All Asia articles – Page 517
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De Niro, Garcia and Choi on Hyun Jin's street
Korean production company Hyun Jin Cinema has announced a $40m Japan-Korea-US co-production, Street of Dreams, about legendary Asian-American gangster Montana Joe to star Robert DeNiro, Andy Garcia, and Choi Min-soo.Raymond De Felitta, whose Two Family House won the Audience Award at Sundance, is directing the film.The film's producer Fred Roos, ...
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Paul Elliott's Aussie horror The Red Car gets Aurora go-ahead
A brand new car brings only tragedy to its owners in the horror film The Red Car, one of four films chosen for Aurora, the flagship development and financing program of the New South Wales Film and Television Office.The Black Balloon, which won this year's Crystal Bear in the Generation ...
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Universe kicks up a storm of pre-sales for Pang Brothers
Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution has scored a string of pre-sales on the Pang Brothers' The Stormriders II, starring Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng, which was unveiled a press conference at Filmart yesterday. The $12m martial arts project has been snapped up by Chengtian/Golden Harvest, which has acquired rights for ...
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Forbidden Kingdom to have world premiere in Beijing
US producer Casey Silver has confirmed that the world premiere of martial arts action adventure The Forbidden Kingdom will take place in Beijing on April 16. The film will open in the US two days later and in China on April 24. Silver was in Hong Kong to promote the ...
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Screen Australia appoints first CEO
Experienced public policy manager Lyn Maddock has been appointed interim chief executive of Australia's new film super-body, Screen Australia, for four months.Screen Australia replaces the Film Finance Corporation (FFC), Australian Film Commission (AFC) and Film Australia (FA), and will administer the 40% rebate now available for the production of Australian ...
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EFP gives support to seven films at Hong Kong film festival
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has, for the first time, been included in the list of non-European film festivals eligible for European Film Promotion's Film Sales Support (FSS) initiative.Four European sales agents and one production company are receiving FFS support for the marketing of seven films.These include Stefan ...
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China's Wanda Group enters film production
Exhibitor Wanda Group, owner of Wanda Cinema Circuit, is to enter the film production business in 2008.The group will invest $28m (RMB200m) in building a media and entertainment arm, including plans for a 4500-acre film studio in its home base of Dalian City.According to Wanda Group president Wang Jianlin, the ...
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Thailand lures international shoots
Thailand continues to be a hot Asian shooting destination with six international feature films scheduled to shoot there in the upcoming months, including Lee Jun-ik's Sunny, the Pang Brothers' Stormriders 2 and Street Fighter.Korean director Lee (King And The Clown) has just wrapped his latest film Sunny after a three-month ...
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Chengtian/Golden Harvest plan Chinese cinema growth
Following its acquisition of a major stake in Golden Harvest Group, Beijing-based Chengtian Entertainment is entering the multiplex business with expansion plans in mainland China.Apart from the existing Golden Harvest cinema in Shenzhen, three more theatres are planned in Beijing, Wuxi and Hangzhou.Wuxi's Mao Ye Mall 11-screen multiplex will open ...
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Easternlight Films acquires Legendary Assassin
Arclight Films' Asian label Easternlight Films has picked up worldwide rights to Wu Jing's action film Legendary Assassin at Filmart.The deal, which excludes Hong Kong and China, is the first between Easternlight and Paco Wong's production company Gold Label Pictures from Hong Kong.The $4m film marks the directorial debut of ...
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Theron plots return of Lady Vengeance
Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron is to produce and star in a remake of Korean director Park Chan-wook's hit thriller Sympathy For Lady Vengeance. 'We are still in the very preliminary stages. We're working with Ms. Theron and her production company to make the remake happen,' said Chong Choe, director ...
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Mandarin brings Bruce Lee's kung-fu master to big screen
Hong Kong's Mandarin Films is producing a biopic of Ip Man, the kung-fu master of global superstar Bruce Lee, which is set to star Donnie Yen and Simon Yam.Wilson Yip is directing the film which is currently in pre-production, with Sammo Hung as action director. Yip and Yen previously collaborated ...
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Secret Sunshine lights up Asian Film Awards
Korea's Secret Sunshine was the big winner at the second edition of the Asian Film Awards (AFAs) last night, scooping best film, best director for Lee Chang-dong and best actress for Jeon Do-yeon's performance.The AFA prizes follow almost of a year of top honours for Secret Sunshine, which also won ...
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Korean film school swaps shorts for features
The pioneering Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) is to produce four feature-length films instead of the usual shorts this year.The school believes hands-on practical experience of the full-length film-making process will better equip students for work in the industry.CJ Cultural Foundation and CJ CGV have backed the four films ...
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Indian film industry continues impressive growth
The impressive growth in the Indian film industry shows no signs of slowing, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).The film industry grew 13% in 2007 to around $2.7bn. Overseas revenues and home video both showed even stronger growth, up 15% on 2006.The report, released before next week's FICCI Frames ...
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Antique and Go Go 70's added to Fine Cut Filmart slate
Recently-launched Korean sales agent Fine Cut has announced two additions to its slate from United Pictures - Antique, directed by Min Kyu-dong (All For Love), and Go Go 70's, directed by Choi Ho (Bloody Tie) and starring Cho Seung-woo.United Pictures is a new joint production and financing outfit set up ...
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Khoo, Tan and Tong top Raintree slate
Celebrating its 10th anniversary as Singapore 's leading producer, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures has unveiled a slate of five projects, including three by the most prominent local film-makers and two co-productions with Hong Kong 's Salon Films.Eric Khoo will direct Chinese Rose - a biopic of 'Queen of Striptease' Rose Chan, ...
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Empress finds champion in Golden Network
Hong Kong-based Golden Network Asia has picked up worldwide rights outside Asia to martial arts epic An Empress And The Warriors from United Filmmakers Organization.Hong Kong's Mei Ah Entertainment is handling Asian sales on the film, directed by action choreographer Tony Ching Siu-tung and starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen and ...
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THE BUSINESS: Hong Kong Filmart round-up
Screen's team at Filmart look at some of the key deals concluded at this year's Filmart in Hong Kong.Click on headline to see storyUniverse kicks up a storm of pre-sales for Pang Brothers Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution has scored a string of pre-sales on the Pang Brothers' The Storm ...
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Ramy Choi's Fame to develop new Taiwanese talent
Former Fortissimo Films executive Ramy Choi has launched a production and talent management outfit, Fame Universal Entertainment, which aims to develop up-and-coming talent with a focus on Taiwan.The company is representing several award-winning Taiwanese films as international sales agent - including Singing Chen's Berlin Forum entry God Man Dog, Doze ...