Zhang Yimou’s One Second also opened over the weekend and grossed $10.6m in three days.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age headed up the China box office over the three-day weekend (November 27-29), according to figures from Artisan Gateway, grossing $18.9m, almost twice as much as the $9.71m the film grossed in the US over Thanksgiving weekend.
The first The Croods movie grossed $6m (RMB40.1m) on its opening weekend in China in April 2013 and went on to take $60m (RMB394.6m). However, that was during an earlier stage of the market’s development, when China had fewer screens,...
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age headed up the China box office over the three-day weekend (November 27-29), according to figures from Artisan Gateway, grossing $18.9m, almost twice as much as the $9.71m the film grossed in the US over Thanksgiving weekend.
The first The Croods movie grossed $6m (RMB40.1m) on its opening weekend in China in April 2013 and went on to take $60m (RMB394.6m). However, that was during an earlier stage of the market’s development, when China had fewer screens,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The $60m production is currently in production.
Distribution Workshop is launching sales in Cannes on Andrew Lau’s action drama The Chinese Pilot.
Backed by Bona Film Group, the $60m production tells the true story of Captain Liu Chuanjian, who last year saved the lives of 119 passengers on a Sichuan Airlines flight when the windshield shattered and he was sucked halfway out of the cockpit over the Tibetan Plateau.
Zhang Hanyu (Operation Mekong) plays Liu in the film, which is currently in production and scheduled for Chinese release over the National Day holidays in October 2019.
Distribution Workshop is also handling...
Distribution Workshop is launching sales in Cannes on Andrew Lau’s action drama The Chinese Pilot.
Backed by Bona Film Group, the $60m production tells the true story of Captain Liu Chuanjian, who last year saved the lives of 119 passengers on a Sichuan Airlines flight when the windshield shattered and he was sucked halfway out of the cockpit over the Tibetan Plateau.
Zhang Hanyu (Operation Mekong) plays Liu in the film, which is currently in production and scheduled for Chinese release over the National Day holidays in October 2019.
Distribution Workshop is also handling...
- 5/14/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong- and Taiwan-based group Just Creative will use this week’s FilMart to launch “Be Water, My Friend,” one of the year’s biggest movies from Greater China. The drama is currently in production with Chow Yun-fat in the lead role as a pathological gambler who finds a way to communicate with his autistic son.
The film is directed by Hong Kong’s Anthony Pun (“Extraordinary Mission”) from a script by Felix Chong (“Project Gutenberg”). Ronald Wong, who shares multiple credits with Chong, produces the pic, which has a budget approaching $40 million.
Just Creative is bringing two other titles with major names to the Hong Kong market.
Superstar Andy Lau stars in and produces “Find Your Voice.” The film, directed by Adrian Kwan, is a continuation of the education drama theme started with 2015’s “Little Big Master.” The story involves a prominent orchestral conductor returning to Hong Kong to...
The film is directed by Hong Kong’s Anthony Pun (“Extraordinary Mission”) from a script by Felix Chong (“Project Gutenberg”). Ronald Wong, who shares multiple credits with Chong, produces the pic, which has a budget approaching $40 million.
Just Creative is bringing two other titles with major names to the Hong Kong market.
Superstar Andy Lau stars in and produces “Find Your Voice.” The film, directed by Adrian Kwan, is a continuation of the education drama theme started with 2015’s “Little Big Master.” The story involves a prominent orchestral conductor returning to Hong Kong to...
- 3/17/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Hong Kong star will play a gambler in Anthony Pun’s Be Water, My Friend.
Distribution Workshop is launching international sales at Filmart on Anthony Pun’s Be Water, My Friend, starring Chow Yun Fat.
Chow plays a pathological gambler who finds a way to connect with his autistic son in the $35-40m film, which is currently in production and set in Hong Kong, Macau and China.
Pun previously directed Extraordinary Mission and is reteaming with Felix Chong and Ronald Wong, writer and producer respectively of the 2017 action hit, on his new project. Wong also produced Project Gutenberg,...
Distribution Workshop is launching international sales at Filmart on Anthony Pun’s Be Water, My Friend, starring Chow Yun Fat.
Chow plays a pathological gambler who finds a way to connect with his autistic son in the $35-40m film, which is currently in production and set in Hong Kong, Macau and China.
Pun previously directed Extraordinary Mission and is reteaming with Felix Chong and Ronald Wong, writer and producer respectively of the 2017 action hit, on his new project. Wong also produced Project Gutenberg,...
- 3/17/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Distribution Workshop picks up Xu Haofeng-directed title.
Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to martial arts action title The Hidden Sword, directed by Xu Haofeng.
Starring Zhang Aoyue (The Final Master), Jessie Li (Port Of Call) and Chen Kuan Tai (14 Blades), the film is currently in post-production for tentative release towards the end of the year.
Based on Xu’s own novella, the film is set in the 1930s when a special sword has helped the Chinese army win the war against Japan. The old man who developed the sword tries to go into hiding with his family, when his martial techniques start to attract too much attention, but eventually the outside world starts to intrude.
A leading martial arts fiction writer, Xu has also directed critically-acclaimed films such as The Sword Identity (2011), Judge Archer (2012) and The Final Master (2015) and co-wrote the screenplay for The Grandmaster (2013) with Wong Kar-wai. The Final Master, which...
Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to martial arts action title The Hidden Sword, directed by Xu Haofeng.
Starring Zhang Aoyue (The Final Master), Jessie Li (Port Of Call) and Chen Kuan Tai (14 Blades), the film is currently in post-production for tentative release towards the end of the year.
