New openers ’Europe Raiders’, ‘Go Brother’ and ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ couldn’t hit the heights.
Holdovers The Island and The Meg fought off new competitors to remain top at the Chinese box office in the week of Aug 13-19, as Europe Raiders, Go Brother and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation didn’t break out in a big way.
Local comedian-turned-director Huang Bo’s The Island kept the lead in its second week with $82.9m for $159.3m after 10 days. It has become the third highest grossing summer release and the 10th highest grossing film overall, both for this year. The offbeat comedy...
Holdovers The Island and The Meg fought off new competitors to remain top at the Chinese box office in the week of Aug 13-19, as Europe Raiders, Go Brother and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation didn’t break out in a big way.
Local comedian-turned-director Huang Bo’s The Island kept the lead in its second week with $82.9m for $159.3m after 10 days. It has become the third highest grossing summer release and the 10th highest grossing film overall, both for this year. The offbeat comedy...
- 8/20/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Wong Kar-wai’s Block 2 Distribution has appointed Virginia Leung, a veteran of the Hong Kong movie business, as its head of international sales.
The company has recently taken a sales role on Pema Tseden’s “Jinpa,” which has its world premiere in the Horizonte section at the Venice festival. That will be followed by the film’s North American launch in Toronto.
The company is also handling international rights to the Jingle Ma-directed mainstream action film “Euro Raiders.” The film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who for decades was represented by Wong’s Jettone company. The film releases this week in China.
For the past nine years, Leung had been head of sales at Distribution Workshop. She left earlier this year when the firm relocated from Hong Kong to Taiwan. In her new role, Leung will remain based in Hong Kong.
Prior to that, Leung began her sales career with...
The company has recently taken a sales role on Pema Tseden’s “Jinpa,” which has its world premiere in the Horizonte section at the Venice festival. That will be followed by the film’s North American launch in Toronto.
The company is also handling international rights to the Jingle Ma-directed mainstream action film “Euro Raiders.” The film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who for decades was represented by Wong’s Jettone company. The film releases this week in China.
For the past nine years, Leung had been head of sales at Distribution Workshop. She left earlier this year when the firm relocated from Hong Kong to Taiwan. In her new role, Leung will remain based in Hong Kong.
Prior to that, Leung began her sales career with...
- 8/16/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Leung will be handling international sales on Venice title Jinpa and Jingle Ma’s Euro Raiders for Block 2.
Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Distribution Co is moving into international distribution with the appointment of Virginia Leung as head of international sales.
Leung started her career with Hong Kong-based Media Asia in 1995 and later worked in international sales at Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
In 2008, she joined the newly-launched Distribution Workshop as sales chief, working on titles such as A Simple Life, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain and Operation Mekong. She left the company earlier this year when its international operations relocated to Taiwan.
Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Distribution Co is moving into international distribution with the appointment of Virginia Leung as head of international sales.
Leung started her career with Hong Kong-based Media Asia in 1995 and later worked in international sales at Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
In 2008, she joined the newly-launched Distribution Workshop as sales chief, working on titles such as A Simple Life, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain and Operation Mekong. She left the company earlier this year when its international operations relocated to Taiwan.
- 8/16/2018
- ScreenDaily
Wong Kar Wai’s Hong Kong-based Block 2 Distribution has appointed industry veteran Virginia Leung as head of international sales.
Prior to joining Block 2, Leung was a director of Distribution Workshop, which she joined in 2008. She had been in charge of the sales of films including Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Ann Hui’s The Simple Life and Dante Lam’s Operation Mekong. She left the company when its international operation moved to Taiwan earlier this year.
Starting her career in sales in 1995, Leung has previously worked for Media Asia, Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
Leung will ...
Prior to joining Block 2, Leung was a director of Distribution Workshop, which she joined in 2008. She had been in charge of the sales of films including Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Ann Hui’s The Simple Life and Dante Lam’s Operation Mekong. She left the company when its international operation moved to Taiwan earlier this year.
Starting her career in sales in 1995, Leung has previously worked for Media Asia, Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
Leung will ...
- 8/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wong Kar Wai’s Hong Kong-based Block 2 Distribution has appointed industry veteran Virginia Leung as head of international sales.
Prior to joining Block 2, Leung was a director of Distribution Workshop, which she joined in 2008. She had been in charge of the sales of films including Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Ann Hui’s The Simple Life and Dante Lam’s Operation Mekong. She left the company when its international operation moved to Taiwan earlier this year.
Starting her career in sales in 1995, Leung has previously worked for Media Asia, Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
Leung will ...
Prior to joining Block 2, Leung was a director of Distribution Workshop, which she joined in 2008. She had been in charge of the sales of films including Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Ann Hui’s The Simple Life and Dante Lam’s Operation Mekong. She left the company when its international operation moved to Taiwan earlier this year.
Starting her career in sales in 1995, Leung has previously worked for Media Asia, Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
Leung will ...
- 8/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The move from Hong Kong to Taipei comes in response to a “changing market”.
Nansun Shi and Jeffrey Chan’s Distribution Workshop is relocating its international sales team from Hong Kong to Taiwan from the beginning of April.
