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Park Chan-wook-Produced ‘War and Revolt’ Set at Netflix - variety.com - Japan - North Korea
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07.06.2023 / 00:01

Park Chan-wook-Produced ‘War and Revolt’ Set at Netflix

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Park Chan-wook, the Korean filmmaker behind “Oldboy” and last year’s “Decision to Leave,” has joined as producer and co-writer of historical drama film “War and Revolt.” The film is Park’s first collaboration with Netflix, the global streaming platform that is market leader in Korea and which has been instrumental in the global success of Korean contemporary culture. “War and Revolt” tells the story of two childhood friends, portrayed by Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min, who become adversaries. It is directed by Kim Sang-man (“Midnight F.M.”) from a script by Shin Chul and Park Chan-wook.

Cinema XXI, Indonesia’s Largest Exhibition Chain, May Be Seeking IPO, Says Report - variety.com - Mexico - Indonesia - Singapore
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06.06.2023 / 19:07

Cinema XXI, Indonesia’s Largest Exhibition Chain, May Be Seeking IPO, Says Report

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indonesia’s largest cinema chain Cinema XXI could be heading to the stock market through an IPO by early next year. Early details were reported by the Nikkei newspaper citing its finance industry partner publication Dealstreet Asia. They said that the company may seek to raise $300 million of fresh capital. Last year, financial news service Bloomberg said that Cinema XXI ‘s owners were seeking to raise $500 million-$1 billion through an IPO. The reasons for the large discrepancy are unclear. The company holds a 60% market share of Indonesia’s cinema exhibition industry and, as of December 2022, operated 225 cinema venues with a total of 1,217 screens.

Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ Wins at Bali Film Festival – Global Bulletin - variety.com - USA - Canada - India - city Hyderabad - Indonesia - city Mumbai - Madagascar - city Jakarta
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06.06.2023 / 18:45

Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ Wins at Bali Film Festival – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Women Talking,” which won Sarah Polley an Oscar for best adapted screenplay, was this weekend named best narrative feature at the Bali International Film Festival (aka the Balinale).Ashen Nadeem’s “Crows Are White” won the feature documentary prize and “The Tone Wheels,” by Yuda Kurniawan, was named winner of the Gary L Hayes Award for Indonesian Filmmaker. The festival jury called “The Tone Wheels” “an outstanding endeavor that transported us into the backstreets of Jakarta on a captivating musical journey.” The film depicts a busking village where dreams flourish, despite the scarcity of resources and equipment.

Korea Box Office: ‘The Roundup: No Way Out’ Dominates With $22 Million Opening Weekend - variety.com - South Korea - Japan - North Korea
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06.06.2023 / 17:36

Korea Box Office: ‘The Roundup: No Way Out’ Dominates With $22 Million Opening Weekend

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Crime action film “The Roundup: No Way Out” dominated the South Korean box office on its official opening weekend with a thumping $21.9 million performance. The film, the third in a franchise that pits a heavy-fisted cop, portrayed by Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee), against colorfully devious rogues, crushed all competing titles by taking an 88% market share. In terms of admissions, it attracted 2.82 million into cinemas between Friday and Sunday. The film’s official opening was on Wednesday (May 31). But it also enjoyed wide previews through much of the preceding week. Adding in the weekday takings and the preview activity, “The Roundup: No Way Out” has a current aggregate of $34.1 million and has sold a total of 4.51 million tickets, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.

First look photo shows Young Sheldon star's new movie - www.msn.com - Britain - USA - county Young
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31.05.2023 / 17:45

First look photo shows Young Sheldon star's new movie

Young Sheldon star Wendie Malick in her new film Mother of All Shows has been released. The upcoming musical feature follows a woman named Liza (played by Melissa D’Agostino), who is struggling to deal with the imminent death of her estranged mother, Rosa (Malick). In an attempt to work through her turbulent past and cope with what lies ahead, Liza retreats to a '70s variety show in her head, which is hosted by none other than Rosa, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Sony’s Aniplex Buys Origamix Partners, Hatches Production Deal With Korea’s Imaginus - variety.com - South Korea - Japan
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31.05.2023 / 10:45

Sony’s Aniplex Buys Origamix Partners, Hatches Production Deal With Korea’s Imaginus

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Aniplex, a Sony business unit best known as a major producer and distributor of anime films and series including the hit “Demon Slayer,” is to acquire Japanese IP development and talent management firm Origamix Partners. The firm will be expanded into live-action production. The deal was announced Wednesday and will become effective from June 1. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed other than Aniplex obtaining “a full share” of the company. Sony said that Origamix, which has previously been behind the “Kingdom” film franchise and the “Alice in Borderland” series, now in its second season at Netflix,” will be renamed Myragion Studio.

