanese powerhouse Toei Animation on $30 million animated feature Harlock: Space Pirate, a 3D sci-fi motion capture animated film praised by James Cameron.
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NewsOdin’s Eye picks up Fish N Chips
Australian sales company Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has picked up worldwide rights to Canadian animated feature Fish N Chips: The Movie.
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NewsOppenheimer developing Act of Killing follow-up
EXCLUSIVE: The team behind the multiple-award-winning documentary The Act of Killing is developing a follow-up, The Look Of Silence.
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NewsThai Pitch Event returns to Cannes
Thailand’s Ministry of Culture has selected four projects to take part in a pitching initiative at Cannes with international producers and investors.
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NewsSydney unveils competition line-up
Cannes titles Grigris and Borgman are among the 12 titles selected for the 60th Sydney Film Festival’s competition line-up.
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NewsJapan’s Marza fires up Robodog
Japanese CG animation house Marza Animation Planet, owned by Sega Sammy Holdings, has started pre-production on its first original animated feature Robodog.
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NewsLost Paradise takes top prize at Jeonju
The 14th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF)’s international competition Grand Prize went to Eve Deboise’s French coming-of-age film Lost Paradise at the closing ceremony Friday (May 3). The award comes with a $18,000 (KW20m) cash prize.
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NewsRezo picks up Aoyama’s Backwater
Japan’s Pictures Dept has announced that Shinji Aoyama’s The Backwater has been picked up by Rezo International for worldwide sales.
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NewsIM3 sets new China record
DMG said on Thursday [May 2] the official SARFT/CFG opening day number came to $18.7m or 117.5m RMB, which Disney said would rise to $21.5m including cinemas that have not reported. The film has crossed $300m internationally.
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NewsFRED Film Radio launches Asian channels
Multi-lingual digital film festival radio now broadcasts in 14 different languages.
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NewsHooper to head Shanghai jury
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23).
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NewsGarth Davis joins Saroo Brierley biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Top of the Lake co-director boards See-Saw’s true story about an orphan reunited with his mother after 25 years.
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NewsEmergency Room China to open Visual fest
Festival’s film section runs May 24 to June 2 at King’s College London.
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NewsWoo’s Flying Tigers set for takeoff
Netherlands-based Cyrte Investments and China Film Group are backing John Woo’s long-gestating Flying Tigers, which is set to shoot next year as two-part feature film and six-hour television series.
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NewsPitof, Lang board Dragon Angel
EXCLUSIVE: French-American director Pitof (Catwoman) and US actor Stephen Lang (Avatar) have signed on to Chinese-German family adventure film The Dragon Angel.
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NewsRadical, Le Vision form joint venture
Radical Studios has formed a joint venture with China’s Le Vision Pictures to produce “international commercial films with Chinese elements”.