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NewsGuy Pearce, Kylie Minogue to reunite on 'Flammable Children'
Australian actors last appeared on screen together nearly 30 years ago in TV soap Neighbours.
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NewsIstanbul fest kicks off a year after censorship debacle
Festival kicks off with double screening of Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special; new artistic director discusses security and censorship.
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NewsBrett Ratner to head Beijing film festival jury
Director-producer Brett Ratner will head the competition jury of this year’s Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), which runs April 16-23.
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NewsSkydance, Alibaba team on 'Flying Tigers'
Skydance and China’s Alibaba Pictures will jointly finance and produce Flying Tigers, a World War II drama to be scripted by Braveheart writer Randall Wallace.
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NewsRussia to invest $60m in domestic film companies
The Russian State Film Fund has announced the names of the companies that will receive significant backing this year.
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NewsKorea's CJ buys Turkey’s largest film chain
Mars, which operates the Cinemaximum brand, has 710 screens across the country
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News'Batman v Superman' edges out 'My Beloved Bodyguard' in China
Batman v Superman and new Chinese action-drama The Bodyguard were neck-and-neck while Yang Qing’s Chongqing Hot Pot was a close third.
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NewsControversial 'Ten Years' triumphs at Hong Kong Film Awards
The ceremony broadcast was banned in mainland China, reportedly due to the nomination of the politically-charged dystopian drama.
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NewsHong Kong Film Festival reveals winners
Zhang Hanyi’s Life After Life won the top prize in the Young Cinema Competition.
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NewsMichael Fassbender-Alicia Vikander drama sells to Russia
Derek Cianfrance’s The Light Between The Oceans sells to Arthouse, which also buys Jesse Owens biopic Race.
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NewsSean Bean, Lena Headey to voice Final Fantasy CGI feature
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV will be available to stream and download ahead of the release of the latest instalment in the popular game franchise.
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NewsJeonju to open with Chet Baker drama 'Born To Be Blue'
The independent and alternative cinema showcase (Apr 28 - May 7) will have the world premiere of Choi Seung-ho’s controversial Spy Nation.
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NewsThai horror 'Take Me Home' travels to SE Asia
Thailand’s M Pictures has closed a string of sales on horror film Take Me Home, directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri, which it launched at Hong Kong’s Filmart earlier this month.
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News'Batman v Superman' storms China box office
Warner Bros’ scores local record while Zootopia nears $200m and The Revenant passes $50m.
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NewsChina-US Summit talks China co-pro, export blues
China’s domestic box office may be booming – and Chinese finance flowing into Hollywood movies – but speakers at the China-US Motion Picture Summit (March 25) discussed how successful Chinese co-productions and film exports remain scarce.
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NewsGaga moves into animation, unveils 2016 slate
The Japanese distributor will release Gods Of Egypt and Pride And Prejudice And Zombies in September.
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NewsRussian cinemas to close deal for market's largest cinema chain
The merger between Cinema Park and Formula Kino could be in the range of $200-250m, according to sources.
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NewsTaiwan’s Catchplay launches VOD platform
The distributor has partnered with StarHub and Telkom Indonesia to roll out the new service in Q2 2016.
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News'Zootopia' biggest animated film in China
Zootopia beat Kung Fu Panda 3 to become the biggest animated film in China, while The Revenant opened second.
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NewsCTE lands 'Mermaid' pay-TV rights
Hong Kong-based Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has acquired exclusive pay-TV rights to Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid for its channels in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore.