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| Film industry turns its attention to Tokyo festival Posted: 20 Oct 2011 06:49 AM PDT
The 24th Tokyo International Film Festival – which runs from October 22 to 30 – boasts five world premieres on its 200-film programme, among them the Shuichi Okita-directed drama The Woodsman and the Rain and Chinese director Du Jiayi's coming-of-age tale Kora. The event is used by the Japanese film industry to peddle its wares to the world – and by international filmmakers and distributors to gain an insight into what is happening there, and perhaps strike up some business. The visitors will no doubt be impressed by what they find when they land in Tokyo. Japan's box office came into 2011 off a record year – the 220.7 billion yen (RM8.59 billion) collected in 2010 was the most in the country since 1974 – and there have been impressive figures recorded once again. The current box office champ is the Hollywood sci-fi actioner Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which has taken US$17 million (RM53.13 million) in just two weeks, while the local Moteki sits in second place with an impressive four-week collection of more than US$20 million. The festival in Tokyo is considered one of Asia's "top three" film festivals – behind the event which concluded last week in Busan, South Korea, and in front of the large Shanghai festival that is held each June. It places much emphasis on its film market, seen as a doorway into both producing films in Japan and marketing international films in the country. The festival's official website produces daily webcasts and interviews with guests for those unable to make the event itself. In other news from the Asian box office, the Hugh Jackman-led actioner Real Steel went straight to the top of the charts in South Korea, picking up around US$813,000 from its first week. The film was also dominant in Hong Kong, collecting US$1.6 million in its first week to knock the comedy-thriller Johnny English Reborn from its perch. That film has now taken US$3 million from its two-week run and is the latest in a growing trend of international productions which have targeted foreign markets before their own domestic audiences are tested. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Anne Hathaway joins Hugh Jackman in ‘Les Misérables’ Posted: 20 Oct 2011 02:04 AM PDT  Actress Anne Hathaway will be singing 'I Dreamed a Dream' as Fantine in the film version of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. – AFP pic The adaptation of the musical stage play stars Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe as the antogonist Inspector Javert, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Set in 19th-century France, during years prior to the French Revolution, the story follows a paroled prisoner who seeks redemption and a struggling factory worker. Amy Adams was apparently vying for the role of Fantine. The team of Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush, from The King's Speech, could appear as the Thenardiers, per Deadline Hollywood, and Emma Watson may also be in consideration for a role. Directed by Tom Hooper, who won the Oscar for The King's Speech, production is planned for starting at the end of the year. The film will be released December 7, 2012. Hathaway will be seen as Catwoman in the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises from director Christopher Nolan, to open next July, and has also signed on to a Judy Garland biopic. Currently Jackman is starring in the sci-fi thriller Real Steel and he will be in the sequels for Wolverine and the animated Rise of the Guardians, as well as star as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Show on Earth. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
LOS ANGELES, Oct 20 – Japan is this week warming up for its major film festival with the local industry buoyed by big box office numbers.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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