All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 57
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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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FeaturesIndia box office: mid-budget and Hollywood booming
Modest budget films are outperforming bigger budget fare in India, while Hollywood films doubled their market share in 2015.
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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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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.
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NewsFlagship Entertainment unveils debut slate
Flagship Entertainment, a joint venture between Warner Bros, China Media Capital (CMC) and TVB, has unveiled its debut slate, including projects from Hong Kong filmmakers Peter Chan, Wong Jing and Stephen Fung.
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NewsJohn Woo's 'Manhunt' casts leads
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese star Zhang Hanyu and Japan’s Masaharu Fukuyama have been confirmed as the first leading cast for John Woo’s upcoming action thriller Manhunt.
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NewsBerlin title 'Old Stone' scooped up by Asian Shadows
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese drama centres on the culture of hit-and-run incidents in the country.
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NewsIndonesia's Putrama Tuta readies 'Happy Birthday Every Day' shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Film centres on a dead writer who discovers he is living inside his own story.
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NewsNew firm The One Entertainment to invest in HK talent
EXCLUSIVE: New finance-distribution company launched by former Tomson exec and a fund manager.
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NewsJohnnie To, Ann Hui join new Macao film festival
Filmmakers Johnnie To and Ann Hui have been named as ambassadors for the first International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFA Macao), to take place December 8-13.
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News'Sword Master 3D' cuts US, UK deals
EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA has acquired North American and UK rights to Derek Yee’s highly-anticipated martial arts epic Sword Master 3D.
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NewsArclight acquires Danny Pang horror 'Delusion'
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films’ Asian label Easternlight has picked up international rights to Danny Pang’s upcoming horror film Delusion, starring fast-rising actor-singer Chau Pakho.
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NewsYoung Live debuts with 'Game Changer', 'Kungfu'
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based start-up Young Live Entertainment (YLE) is introducing its debut slate at Filmart, including action titles The Game Changer, starring Huang Zitao and Peter Ho, and Kungfu Is Not Fighting, directed by Marco Mak.
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NewsSoutheast Asia readies SEAFIC script lab
Southeast Asia’s first ever script lab – the Southeast Asian Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC) – is launching in Thailand and Singapore this year with support from the Purin Foundation, Singapore Film Commission and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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NewsAguilar to head Huayi Brothers animation unit
Former Oriental DreamWorks executive Joe Aguilar has been appointed to head Huayi Brothers Wink Animation, a newly-launched subsidiary of China’s Huayi Brothers Media Corp.
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FeaturesFilmart 2016: Hot titles - Hong Kong, China
An exciting crop of Hong Kong and mainland China projects are spotlighted by Liz Shackleton, who reports on the increasing efforts to support Cantonese-language film-making
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NewsMega Vision accepts 'Mission Milano' with Lau, Xiaoming
EXCLUSIVE: Action comedy directed by Wong Jing; Hong Kong firm also launching the final instalment in the Colour trilogy.
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NewsDistribution Workshop launches sales on Ann Hui's 'The Great Escape'
EXCLUSIVE: Wartime drama stars Zhou Xun [pictured] and Eddie Peng.
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NewsBenny Chan’s 'Call Of Heroes' sold to US, UK
EXCLUSIVE: Martial arts epic also sold to Germany and several Asian territories.