Based on Xu’s own novella, the film is set in the 1930s when a special sword has helped the Chinese army win the war against Japan. The old man who developed the sword tries to go into hiding with his family, when his martial techniques start to attract too much attention, but eventually the outside world starts to intrude.
A leading martial arts fiction writer, Xu has also directed critically-acclaimed films such as The Sword Identity (2011), Judge Archer (2012) and The Final Master (2015) and co-wrote the screenplay for The Grandmaster (2013) with Wong Kar-wai. The Final Master, which...
- 5/17/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kung Fu Yoga actor Aarif Lee stars in film from Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi.
Distribution Workshop is unveiling a new slate of productions at Filmart, including Yuen Woo-ping’s [pictured] The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia, produced by Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi.
The martial arts action fantasy stars Aarif Lee, hot from recent Chinese New Year hit Kung Fu Yoga, along with Dong Chengpeng (aka Da Peng), Zhou Dongyu and Ni Ni.
Set during the Northern Song Dynasty, the film follows a band of martial arts warriors who secretly protect the human race from evil outer space creatures. Producer Nansun Shi described the film as “a completely fresh approach at telling a story which combines traditional martial arts with science and aliens.”
Currently in post-production for tentative release in October, the film is produced by Le Vision Pictures, Acme Image Film Cultural Co and Film Can Production.
The film heads a busy slate for Distribution Workshop, which...
Distribution Workshop is unveiling a new slate of productions at Filmart, including Yuen Woo-ping’s [pictured] The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia, produced by Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi.
The martial arts action fantasy stars Aarif Lee, hot from recent Chinese New Year hit Kung Fu Yoga, along with Dong Chengpeng (aka Da Peng), Zhou Dongyu and Ni Ni.
Set during the Northern Song Dynasty, the film follows a band of martial arts warriors who secretly protect the human race from evil outer space creatures. Producer Nansun Shi described the film as “a completely fresh approach at telling a story which combines traditional martial arts with science and aliens.”
Currently in post-production for tentative release in October, the film is produced by Le Vision Pictures, Acme Image Film Cultural Co and Film Can Production.
The film heads a busy slate for Distribution Workshop, which...
- 3/12/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau is in hospital and will need 6 to 9 months to fully recover from multiple pelvic fractures and muscle / tendon injuries that were sustained from an accident while shooting a commercial in Thailand last week.
The accident happened when the horse Lau was riding threw him off and stepped on his back. He was flown back to Hong Kong for medical treatment last Wednesday evening.
There have been speculations by the local media on the extent of his injuries and the actor only spoke publicly today for the first time since the accident.
“I will fully comply with the recommendations of the medical team,” Lau wrote in his blog. “I know your pain will not be any less than mine. I will rest quietly and quickly get better!”
Lau was most recently seen in Zhang Yimou’s “The Great Wall“, in which he stars alongside Matt Damon.
The accident happened when the horse Lau was riding threw him off and stepped on his back. He was flown back to Hong Kong for medical treatment last Wednesday evening.
There have been speculations by the local media on the extent of his injuries and the actor only spoke publicly today for the first time since the accident.
“I will fully comply with the recommendations of the medical team,” Lau wrote in his blog. “I know your pain will not be any less than mine. I will rest quietly and quickly get better!”
Lau was most recently seen in Zhang Yimou’s “The Great Wall“, in which he stars alongside Matt Damon.
- 1/23/2017
- by Dragon Lin
- AsianMoviePulse
I'm just going to come out and say it: 2015 has been a really disappointing year for Asian Cinema so far. I didn't get to go to Cannes, so I have yet to see promising offerings from the likes of Hou Hsiao Hsien, Jia Zhangke, Koreeda Hirokazu and Apichatpong Weerasethakul among others, but what has made its way to screens in Hong Kong so far in 2015 has been a meagre selection of notable works.Before I dive into my Top 10 for the first half of the year, I will give special mentions to Jiang Wen's Gone With The Bullets, Herman Yau's Sara, Yoo Ha's Gangnam Blues, Adrian Kwan's Little Big Master and Narushima Izuru's Solomon's Perjury - all of which displayed elements of interest,...
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- 7/6/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Universe Films Distribution is to unveil four new projects at Filmart, including an as-yet-untitled action film from Benny Chan and Adrian Kwan’s drama Little Big Master, which Chan will produce.
Based on a true story, Little Big Master explores the problem of schools closing down in Hong Kong, due to the ageing population, and follows an enthusiastic headmaster who runs a kindergarten regardless of low pay. The $4.5m film is scheduled to start shooting in May.
Chan’s new project as director is described as a “Midnight Run-style action comedy” set in Hong Kong and mainland China. He expects to start shooting the $12m project after production has wrapped on Kwan’s film. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2015. Chan previously produced Kwan’s 2002 romantic comedy If You Care.
Universe is also selling Herman Yau’s $9m action title Time To Explode (working title) and James Yuen’s $5m romantic comedy Paris Holiday, starring...
Based on a true story, Little Big Master explores the problem of schools closing down in Hong Kong, due to the ageing population, and follows an enthusiastic headmaster who runs a kindergarten regardless of low pay. The $4.5m film is scheduled to start shooting in May.
Chan’s new project as director is described as a “Midnight Run-style action comedy” set in Hong Kong and mainland China. He expects to start shooting the $12m project after production has wrapped on Kwan’s film. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2015. Chan previously produced Kwan’s 2002 romantic comedy If You Care.
Universe is also selling Herman Yau’s $9m action title Time To Explode (working title) and James Yuen’s $5m romantic comedy Paris Holiday, starring...
- 3/24/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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