Sales launched on the body-switch action thriller in Cannes.
South Korean sales agency Finecut has sealed a raft of deals on body-switch action thriller Devils to multiple territories led by Kadokawa K+ in Japan, after launching sales in Cannes.
The film has also sold to Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Mockingbird Pictures), the Philippines (Viva Networks) and Cis (Silver Box).
Director Kim Jae-hoon’s feature debut stars Jang Dong-yoon (Project Wolf Hunting) and Oh Dae-hwan (Tomb Of The River) in a thriller featuring a notorious psychopathic serial killer and the homicide detective who has been tracking him.
Jinhwa Kim, IP Business Division...
South Korean sales agency Finecut has sealed a raft of deals on body-switch action thriller Devils to multiple territories led by Kadokawa K+ in Japan, after launching sales in Cannes.
The film has also sold to Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Mockingbird Pictures), the Philippines (Viva Networks) and Cis (Silver Box).
Director Kim Jae-hoon’s feature debut stars Jang Dong-yoon (Project Wolf Hunting) and Oh Dae-hwan (Tomb Of The River) in a thriller featuring a notorious psychopathic serial killer and the homicide detective who has been tracking him.
Jinhwa Kim, IP Business Division...
- 7/14/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
‘The Tyrant’ director Park Hoon-jung is behind ‘The Witch’ films.
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks has sealed deals on Park Hoon-jung’s upcoming action film The Tyrant (working title) and actor Jung Woo-sung’s directorial debut A Man Of Reason to a slew of territories.
The Tyrant has pre-sold to Germany (Splendid), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), Thailand (Neramitnung Film), Cis (Paradise Group) and inflight (Eagle).
Director Park is the filmmaker behind hit features The Witch: Part 1 and Part 2 and Venice title Night In Paradise as well as upcoming action feature The Childe, which is in post-production.
The Tyrant...
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks has sealed deals on Park Hoon-jung’s upcoming action film The Tyrant (working title) and actor Jung Woo-sung’s directorial debut A Man Of Reason to a slew of territories.
The Tyrant has pre-sold to Germany (Splendid), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), Thailand (Neramitnung Film), Cis (Paradise Group) and inflight (Eagle).
Director Park is the filmmaker behind hit features The Witch: Part 1 and Part 2 and Venice title Night In Paradise as well as upcoming action feature The Childe, which is in post-production.
The Tyrant...
- 5/20/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Action feature is from the director of ‘The Witch’ films.
Korean sales company Contents Panda have pre-sold action film The Childe, directed by Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 & 2), to a slew of territories led by North America (Well Go USA).
Further territories include Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), the Philippines (Laon Company+) and in-flight (Encore Inflight) as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Hong Kong and Macau (Clover Films).
The film stars Kim Seon-ho (TV’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kang Tae-joo. It follows a Kopino (of mixed Filipino and Korean descent) illegal boxer, who goes in search of...
Korean sales company Contents Panda have pre-sold action film The Childe, directed by Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 & 2), to a slew of territories led by North America (Well Go USA).
Further territories include Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), the Philippines (Laon Company+) and in-flight (Encore Inflight) as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Hong Kong and Macau (Clover Films).
The film stars Kim Seon-ho (TV’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kang Tae-joo. It follows a Kopino (of mixed Filipino and Korean descent) illegal boxer, who goes in search of...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
‘Suzume’, ‘John Wick 4’ and ‘Someday Or One Day’ among leading titles.
Taiwan’s gross box office for the first quarter of 2023 topped Nt$2bn ($65.6m), up 5% on the same period in 2019, according to a leading distributor.
“It is really exciting to see audiences finally return to movie theatres,” said Wayne Chang founder of distributor GaragePlay and acquisition company MovieCloud. “The total box office was over Nt$2bn ($65.6m) for 2023 Q1, which is even better than the Nt$1.9bn ($62.3m) for pre-Covid 2019 Q1.”
The Taipei-based distributor emerged as the highest grossing theatrical distributor in Q1, accounting for 25% of box office...
Taiwan’s gross box office for the first quarter of 2023 topped Nt$2bn ($65.6m), up 5% on the same period in 2019, according to a leading distributor.
