“Guilt by Design,” a Hong Kong film produced by Perfect Village Pictures and starring Nick Cheung, has received a North America release on former Wanda executive Jack Gao’s new digital distribution platform Smart Cinema USA. Subsequently, Well Go USA will be releasing the film on all of its digital and TV platforms and channels.
Together, the moves represent of a kind of “larger, pioneering deal for the release of a Chinese film in North America,” “Guilt by Design” producer Ellen Eliasoph, Perfect Village CEO, told Variety.
The U.S. Well Go release after its digital stateside debut will give the “film wide sequential distribution following its initial run on the Smart Cinema platform,” and “ensure that fans of Hong Kong police thrillers, fans of Nick Cheung and fans of Chinese films in general will be able to enjoy this exciting new film simultaneously with its China release, and continually...
Together, the moves represent of a kind of “larger, pioneering deal for the release of a Chinese film in North America,” “Guilt by Design” producer Ellen Eliasoph, Perfect Village CEO, told Variety.
The U.S. Well Go release after its digital stateside debut will give the “film wide sequential distribution following its initial run on the Smart Cinema platform,” and “ensure that fans of Hong Kong police thrillers, fans of Nick Cheung and fans of Chinese films in general will be able to enjoy this exciting new film simultaneously with its China release, and continually...
- 11/9/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Mok will focus on international sales for Asia-produced content, as well as developing and financing films within the region.
Endeavor Content has hired Nelson Mok as director of Asia productions and international sales, based in Singapore.
Mok will focus on international sales for Asia-produced content, as well as developing and financing films within the region, tapping into the burgeoning growth in the Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. He will report in to Endeavor Content’s international sales team, headed by Alex Walton.
Formerly director of international business at Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment, Mok was involved in licensing Taiwanese...
Endeavor Content has hired Nelson Mok as director of Asia productions and international sales, based in Singapore.
Mok will focus on international sales for Asia-produced content, as well as developing and financing films within the region, tapping into the burgeoning growth in the Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. He will report in to Endeavor Content’s international sales team, headed by Alex Walton.
Formerly director of international business at Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment, Mok was involved in licensing Taiwanese...
- 11/7/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
After two battles with Chinese censors, edgy Chinese youth drama “Better Days” came out on top this weekend as the highest-grossing film in the world with a $81.5 million three-day debut, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.
Globally, “Better Days” bested the worldwide haul of Disney’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” by a few million dollars and Warner Bros.’ “Joker” by about $20 million, according to Comscore.
In China, “Better Days” obliterated all other titles, earning 10 times more than “Maleficent,” its closest competitor, which grossed $8.6 million this past weekend. In just three days, “Better Days” has not just scored double the total China gross of the Angelina Jolie-starring title, but also out-earned the Disney flick’s $65 million North American haul so far.
“Better Days” was helped by the fact that two of the biggest contenders set to debut alongside it had their Friday openings canceled. Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...
Globally, “Better Days” bested the worldwide haul of Disney’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” by a few million dollars and Warner Bros.’ “Joker” by about $20 million, according to Comscore.
In China, “Better Days” obliterated all other titles, earning 10 times more than “Maleficent,” its closest competitor, which grossed $8.6 million this past weekend. In just three days, “Better Days” has not just scored double the total China gross of the Angelina Jolie-starring title, but also out-earned the Disney flick’s $65 million North American haul so far.
“Better Days” was helped by the fact that two of the biggest contenders set to debut alongside it had their Friday openings canceled. Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...
- 10/28/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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