FilmoTV passe sur le Cloud. "Les revenants" traverse l'Atlantique. Trio de choc chez Monello Productions. China's Wanda Group Has $5 Billion War Chest for Overseas Acquisitions, Chairman Says. Chinese real estate tycoon Wang Jianlin, who last year bought North America's AMC theater chain for $2.6 billion, says his Wanda group has a war chest of up to $5 billion every year to acquire foreign assets, a potent signal of the group's overseas ambitions. "Every year we should have around a few billion U.S. dollars," Wang told Reuters in an interview from the fringes of the World Economics Forum in Dalian, a port city in northern China. STORY: Cinema, Property Tycoon Wang Jianlin Named China's Richest Person Founded in 1988, Wanda group has assets of $49 billion and $23.15 billion in annual revenue, and Wang said that he's ready to spend north of $5 billion in a single purchase if the right opportunity comes along.
Wang was this week named China's richest person by Forbes magazine, which put his fortune at $14 billion, overtaking the previous title-holder, Zong Qinghou, chairman of local drinks company Hangzhou Wahaha. STORY: China's Wanda Pushing Film Credentials With 'The Palace' Is China Outgrowing Hollywood Film, TV Industry? Gaumont International Television poursuit son développement. TVA, CNC, Hadopi, Convention... : Ce que François Hollande et les cinéastes de l'ARP se sont dit. La TVA sur les tickets de cinéma devrait être ramenée à 5 % American film co-produced by Koreans competing in Venice. An American eco-thriller coproduced by Koreans has been included in the main competition lineup of the ongoing Venice International Film Festival.
Titled “Night Moves,” the film stars American actress Dakota Fanning and actor Jesse Eisenberg in the lead roles. Directed by Kelly Reichardt, it tells the story of three young radical environmentalists who come together and plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam. Two Korean producers, Kim Sae-rom and Kim Sae-mi, participated in the production process of the film, with the former listed as executive producer. The sisters have been working at Maybach Film Productions, an independent film production company and investment group based in Beverly Hills, California. “Mother of George,” another film they co-produced this year, won the cinematography award at Sundance Film Festival in January. In 2012, the Kims coproduced independent film “Starlet,” which starred Ernest Hemingway’s great-granddaughter Dree Hemingway. By Claire Lee (dyc@heraldcorp.com)