“It is really exciting to see audiences finally return to movie theatres,” said Wayne Chang founder of distributor GaragePlay and acquisition company MovieCloud. “The total box office was over Nt$2bn ($65.6m) for 2023 Q1, which is even better than the Nt$1.9bn ($62.3m) for pre-Covid 2019 Q1.”
The Taipei-based distributor emerged as the highest grossing theatrical distributor in Q1, accounting for 25% of box office...
- 4/13/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Deals struck with distributors across Asia.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Deals struck with distributors across Asia.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
“Most sales companies gave me news of postponing, only moving their dates later and later.”
Busan’s 2021 Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) wrapped yesterday (October 14), after a four-day hybrid event.
International sales meetings were held online while domestic participants in the Asian Project Market (Apm) and E-ip Market had meetings on-site in Busan.
Last year’s market was held entirely online, and most Korean sales agents have not traveled overseas since after the Berlinale in 2020.
“Post-pandemic, it’s possible we will continue to be hybrid with online market screenings but what everybody agrees is that the most important thing is to be able to meet,...
Busan’s 2021 Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) wrapped yesterday (October 14), after a four-day hybrid event.
International sales meetings were held online while domestic participants in the Asian Project Market (Apm) and E-ip Market had meetings on-site in Busan.
Last year’s market was held entirely online, and most Korean sales agents have not traveled overseas since after the Berlinale in 2020.
“Post-pandemic, it’s possible we will continue to be hybrid with online market screenings but what everybody agrees is that the most important thing is to be able to meet,...
- 10/15/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
South Korean zombie action film “Peninsula” made a blistering start in cinemas across Asia. It is the highest-profile, first-run summer tentpole to have released since the coronavirus forced many cinemas in the region to close.
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, “Peninsula” is a survival story that takes place four years after the zombie apocalypse events recounted in Yeon’s 2016 film “Train to Busan.” It stars Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun.
The film earned $2.4 million from 353,000 admissions on Wednesday in its home territory, where its release is handled by Next Entertainment World.
In Taiwan, where it is released by MovieCloud, it earned $799,000 from 94,100 ticket sales. And in Singapore, where the release is through Clover Films, it earned $106,000 from 15,200 patrons.
Those scores were the highest ever opening day for a Korean film in Singapore. In Taiwan, the figures were bigger than the forerunner “Busan” which was released in 2016 at a time when social...
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, “Peninsula” is a survival story that takes place four years after the zombie apocalypse events recounted in Yeon’s 2016 film “Train to Busan.” It stars Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun.
The film earned $2.4 million from 353,000 admissions on Wednesday in its home territory, where its release is handled by Next Entertainment World.
In Taiwan, where it is released by MovieCloud, it earned $799,000 from 94,100 ticket sales. And in Singapore, where the release is through Clover Films, it earned $106,000 from 15,200 patrons.
Those scores were the highest ever opening day for a Korean film in Singapore. In Taiwan, the figures were bigger than the forerunner “Busan” which was released in 2016 at a time when social...
- 7/16/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, the film has sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) among other territories.
South Korean distributor Showbox has locked pre-sales deals on disaster drama Sinkhole to a raft of territories led by Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) following the virtual Cannes market.
The film has also sold to Indonesia (Falcon), Philippines (Mvp Viva), and Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and East Timor (Encore Films).
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, whose credits include luxury high-rise inferno film Tower and sci-fi action thriller Sector 7, Sinkhole stars Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun (Fengshui) and...
South Korean distributor Showbox has locked pre-sales deals on disaster drama Sinkhole to a raft of territories led by Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) following the virtual Cannes market.
The film has also sold to Indonesia (Falcon), Philippines (Mvp Viva), and Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and East Timor (Encore Films).
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, whose credits include luxury high-rise inferno film Tower and sci-fi action thriller Sector 7, Sinkhole stars Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun (Fengshui) and...
- 7/3/2020
- by 134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
Taiwan handled the coronavirus outbreak so effectively that the island’s cinemas did not need to close. But Hollywood studios largely stopped releasing movies, leaving the field to the independent distributors.
For the year to mid-June, seven-year-old GaragePlay (aka Moviecloud when in acquisitions mode) achieved the previously unheard of feat of topping the distributors’ box office chart. Its cumulative takings amount to $7.98 million (Nt$236 million), narrowly ahead of United International Pictures with $7.77 million (Nt$230 million), Sony on $7.16 million (Nt$212 million), Warner Bros on $5.06 million (Nt$150 million) and Disney in fifth with $3.98 million (Nt$118 million).
