THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER



Shaw pics to air on ex-Soviet TV Viasat Broadcasting U.K. will air Shaw Brothers kung fu movies across the former Soviet Union via an exclusive pay TV deal which Celestial Pictures said will boost the potential global audience for its classic martial arts movies to 200 million viewers. More

Shaw pics to air on ex-Soviet TV Viasat Broadcasting U.K. will air Shaw Brothers kung fu movies across the former Soviet Union via an exclusive pay TV deal which Celestial Pictures said will boost the potential global audience for its classic martial arts movies to 200 million viewers. More HAF selects 27 films for '09 edition Film projects from such helmers as Lu Chuan and Brillante Mendoza are among the 27 that will participate in this year's Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum, organizers said Tuesday. More Tsui makes Lau for 'Detective Dee' Tsui Hark will direct Andy Lau in the period martial arts suspense thriller "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" in Hong Kong and China beginning in May, production company Huayi Brothers said. More HK Disneyland sets growth plan Hong Kong Disneyland is planning to invest HK$3 billion-$4 billion ($387 million-$516 million) in a 49.4-acre expansion, local media reported Tuesday. More Shaw plan to delist ups shares Shares of Hong Kong entertainment conglomerate Shaw Brothers shot up 55.5% on Tuesday, a day after founder and movie mogul Run Run Shaw announced plans to take the company private. More HK sets mobile TV auctions for '09 The Hong Kong government said Tuesday that it will auction three mobile TV licenses in 2009, a move that could put city viewers one step closer to watching their favorite dramas and soccer matches on the go. More Dubai honoree Tsui looks back "I feel like I just started my work yesterday," said Tsui Hark, the China-born writer, producer, director and actor honored this week with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Dubai International Film Festival. More Hopes pinned on 3-D at CineAsia 3-D technology dominated the second CineAsia trade show and convention, held Tuesday-Thursday in the South China gambling capital Macau. More Mona Fung takes charge of TVB The board of Hong Kong’s largest broadcaster Television Broadcasts Limited has appointed Mona Fong managing director of the company, effective January 1. More GDC sets Asia d-cinema rollout GDC Technology has signed nonexclusive agreements with 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures International to deploy digital cinema across Asia. More HK b'caster ATV taps new execs Hong Kong broadcaster Asia Television Ltd. has appointed two high-profile telecom executives to take charge of its efforts to reshape its free-to-air and digital channels. More CineAsia names Zucker top distrib Annual exhibition trade show CineAsia will honor Sony Pictures Releasing International's Mark Zucker as its Distributor of the Year at the Dec. 9-11 event in Macau. More Wigan named CineAsia Visionary Sony Pictures' Gareth Wigan, the studio's international strategic adviser, will receive the Visionary Award at CineAsia on Dec. 11. More TVB cuts 7% of work force In what TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi-wan termed a "painful decision," the Hong Kong broadcaster on Monday announced a 7% reduction in its workforce, local media reported. More MPA fights Asian camcording BANGKOK - The Motion Picture Association on Monday began a biannual crackdown on illegal camcording of new movies released in cinemas in 13 Asia-Pacific countries. More H.K., China arms of Telindus sold BRUSSELS -- Belgium's dominant telecom operator Belgacom said Monday that it sold the Hong Kong and Chinese arms of its IT services unit Telindus to Easynet Global Services, part of British pay TV firm BSkyB. More 'War Monkeys' feature in works Sammo Hung is negotiations to star in "War Monkeys," a horror comedy shaping up to be the biggest feature yet from the independent arm of Dark Horse Films. More McG to receive CineAsia honor BEIJING -- Director-producer McG will be honored as the Kodak Filmmaker of the Year at the Dec. 11 closing night of the three-day CineAsia convention in Macau, organizers said Monday. More AFM buyer attendance dips LOS ANGELES -- The number of buyers attending the American Film Market fell 6% this year -- to 1,527 from 1,628 -- with the biggest drop in attendance among North American buyers. More H.K. financing forum postponed HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Film Financing Forum, due to start Thursday, has been postponed until further notice, organizers the Asia Business Forum told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. More Q&A: Roy Lee The Hollywood Reporter's Asia editor Jonathan Landreth catches up with Lee to see how he's handling his reign as Hollywood's "Remake King." More Price is right for Filmart spots SANTA MONICA -- It's not every day you get something for nothing, but over at the Hong Kong Film & TV Market stand, organizers are giving away free registration to the next Filmart, scheduled for March 23-26. More Pessimism abounds in Hong Kong All must look dim under the shadow of the global financial crisis, not least the once thriving Hong Kong film industry. More Asia pay TV regs top '09 agenda SINGAPORE -- Pay TV regulation will top the 2009 agenda of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia, chairman Marcel Fenez said Wednesday after the group's annual general meeting. More Asia Television cuts 16 staffers HONG KONG -- Broadcaster Asia Television laid off 16 production staffers to ease pressure brought on by the global financial crisis, an ATV executive told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. More

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