JioCinema Claims Simultaneous Viewership Record During IPL Final – Global Bulletin - variety.com - Australia - Britain - Los Angeles - Los Angeles - India - Indonesia - city Chennai
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30.05.2023 / 11:11

JioCinema Claims Simultaneous Viewership Record During IPL Final – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indian streaming service JioCinema claimed a record for the number of concurrent viewers this week. It reported that 32 million viewers were simultaneously using its service to watch the IPL cricket final match between The Chennai Super Kings and the Gujarat Titans. The platform’s previous peak was 25 million. Chennai eventually won the rain-affected and one-day delayed match Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has removed its bouquet of 14 channels from Indonesia’s TV largest platform, MNC, ending decades-long affiliate arrangements, Content Asia reported. The decision, confirmed by WBD, involves channels from HBO and Cartoon Network to Discovery and TLC, all of which came off air on May 12. The move is understood to be the culmination of a payments disagreement. In November last year, beIN removds its sports service from MNC. WBD content remains available on three smaller platforms in Indonesia, IndiHome First Media and Trans.

China’s NetEase Hatches Japanese Games Production Unit Pincool - variety.com - China - Japan - Tokyo - Beyond
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29.05.2023 / 09:53

China’s NetEase Hatches Japanese Games Production Unit Pincool

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief China’s NetEase Games has established PinCool, a Tokyo-based game studio focused on developing titles for game consoles. That is a significant diversification, considering that PC and mobile are the major formats for games play in China. And the company says the company it will also be involved in planning and producing a range of additional forms of entertainment. The new company is headed by representative director and president Ichimura Ryutaro, a 20-year veteran of the games industry and long-time producer of the “Dragon Quest” games franchise. Beyond serving as lead producer for games such as “Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King” and “Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies,” Ichimura also led other areas of the Dragon Quest IP franchise including live events and exhibitions.

LGBTQ Road Trip Film ‘Runs in the Family’ Boarded by ‘In Flames’ Producer Fae Pictures, NSFW Clip Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Los Angeles - South Africa - city Mumbai - city Cape Town
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26.05.2023 / 13:23

LGBTQ Road Trip Film ‘Runs in the Family’ Boarded by ‘In Flames’ Producer Fae Pictures, NSFW Clip Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Shant Joshi’s Los Angeles and Toronto-based company Fae Pictures (2023 Cannes title “In Flames”) has boarded Cape Town-based company Giant Films’ “Runs in the Family.” Fae will executive produce and handle the festival launch of the LGBTQ+ road trip family drama, a clip for which has been unveiled. The film is by real-life father-son duo Ian Gabriel (“Ludik”) and Gabe Gabriel (“No Hiding Here”). Ian directed and Gabe wrote and stars in “Runs in the Family.” The film marks Gabe’s first professional role since he came out as trans in 2019. The film follows a reformed con artist, Varun (Ace Bhatti), and his transmasculine son, River (Gabe Gabriel), on a road trip across South Africa to break River’s estranged mother (Diaan Lawrenson) out of rehab. When injury befalls Ollie (Cleo Wesley), River’s drag partner and best friend, his mother propels father and son to partner up for a drag competition that could win River his gender-affirming surgery.

Sundance Film Festival in Asia Relocates to Taiwan - variety.com - Indonesia - county Patrick - Hong Kong - Taiwan - city Hong Kong - city Jakarta, Indonesia
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26.05.2023 / 07:55

Sundance Film Festival in Asia Relocates to Taiwan

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Sundance Film Festival Asia, an offshoot of the Sundance Institute, is to set up camp in Taipei, Taiwan this summer. The three-day mini festival will run Aug. 18-20 and be put together in association with local organizer G2Go Entertainment. The event will showcase a handful of films curated by the Sundance Institute and host a short film competition that is open only to Taiwanese productions. Panel discussions will accompany the festival to foster artistic exchange, providing opportunities for the Taiwan film industry to connect with Sundance’s executive team, and elevating Taiwan’s image and presence in the global independent film industry. 

