Wong Kar Wai’s Hong Kong-based production company Jet Tone Films has appointed former Fortissimo Films executive Winnie Lau as Head of International Co-Production and Distribution.
Based out of Jet Tone’s Beijing and Hong Kong offices, Lau will oversee the company’s strategic partnerships and co-productions with overseas media companies.
Lau was formerly executive vice president of acquisitions and sales at Fortissimo, where she negotiated with international studios, independent distributors and award-winning directors such as Martin Scorsese, John Cameron Mitchell and Wong Kar Wai.
“Jet Tone is delighted to welcome such a seasoned expert to our international team,” said Jet Tone Films CEO Jacky Pang. “Winnie’s proven experience and success in the global markets will allow our company to explore exciting new territory.”
“It is truly an honor to join a production company with such an incredible international track record,” said Lau. “I look forward to working closely with Jacky and Wong Kar Wai to attract...
Based out of Jet Tone’s Beijing and Hong Kong offices, Lau will oversee the company’s strategic partnerships and co-productions with overseas media companies.
Lau was formerly executive vice president of acquisitions and sales at Fortissimo, where she negotiated with international studios, independent distributors and award-winning directors such as Martin Scorsese, John Cameron Mitchell and Wong Kar Wai.
“Jet Tone is delighted to welcome such a seasoned expert to our international team,” said Jet Tone Films CEO Jacky Pang. “Winnie’s proven experience and success in the global markets will allow our company to explore exciting new territory.”
“It is truly an honor to join a production company with such an incredible international track record,” said Lau. “I look forward to working closely with Jacky and Wong Kar Wai to attract...
- 9/23/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang starrer The Grandmaster has a new featurette, prepping fans for the upcoming Weintein Co actioner's release on August 23rd, 2013. Also on board the film, scripted and helmed by Wong Kar Wai, are Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Xiao Shenyang and Song Hye Kyo. Pic which looks to deliver some excellent fight scenes, is produced by Gu Guoqing, Han Sanping, Ren Zhong-lun, Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Yu Dong, Yan Xiaomong and Wong Kar Wai.
- 8/20/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New The Grandmaster clips take the fight to a train, rain and brothel Weinstein Co's actioner The Grandmaster hits theaters in a week from now on August 23rd, under the direction of Wong Kar Wai. There are 3 fight clips up in HD below for your viewing pleasure below the synopsis. The film is produced by Gu Guoqing, Han Sanping, Ren Zhong-lun, Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Yu Dong, Yan Xiaomong and Wai, and certainly looks to offer some stunning fight shots. The Grandmaster is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos...
- 8/16/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster starring Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang has added a fresh trailer, courtesy of Apple. The Weinstein Co release opens in theaters on Also on board this talented cast are Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Xiao Shenyang and Song Hye Kyo. Wong Kar Wai, Zou Jingzhi, and Xu Haofeng wrote the screenplay for the film produced by Jacky Pang and Wong Kar Wai. The Grandmaster is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts...
- 7/13/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch the trailer for The Grandmaster, starring Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Cung Le, Son Hye-kyo, Chen Chang and Leun Siu-Lung. Directed and written by Wong Kar Wai, this is the story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the trainer of legendary Bruce Lee. Gu Guoqing, Han Sanping, Ren Zhong-lun, Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Yu Dong, Yan Xiaomong and Wong Kar Wai produce the film which opens in theaters from August 23rd via The Weinstein Company.
- 4/23/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Wasting no time, the Weinstein Company snapped all rights in the Us and English speaking Canadian territories from financeer Annapurna to Wong Kar Wai's Berlin opening night martial arts epic "The Grandmaster," as well as rights to Australia, New Zealand, and the UK from Wild Bunch. "The Grandmaster" was well-received by the press at advance screenings (here's Indiewire's review) and has already grossed $50 million at the box office in China making it the director’s highest-grossing career best. Written by Wong, Zou Jingzhi, and Xu Haofeng, the film is executive produced by Megan Ellison, and produced by Jacky Pang and Wong Kar Wai. Set in 1930’s China and inspired by the life of Bruce Lee mentor IP Man (frequent Wong collaborator Tony Leung Chiu Wai), the story focuses on two kung fu masters, IP Man, and Gong Er, on the night of the Japanese invasion in 1936. The ensemble cast also includes Zhang Yiyi ("Crouching.
