All Asia articles – Page 567
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Mittur moves to Paramount for interactive and mobile job in Asia
Pradeep Mittur has been appointed Paramount Pictures' vice president of interactive and mobile entertainment for the Asia Pacific region.Based in Singapore, Mittur will drive Paramount Digital Entertainment's interactive and mobile businesses across the region, and explore new revenue streams and technologies.Mittur, who will report to senior vice president of interactive ...
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Feeney moves to Hong Kong as vp, production, for Imagi
Computer graphics expert Brett Feeney has joined Imagi International Holdings as vice president of production based in Hong Kong.Feeney will be responsible for managing the company's animation production line and its 400+ artists, animators, and technical staff. His arrival coincides with the release of Imagi's first major theatrical film, TMNT: ...
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Ambitious Hong Kong ready to scale new heights
This year's multi-faceted Hong Kong film season stretches to nearly a month of world-class events under the Entertainment Expo banner.Each distinct event is looking to stretch its brand to new limits. Three events - Filmart, co-production market HAF and the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) - all kick off ...
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Kaneshiro to replace Leung in Woo's Red Cliff
Taiwanese-Japanese star Takeshi Kaneshiro has replaced Tony Leung Chiu-wai in the cast of John Woo's upcoming military epic Red Cliff, after the Hong Kong actor had to quit the project due to scheduling conflicts. In addition, Japanese star Shidou Nakamura, who recently appeared in Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima, ...
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Asian Film Awards to honour Josephine Siao, David Bordwell
The inaugural Asian Film Awards will give its first Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema to Josephine Siao. Siao has starred in more films than any other Hong Kong actor, including Stephen Chow's Fists of Fury 1991 II, Corey Yuen's Fong Sai Yuk and Ann Hui's Summer ...
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WBPI enjoys powerhouse weekend at international box office
Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore ruled the overseas arena as Music And Lyrics grossed an estimated $10.1m in what turned out to be a sensational weekend for Warner Bros.Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) also reported record-breaking initial results for the Spartan battle epic 300 - which dominated the North American ...
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Fortissimo teams with Entertainment Farm for Sonata
International sales and production company Fortissimo Films is partnering with Japan's Entertainment Farm to co-produce the tentatively titled Tokyo Sonata, to be directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Fortissimo will also handle international sales on the film. The project is one of 25 that have been selected for this year's edition of ...
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Huayi Brothers to co-produce Relativity's King Of Kung-fu
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has boarded the $70m action drama, previously known as the untitled J&J Project due to the dual casting of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, as local investor and co-producer. Huayi Brothers has sent the project, under the tentative title King Of Kung-fu, to the Film Bureau of ...
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Emperor, Kadokawa board Chu Yen-ping's Slam Dunk
Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has acquired rights for Hong Kong and Macau to Chu Yen-ping's $10m kung-fu basketball movie Slam Dunk. Kadokawa Herald Pictures had previously stepped up for Japanese rights last November. In addition, Emperor Entertainment Group star Charlene Choi has joined the cast of the high-profile ...
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Genghis Khan conquers Japanese box office
Shochiku's Genghis Khan - To The Ends Of The Earth And Sea secured the top position at the Japanese box office on its opening weekend, earning $1.6m (Y195.8m). It knocked last week's number one, Dreamgirls, out of pole position, while newcomer Ghost Rider rode into the number four slot. The ...
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Picture This! takes Taiwan's Eternal Summer to North America
Picture This! Entertainment has picked up North American rights from Taiwan's Three Dots Entertainment to Leste Chen's gay-themed drama Eternal Summer (Sheng Xia Guang Nian).The distributor plans to play Eternal Summer in US and Canadian festivals before taking it on general release later in the year.Eternal Summer follows the longstanding ...
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Film-making looks less risky in 2007,with 37 countries safer
Film-making became slightly less risky across the globe, according to the 2007 Risks in Global Filmmaking Map from risk broker and insurance company Aon/Albert G Ruben. Of the 207 countries measured, overall risk for film-makers in 37 countries decreased slightly from 2006 to 2007. The annual map measures the threats ...
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Eros sells film package to Indian TV network Sony Entertainment
Eros International has signed an exclusive deal for a package of its films to be broadcast on India's Sony Entertainment Television.The slate includes recent releases such as Salaam-E-Ishq and Lage Raho Munna Bhai as well as forthcoming projects including Namastey London.Sony will get global satellite broadcating rights for five years. ...
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Prime racks up pre-sales on Kwak's Mighty Princess
My Sassy Girl director Kwak Jae Yong's My Mighty Princess has been notching up pan-Asian sales and is due for a simultaneous pan-Asian release outside Korea. Since premiering the project at last year's Asian Film Market, sales agent and Korean distributor Prime Entertainment has been busy closing deals during the ...
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Media Asia, Stellar to co-produce Lu's Nanking! Nanking!
Hong Kong's Media Asia is set to co-produce Chinese director Lu Chuan's upcoming period war drama Nanking! Nanking! with Beijing-based Stellar Megamedia and the China Film Group. The film is one of three high-profile projects on Media Asia's upcoming production slate. This year the company plans to invest $64m (HK$500m) ...
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Ghost Rider stays top in international markets with $16.3m take
Ghost Rider continued to blaze a trail across the international arena as it dominated the market for the third consecutive weekend.The comic book adventure grossed an estimated $16.3m through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from approximately 4,000 prints in 56 territories and now stands at $60.7m with $100m well within ...
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Still Life takes first Adelaide best film award
Still Life, by Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke, has won $25,000 for best film at the Adelaide Film Festival's inaugural competition. The film is a meditation on the transformation of China, using the dams being built on the Yangtze River as its setting. Last year it won the Golden Lion ...
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Turning tide in Hong Kong Affairs
When William Monahan accepted his Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar this week for The Departed, he thanked Felix Chong and Alan Mak, the writers of its source material, Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs. But he could have also paid homage to Media Asia's chairman Peter Lam who greenlit the high-concept thriller.Affairs ...
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Tokyo to host world premiere of Spider-Man 3
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group has announced that the world premiere of Spider-Man 3 will be held in Tokyo. The multi-million dollar event will be held on April 16 at Tokyo 's upscale shopping and entertainment complex Roppongi Hills, with the film's six main cast members scheduled to attend. Additionally, ...
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Screen Index up 8% with continued boom in Italy
Local films helped push collective global box office takings of nine territories up 8% last weekend compared to the same weekend last year, according to Screen International's Screen Index. Italy continues to surge and was up 51.8% year-on-year thanks to the success of Fausto Brizzi's sequel Notte Prima Degli Esami ...