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All Asia articles – Page 506
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Japan's Movie-Eye Entertainment ramps up US releases
Japanese producer-distributor Movie-Eye Entertainment has unveiled its 2008-2009 line-up, which has a strong emphasis on foreign acquisitions. A total of 30 films were announced, comprising 24 foreign titles and six domestic releases.The eight titles slated for the remainder of 2008 include Tarsem-directed fantasy The Fall (Sept), Hilary Swank starrer P.S. ...
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Richard Becker leaps back into Australian distribution
After selling off his family name last year, Richard Becker has re-emerged as an Australian distributor using the same name and with Female Agents as his first film.The new Becker Film Group acquired Jean-Paul Salome's drama -- about a five-woman commando unit that parachutes into occupied France in 1944 -- ...
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Red Cliff grosses $26m in opening weekend
John Woo's war epic Red Cliff swept across five Asian territories in its opening weekend and set new box office records in China and Korea.The two-hour film was released on Thursday (July 10)in mainland China, Korea, Taiwan andHong Kong, and on Friday in Singapore, andhas grosseda total of around $26.04m ...
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The Mummy 3 not yet approved for Chinese release
It seems that havingChinese elements in a filmdoes not necessarily result inan easy green light from the Chinese censors. Universal Pictures' summer blockbuster The Mummy: The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor may be yet another film to face censor troubles in China.The film was originally slated to be released in ...
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Red Cliff has record-breaking opening in mainland China
The first part of John Woo's war epic Red Cliff had a strong opening in major Asian territories on Thursday (July 10), grossing around $4.7m in total from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.In mainland China, the film grossed more than $2.92m (RMB20m) on its opening day, according to ...
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Screenrights urges rights holders to claim Oz royalties
More than $1m has been earned in retransmission royalties from movies shown by Australian broadcasters up to the end of last month, but not all of the money has been paid to rights holders because they have not registered their titles. Simon Lake, chief executive of copyright collection society Screenrights, ...
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Chin Hanjoins cast ofEmmerich's 2012
Singapore-born actor Chin Han, who starred in 3 Needles and plays one of the main villains in The Dark Knight, has landed a role in Roland Emmerich's 2012. He has joined the ensemble cast to play Lin Pang, a character who becomes indispensable in the fight to save a group ...
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Toei, TV Asahi set to co-produce Partners spin-off
Japanese studio Toei and regular television partner TV Asahi are planning to co-produce a spin-off to local hit Partners: The Movie. Entitled Partners: Investigator Mamoru Yonezawa's Case File (Aibo Series: Kanshiki Yonezawa Mamoru No Jikenbo), the story will focus on the character of the image and fingerprint expert who played ...
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Films chosen for Melbourne fest's first market screenings
Paul Cox's latest film, Salvation, is one of 10 finished films that will be shown to buyers later this month as part of 37South, the market attached to the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).The films were chosen from a field of 20 and only one has a sales company attached ...
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Chow teams with Cathay United Bank group on Taiwan fund
Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow is advising Taiwan's Cathay Securities Investment Truston an investment fund which aims to pump $65m into listed film companies.The Cathay Global Entertainment Fund was announced at a seminar in Taipei on Friday (July 4) attended by Chow who is a senior advisor in the entertainment ...
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Oz producers Culley, Macgowan team on slate of local pics
Australian producer Marian Macgowan (Death Defying Acts) has taken on a new producing partner in Miranda Culley, who has been director Phillip Noyce's Sydney partner for the past seven years. The move enables Macgowan to both produce and develop features simultaneously, which is difficult as a lone producer.'The business model ...
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Korean film market share slides to 38% in first half
Leading South Korean exhibitor CJ CGV has reported first half statistics that bring local film market share to 37.6% - the lowest since 28.4% in 2000 and down 9.7% from last year. Nationwide admissions dropped to 70.4 million, down 2.1% year-on-year and the lowest in the last three years.The top ...
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Thai government plans tax incentives for foreign shoots
Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports is planning to introduce tax incentives for foreign film productions, in a bid to increase the country's appeal as an international shooting location. According to local media, the cabinet has approved a proposal for the ministry to work with the Investment and Finance Ministry ...
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China box office up 55% in first half of 2008
The first half of 2008 saw impressive growth at the China box office, with total receipts reaching $237.32m (RMB1.63bn), a 55% increase compared to the first half of 2007, according to government figures. Industry players estimate that the total box office for 2008 will reach $583.09m (RMB4bn). Despite several natural ...
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Taipei fest ups glamour but suffers from falling ticket sales
The tenth anniversary edition of the Taipei Film Festival (June 20 - July 6) ended Sunday with an attempt to reinvent itself as a competitive event for local films amid plummeting ticket sales. The festival, which has recruited several former staff of the Golden Horse Film Awards, upped the glamour ...
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Festival preview: Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema
Now the Indian film industry is making more noise on the world stage, its film festivals are also starting to attract a more international crowd. One of the best known outside India is Mumbai-based Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema, which this year takes place July 10-20 in ...
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New Zealand adjusts its 40% grant for local films
The New Zealand Government has dropped the expenditure threshold by $760,000 (NZ$1m) to $3m (NZ$4m) for New Zealand films and New Zealand co-productions wanting to claim back 40% of this expenditure under the new Screen Production Incentive Fund (SPIF). The initiative was announced in May and, since then, the government ...
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Kung Fu Panda breaks China record for animated features
Paramount Pictures International's Kung Fu Panda has become the highest-grossing animation ever in mainland China, raking in $14.6m (RMB100m) in ten days. The film is also the first animated feature film that has grossed over RMB100m, which is generally seen as a benchmark for blockbuster films in China.Previously, the best-selling ...
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In Focus: World cinema arrives in India
Despite its huge population, India is still classed as a tiny territory by international sales agents, one where even the US studios have failed to make much of a dent in the Bollywood juggernaut.But whereas Indian buyers used to pick up occasional genre films to squeeze in around local product ...
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Toronto adds world premieres including Disgrace, Miracle Of St Anna
The Toronto International Film Festival has added six films to its Special Presentations line-up for 2008.The films include four world premieres: Steve Jacobs' Disgrace, Vicente Amorim's Good, Spike Lee's Miracle At St Anna, and Peter Sollett's Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.North American premieres are Paolo Sorrentino's Cannes jury prize-winner Il ...