- 2/7/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Breaking: I’ve read about the supposed bad blood between Harvey Weinstein and Annapurna Pictures principal Megan Ellison over the subpar box office grosses of The Master. But any idea they’re not doing business together seems to be a bit crunched by a new deal they’ve just made. The Weinstein Company has acquired all rights in the U.S. and English-speaking Canadian territories from Annapurna on Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, which premieres tonight as the opening film at the Berlin Film Festival. TWC also landed rights to Australia, New Zealand, and the UK from Wild Bunch. The Grandmaster, written by Wong, Zou Jingzhi, and Xu Haofeng, was executive produced by Ellison (she has money in the movie), and produced by Jacky Pang and Wong. The film opened to critical praise last month in China and has just reached over $50 million at the box office there, making...
- 2/7/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The Grandmaster
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Writer(s): Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu
Producer(s): Kar-Wai and Jacky Pang Yee Wah
U.S. Distributor: Annapurna Pictures
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang
First reviews are out: here is Variety’s take: “Venturing into fresh creative terrain without relinquishing his familiar themes and stylistic flourishes, Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai exceeds expectations with “The Grandmaster,” fashioning a 1930s action saga into a refined piece of commercial filmmaking. Boasting one of the most propulsive yet ethereal realizations of authentic martial arts onscreen, as well as a merging of physicality and philosophy not attained in Chinese cinema since King Hu’s masterpieces, the hotly anticipated pic is sure to win new converts from the genre camp. Wong’s Eurocentric arthouse disciples, however, may not be completely in tune with the film’s more traditional storytelling and occasionally long-winded technical exposition.
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Writer(s): Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu
Producer(s): Kar-Wai and Jacky Pang Yee Wah
U.S. Distributor: Annapurna Pictures
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang
First reviews are out: here is Variety’s take: “Venturing into fresh creative terrain without relinquishing his familiar themes and stylistic flourishes, Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai exceeds expectations with “The Grandmaster,” fashioning a 1930s action saga into a refined piece of commercial filmmaking. Boasting one of the most propulsive yet ethereal realizations of authentic martial arts onscreen, as well as a merging of physicality and philosophy not attained in Chinese cinema since King Hu’s masterpieces, the hotly anticipated pic is sure to win new converts from the genre camp. Wong’s Eurocentric arthouse disciples, however, may not be completely in tune with the film’s more traditional storytelling and occasionally long-winded technical exposition.
- 1/15/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to "Touch of the Light," Taiwan’s official entry for the 2013 foreign-language film Oscar. The company plans a spring release for the film, which recently opened the Marrakesh film festival and presented by Wong Kar Wai. "Light" is the feature-length film debut of filmmaker Chang Jung-Chi. Based on true events, "Light" stars Huang Yu-Hsiang, Sandrine Pinna and Lee Leih in the story of a young, blind Taiwanese piano prodigy. Jacky Pang Yee-Wah and Cheung Hong-Tat produced; Chan Ye-Cheng and Song Dai are executive producers. The film is a Block 2 and Sil Metropole Limited presentation of a Jet Tone Films and Sil-Metropole Organization Limited Production. "We are thrilled that Doris and her team at Well Go have so strongly embraced this powerful, award-winning, emotional film," said Fortissimo exec Winnie Lau. "This continues our relationship with...
- 12/19/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
#06. The Grandmasters Director: Wong Kar-Wai Writer(s): Xu Haofeng and Kar-WaiProducers: Jacky Pang Yee Wah and Kar-Wai Distributor: Annapurna Pictures The Gist: This will be a kung-fu movie about the life of Bruce Lee. The film will be set in the 1950's and will focus on the relationship between Bruce Lee and his master Ip Man (Tony Leung). ...(more) Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang List Worthy Reasons...: To give you an idea of how long we've been waiting, we've had this on our Most Anticipated lists for 2010 and 2011. The trailer was enough to maintain its position among the Most Anticipated elite and we're confident this won't go the 2046 (five years in editing) route. Release Date/Status?: Now that all plans for a 2011 release are a thing of the past, the logicial next bet is Cannes 2012. Prod company Annapurna Pictures picked up distribution rights for the U.
- 1/10/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
#08. The Grandmasters Director: Wong Kar-Wai Writers: Xu Haofeng and Kar-Wai Producers: Jacky Pang Yee Wah and Kar-Wai Distributor: Rights Available. The Gist: This will be a kung-fu movie about the life of Bruce Lee. The film will be set in the 1950's and will focus on the relationship between Bruce Lee and his master (Tony Leung). Gong Li will play the head of a martial-art clan. Zhang Ziyi - will play the wife of Ip Man.....(more) Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang List Worthy Reasons...: With auteur Asian filmmakers such as Jiang-Ke and Hou Hsiao-Hsien also making the leap into martial arts project, it may be Wkw who is stylistically challenging himself the most among the trio, first by going into biopic territory but also by enlisting a crew comprised of kick ass, action choreographer, Hong Kong action cinema specialist Yuen Woo-ping. Here...
