Thursday, 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 07:56PMFriday, December 30, 2016
A Shanghai court has awarded damages to Disney and Pixar Animation in a copyright case over a Chinese-made film called “The Autobots.” The court ruled that the film was an illegal copy o…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:17AMMonday, December 19, 2016
Korean disaster film, “Pandora” and musical drama “La La Land” remained on top of the South Korean box office in their second week in cinemas. According to the Korean Film Council…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:21AMSunday, December 11, 2016
Local disaster blockbuster, “Pandora” debuted on top of the South Korean box office. Opening on Wednesday (Dec 7) in Korea, the Next Entertainment World picture earned $10.1 million from…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:46PMTuesday, November 22, 2016
The ten-year old Hong Kong Disneyland theme park is to get a $1.4 billion expansion. New attractions will include new Frozen and Marvel Super Heroes areas. The plans call for the expansion t…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:45PMFriday, November 11, 2016
Shanghai Disneyland has welcomed over 4 million visitors since its opening in mid-June. The numbers challenge recent estimates circulated by a local academic, who said that the theme park wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:27AMThursday, November 10, 2016
Construction of Toy Story Land has begun at Shanghai Disneyland, the giant theme park and resort that opened in mainland China in June. The land will be the seventh at the park and is set to…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17AM 
