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All Asia articles – Page 449
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NewsFinecut takes sales rights to John H Lee's $10m Korean war epic
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has picked up John H. Lee’s $10m upcoming Korean War movie, currently called 71 – Into The Fire.
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NewsBodyguards and Mother lead Asian Film Award nominations
Teddy Chan’s Bodyguards And Assassins and Boon Jong-ho’s Mother both scored six nominations, including best film and director, for the fourth Asian Film Awards.
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NewsFox to co-finance Na Hong-jin's The Murderer
Fox International Productions will co-finance Showbox Mediaplex’s The Murderer, to be directed by Na Hong-jin.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Tamra Davis' Jean-Micheal Basquiat doc
Fortissimo Films has acquired sale worldwide rights, excluding North America, to documentary Jean-Micheal Basquiat: The Radiant Child, directed by Tamra Davis.
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NewsJapanese music drama Bandage rocks crowded box office
Takeshi Kobayashi’s indie rock and roll drama Bandage opened in fourth place this weekend despite tough competition at the Japanese box office.
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NewsPoon and Li join Celestial Pictures
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed former Media Asia general manager Peter Poon as senior vice-president and producer Rosa Li is joining as creative executive.
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CommentGlobes prompt annual sniping
The domestic media has long used Golden Globes week as an excuse to mock The Hollywood Foreign Press Association; but the tide is turning and US studios are increasingly coming round to the huge potential of the international market.
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ReviewsBodyguards And Assassins (Shi Yue Wei Cheng)
Dir: Teddy Chen. China-Hong Kong. 2009. 138 mins.
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NewsKevin Spacey joins Chinese black comedy Inseparable
Kevin Spacey has signed up to star in Chinese-American director Dayyan Eng’s black comedy, Inseparable.
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NewsSidus to launch sales for Busan omnibus at Berlin
Korea-based Sidus FNH will launch sales for the Pusan International Film Festival’s omnibus Busan Project (working title) at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin.
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NewsNZFC promotes James Thompson to marketing chief
James Thompson has been promoted to head of sales and marketing at New Zealand Film, the sales division of the NZ Film Commission, effective immediately. He was previously business affairs executive in the same division.
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NewsHinduja Group to invest $55m in content over next three years
The Hinduja Group, the banking group with media interests, has announced plans to invest $55m (Rs 2.5bn) in the content business over the next two to three years.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office - January 1
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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FeaturesHitting a Homerun
Daniel Yun is galvanising the Singapore film community with his latest venture — Homerun Pictures. He tell Liz Shackleton how he is setting up film funds with China and Australia and launching an international sales outfit
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NewsHong Kong box office rises by 6.5% in 2009
Hong Kong’s box office grew by around 6.5% to $151.93m (HK$1.18bn) in 2009, according to figures from Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA).
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NewsAvatar heads into weekend as second biggest global release
Avatar enters its fourth weekend as the second highest grossing worldwide release in history on $1.131bn and should have little trouble retaining its box office crown as it sweeps past $800m overseas.
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NewsExhibition surge fuels 44% climb in 2009 China box office
The Chinese box office rose by 44% during 2009 to reach $910m (RMB6.2bn), its highest growth rate for six years.
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CommentLessons from Avatar
Mega-blockbusters such as Avatar may be extreme rarities but it serves to remind the industry that while there are big problems yet to be solved; great entertainment and storytelling remain key winning over audiences.
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NewsLocal films drove 4.8% box office rise in South Korea, says CJ CGV
South Korea’s 2009 box office admissions rose by 4.8% year-on-year to 156,319,224 tickets, according to estimates by leading local exhibitor CJ CGV.
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NewsWarner Bros boards remake rights to Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Warner Bros has picked up English-language remake rights to CJ Entertainment’s South Korean hit Sympathy For Mr Vengeance.