- 1/18/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The Weinstein Co. has nabbed all U.S., Australian and New Zealand rights to Wong Kar Wai's romantic comedy "My Blueberry Nights" starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Tim Roth and Natalie Portman.
"Nights" marks Wong's English-language feature debut and the feature-film acting debut of singer Jones, who will play a woman taking a long road trip to find true love. The feature, filled with eccentric characters she meets along the way, was shot on locations across the country in the summer.
"Ten years ago, Harvey Weinstein played a key role in introducing my work to American audiences with 'Chungking Express, ' " said Wong, who was the jury president at May's Festival de Cannes. "It's a pleasure to be reunited with an old friend at this new phase of my career."
Wong wrote "Nights" with Lawrence Block and produced the project with Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei. The Block 2 Distribution presentation is a co-production of Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited.
Weinstein Co. executive vps and co-heads of acquisitions Michelle Krumm and Maeva Gatineau and senior vp business and legal affairs Laine Kline negotiated the deal with StudioCanal executive vp international sales Muriel Sauzay and director of international sales Saya Huddleston. Irene Leung negotiated on behalf of Block 2 Distribution. StudioCanal is handling international sales.
"Nights" marks Wong's English-language feature debut and the feature-film acting debut of singer Jones, who will play a woman taking a long road trip to find true love. The feature, filled with eccentric characters she meets along the way, was shot on locations across the country in the summer.
"Ten years ago, Harvey Weinstein played a key role in introducing my work to American audiences with 'Chungking Express, ' " said Wong, who was the jury president at May's Festival de Cannes. "It's a pleasure to be reunited with an old friend at this new phase of my career."
Wong wrote "Nights" with Lawrence Block and produced the project with Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei. The Block 2 Distribution presentation is a co-production of Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited.
Weinstein Co. executive vps and co-heads of acquisitions Michelle Krumm and Maeva Gatineau and senior vp business and legal affairs Laine Kline negotiated the deal with StudioCanal executive vp international sales Muriel Sauzay and director of international sales Saya Huddleston. Irene Leung negotiated on behalf of Block 2 Distribution. StudioCanal is handling international sales.
- 11/9/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman have joined the cast of Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, the director's English-language debut starring Norah Jones. Preproduction on the film, which will shoot in the summer in the U.S., will begin after the Festival de Cannes, where Wong is serving as jury president. Nights is a Block 2 Distribution presentation of a Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited production, produced by Wong, Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei.
- 5/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman have joined the cast of Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, the director's English-language debut starring Norah Jones. Preproduction on the film, which will shoot in the summer in the U.S., will begin after the Festival de Cannes, where Wong is serving as jury president. Nights is a Block 2 Distribution presentation of a Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited production, produced by Wong, Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei.
- 5/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Only one of the three episodes of the anthology film Eros delivers on the title's promise. Three world-class directors -- Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh and the seemingly ageless master himself, Michelangelo Antonioni -- take a crack at making a short film about eroticism and desire. That and the title should create considerable excitement in art houses for Warner Independent Pictures. But the disappointment caused by two-thirds of the film may cut into the boxoffice.
The first and most successful short belongs to Wong. The Hand, the story of a Hong Kong tailor's (Chang Chen) longtime obsession with a beautiful prostitute (Gong Li) for whom he crafts many fine garments, is like the writer-director's recent features -- a moody and intimate story told in close shots in almost claustrophobic rooms.
Eroticism hangs heavily in the air, and the two actors ably convey the passage of years and ebb and flow of a life where a certain kind of love can never be requited.
Soderbergh's Equilibrium is an amusing sketch set in a psychiatrist's office in 1955 between a shrink (Alan Arkin) and a very anxious patient (Robert Downey Jr.). All but the patient's recurring dream is shot in stylish black-and-white.
The dream itself does feature flashes of female nudity, but any short that revolves around the invention of the snooze alarm clock cannot consider itself erotic. Equilibrium is clever but emotionally flat.
For many cineastes the world over, the great Italian director Antonioni can do no wrong. So this free-form series of images revolving around a quarreling married couple and their individual encounters with a free-spirited woman may trigger all sorts of suggestions and provocations. Indeed, they will have to because on the surface, the short suffers from emotional and cinematic banality.