Philippines’ Fire and Ice Strikes Twin Deals With Potocol, ‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Berlin - city Venice - Singapore - Philippines - Bangladesh
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24.05.2023 / 12:41

Philippines’ Fire and Ice Strikes Twin Deals With Potocol, ‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Recently-established Philippines-based production and financing company, Fire and Ice, has deals to provide completion funding to two films being produced by prolific Singapore-based independent producer Potocol. Under a related agreement, Fire and Ice has also struck a multi-faceted first-look deal with Potocol. The completion funding, which gives Fire and Ice a share of the film’s equity, will permit the completion of post-production of upcoming Potocol titles: “Pierce,” a sports drama by Nelicia Low, and “Last Shadow at First Light,” by Nicole Midori Woodford. Both films were recently showcased at Focus Asia’s Far East In Progress, part of the Far East Film Festival in Udine, and are expected to be completed before the end of the year.

France’s Haut Les Mains Boards ‘A Useful Ghost,’ From Thailand’s 185 Films - variety.com - France - Thailand - Tokyo - Egypt - Morocco - Singapore - city Singapore - city Rotterdam - city Bangkok
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24.05.2023 / 10:21

France’s Haut Les Mains Boards ‘A Useful Ghost,’ From Thailand’s 185 Films

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief French independent producer Haut Les Mains has come on board “A Useful Ghost,” a film project that is both topical and supernatural. The deal was announced on the margins of the Cannes Film Festival and its accompanying rights market. “A Useful Ghost” follows March and Nat, a happily married couple, and their seven-year-old son Dot. Nat dies of respiratory disease caused by air pollution. A saddened March is worried that the same fate will befall his son, who gradually develops similar symptoms. Nat then returns as a ghost haunting the house vacuum cleaner to try and suck up the dust hurting her son. She also longs to be accepted as part of society and intends to prove that by getting rid of the less useful ghosts.

Patrick Bergin, Francis Magee Join Cast of Tom Waller’s ‘Kiss of the Con Queen’ - variety.com - Ireland - Thailand - Japan - Indonesia - city Jakarta
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20.05.2023 / 05:13

Patrick Bergin, Francis Magee Join Cast of Tom Waller’s ‘Kiss of the Con Queen’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Irish screen legend and BAFTA-award winner Patrick Bergin (“Sleeping With the Enemy,” “Patriot Games”) and Francis Magee (“Kin”) have joined true-crime thriller, “Kiss of the Con Queen,” being directed by Tom Waller (“The Last Executioner,” “The Cave”). The pair join real-life victim Eoin O’Brien (“The Last Full Measure”) who plays an actor duped by an impersonator into traveling to Indonesia on the promise of auditions for a leading role in a DC origins series. There he discovers that he had been scammed by the infamous Con Queen of Hollywood. Ravi Patel (“Transformers,” “Meet the Patels”) plays the fraudster.

Mark Dacascos-Starring ‘Glass Dragon’ Picked up by MPI Media (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Los Angeles - Los Angeles - USA - Hawaii - Japan
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19.05.2023 / 08:03

Mark Dacascos-Starring ‘Glass Dragon’ Picked up by MPI Media (EXCLUSIVE)

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Mixed martial arts thriller “Glass Dragon” has been picked up for international sales by MPI Media. The company is launching the title at the Cannes Market. The film, now in post-production, is produced by Asia-facing Los Angeles company Eleven Arts and RE:Anime, a firm that adapts beloved anime series into captivating live-action films. “Glass Dragon” stars Miki Mizuno (“Bayside Shakedown”), a martial artist and single mother who has to accelerate her life plans when things go badly wrong for her and her daughter. The picture also stars the veteran martial arts film star Mark Dacascos (“Cradle 2 the Grave,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “John Wick 3,” “Iron Chef America”). Other acting credits got to Maryjun Takahashi (“Rurouni Kenshin”) and Kiki Sukezane (“Westworld,” “Lost in Space”). 

‘Tiger Stripes’ Is Highly Developed Product of Indie Film Support System - variety.com - France - Germany - Malaysia - Hong Kong - Singapore - Taiwan - city Busan
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19.05.2023 / 06:17

‘Tiger Stripes’ Is Highly Developed Product of Indie Film Support System

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Amanda Nell Eu’s “Tiger Stripes,” which had its premiere this week in Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, is being celebrated as a punchy female-driven debut feature and as the first film by a Malaysian woman director in any section Cannes. The story focuses on a small group of 11 or 12-year-old girls. When one of the friends enters puberty she finds her body changing in unexpected ways. Relations with her friends and family start morphing too. Eu’s finished film straddles the metaphorical drama and body horror genres. “Tiger Stripes” is also a triumph for the now highly-developed global network of project markets, talent development programs, script and production workshops (often labelled as ‘labs’) and grant schemes. These are intended to encourage diversity and nurture film-making talent in countries where that is a rarity or where commercial films crowd out more experimental art-house titles.

