Monday, May 21, 2018
Chinese video streaming giant, iQIYI has opened its first conventional movie theater in Zhongshan, southern China. The company aims to build a network of on-demand cinemas, at which viewers …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:46AMThursday, April 5, 2018
Bollywood superstar, Salman Khan was jailed on Thursday after being found guilty of poaching rare blackbuck antelopes. The case has been in and out of court for nearly 20 years. A court in J…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:38AMTuesday, February 27, 2018
Disney will launch an Indian version of globally popular stage musical “Aladdin” at Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts in April. Leading Indian entertainment ticketing po…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:04AMThursday, February 22, 2018
Lee Yoon-taek, artistic director of Yeonheedan, one of South Korea’s top theater groups, has been accused of sexual violence, including rape. The case is the latest scandal as the #MeToo c…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:18AMMonday, February 12, 2018
Disney cartoon series are to be widely available in China following a deal between Buena Vista International and Youku, the video streaming platform owned by Alibaba. China strictly limits t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:43AMMonday, January 8, 2018
Leading Australian stage and TV actor, Craig McLachlan has been accused of sexual harassment ranging from indecent assault to bullying. The “Doctor Blake Mysteries,” “Neighbours,” an…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:37AMThursday, December 14, 2017
Carol Choi has been appointed as GM of the Walt Disney Company’s Korea office. She is also named as head of marketing in North Asia, covering Greater China, Korea, and Japan. Based in Seou…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:17AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Shanghai Disney Resort says that Shanghai Disneyland’s seventh themed land, Disney Toy Story Land, will open in April next year. The new land is based on the Pixar “Toy Story” films. D…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:02PMThursday, November 30, 2017
Oriental Land, which operates the Tokyo Disney Resort complex that includes the Disneyland and DisneySea theme parks, has revealed plans for a massive expansion. Completion is expected in 20…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17AMThursday, November 16, 2017
India’s largest cinema operator, PVR Limited is to buy a minority stake in iPic Gold Class Entertainment, the U.S. luxury theaters circuit. The deal was announced to the Bombay Stock Excha…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28PMThursday, November 9, 2017
China’s giant digital content aggregator, Bytedance is poised to acquire U.S.-based social video app Musical.ly, according to reports. The deal, which is expected to be announced short…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:12PMTuesday, November 7, 2017
The Walt Disney Company has promoted Abhishek Maheshwari to the position of India country head. He will report to Mahesh Samat, who is recently installed as executive VP and managing directo…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:09PMTuesday, September 12, 2017
Disney has given its operations in Asia a major revamp. At Walt Disney International it is merging its operations in Japan, South Korea and Greater China into a new regional hub covering Nor…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:15AMTuesday, July 18, 2017
AMC Entertainment on Tuesday denied reports that funding from its Chinese owner, Dalian Wanda, was used for any of its recent acquisitions. The U.S. theater chain also said that all four of …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:08AMFriday, June 16, 2017
Disney put on a stunning “castle show” at Shanghai Disneyland on Friday, mixing pyrotechnics and panache to close out a landmark first year for its newest theme park. Bob Iger, Disney ch…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:44PMShanghai Disneyland welcomed more than 11 million guests in its first year of operation, the company said Friday. Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger was on hand Friday in China to celebrate th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:17AMWednesday, June 14, 2017
Bong Joon-ho, the South Korean director whose “Okja” stirred intense debate at Cannes because of Netflix’s release plans, sounded a diplomatic note Wednesday, saying that h…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:43AMWednesday, May 17, 2017
Taiwan’s Wudi Pictures has struck a multi-picture production deal with Walt Disney in China to produce locally targeted Chinese-language movies. The first title under the deal is “Miss T…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:44AMTuesday, May 2, 2017
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has approved the government plans to co-finance the $1.4 billion (HK$10.9 billion) expansion of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park. The expansion plan was …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14AMTuesday, April 25, 2017
Disney is not abandoning local content production in India, despite a decision last year to close its Bollywood film making side. The country is often overshadowed by the growth of China, bu…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56PMWednesday, March 29, 2017
Walt Disney is expected to increase its share of the cost of expanding Hong Kong Disneyland and to end up owning a larger share of the theme park. In documents submitted this week to Hong Ko…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:49PMSunday, March 12, 2017
“My Little Brother,” the first Korean-language title picked up for local distribution by Walt Disney, will be handled in other markets by Contents Panda, the international sales arm of N…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMMonday, February 27, 2017
TOKYO — With its release perfectly timed to benefit from its six Oscars, “La La Land” danced to the top of the Japanese box office in its first weekend. Released by Gaga and Pony C…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05AMTuesday, February 21, 2017
Losses at the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park increased in 2016 to $22.1 million (HK$171 million,) as visitor numbers dropped to 6.1 million. But the park operators said that the trend is no…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:16AMSunday, February 19, 2017
“xXx: Revenge of Xander Cage” held off new releases “Sing” and “La La Land” to win its second successive weekend at the Chinese box office. Starring Vin D…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:52PMMonday, February 13, 2017
Tolerance, tormented teens and a timely tempo…. There could scarcely be a better launch pad than this week’s Berlin Film Festival for “Emo The Musical.” The debut feature of Australi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00AMWednesday, January 25, 2017
Walt Disney has picked up comedy “Yes, Family” as its first Korean title for distribution. Directed by script editor-turned-director Ma Dae-yun, the story revolves around three siblings …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:37PMMonday, January 23, 2017
AMC, the U.S. theater chain controlled by China’s Dalian Wanda group, is to pay $929 million for Nordic Cinema Group. The company is the largest cinema operator in seven countries acro…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:32AMMonday, January 16, 2017
Chinese social media and games giant, Tencent has come on board Lionsgate’s “La La Land” as a partner for the film’s upcoming release in mainland China. The partnersh…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:22AMWednesday, January 11, 2017
A slew of Hollywood movies has secured release dates in the crucial mainland Chinese market. Their box office prospects, however, are unclear given their proximity to each other and the curr…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:31AMMonday, January 9, 2017
MUMBAI – Disney is expected to cut about 90 members of its staff in India, having previously announced that it is getting out of local film production. The move comes at a moment when its …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:56PM 