A couple (Christopher Buchholz and Regina Nemni) bicker in stilted, poorly delivered dialogue. They visit a restaurant, and he spots a young woman (Luisa Ranieri). When they angrily separate, the husband pursues the girl and makes love to her. Some time later, in early winter, the estranged wife goes to the beach, takes off her clothes and then encounters the same girl, who is also naked. Who takes their clothes off at the beach in wintertime?
Technical credits vary, but for the most part are top-notch.
EROS
Warner Independent
Roissy Films/Block 2 Pictures/Jet Tone Films Production/IpsoFacto/Solaris/Cite Films Productions/Fandango/Delux
Credits:
Directors: Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Tonino Guerra
Producers: Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Gregory Jacobs, Stephane Tchal Gadjieff, Raphael Berdujgo, Jacques Bar, Domenico Procacci
Executive producers: Chang Ye Cheng, Danielle Rosencranz
Directors of photoghraphy: Christopher Doyle, Peter Andrews, Marco Pontecorvo
Production designer: William Chang, Philip Messina, Stefano Luci
Costumes: William Chang
Milena Canonero Carin Berger,
Music: Peer Rabin
Enrica Antonioni, Vinicio MalaniOnly
Editors: William Chang Suk Ping, Mary Ann Bernard, Claudio di Mauro.
Cast: Miss Hua: Gong Li
Zhang: Chang Chen
Nick: Robert Downey Jr.
Dr. Pearl: Alan Arkin
Christopher: Christopher Bucholtz
Cloe: Regina Nemni
Luisa Ranieri
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 104 minutes...
TORONTO -- Only one of the three episodes of the anthology film Eros delivers on the title's promise. Three world-class directors -- Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh and the seemingly ageless master himself, Michelangelo Antonioni -- take a crack at making a short film about eroticism and desire. That and the title should create considerable excitement in art houses for Warner Independent Pictures. But the disappointment caused by two-thirds of the film may cut into the boxoffice.
The first and most successful short belongs to Wong. The Hand, the story of a Hong Kong tailor's (Chang Chen) longtime obsession with a beautiful prostitute (Gong Li) for whom he crafts many fine garments, is like the writer-director's recent features -- a moody and intimate story told in close shots in almost claustrophobic rooms.
Eroticism hangs heavily in the air, and the two actors ably convey the passage of years and ebb and flow of a life where a certain kind of love can never be requited.
Soderbergh's Equilibrium is an amusing sketch set in a psychiatrist's office in 1955 between a shrink (Alan Arkin) and a very anxious patient (Robert Downey Jr.). All but the patient's recurring dream is shot in stylish black-and-white.
The dream itself does feature flashes of female nudity, but any short that revolves around the invention of the snooze alarm clock cannot consider itself erotic. Equilibrium is clever but emotionally flat.
For many cineastes the world over, the great Italian director Antonioni can do no wrong. So this free-form series of images revolving around a quarreling married couple and their individual encounters with a free-spirited woman may trigger all sorts of suggestions and provocations. Indeed, they will have to because on the surface, the short suffers from emotional and cinematic banality.
A couple (Christopher Buchholz and Regina Nemni) bicker in stilted, poorly delivered dialogue. They visit a restaurant, and he spots a young woman (Luisa Ranieri). When they angrily separate, the husband pursues the girl and makes love to her. Some time later, in early winter, the estranged wife goes to the beach, takes off her clothes and then encounters the same girl, who is also naked. Who takes their clothes off at the beach in wintertime?
Technical credits vary, but for the most part are top-notch.
EROS
Warner Independent
Roissy Films/Block 2 Pictures/Jet Tone Films Production/IpsoFacto/Solaris/Cite Films Productions/Fandango/Delux
Credits:
Directors: Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Tonino Guerra
Producers: Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Gregory Jacobs, Stephane Tchal Gadjieff, Raphael Berdujgo, Jacques Bar, Domenico Procacci
Executive producers: Chang Ye Cheng, Danielle Rosencranz
Directors of photoghraphy: Christopher Doyle, Peter Andrews, Marco Pontecorvo
Production designer: William Chang, Philip Messina, Stefano Luci
Costumes: William Chang
Milena Canonero Carin Berger,
Music: Peer Rabin
Enrica Antonioni, Vinicio MalaniOnly
Editors: William Chang Suk Ping, Mary Ann Bernard, Claudio di Mauro.
Cast: Miss Hua: Gong Li
Zhang: Chang Chen
Nick: Robert Downey Jr.
Dr. Pearl: Alan Arkin
Christopher: Christopher Bucholtz
Cloe: Regina Nemni
Luisa Ranieri
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 104 minutes...
- 9/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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