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China boxoffice keeps climbing
hollywoodreporter.com –
2009-06-02
BEIJING -- Moviegoing is getting to be a habit with the Chinese -- and Hollywood is clearly taking a closer look. China produced 406 feature films in 2008 and saw its boxoffice jump 30%, the fifth consecutive year of more... ... Full Article
Lionsgate and Relativity Media have finalised their multi-year distribution deal that has been the subject of rumours for several weeks. Under the terms of the deal Lionsgate will acquire up to five titles per year from Relativity's single picture business,... ... Full Article
Lionsgate and Relativity Media announced today that they have finalized a new multi-picture, multi-year deal under which Lionsgate will acquire U.S. distribution rights for up to five Relativity Media productions per year. ... Full Article
If you love Jet Li and Jackie Chan, and movies like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", then you have to see the much antisipated The Forbidden Kingdom, a comic adventure with fantasy fight scenes that will amaze the staunchest Kung Fu-obsessed... ... Full Article
Renowned action choreographer Yuen Wo-ping ( The Forbidden Kingdom , Kill Bill ) is directing a martial arts biopic, True Legend, starring Chiu Man-cheuk, Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh and Chinese actors Zhou Xun and Guo Xiaodong. ... Full Article
The Weinstein Company's vice president, Asian acquisitions and co-production Bey Logan, explained the company's criteria for selecting projects for its $285m Asian Film Fund, at Pusan's Asian Film Funds Forum over the weekend (Oct 3-5). ... Full Article
Made in Asia: China
hollywoodreporter.com –
2008-09-25
When state-owned China Film Group opened its new digital film production base in a Beijing suburb in August this year, it became the group's second production facility in the city after the Beijing Film and TV Production base. ... Full Article
'Made of Honor' tops sales chart
hollywoodreporter.com –
2008-09-24
Two films that grossed about the same at the boxoffice battled it out for the top spot on the national video sales chart last week, and the one with the significantly lower production budget won. ... Full Article
Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In theory, a martial arts film based on the Chinese legend of the Monkey King starring the two preeminent performers in the world of martial arts cinema should be an instant classic, but , though... ... Full Article
John Fusco Enters The Forbidden Kingdom
moviemaker.com –
2008-09-12
Kyle Rupprecht | Published September 12, 2008 When John Fusco was working in saw mills and living on the streets of New Orleans, after dropping out of high school at the age of 16, he never would have imagined his... ... Full Article