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All Asia articles – Page 482
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Indian multiplexes lower ticket prices to counter downturn
Indian multiplex operators are slashing ticket prices in an attempt to keep admissions steady during these delicate economic times. Several leading chains are reducing prices from 20%-50% with a variety of reduced rates based on location, day of the week and the timing of shows. Most of the reductions are ...
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Opinion: Eastern promisesin the long term
At the recent FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai, Anand Mahindra, a leading industrialist and recent entrant to the film business, said he was convinced India's economy would recover more quickly than other major economies for two reasons.First, he believes India has a great strength in its agricultural sector, which is ...
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Technology's transformation of the film business
A dance floor in Indonesia is not the most likely place for a US seller and a German buyer to negotiate an acquisition deal. Yet with the transformation of the film business due to cellphones, PDAs (personal digital assistant) and other mobile devices, anywhere is valid as a place to ...
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The secrets to Japanese box-office success
Japanese cinema-goers paying $18 for a ticket tend to make conservative choices when they reach the front of the queue. This goes some way to explain the 59.5% market share garnered by local films at last year's box office. Audiences know what they will get from the new animation from ...
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Back to the mainland: China opens up to co-productions
Shooting permits are being issued again in China after a difficult 2008. Between October 2008 and January 2009, the Film Bureau approved 17 projects to shoot in China. Only eight received permits between June and September last year.Among the Asian projects are Cinema Popular's Dark October, which will start shooting ...
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Chinese film boom - market manipulation or audience shift'
In Olympic year in 2008, the Chinese government placed subtle restrictions on the number and nature of foreign films that could be released in the territory. This year, the 60th anniversary of the creation of the People's Republic of China, a similar mood of patriotic fervour is gripping the authorities. ...
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Adam Cohen joins Metan Development Group
Development and marketing executive Adam Cohen has been hired as production executive of original programming at Metan Development Group, the content producer and distributor launched in February to target the Chinese market.Cohen will seek to strengthen ties with feature and televisionproducers in Hollywood with a view to developing the slate. ...
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Zhang to make film celebrating communist China's birthday
Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is joining the trend to make a tribute film celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC). During his attendanceat the annual National People's Congress, Zhang told China's CCTV that he is working on several scripts and hopes to start shooting this year. ...
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UK theatre producers team with China's Dadi Media on musical
London-based Broadway producer Toby Simkin and Hampshire-based Captive Theater and Music are teaming up with China's Dadi Media and ESA Cultural Investment to co-produce musical feature The Sacrifice Of Yang Guifei. The film will be shot in mainland China with English as its primary language. It will be written and ...
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Turner, Warner Bros team for English-language channel for India
Turner and Warner Bros Entertainment have partnered to launch WB, a new 24-hour English-language Warner-branded channel aimed at the Indian market carrying features and television series.Available in Indian homes from March 15, WB will showcase programming licensed from Warner Bros International Television Distribution. The channel will be distributed by Zee-Turner ...
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Feng to direct disaster movie about Tangshan earthquake
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Pictures is teaming up with state-owned China Film Group and Tangshan City Government to co-produce disaster drama Tangshan Dadizheng, about the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976. Feng Xiaogang will direct the $25m drama, which will tell the story of the devastating earthquake that took the lives of over ...
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The Combination returns to screens after violent incidents
One of Australia's three biggest exhibitors, Greater Union Cinemas, last night reversed an earlier decision to withdraw Australian film The Combination from four of its Sydney screens after blaming the film for inciting violence. The Combination is the self-financed debut film of veteran actor David Field and is imbued with ...
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Sonnenfeld to direct remake of Korean hit Scandal Makers
Korean sales agent M-Line Distribution has announced that Barry Sonnenfeld (Men In Black) is attached to direct and executive produce the US remake of Korean sleeper hit Scandal Makers. Kang Hyung-chul's Scandal Makers portrays the comedy and drama that ensues when a radio DJ in his mid-thirties suddenly discovers he ...
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Japan's Usen divests stake in ShowTime VoD portal
Japanese media and communications conglomerate Usen has divested its stake in broadband VoD portal ShowTime Inc. Usen sold its 50% stake in ShowTime to online shopping giant Rakuten Inc for $18.38m (Y1.784bn), making the company a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rakuten. The shares will be delivered on March 25. The two ...
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Yubari awards SR: Saitama's Rapper, premieres Slumdog
Yu Irie’s 79-minute comedy drama SR: Saitama’s Rapper was awarded the grand prix at the19th editionof Japan’s Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (Feb 26-Mar 2), which wrappedtonight.
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Samson and Delilah and Treeless Mountain toast ofAdelaide
The Adelaide Film Festival may only be in its fourth year but the event has developed a reputation far beyond its age by being the first Australian film festival to seriously launch an international feature film competition and the first to invest in films. Following its lead, Sydney now also ...
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Indian Film Company to co-produce Chadha's Afterlife
London and Mumbai-based The Indian Film Company (TIFC) has announced that it will co-produce Gurinder Chadha's upcoming project, It's A Wonderful Afterlife, with the director's Bend It Films. Hanway Films is handling international sales on the film which is scheduled to start shooting March 28 in London. The cast includes ...
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NewsAng Lee to head international jury at Venice's 66th edition
Two-time Venice Golden Lion winner Ang Lee will head the international jury of the Venice FilmFestival’s 66th edition.
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Departures tops Japanese box office following Oscar win
In the first weekend since its Oscar win for best foreign-language film, Departures ascended to the number one position at the Japanese box office after re-entering the top ten last week in eighth place.Departures earned $3.3m (Y320.5m) from 299,495 admissions on 189 screens in its 25th week of release. The ...