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NewsZhang Yimou joins Le Vision Pictures
Filmmaker Zhang Yimou has joined Beijing-based studio Le Vision Pictures as creative director.
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NewsHugo Weaving agrees to ride Mule
One of Australia’s most internationally recognised character actors, Hugo Weaving (The Lord Of The Rings, The Matrix), is to star in comedy The Mule, which recently went into production in Melbourne.
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NewsSPC tucks into The Lunchbox
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Cannes Critics’ Week winner The Lunchbox.
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NewsShanghai unveils projects line-up
The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has unveiled the 30 projects that will participate in the two strands of its SIFF Project annual co-production market.
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NewsSedic sells Oshin across Asia
Japanese production and sales company Sedic International has clinched a string of Asian pre-sales on Shin Togashi’s drama Oshin, including a sale to JMD Entertainment for South Korea.
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NewsAustralia's Umbrella gets Cold in July
EXCLUSIVE: Australian outfit pre-buys Jim Mickle’s revenge-thriller.
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NewsShochiku to restore Ozu quartet
Shochiku took advice from Japan’s National Film Centre on which Ozu classics to restore.
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NewsLove Changes wins Chinese talent prize
Dong Chengguang’s fantasy-action 3D project Love Changes the World has won the inaugural Chinese Film Talents Fund Forum pitch prize.
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News1,000 Rupee Note production wraps
Shrihari Sathe’s directorial debut was produced by Infinitum Productions.
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NewsFox to finance Kashyap's Bombay Velvet
Fox Star Studios is financing Anurag Kashyap’s next directorial project, Bombay Velvet, a period drama starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.
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NewsScreen Australia backs dozen
Kriv Stenders, director of Red Dog, the eighth biggest Australian hit of all time in its home market, is attached to two of the 12 projects that have just received development money from Screen Australia.
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NewsAmerican Dreams opens strongly in China
Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China had a strong opening weekend in China, grossing $17.8m (RMB110m) in three days (May 17-19).
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NewsEdko, Encore Rockin’ with 9ers
Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has sold Rockin’ On Heaven’s Door to Edko Films for Hong Kong and Encore for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Serenity finds Hsiao’s Rainbow
US-based Serenity Media Group is developing a 3D animated feature and video game based on children’s book Journey To Rainbow Island, written by Christie Hsiao.
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NewsBackup signs up Lorna Tee
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Tee is a well-known figure in the Asian film industry.
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NewsZhu signs Franco-Chinese deal
Deal is one of the first official accords to come together since France and China signed a co-production treaty last year.
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NewsFive Star’s Long Weekend sells to Peru
Thailand’s Five Star Production has sold horror film Long Weekend (Thongsook 13) to Eurofilms for Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.
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Chinese Shorts head to US, Euro TV
Shenzhen Media Group and Shorts International have cut deal to bring Chinese short movies to US, European and African television audiences.