All Asia articles – Page 493
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NewsVanguard picks up US rights to Distant Course and Island Etude
Taipei-based producer-distributor Joint Entertainment International has sold two award-winning Taiwanese titles – The Most Distant Course and Island Etude – to Vanguard International Cinema for the US.
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ReviewsLike You Know It All (Jal Aljido Mot Hamyeonsuh)
Dir/scr/prod. Hong Sang-soo. South Korea. 2009. 140mins.
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NewsFirst members join Tokyo's Green Carpet Club
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has signed up the first raft of members for its environmental initiative, the Green Carpet Club (GCC), including Jon Voight, John Woo, Fernando Meirelles and Julianne Moore.
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NewsFinecut sells French speaking rights on Like You Know It All
South Korea’s Finecut has sold Hong Sang-soo’s Directors’ Fortnight title, Like You Know It, to CTV International for French-speaking territories.
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NewsOverlook turns Macabre for Europe and US
Overlook Entertainment has picked up Europe and US rights for horror film Macabre, the first feature from new Asian genre label Gorylah.
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NewsShanghai Film Festival announces project market line-up
The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has announced the line-up of 32 Co-production Film Pitch and Catch (Co-FPC) projects and eight China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC) projects.
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NewsFortissimo sets off on Road, Movie
Fortissimo Films is continuing its foray into Indian cinema by picking up international rights outside Indian territories to Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie.
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NewsMagnet Releasing buys US rights to Red Cliff
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to John Woos’ period military epic Red Cliff from CAA and Howard Frumes of Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz.
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NewsAngels & Demons unleashed on global box office
Angels & Demons swoops into the global marketplace this weekend, opening, almost exactly three years after predecessor The Da Vinci Code, in 96 international markets as well as North America.
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Easternlight Films buys rights to Future X-Cops
Arclight Films’ Asian division, Easternlight Films, has acquired world rights excluding Hong Kong, China and Taiwan to sci-fi action film Future X-Cops, starring Andy Lau.
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NewsArclight and Axxis pop for Bubblegum Crisis
Arclight Films and Singapore’s Axxis International are among the companies involved in a six-country collaboration to produce a $30m live-action feature based on Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis.
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FeaturesJapan and India step up at Cannes
The Japanese and Indian presence at Cannes has increased this year as both territories look beyond their huge domestic markets.
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NewsDadi Film moves into sales for Confucius
Beijing-based production outfit Dadi Film has set up an international sales arm to shop its $23m biopic of Chinese philosopher Confucius, starring Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Xun.
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NewsStrategic Film Partners picks up Lau’s Kung Fu Cyborg
LA-based international sales and distribution company Strategic Film Partners has acquired North American rights to Jeff Lau’s action sci-fi comedy Kung Fu Cyborg, a film produced by Lau’s China-based Leshi Zhenwei Film Productions.
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NewsFinecut sells Iris to the world
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up worldwide rights to $20m thriller Iris: The Movie, starring Korean heartthrob Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee.
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NewsOdin’s Eye teams with Prime on joint sales venture
Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has struck a deal with Korea’s Prime Entertainment for joint representation of a slate of 14 Korean titles.
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NewsReliance Big Entertainment reveals A-list productions
India’s Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) has announced the first raft of projects to be approved for development financing through the deals it has struck with the production vehicles of nine Hollywood stars.
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South Korea launches plan to combat online piracy
File sharing websites and producers in South Korea have developed a three-step plan to combat piracy.