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All Asia articles – Page 412
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NewsChris O'Dowd joins cast of Goalpost's The Sapphires
Aboriginal girl-group story begins shooting this month in Australia.
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NewsLee Jang-ho to head new umbrella Film Korea
South Korean regional film commissions and entertainment industry groups have organised to launch Film Korea today (Aug 12) at the Jecheon International Music Film Festival.
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NewsToei launches international acquisitions under Tryangle label
Japanese major Toei studios announced its official return to foreign acquisitions today with the launch of new label Toei Tryangle.
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NewsCelestial steps into online gaming with My Kingdom Game
Hong Kong’s Celestial Picture launches an online game that is the first game application developed to promote for a Chinese-language movie.
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NewsVenice adds Johnnie To's Life Without Principle to Competition
Hong Kong action filmmaker Jonnie To’s financial-crisis themed Life Without Principle (Dyut Ming Gam) will be the 22nd film in competition in the upcoming Venice Film Festival, organisers confirmed.
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NewsFox goes all-digital for distribution in Hong Kong, Macau
Twentieth Century Fox International will cease distribution of 35mm film prints to theatres in Hong Kong and Macau as of Jan 1, 2012.
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NewsBusan's Asian Cinema Fund backs films including Venice-bound Cut
The 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced 31 selections for this year’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF).
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NewsBBFC orders cuts to 3D Sex and Zen
UK film censors order cuts to erotic 3D film banned in China.
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NewsTokyo Film Festival announces opening film and disaster aid initiatives
The 24th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will open with Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers, festival organisers announced today.
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NewsOptimum strikes UK deal for $25m Taiwanese epic with Fortissimo
Venice competitor now titled Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale.
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NewsTony Leung to star in Mei Ah's spy thriller Windseeker
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment will produce four new films set in mainland China, with budgets totaling $50m.
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NewsChan, Mak launch HK production outfit Kudos Films
Veteran talent manager and producer Willie Chan has launched a Hong Kong-based production company, Kudos Films, in partnership with actor Juno Mak.
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NewsMedia Asia expands into mainland China
Media Asia secures Chinese private equity funding through investment deal.
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NewsRob Cohen to direct $100m war epic for CJ, Grapevine
Korea’s CJ E&M Pictures and Grapevine Entertainment have attached Rob Cohen to direct $100m war epic 1950, described as the biggest-budget project ever undertaken by the Korean film industry.
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FeaturesAsian indies still financed the old fashioned way
Despite the proliferation of new media platforms in Asia, the region’s genre filmmakers are sticking to tried-and-tested formulas to finance their films.
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NewsSingapore’s Golden Village to screen Ayumi concerts
Singaporean exhibitor Golden Village is planning to screen two of Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki’s recent concert tours at its flagship theatres.
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NewsScreen Australia backs films inspired by Bon Scott, Michael Hutchence
Agency also gives development financing to new films by Adam Elliot and Bruce Beresford.
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Walter Morgan joins Canadian entertainment company TGNA
It is part of the company’s campaign to foster co-production opportunities between Canada and China.
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NewsLuke and Meek to return to the UK
Industry veterans Ashley Luke and Scott Meek are leaving Australia to return to the UK.
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NewsDisney offers to buy out partners in India’s UTV
The Walt Disney Company has made a $454m offer to buy out its partners in Mumbai-based UTV Software Communications, the parent company of film producer-distributor UTV Motion Pictures.