All Asia articles – Page 365
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China's Fantawild unwraps slate of creature features
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
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
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
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
Capelight Pictures has acquired German rights to New Zealand horror comedy Fresh Meat.
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Japan's Showgate buys into Bergdorf's
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transmission Films has secured all rights in Australia and New Zealand to Lars von Trier’s forthcoming erotic drama Nymphomaniac.
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Universal salutes Saving General Yang
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
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
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.