THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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Yee looks for hit with 'Triple Tap'

Director Derek Yee plays with guns in “Triple Tap," a cops-and-robbers thriller with a twist co-invested by Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures and China’s PolyBona International, and co-produced by Hong Kong Sil-Metropol Organization. More

Yee looks for hit with 'Triple Tap'

KIX, Thrill join NowTV

KIX and Thrill, two new channels backed by Lionsgate Entertainment, have struck a carriage deal with Hong Kong pay-TV platform NowTV. More

Lou brings 'Spring Fever' to HK

A prominent Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. More

Screen empress Liu returns in '37'

Once the most celebrated actress in China, award-winning Chinese screen legend Liu Xiaoqing will return to film in Hong Kong director Dennis Chen’s drama “37," in a role that rendered her unrecognizable, Liu told the Hollywood Reporter. More

'Chen Zhen' starts shooting

Production got underway Monday on "Chen Zhen," a martial arts actioner being directed by "Infernal Affairs" co-director Andrew Lau Wai-keung. More

HK proposes new anti-piracy law

The Hong Kong government has proposed a package of new legislation to strengthen copyright protection in the digital environment, but it stopped short of a "three strikes" policy adopted by countries including France and South Korea. More

I-Cable scores with EPL rights

Hong Kong cable-TV group I-Cable has scored an important goal in its closely fought match with IPTV rival Now TV: rights to English Premier League soccer for the next three seasons. More

Chan marks school anniversary

Jackie Chan didn't take acting lessons or attend a fancy conservatory. The biggest star in kung fu cinema learned his craft from a retired Peking Opera star who turned his apartment into a performing arts boot camp for working-class Hong Kong children in the 1960s. More

Mirovision sells 'King Kong'

Mirovision reported late Sunday that it struck a major deal to transport “Lifting King Kong” into Hong Kong and China with Golden Harvest. More

AFA expands submission process

Now in their fourth year, the Asian Film Awards are to enlarge their entry process to allow individual submissions from filmmakers. More

Cautious thumbs up at AFM

As the annual exodus of American Film Market attendees began Sunday, sellers who arrived with glossy slates and the hope things are getting rosier seemed satisfied with the level of activities. More

AFM Special Report: Hong Kong

Boxoffice may be up, but the outlook is troubled for Hong Kong's indigenous industry. More

'Bodyguards' sells at AFM

Big-budget Chinese period thriller "Bodyguards and Assassins" has been sold by We Distribution to four territories at the beginning of the AFM. More

HK movies make dramatic showing

Hong Kong movies make a dramatic showing at the boxoffice More

CASBAA wraps with pay-TV up

Asia's pay-TV companies were cheered by their strong performance through the recent financial crisis and by forecasts of further growth. But a conference heard that the sector faces unprecedented challenges from 'disruptive technologies,' piracy and changing consumer behavior. More

Shanghai needs Mouse magic

China has finally given a green light for Disneyland to build a theme park in Shanghai. Negotiations that started when Bill Clinton was in the White House have concluded just before President Barack Obama is due to visit. The approval looks like a coup for Walt Disney Co., but it will take all of Mickey's magic to prevent the park from becoming another government-financed loss maker. More

Exhausted execs hit AFM

Asia's film executives can be forgiven for arriving in Santa Monica a little exhausted, and it's not just the 16-hour jetlag. More

Women Media Networks debuts

Tuesday saw the formal launch in Hong Kong of Women Media Networks, an Asia Pacific-based, not-for-profit organization. More

Turner to launch truTV in Asia

Time-Warner's Turner Broadcasting System is planning an Asian launch for truth, the "caught on video" channel that until last year was branded as Court TV in the U.S. More

'Stool Pigeon' starts filming in HK

Production got underway Monday in Hong Kong on "The Stool Pigeon," a new thriller featuring the team behind breakout hit "The Beast Stalker." More

Comcast plans localized 'E! News'

Comcast plans to create a localized Asian version of its celebrity show "E! News." More

Chow to star in Jiang's 'Bullets'

Hong Kong and Hollywood star Chow Yun-fat will co-star with Chinese actor Ge You in a film for the first time when he joins the action comedy "Let the Bullets Fly," by Chinese director Jiang Wen, Emperor Motion Pictures said Wednesday. More

Golden Harvest promises rebirth

The new management of a famed Hong Kong film studio that worked with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and John Woo promised Wednesday to revive the company into a Chinese powerhouse in movie production and multiplexes. More

STAR channels to bow in Canada

News Corp.'s STAR network has launched four of its Indian channels on Canada's Rogers Cable. This will be followed by the launch of three STAR Mandarin-language services later this month. More

Yeoh making kung fu moves

Michelle Yeoh will soon star in a romantic kung fu thriller to start shooting in Shanghai on Oct. 30 More

Global grosses

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
	Release	Wknd. B.O.	Cume B.O.
1.	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	124.1	132.1
2.	2012	107.1	348.1
3.	A Christmas Carol	18.5	60
4.	This Is It	5.7	168.2
5.	Up	3	379
Figures in millions. Weekend of Nov. 20-22, 2009

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