All Asia articles – Page 383
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Birch Tree, Astro Shaw team for martial arts slate
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw and US-based sales agent Birch Tree Entertainment are joining forces to produce and distribute a slate of martial arts action films.
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Hong Kong’s Pegasus to produce Ip Man 3D
Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures is introducing the third part of its hit Ip Man franchise in Cannes – the most ambitious installment yet which the company is planning to shoot in 3D.
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Mirovision boards $25m animation Empire Of The Ants
Seoul-based production and sales outfit Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, which is an adaptation of French author Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis.
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eOne takes Australia/New Zealand on Samsara
eOne and Hopscotch have acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Samsara, the follow up to Baraka.
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M-Line’s Doomsday arrives in US, Germany
Korea’s M-Line Distribution has sold its high-concept sci-fi drama Doomsday Book to Well Go USA for North America and Splendid for Benelux and Germany.
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Koo, Lau, Cheung join Universe’s Cartel War
Hong Kong’s Universe Films has unveiled the cast for Benny Chan’s upcoming action film The Cartel War, which will star Louis Koo, Lau Ching Wan and Nick Cheung.
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Tianjin’s Rabbit hops to North America
Grindstone Entertainment has picked up North American rights to hit animated feature Legend Of A Rabbit from China’s Tianjin Film Studio.
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Melbourne film festival to open with Sapphires
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced that The Sapphires has been selected as the opening film of this year’s edition of the festival which runs August 2-19.
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Woo to direct remake of Nikkatsu’s Beast
John Woo is set to direct and produce gangster drama Day Of The Beast, an English-language remake of Seijin Suzuki’s 1963 classic Youth Of The Beast.
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Finecut scares up The Profane
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Finecut is teaming with the UK’s Rook Films and India’s Reel Illusion Films to co-produce Indian horror title The Profane, written and directed by Sidharth Srinivasan.
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CJ Soars with broad set of sales
CJ Entertainment has unveiled a raft of sales on its two upcoming high-concept action pictures, Soar Into The Sun and The Tower, and K-pop documentary I Am: SM Town Live.
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Asian buyers click with Showbox horror
Korean studio Showbox has pre-sold horror title Don’t Click to a slew of Asian distributors including Barkarat Cineleisure Group for China, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
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108 Media steppes into epic Myn Bala
Toronto-based sales and distribution outfit 108 Media has picked up international rights to Kazakh epic Myn Bala: Warriors Of The Steppe and will commence sales in Cannes.
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Ausfilm appoints UK-based McMullan as chairman
Ausfilm, the organisation that helps to sell Australia as a filmmaking partner, a location and a service provider, has appointed London-based former politician Bob McMullan as its chair.
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Beresford, Leigh among Screen Australia recipients
Sleeping Beauty director Julia Leigh, veteran Bruce Beresford and Kriv Stenders, who made last year’s local box office hit Red Dog, have all scored development dollars from Screen Australia for new films.
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News Corp acquires 19.9% stake in Bona Film Group
News Corporation is acquiring a 19.9% equity stake in Chinese studio Bona Film Group, directly from the studio’s founder and chairman Yu Dong.
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Screen unveils list of 50 Future Leaders in Sales and Acquisitions
On the eve of Cannes 2012, Screen presents our Future Leaders of Sales and Acquisitions: 50 of the hottest rising buyers and sellers.
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul to lead Locarno jury
Thai director, screenwriter, producer and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul will lead the international competition jury at the 65th Locarno Film Festival.