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All Asia articles – Page 481
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Paramount scares up 30+ territory opening for Friday The 13th
Paramount and New Line's horror remake Friday The 13th will be the oneto beat when it opens day-and-date with North America in more than 30territories through PPI this weekend.Highlights are expected to come from France on February 11, Germanyand Russia on February 12 and the UK, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Spain,Brazil ...
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A dog's path to glory: The ups and downs of financing and producing Slumdog Millionaire
The UK's Film4 rarely buys a book without a production company involved, but chief Tessa Ross did just that when she first read Q&A by Vikas Swarup, the source novel for Slumdog Millionaire. 'It had a fantastic landscape, a clever plot and a way of telling the story of a ...
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Waisbren: Don't hesitate - consolidate!
In times of trouble, the big beasts always herd together. 'Consolidate or die' has been the frequent mantra when the independent film business is under threat. It was very much the message given by Ben Waisbren, president and chief executive of Continental Entertainment Capital, during his keynote speech at the ...
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Rapid Eye picks up Phantom'sLove Exposure
Rapid Eye has acquired all German-speaking rights to Forum title Love Exposure from Japan's Phantom Film. Directed by Sono Sion, the four-hour drama follows a young boy who falls in love with a girl who later becomes his step sister. He is then forced to rescue her, along with her ...
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WKW's Jet Tone recruits Chengto directProtein Girl
Wong Kar-wai's production outfit Jet Tone Films hasbrought on boardTaiwanese director Cheng Hsiao-tse to write and direct urban comedy drama Protein Girl. Scheduled to start shooting this summer, the film follows three characters - a thirty-something woman, a boy who is growing up to become a young Casanova and another ...
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Media Asia closes slew of saleson The Sniper
Media Asia has closed deals on Dante Lam's The Sniper for territories including Germany, France, the UK and Turkey. The film, about a police sniper who vows to take revenge after he is unjustly imprisoned, has gone to KSM in Germany, Wild Side in France, Showbox in the UK, Horizon ...
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Kim Ki-duk Film sues Korea's Studio 2.0
Korean director Kim Ki-duk's production company, Kim Ki-duk Film, has filed suit against distributor Studio 2.0 for suspicion of profits embezzlement from the box office success Rough Cut, directed by Kim Ki-duk protege Jang Hun. Rough Cut was made for less than $1.5m with co-producer Sponge Entertainment and leading men ...
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Indiestory's Old Partner becomes Korea's top independent film
Korean film distributor Indiestory's Old Partner, an ultra-low-budget documentary about an octogenarian man, his wife and his loyal, hard-working cow of 30 years has become South Korea's biggest independent film hit on record.Focusing onthe relationship between theman and his cowand thevalue of humble labor, Lee Chung-ryoul's 78-minute HD documentaryhas taken ...
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Asmik Ace picks up Kore-eda's Air Doll
Japan's Asmik Ace has picked up worldwide sales rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda's project Air Doll (working title), which stars Korean actress Bae Doo-na. The film, which is currently in post-production after wrapping at the end of January, is based on a manga created by Yoshiie Goda. It follows the story ...
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Magnolia kicks up US rights to Ong Bak 2
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Thai martial arts action title Ong Bak 2 from Sahamongkolfilm International. Magnolia is planning a theatrical release for the film under its Magnet Releasing genre label. The company released the first Ong Bak film, also starring Tony Jaa, which grossed more than $4m ...
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Zhao Wei to star in Mulan for Beijing-based Starlight
Beijing-based Starlight International has announced that it will produce and invest in a live-action version of Chinese classic folk story Mulan, set to star Chinese actress Vicky Zhao Wei (Red Cliff). Jingle Ma will direct the film which is scheduled to start shooting in mid-February. The budget of the film ...
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Sponge teams with CJ CGV to release indie titles
Korean importer/producer Sponge Entertainment has announced a deal with leading exhibitor CJ CGV to screen a slate of Sponge's upcoming local independent films. The films will be screened under the CGV Movie Collage label, an arthouse/independent cinema brand at CGV multiplexes. Sponge Entertainment, best known for importing and distributing arthouse ...
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Singh moves from Sony India to PVR Pictures
Uday Singh, executive vice president of production at Sony Pictures India, has left his post after 12 years with the studio to take up theposition of CEO at PVR Pictures. Before taking over production, Singh headed up distribution at Sony Pictures India. In his new role, he will oversee both ...
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Disney closes longterm distribution deal with DreamWorks, Reliance
The Walt Disney Studios and Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider and Indian giant Reliance BIG's DreamWorks 2.0 have signed their exclusive long-term distribution deal to handle distribution and marketing on approximately six live-action films a year.Disney moved in after the distribution deal announced last October between DreamWorks and Universal fell apart ...
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M-Line seals European, Japan deals on Flower
Seoul-based sales agent M-Line Distribution has sealed a raft of deals on recent pick-ups A Frozen Flower and Scandal Makers, which are both currently huge hits in Korea. Yu Ha's A Frozen Flower has gone to Splendid for Germany and Benelux, Impacto Films for Spain, KNTV for Japan, Good Films ...