All News articles – Page 2010
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NewsHong Kong’s Fame Universal revs up 'F-Team'
Hong Kong-based Fame Universal Entertainment is producing a feature adaptation of top-rating Chinese reality TV show F-Team, starring Korean actor Lee Min Ho.
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NewsFinecut sells 'Right Now', picks up 'Fatal Intuition'
Korean sales agent Finecut has secured a raft of deals on Hong Sangsoo’s Locarno Golden Leopard winner Right Now, Wrong Then and picked up mystery thriller Fatal Intuition at Busan’s Asian Film Market.
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NewsKim Dong-ho to head APSA international jury
BIFF co-founder and honorary director Kim Dong-ho has been appointed as president of the international jury for this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).
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NewsIceland’s 'Rams' wins at Zurich
Mexico’s Kings of Nowhere wins doc prize; Thank You For Bombing wins Switzerland, Germany, Austria award.
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News'Polis Evo' burns up Malaysian box office
Malaysian action comedy Polis Evo has given the local film industry a much-needed boost, grossing $1.8m (RM8m) in 11 days, to become the highest-grossing local film of 2015.
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NewsBusan: Korea’s 9ers launches sales of 'Making Family', 'Hiya'
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s 9ers Entertainment is launching sales on China-Korea co-production Making Family, a rom-com starring Aarif Lee and Kim Hae-Neul, and drama Hiya, starring Ahn Bo-Hyun and Lee Ho-Won (aka Hoya of boy group Infinite), at the Asian Film Market in Busan
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NewsBusan: Finecut picks up Kim Tae-yong's 'Yeogyosa'
Korean sales company Finecut has picked up Kim Tae-yong’s sophomore feature Yeogyosa (tentative title which translates to ‘female teacher’).
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NewsBritannia honour for Harrison Ford
The BAFTA LA hierarchy announced on Friday that they will present the star with the Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution To Entertainment in Los Angeles on October 30.
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NewsVoltage, Brightlight strike five-film deal
Shawn Williamson’s Vancouver-based production company Brightlight Pictures has signed a sales agency agreement with Nicolas Chartier’s Los Angeles-based company that kicks off with Anne Hathaway starrer Colossal.
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NewsRio opens with Chico doc ahead of packed 2015 edition
Rio de Janeiro’s International Film Festival opened last night (Oct 1) celebrating the life and work of local hero Chico Buarque who, at 71, remains one of Brazil’s top composers, musicians and singers.
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NewsReykjavik festival director reflects on growing event
When RIFF (Reykjavik International Film Festival) was founded in 2004, expectations for the new event were far from high.
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NewsHalloween FrightFest to shift from night to day
Guests include James Purefoy and Olga Kurylenko for UK premiere of Stephen S. Campanelli’s Momentum.
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NewsParamount acquires Alexander Payne’s 'Downsizing'
Matt Damon and Reese Witherspoon will star in the studio’s third collaboration with Payne.
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NewsBIFF kicks off with star-studded ceremony
The 20th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) kicked off on Thursday night with a star-studded red carpet, fireworks and the world premiere of Indian film Zubaan.
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NewsTWC to re-release 'Southpaw'
Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama returns to US screens on October 2 as Harvey Weinstein steps up his Oscar push for Jake Gyllenhaal.
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News'Valentine' among ACI MIPCOM slate
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based American Cinema International (ACI) heads to Cannes with a slate led by Love Finds You in Valentine starring Michaela McManus and Diogo Morgado.
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NewsStephen Fingleton is focus of BAFTA Brits To Watch
BAFTA in partnership with the British Council will present the director of The Survivalist to the US industry at two bi-coastal events next week.
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NewsNHK to adapt Ukraine's 'The Sniffer'
Heading into MIPCOM Japan’s NHK has signed a deal to adapt Ukrainian production company FILM.UA’s detective series.
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NewsTribeca Shortlist streaming service launches
The platform created by Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises costs $4.99 a month until the end of the year rising to $5.99 in 2016.