Film Business Asia

By Patrick Frater
Fri, 04 November 2011, 13:24 PM (HKT)

Sales News
Glen Basner's US sales company FilmNation Entertainment scored a slew of deals with Asian distributors on its first two productions Edgar Allan Poe-themed detective story The Raven (pictured) and House At The End of The Street starring Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, and Elisabeth Shue.

The Raven, which is directed by James McTeigue and stars John Cusack and Luke Evans, was sold to distributors: NBC Universal for UK, Spain, Benelux, Australia and NZ; China to HGC; India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore to Multivision; Indonesia to PT Amero; South Korea to Noori Pictures; Taiwan to Studio Solution Group and Thailand to Sahamongkolfilm International.
Director Mark Tonderai's House At The End of the Street was sold to Roadshow Films for Australia;

China to HGC; Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Singapore to WEG Entertainment; Indonesia to PT Amero; Japan to Pony Canyon; Malaysia and the Philippines to Multivision; South Korea to Thomas Enterprise; Taiwan to Studio Solution Group and Thailand to HBO Pacific Partners.

The firm is also handling a trio of Asian films: Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War, China-US co-production Looper starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; and upcoming Midnight's Children directed by Deepa Mehta and based on the novel by Salman Rushdie.