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All Asia articles – Page 550
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Jun returns to Korean film with Chung's Superman
Pan-Asian Korean star Gianna Jun (My Sassy Girl), formerly known as Jun Ji-hyun, is making her local comeback in the upcoming film from Chung Yoon-chul, director of the hit Marathon. The actress/model just finished shooting Edko Films/Pathe France's Blood: The Last Vampire with director Chris Nahon this August. Her last ...
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CJ, China Film to co-produce Cheung's Tangka
Leading Korean investor/distributor CJ Entertainment has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China 's largest film company, China Film Group, to co-produce Tibet-set drama Tangka. The film will be directed by Jacob Cheung who most recently directed pan-Asian co-production A Battle Of Wits , starring Andy ...
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Universal Japan strikes DVD distribution deal with Geneon
Universal Pictures Japan and Geneon Entertainment have created a home entertainment distribution partnership. Geneon will distribute Universal's new release titles on DVD, with the first release being The Bourne Ultimatum in March 2008.However, Universal Pictures Japan, led by MD Ghen Akiyama, will continue to distribute all Universal catalogue and television ...
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Lust, Caution has strong opening in HK, Taiwan
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution had a record-breaking opening in Hong Kong and Taiwan on September 25, which was also the date of this year's mid-autumn festival public holiday. In Taiwan, the Venice Golden Lion winner grossed $1.07m (NT35m) in two days. It claimed the biggest mid-autumn holiday single day record, ...
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Bangkok World Film Festival to open with Blue Wolf
The 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok (October 25 - November 4) will open with Japanese director Shinichiro Sawai's The Blue Wolf: To The Ends Of The Earth And Sea about legendary Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan. Shinji Aoyama's Sad Vacation, Semih Kaplanoglu's Egg, Royston Tan's 881, Nina Menkes' Phantom Love, ...
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FFC greenlights four including Mao's Last Dancer
Australia 's Film Finance Corporation (FFC) has given the greenlight to four high-profile feature films, including Mao's Last Dancer to be directed by Bruce Beresford, and granted provisional approval to four more. In a move that sees Australian filmmakers looking beyond their shores for stories, four of the films are ...
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Warner Bros, TWC sign up for two Imagi features
Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based Imagi Animation Studios has signed a deal with Warner Bros Pictures and The Weinstein Company for worldwide distribution of its upcoming 3D animated features Gatchaman and Astroboy. The three companies previously partnered on Imagi's first theatrical production, TMNT, which opened in March 2007 at the ...
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Eros signs Kajol, Devgan for 3D animated feature
Eros International has signed up leading Indian actress Kajol and her husband Ajay Devgan for a 3D animated feature, Toonpur Ka Super Hero. To be directed by commercials filmmaker Kireet Khurana, the film will combine live-action and 3D animation in a story about a hero who accidentally lands in a ...
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Forbidden Kingdom moves to South Korea for effects work
Relativity Media's kung-fu action adventure The Forbidden Kingdom, starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan, has wrapped in China and will now move to South Korea for visual effects work. A consortium of three South Korean effects houses - Macrograph Inc, Digital Tetra Inc (DTI) and Footage - has been assembled ...
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Eros signs up Kajol and Devgan for 3-D animation
Eros International, India's leading media and entertainment company, has signed up leading Indian actress Kajol and her husband Ajay Devgan for a 3-D animation film. The project, Toonpur Ka Super Hero, will be Eros' second production with the husband-wife team after You, Me and Hum (directed by Devgan). Devgan's business ...
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Buddha, Jellyfish among competition titles at Tokyo Filmex
Tokyo Filmex announced the full line-up for its 8th edition (November 17-25) at a press conference held today at Tokyo 's National Film Center. The opening film will be Cannes-produced short film omnibus To Each His Own Cinema. As previously announced, Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine will be the closing film. ...
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India selects Chopra's Eklavya for foreign Oscar race
India has selected Eklavya - The Royal Guard as its official entry to the best foreign-language film category of the Oscars, marking the second time that a film from director Vidhu Vinod Chopra has been submitted. In 1989, Chopra's Parinda was India's official entry to the Oscars. He had greater ...
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Batman sequel to touch down in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is set to join London and Chicago as a filming location for Warner Bros' latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight. The Hong Kong Film Services Office (FSO), which provides location support to foreign productions, said the picture is expected to shoot in the territory this November. The Central ...
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Lust, Caution has Oscar-qualifying opening in Taiwan
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) is expected to imminently announce Lust, Caution as the country's official bid for best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards. The uncut version of the film opens in Taiwan and Hong Kong tonightahead of its North American opening, which enables it to qualify for the ...
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Hong Kong selects Exiled as Oscar submission
Hong Kong's Federation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong (FMFP) has selected Johnnie To's Exiled as the territory's entry for the best foreign-language film category of next year's Academy Awards. The Macau-set gunplay drama premiered in competition at the Venice film festival in 2006 and was sold widely by ...
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Coote appointed as CEO of Dune Entertainment
Australian producer Greg Coote has been appointed chairman and CEO of Dune Entertainment, the production company affiliated to multi-million dollar hedge fund Dune Capital Partners. Dune Entertainment has committed to invest more than $500m in a slate of Fox films over the next three years. 'I am greatly looking forward ...
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Bourne stays ahead with $13m international weekend
Universal's The Bourne Ultimatum once again set the pace at the international box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $13m from 4,269 dates in 48 territories. The marketplace's only new entrant, Sony's Resident Evil: Extinction, opened in Mexico day-and-date with its chart-topping domestic launch and came in number one with ...
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Huayi Brothers to co-produce Gallenberger's John Rabe
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Pictures is to co-produce and handle distribution in China for Florian Gallenberger's second feature film John Rabe, which will begin principal photography in Shanghai and at original locations in Nanking from Oct 18 to February 2008. Previously known as John Rabe - The Good Man of Nanking, ...
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Columbia, French buyers get busy at Beijing Screenings
State-owned China Film Group announced a slew of sales and co-production deals on the last day of the four-day Beijing Screenings (Oct 18-21). The largest announcement was a co-operation agreement between China Film, Columbia TriStar, Korea's CJ Entertainment and two Hong Kong companies - Media Asia and Emperor Motion Pictures ...
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Miller, Schepisi projects among SPAAmart line-up
The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) has announced the feature film projects for this years SPAAmart financing market, running November 13-15 on Queensland's Gold Coast. A number of highly experienced and awarded directors and producers are on the list, including veteran directors George Miller, Fred Schepisi and rising talent ...