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NewsChinese pop star Cui Jian plans to direct for Beijing Antaeus
The Chinese outfit reveals packed Cannes slate, including the debut film from China’s rock father Cui Jian.
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NewsDeepa Mehta sees Webber’s Bombay Dreams
The Indian director will bring Broadway musical Bombay Dreams to the big screen with a score by AR Rahman.
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MDA strikes four-year partnership with Tiger Gate
The slate of projects, which are intended for both theatrical and TV distribution, will be jointly selected and financed by Tiger Gate and the MDA.
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Big-budget 3D trilogy planned for China's Creation of the Gods
Beijing-based financier Baiyi Chen, Shanghai’s Dream Tube Entertainment and Taiwan-based producer Steve Chicorel are joining forces for the project.
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NewsWestEnd finds love with Meirelles, Jim Sheridan
Cities of Love series, sold by WestEnd, will next travel to Shanghai, Rio and Jerusalem.
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NewsKeisha Castle-Hughes, Kristin Kreuk join Iwai Shunji's Vampire
A hot cast of young Western stars has joined Vampire, the English-language debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji, including Keisha Castle-Hughes (pictured) and Rachael Leigh Cook.
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NewsIndian fund Cause aims to raise $45 for socially conscious films
Mumbai-based financial services company DM Capital Advisors is launching a venture capital fund, Cause Entertainment (CE), to invest in socially conscious movies.
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NewsLotte comes on board for 3D animation Outback
Major Korean distributor Lotte Entertainment has announced that it will become the main investor in Outback, an English-language 3D animated feature. The deal is a first for a Korean company.
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NewsSunstone warms to Teen Patti
Mumbai-based Sunstone Entertainment has picked up international rights to Teen Patti starring Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan.
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Singapore to launch new international film showcase in June 2011
Singapore is gearing up to launch an international cinema event, ScreenSingapore, to showcase Hollywood and Asian cinema, starting in June 2011.
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Fox Searchlight strikes US deal for Wang's Snow Flower
Gianna Jun and Li Bing Bing star in the adaptation of Lisa See’s bestseller about female friendship in 19th century China.
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Finecut sells I Saw The Devil to France's ARP
The film is currently in production and scheduled for Korean release in summer this year. Finecut is showing 12 minutes footage of the film here at Cannes.
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Kong's Edko sells Life Is A Miracle
Bill Kong’s Edko Films is launching international sales on award-winning Chinese director Gu Changwei’s Life Is A Miracle, starring Zhang Ziyi and Aaron Kwok, here at Cannes. Set in a small Chinese village, where an illicit trade in human blood has resulted in the spread of HIV, the film ...
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India's Avinaash Jumani starts PictureWorks
WEG India sales chief Avinaash Jumani has launched a new company, PictureWorks, to acquire world cinema content for India and produce and sell Bollywood films.
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Australia relaxes rules for producer offset tax rebates
More offshore films will be eligible to claim the 15% location rebate available for using Australia as a production destination from July 1.
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Screen Australia, Emerging Pictures plan quarterly Australian film showcase in US
The first set of films is Accidents Happen, The Waiting City and Charlie and Boots.
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NewsFinecut sets buyers blazing on 71: Into The Fire
South Korean sales agent Finecut has pre-sold John H. Lee’s big-budget war drama 71: Into The Fireto Ascot Elite for German-speaking Europe and Benelux.
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NewsHeather Graham joins 3D animated adventure The Flying Machine
Beijing-based Bona International Film Group has also boarded the project as co-producer alongside Polish animation studio Breakthru.
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Bladesman cuts to Easternlight
Hong Kong based Easternlight Films has picked up international rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong’s The Lost Bladesman.
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Hopscotch takes on Australian rights to new Paul Andrew Williams Film
E1 Entertainment has sold the Australian rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ Song for Marion to Hopscotch.