Patrick Frater

" Mountain Cry , a drama by first time Chinese film-maker Larry Yang Zi, is to be backed by a prestigious consortium of Chinese and international production houses. The project...

British director Peter Hewitt ("Sliding Doors," "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey") has begun pre-production on "The Wonder" a teen fantasy-adventure that is the first joint feature-film venture between China and...

Jean-Marie Messier , the former boss of French-U.S. entertainment conglomerate Vivendi Universal , Monday had his sentence for fraud reduced by a Paris court of appeal . The court handed...

Top Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke (" A Touch of Sin ") will voyage into the future as he sets " Mountains May Depart " as his next film. The film,...

The theatrical market in the Asian-Pacific region is now the largest single component of global box office, worth $11.1 billion in 2013, the year when it overtook both North America...

"Bloody Far East" by Du Liang was awarded the top prize at the second edition of the Cannes market's New Chinese Film Talents Fund Forum. Second prize went to "Alive"...

South Korean rights to Hong Kong police thriller " Helios " were acquired by Pan Cinema from Media Asia after a bid battle. "Almost every major Korean company gave us...

Costa Gavras, iconic director of "Z," "Missing," and "Music Box," has been appointed as president of the jury at the upcoming Deauville American Film Festival (Sept 5-14, 2014). The festival,...

Backed by Singapore-based U.S. financier Robert Friedland and headed by former GreeneStreet president, John Penotti, (pictured) new production and investment company Ivanhoe Pictures has committed upward of $130 million to...

Easternlight has taken over the international sales duties of big-budget Chinese animated feature " Legend of a Rabbit : Martial of Fire 3D." The film is a sequel to "Legend...