All Asia articles – Page 365

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    China's Fantawild unwraps slate of creature features

    2012-11-03T22:28:00Z

    Chinese theme park giant and content producer Fantawild is attending AFM for the first time this year with a slate of creature features and VFX-driven pictures.

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    Chow Yun-fat bluffs for Wong Jing

    2012-11-03T22:27:00Z

    Chow Yun-fat is attached to star in gambling-themed action drama Bluffing, which is being produced by Wong Jing’s Hong Kong-based Mega-Vision Project Workshop.

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    Celluloid's Tomahawk chops into Australia

    2012-11-03T09:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Transmission picks up upcoming horror Bone Tomahawk for “good six figures” from Celluloid Dreams.

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    Buyers drive to Yellow Affair's Road North

    2012-11-03T09:00:00Z

    Sales outfit The Yellow Affair has sold  Mika Kaurismäki’s comedy drama Road North to Japan (Alcine), Canada (Kinosmith), Benelux (Bridge Rights) and Estonia (Estinfilm).

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    Germany chomps on Fresh Meat

    2012-11-03T02:27:00Z

    Capelight Pictures has acquired German rights to New Zealand horror comedy Fresh Meat.

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    Japan's Showgate buys into Bergdorf's

    2012-11-03T02:08:00Z

    Fortissimo Films has sold Japanese rights to Matthew Miele’s documentary feature Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf’s to Showgate Japan.

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    EMP, Media Asia team for Kwok's firefighting drama

    2012-11-03T02:04:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Media Asia has boarded Emperor Motion Pictures’ As The Light Goes Out, a big-budget firefighting drama to be directed by Derek Kwok and star Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue.

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    Growing up fast

    2012-11-02T19:26:00Z

    Local films are losing ground to Hollywood imports at the Chinese box office. Liz Shackleton explores how China’s production sector, still in a relatively early stage of development, is approaching the marketplace

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    A change of image

    2012-11-02T19:25:00Z

    As a growing part of the global visual-effects industry, China offers more than low costs and outsourcing. Liz Shackleton reports

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    Rules of attraction

    2012-11-02T19:24:00Z

    China has been emerging as an exciting international partner. But with its government putting co-productions under scrutiny, could that be about to change? Liz Shackleton reports

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    Yuen Wo-ping to direct action thriller Vigilantes

    2012-11-02T17:06:00Z

    Renowned action choreographer Yuen Wo-ping is set to direct and produce English-language action thriller Vigilantes - The Lost Order as a co-production between China and Canada.

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    Showbox sells Confession of Murder

    2012-11-02T01:57:00Z

    Korean’s Showbox Mediaplex has sold action thriller Confession Of Murder to multiple territories, including Japan (Twin Co) and German-speaking Europe (Splendid Films).

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    All Rights Entertainment takes on Mumbai Cha Raja

    2012-11-02T01:54:00Z

    Paris and Hong Kong-based sales company All Rights Entertainment has picked up international rights excluding India to Manjeet Singh’s Mumbai Cha Raja.

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    AFM Hong Kong panel: Chinese audiences seek quality movies

    2012-11-02T01:52:00Z

    Speakers at the co-production panel, held as part of ‘Hong Kong Day’ yesterday, discussed how Chinese audiences are gravitating towards films that reflect one culture rather than co-productions or ‘hybrid’ films.

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    ScreenSingapore to host world premiere of Last Tycoon

    2012-11-01T21:03:00Z

    Distribution Workshop’s The Last Tycoon, starring Chow Yun-fat, will receive its world premiere on the opening night of ScreenSingapore on December 4.

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    Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac taken by Australia’s Transmission

    2012-11-01T20:39:00Z

    Transmission Films has secured all rights in Australia and New Zealand to Lars von Trier’s forthcoming erotic drama Nymphomaniac.

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    Crawlspace

    2012-11-01T13:07:00Z

    Dir: Justin Dix. Australia. 2012. 83mins

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    Universal salutes Saving General Yang

    2012-11-01T09:00:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures has signed a string of sales on Ronny Yu’s Saving General Yang, including a deal with Universal Pictures International Entertainment for the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

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    Yen to star in Emperor's Enter The Master

    2012-11-01T09:00:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) is currently scouting overseas locations for $22m martial arts blockbuster Enter The Master, which is scheduled to start shooting in January 2013.

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    Mega-Vision reloads Young And Dangerous franchise

    2012-11-01T09:00:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP) is producing a remake of the popular Young And Dangerous franchise, directed by hot up-and-coming director Daniel Chan.