In a note sent to buyers, the company said: “In order to enhance our operational efficiency, we have decided to relocate our international sales business to our Taipei office, effective April 1, 2018. Sadly, our colleagues will not be moving with the relocation and have decided to pursue new paths in their career.”
The note added that June Wu would be on board as...
Nansun Shi and Jeffrey Chan’s Distribution Workshop is relocating its international sales team from Hong Kong to Taiwan from the beginning of April.
In a note sent to buyers, the company said: “In order to enhance our operational efficiency, we have decided to relocate our international sales business to our Taipei office, effective April 1, 2018. Sadly, our colleagues will not be moving with the relocation and have decided to pursue new paths in their career.”
The note added that June Wu would be on board as...
- 3/14/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
There is a thrilling selection of Chinese-language titles at Filmart this year. Liz Shackleton picks out some of the most promising.
With very few Hong Kong or mainland Chinese sellers making the journey to this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, Filmart offers a chance for buyers to catch up with the Chinese-language titles that will be rolled out in the region for the rest of the year.
After serving up the biggest film of the Chinese New Year holiday — Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong — China’s Sparkle Roll Media has launched a Hong Kong-based sales arm that is selling Ding Sheng’s reboot of the A Better Tomorrow series.
Other high-profile action titles new to market include Distribution Workshop’s Extraordinary Mission, from the creative teams behind the Infernal Affairs and Overheard series, and Huayi Brothers’ crime drama Explosion, starring Duan Yihong.
Previously announced...
With very few Hong Kong or mainland Chinese sellers making the journey to this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, Filmart offers a chance for buyers to catch up with the Chinese-language titles that will be rolled out in the region for the rest of the year.
After serving up the biggest film of the Chinese New Year holiday — Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong — China’s Sparkle Roll Media has launched a Hong Kong-based sales arm that is selling Ding Sheng’s reboot of the A Better Tomorrow series.
Other high-profile action titles new to market include Distribution Workshop’s Extraordinary Mission, from the creative teams behind the Infernal Affairs and Overheard series, and Huayi Brothers’ crime drama Explosion, starring Duan Yihong.
Previously announced...
- 3/13/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Version Originale Condor has picked up French rights to Eric Khoo’s drama In The Room ahead of its world premiere in Toronto on Tuesday and plans an early 2016 release.
In The Room spans several decades centred on one room in a Singapore hotel and is based around a maid who works there her entire life but is haunted by the memory of a pop star she met one New Year’s Eve.
“We are thrilled to be working with Eric Khoo as we have been admirers of his work for a long time,” said Version Originale Condor head Eric Le Bot.
“After 12 Storeys and Be With Me, Eric Khoo created yet again a beautiful picture, filled with a myriad of situations and characters.”
Version Originale Condor’s acquisitions advisor Aranka Matits of Featurette negotiated the deal with Virginia Leung of Distribution Workshop.
“We are delighted to be working with Version Originale Condor on this film...
In The Room spans several decades centred on one room in a Singapore hotel and is based around a maid who works there her entire life but is haunted by the memory of a pop star she met one New Year’s Eve.
“We are thrilled to be working with Eric Khoo as we have been admirers of his work for a long time,” said Version Originale Condor head Eric Le Bot.
“After 12 Storeys and Be With Me, Eric Khoo created yet again a beautiful picture, filled with a myriad of situations and characters.”
Version Originale Condor’s acquisitions advisor Aranka Matits of Featurette negotiated the deal with Virginia Leung of Distribution Workshop.
“We are delighted to be working with Version Originale Condor on this film...
- 9/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Distribution Workshop sales chief Virginia Leung has been made a director of the company, now majority owned by co-founders Nansun Shi and Jeffrey Chan.
Leung has been given a seat on the board along with Shi and Chan, who recently increased their joint shareholding in the Hong Kong-based sales company to 60%, while previous majority shareholder, Beijing-based studio Bona Film Group, holds 40%.
Leung started her sales career with Media Asia in 1995 and has also worked at Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films. She joined Distribution Workshop when the company was launched in 2008.
Following the ownership changes at Dw, the company plans to move into production and financing with an eye on international markets and possibly English-language films. “We’ll be ‘bridging the dragon’ between China and international territories,” said Chan.
Chan is continuing in his role as Bona Film Group COO and Dw will continue to handle sales on Bona-produced films.
Dw’s Filmart...
Leung has been given a seat on the board along with Shi and Chan, who recently increased their joint shareholding in the Hong Kong-based sales company to 60%, while previous majority shareholder, Beijing-based studio Bona Film Group, holds 40%.
Leung started her sales career with Media Asia in 1995 and has also worked at Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films. She joined Distribution Workshop when the company was launched in 2008.
Following the ownership changes at Dw, the company plans to move into production and financing with an eye on international markets and possibly English-language films. “We’ll be ‘bridging the dragon’ between China and international territories,” said Chan.
Chan is continuing in his role as Bona Film Group COO and Dw will continue to handle sales on Bona-produced films.
Dw’s Filmart...
- 3/23/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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