WTFilms Boards Iconoclast & Ladj Ly-Produced ‘Hood Witch’ Starring Golshifteh Farahani & Denis Lavant; Heads Talk Growing Prod Ambitions - deadline.com - France - city Venice
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18.05.2023 / 14:09

WTFilms Boards Iconoclast & Ladj Ly-Produced ‘Hood Witch’ Starring Golshifteh Farahani & Denis Lavant; Heads Talk Growing Prod Ambitions

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based WTFilms has acquired international sales rights for thriller Hood Witch, the debut film of rising French director Saïd Belktibia, starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant.

Shanghai Film Festival Sets Out China-Centric Agenda - variety.com - Spain - China - India - Germany - Indonesia - Poland - Hong Kong - city Shanghai
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18.05.2023 / 11:31

Shanghai Film Festival Sets Out China-Centric Agenda

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Returning as an in-person event after cancelation last year, the Shanghai International Film Festival has set out an agenda with a clear focus on China. The festival (June 9-16) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s economic outreach and development program. With a series of press conferences and film culture roundtables, the SIFF’s Belt and Road Film Week will “bring together old friends of the alliance from previous years and new friends made this year [..] and announce an action plan for the future.”

India Streaming Video Market at a Turning Point, Says Analysis Firm - variety.com - Australia - India - Thailand - Japan - Indonesia - Singapore - Philippines
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17.05.2023 / 09:07

India Streaming Video Market at a Turning Point, Says Analysis Firm

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The premium end of the streaming video sector in India is poised for shake-up, with Reliance Industries’ JioCinema challenging the SVOD dominance of Disney+ Hotstar, new research suggests. “The India Online Video Report: Analysis of Consumption, Content & Investment Trends,” from Singapore-based Media Partners Asia, shows total consumption across the online video sector reached 6.1 trillion minutes for the 15-month period from Jan 2022 to Mar 2023. Within that period, the SVOD, AVOD and freemium platforms accounted for some 12% of viewing time, up from 10% in 2021. Social services such as YouTube and TikTok accounted for 88% of viewing time.

Douglas Booth, Alison Pill, Iris Apatow Board ‘Young Werther’ Adaptation of Goethe Classic (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Canada - county Canadian - county Ontario
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17.05.2023 / 05:37

Douglas Booth, Alison Pill, Iris Apatow Board ‘Young Werther’ Adaptation of Goethe Classic (EXCLUSIVE)

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Douglas Booth, Alison Pill and Iris Apatow have joined an adaptation of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe classic “The Sorrows of Young Werther.” The film, simply titled “Young Werther,” is produced by Toronto-based film and TV outfit Wildling Pictures, which describes the project as a modern retelling of the book. Booth (“That Dirty Black Bag”) and Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) will take lead roles, with Apatow (“The Bubble”) also set to star along Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”). Production will begin this month in Toronto. Drawing from Goethe’s passionate personal accounts, which were first published in letter form in 1774, “Young Werther” is the story of a charmingly irresponsible and enthusiastic young man named Werther (Booth) who finds himself at the mercy of Charlotte (Pill), whose allure and commitment to her impressive fiancé Albert turns Werther’s life upside down.

Singapore Funding Behind Two Cannes Festival Films - variety.com - London - China - Hong Kong - Singapore - city Singapore
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16.05.2023 / 05:07

Singapore Funding Behind Two Cannes Festival Films

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Funding from Singaporean state sources is involved in two features that make their debut at the Cannes Film Festival this month. A third film, “The Breaking Ice,” is directed by Singapore-born filmmaker Anthony Chen. “We are absolutely thrilled that we have the most number of Made with Singapore films debuting in Cannes this year,” said Justin Ang, assistant chief executive of media, innovation, communications and marketing at Singapore’s InfoComm Media Development Authority.Malaysian-produced “Tiger Stripes,” which will play in the Critics’ Week section, and Vietnamese-made “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” which will play in the Directors’ Fortnight section, both received cash injections from the Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant under the ‘Media Talent Progression Programme,’ which is backed by the Singapore Film Commission and the IMDA.

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