Exclusive: The Lee Hae-joon-directed Korean drama Castaway On The Moon will be remade by CJ Entertainment. Mark Waters is attached to direct and Michael Goldbach will write the screenplay. Cj is financing development. A man jumps off a bridge, only to wake to find himself lying on a deserted beach on an uninhabited island. In an apartment that overlooks the river, a reclusive girl who hasn't ventured out of her room for years catches sight of the man through her telescope. She becomes fixated on him as he leads his lonely but apparently contented life, and it compels her to step outside again. Cj Entertainment's Jiwon Park, Francis Chung, Mike Suh and Patricia Chun will produce with Waters and his Watermark Pictures' cohorts Jessica Tuchinsky and Veronica Brooks, along with Annie Marter. Cj is the production arm of the Korea-based Cj Group, the biggest studio in Asia. This is...
- 2/18/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Shanghai -- Asian media powerhouses Bona Entertainment and CJ Entertainment have signed an agreement to co-produce movies for the pan-Asian audience.
On the sidelines at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival, CJ CEO Katherine Kim and Bona CEO Yu Dong said their work together on the 2009 Chinese boxoffice hit "Sophie's Revenge" led them to expand their cooperation.
"We're looking for films in all genres, as long as they will work as co-productions and work first in our home market," Kim said.
The companies have agreed initially to make at least two films a year with pan-Asian themes.
Beijing-based Bona, historically a distribution leader in China and a newcomer to film production with just two years under its belt, will handle distribution for all Chinese-speaking territories.
Cj, Korea's largest entertainment company, will handle distribution in Korea and Japan. The partners will decide how to carve up distribution to the rest of...
On the sidelines at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival, CJ CEO Katherine Kim and Bona CEO Yu Dong said their work together on the 2009 Chinese boxoffice hit "Sophie's Revenge" led them to expand their cooperation.
"We're looking for films in all genres, as long as they will work as co-productions and work first in our home market," Kim said.
The companies have agreed initially to make at least two films a year with pan-Asian themes.
Beijing-based Bona, historically a distribution leader in China and a newcomer to film production with just two years under its belt, will handle distribution for all Chinese-speaking territories.
Cj, Korea's largest entertainment company, will handle distribution in Korea and Japan. The partners will decide how to carve up distribution to the rest of...
- 6/14/2010
- by By Jonathan Landreth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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International sales and financing company Fortissimo Films and South Korean entertainment giant CJ Entertainment are joining forces, signing on for a deal that will cover areas ranging from distribution to development.
The partnership will provide CJ access to Fortissimo's library for distribution on CJ's television networks, video on-demand and digital platforms. It also will furnish the company first-look rights to distribute upcoming Fortissimo projects in its theaters and on its ancillary platforms.
The firms also are working on a pact that would see the two jointly develop, finance and produce new Asian-themed projects, though no formal deal is in place on that front.
Fortissimo execs touted the overall arrangement as significant because of the assurance that its pics will be distributed in a country that generally sees its pipeline packed with local and studio fare.
"The market over the years has become increasingly difficult to access," Fortissimo chairman Michael Werner said.
International sales and financing company Fortissimo Films and South Korean entertainment giant CJ Entertainment are joining forces, signing on for a deal that will cover areas ranging from distribution to development.
The partnership will provide CJ access to Fortissimo's library for distribution on CJ's television networks, video on-demand and digital platforms. It also will furnish the company first-look rights to distribute upcoming Fortissimo projects in its theaters and on its ancillary platforms.
The firms also are working on a pact that would see the two jointly develop, finance and produce new Asian-themed projects, though no formal deal is in place on that front.
Fortissimo execs touted the overall arrangement as significant because of the assurance that its pics will be distributed in a country that generally sees its pipeline packed with local and studio fare.
"The market over the years has become increasingly difficult to access," Fortissimo chairman Michael Werner said.
- 11/5/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While Focus Features decides when to release Park Chan-wook's vampire-comedy "Thirst" in theaters, there is already talk brewing of a potential remake. While Park's Korean producers on those three pics were able to deal directly with the interested U.S. parties, "Thirst" is a co-production between Cj Entertainment and Universal-based Focus Features Intl., so Focus gets first look on any potential English-language remake, reports Variety. While Cj Entertainment's head of international film financing Mike Suh said it is still early days in terms of discussing a remake of "Thirst", it is another Cj project generating heat. In the same article it revealed that his "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance" is being remade by "Transformers" producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Chan-wook directed the...
- 5/21/2009
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