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Lotte sells three films to Thailand and Malaysia
Korean sales agent Lotte Entertainment has sold three films to Thailand and Malaysia at the HK Filmart. J Bics picked up Song Kang-ho starring drama The Show Must Go On for Thailand, directly after the world premiere at Filmart. Song, who plays a father torn between his family and his ...
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Two Thai films to get Korean remake treatment
Korea's production and distribution company K&Entertainment has bought the Korean remake rights to two Thai films: romantic drama Me Myself from Mono Film and RS Film's horror hit The Victim. This marks the first time that a Korean remake deal has been struck on Thai films.Pongpat Wachirabunjong's Me Myself features ...
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iHQ scores Singapore, Malaysia deals on Sword with India's Viswas
Korean sales agent iHQ has sold martial arts fantasy Shadowless Sword to Indian distributor Viswas Film, Ltd. for the territories of Singapore and Malaysia.The period costume film is directed by Kim Young-jun and shot in China as was his first feature Bichunmoo, starring Shin Hyun-jun and Kim Hee-sun.Shin Hyun-jun, who ...
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First Asia, then the world, says talent management panel
Asian production and talent management companies should worktogether to create stars that have impact at a regional level beforeattempting to break into Hollywood, said panelists at aScreen-organised seminar here yesterday.'In Korea, we have good producers but lack good networking opportunities outside the country,' said Teddy Hoon-tack Jung, CEO of Korean ...
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Korea's Inmoa announces high-profile EFM deals
New Korean importer/distributor Inmoa Entertainment has announced a slate of deals following their debut at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin last month. Isaac Kwon, chief executive officer, and Thomas Kim, president of international business, hit the ground running and sealed four deals on the Academy Award-nominated mystery thriller ...
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Local Filipino films see 40% box-office surge
After making its market debut at Hong Kong Filmart last year, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has announced that the box office for local films jumped by 40% to $29.7m (PHP1.44bn) in 2006. It was the first increase in box office revenues for seven years.The biggest hit ...
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Thai Rose buys Kadokawa's animated Keroro 2
Japanese sales agent Kadokawa has sold the animated sequel Sergeant Keroro The Movie 2 to Thai distributor Rose Media & Entertainment.The theatrical frog animation movie is the latest in the franchise based on the hugely popular Sergeant Keroro manga series by Mine Yoshizaki with a television series directed by Junichi ...
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Nordisk buys stake in Solar Films, first up Lordi horror
Danish major Nordisk Film has purchased 'a significant stake' of leading Finnish production company Solar Films in a deal that Solar CoB and CEO Markus Selin described as 'an important step for Finnish film and television into the international market.' For the last four years, Selin has delivered the number-one ...
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IFC First Take to release Resnais, Honore films in US
IFC Entertainment has acquired US rights to the French dramas Private Fears In Public Places and Dans Paris.Both titles will go out through IFC's day-and-date distribution venture IFC First Take, with Private Fears set for Apr 13 and Dans Paris scheduled to open in late summer.'French cinema maintains a large ...
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Hong Kong's Emperor makes Home Run with new production slate
Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures has unveiled a slate of new productions that have been developed by COO Philip Chan who joined the company last summer to ramp up its production activities.The slate includes in-house productions and projects to be co-produced with partners from other Chinese-speaking markets including mainland China, ...
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Grand Brilliance buys two from GreeneStreet
Malaysia's Grand Brilliance, which is making its Hong Kong Filmart market debut as a buyer, has picked up Gary the Tennis Coach starring Sean William Scott and Barry Munday starring Luke Wilson and Emily Mortimer from GreeneStreet Films International on the first day of the market. The company has also ...
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Golden Scene takes Hong Kong rights to Blood Brothers
On the first day of Filmart, Taiwan's CMC Entertainment has sold gangster epic Blood Brothers to Hong Kong distributor Golden Scene. The debut film by Alexi Tan will open across Chinese-language territories in August.'Golden Scene is known for distributing high quality commercial pictures,' said producer Terence Chang. 'I look ...
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Mandarin Films banks on Wong's Wonder Woman
Hong Kong's Mandarin Films is commencing sales on Barbara Wong Chun-chun's upcoming comedy drama Wonder Woman here at Filmart.Gigi Leung and Fiona Sit will head the cast of the film which follows a local career woman during the period from the handover of Hong Kong until the present day.'Barbara will ...
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Asia needs education and government funding for mid-budget films
Better education and more government funding for new Asian film-making talents could be the secrets to making more successful mid-budget Asian films, experts told Filmart attendees at a Tuesday panel.The region has already had some good news with the Hong Kong government's recent promise to create a $38.4m (HK$300m) fund ...
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ARP takes all French rights to Eye In The Sky
French distributor ARP Selection has acquired all rights to Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) opener Eye In The Sky from Fortissimo Films.Produced by Hong Kong's Milkyway Image for Sundream Motion Pictures, the film is the directorial debut of award-winning scriptwriter Yau Nai Hoi whose credits include Johnnie To's Election.The ...
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Activers makes Friends with NCN
New Korean sales agent Activers Entertainment is presenting a slate of New Cinema Network (NCN) HD films, led by the recently completed film The Friends.Directed by Lee Young-jae, whose hit Harmonium In My Memory starred Jeon Do-youn and Lee Byoung-hun, The Friends is based on a best-selling children's story of ...
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SPC takes on Ruzowitzky's Lola-nominated The Counterfeiter
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights from Beta Cinema to Stefan Ruzowitzky's Nazi drama The Counterfeiter, which is nominated for seven Lola awards including best film, actor and screenplay. The film recently received its world premiere in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and tells the ...
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Degeto gets TV rights to Getting Home from Fortissimo
German broadcaster Degeto Film, making its first trip to Filmart, has closed its first deal with Fortissimo Films for the TV rights to Getting Home.Zhang Yang's Hong Kong/China co-production was selected for the 2006 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum and recently won the ecumenical jury prize after its screening in ...
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Fortissimo boards Pen-ek's Ploy as co-producer, sales agent
Fortissimo Films has come onboard as co-producer on Pen-ek Ratanaruang's latest film Ploy, an erotic psychological drama about jealousy produced by the Thai writer-director's longtime producer Thailand's Five Star Production. Fortissimo is also selling the film, which is currently in post-production in Thailand.The story, written by Pen-ek, is an exploration ...
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High Point takes on Australian teen story 48 Shades
High Point Films has taken on world sales for Australian coming-of-age teen story 48 Shades. Actor Daniel Lapaine makes his directorial debut with the adaptation of Nick Earls' cult novel 48 Shades Of Brown. Fiona Crago and Rob Marsala produced for Prima Productions. Richard Wilson, who stars in ...