“I can’t pretend that we did this alone – the studios pulled back their releases — or that the numbers are great, but it is interesting to see how a wide range of Asian and independent U.S. titles can keep playing,” says company founder and CEO, Wayne Chang, a former executive at Catchplay.
The company’s...
For the year to mid-June, seven-year-old GaragePlay (aka Moviecloud when in acquisitions mode) achieved the previously unheard of feat of topping the distributors’ box office chart. Its cumulative takings amount to $7.98 million (Nt$236 million), narrowly ahead of United International Pictures with $7.77 million (Nt$230 million), Sony on $7.16 million (Nt$212 million), Warner Bros on $5.06 million (Nt$150 million) and Disney in fifth with $3.98 million (Nt$118 million).
“I can’t pretend that we did this alone – the studios pulled back their releases — or that the numbers are great, but it is interesting to see how a wide range of Asian and independent U.S. titles can keep playing,” says company founder and CEO, Wayne Chang, a former executive at Catchplay.
The company’s...
- 6/11/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
South Korean thriller secures distribution deals in 85 territories.
South Korea’s Cj Entertainment has pre-sold upcoming Cannes Midnight Screenings title The Merciless to 85 countries, including Australia and New Zealand (Jbg Pictures), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), the Philippines (Viva Communications), Mongolia (Bloomsbury), India and sub-continents (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) and pan-Asia pay TV (Celestial Tiger).
This is in addition to the previously announced deal to France, where Arp will open the film June 28.
Today, Cj added that Arp has picked up all French-speaking territories.
Movie Cloud is also set to open the film in June in Taiwan.
Directed by Byun Sung-hyun, The Merciless stars Seol Gyeong-gu (a.k.a. Sul Kyung-gu, Haeundae) as a gangster in prison who takes a fearless newbie, played by boy band Ze:a member Yim Si-wan (The Attorney), under his wing as he plots to take over a criminal organization upon their release.
Movie Could acquisitions manager Wayne Chang lauded the film for its many...
South Korea’s Cj Entertainment has pre-sold upcoming Cannes Midnight Screenings title The Merciless to 85 countries, including Australia and New Zealand (Jbg Pictures), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), the Philippines (Viva Communications), Mongolia (Bloomsbury), India and sub-continents (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) and pan-Asia pay TV (Celestial Tiger).
This is in addition to the previously announced deal to France, where Arp will open the film June 28.
Today, Cj added that Arp has picked up all French-speaking territories.
Movie Cloud is also set to open the film in June in Taiwan.
Directed by Byun Sung-hyun, The Merciless stars Seol Gyeong-gu (a.k.a. Sul Kyung-gu, Haeundae) as a gangster in prison who takes a fearless newbie, played by boy band Ze:a member Yim Si-wan (The Attorney), under his wing as he plots to take over a criminal organization upon their release.
Movie Could acquisitions manager Wayne Chang lauded the film for its many...
- 5/2/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Tech titans Wayne Chang and Paul English have launched Wicked Magic Productions. After seeding Silicon Valley startups, they will do the same in entertainment, and produce and co-finance features. Their first is Coup D’Etat, a satire that has been completed and will be shopped shortly for distribution with a cast that includes Katie Holmes, Michael Caine, Jason Biggs, Seth Green and Odeya Rush. Political turmoil prompts a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his…...
- 4/6/2017
- Deadline
Elizabeth Lee Elizabeth Lee is the producer, writer and lead actress of the zombie horror / comedy Eat Me! and the noir suspense horror thriller Off Season. With both films, Elizabeth Lee has found a way to come up with premises that are relevant to what is going on with society, but to give them a horror twist. Sometimes that involves brain munching zombies with Eat Me! or the supernatural with Off Season. With both films, Elizabeth Lee has shown an ability to write material that incorporates many subtleties and nuances and streamline it into a cohesive plot. Elizabeth Lee is definitely one to be keeping an eye out on as she is a triple threat being able to write original material, turn in either comedic or dramatic performances and being able to produce it all. Here's what she had to say about her blossoming horror career.
So who is Elizabeth Lee...
So who is Elizabeth Lee...
- 3/22/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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