“We don’t need a lot of content, we just need lots of really good content,” Kelvin Yau, President of Asia Pacific and Marketing iQIYI, concluded when quizzed on his company’s editorial strategy during a keynote session on streaming this morning at Filmart in Hong Kong.
Yau took part in the keynote alongside fellow streaming heads Marianne Lee, Chief of Content Acquisition and Development at Viu, Jessica Kam-Engle, Executive VP and Business Head at CreAsia Studio, and Winradit Kolasastraseni, President of Digital Media at True Digital Group.
The session was chaired by Asia Video Industry Association CEO Louis Boswell, who began the session by noting that iQIYI, which launched in 2010 as a tech company before moving into content production, was now profitable after hitting the black in 2023.
“It’s about putting the right resources in the right places,” Yau said. “It goes back to the whole point of being disciplined,...
Yau took part in the keynote alongside fellow streaming heads Marianne Lee, Chief of Content Acquisition and Development at Viu, Jessica Kam-Engle, Executive VP and Business Head at CreAsia Studio, and Winradit Kolasastraseni, President of Digital Media at True Digital Group.
The session was chaired by Asia Video Industry Association CEO Louis Boswell, who began the session by noting that iQIYI, which launched in 2010 as a tech company before moving into content production, was now profitable after hitting the black in 2023.
“It’s about putting the right resources in the right places,” Yau said. “It goes back to the whole point of being disciplined,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
10. Stephen Root -- Asking Rate: $11,0001 (Contract stipulates that he always make $1 more than J.K. Simmons)
Credits Include: "Justified," Rango, Cedar Rapids and Red State.
9. J.K. Simmons: Asking Rate: $11,000 per appearance.
2011 Credits Include: The Music Never Stopped, Geezer, Young Adult and "Raising Hope."
8. Barry Bostwick & Christopher McDonald: $7,500 (or both in a package deal for $12,000!).
Credits Include: Some Guy Who Kills People, Home Run Showdown, Grassroots and Balls to the Wall.
7. Kevin Sorbo: Asking Rate: $7,000 (will deduct $500 if he's allowed to wear a Vote for Tim Pawlenty Political Button in every scene)
Credits Include: Fdr: American Badass, Flesh Wounds, SoBe Real, Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury, Avarice and Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
6. Danny Trejo -- Asking Rate: $6,000 per picture (add $1,000 if the roles calls for facial expressions that do not fall under the many variations of "scowl."
Credits Include: You name it.
5. 50 Cent -- Asking Rate: $5,000 per...
Credits Include: "Justified," Rango, Cedar Rapids and Red State.
9. J.K. Simmons: Asking Rate: $11,000 per appearance.
2011 Credits Include: The Music Never Stopped, Geezer, Young Adult and "Raising Hope."
8. Barry Bostwick & Christopher McDonald: $7,500 (or both in a package deal for $12,000!).
Credits Include: Some Guy Who Kills People, Home Run Showdown, Grassroots and Balls to the Wall.
7. Kevin Sorbo: Asking Rate: $7,000 (will deduct $500 if he's allowed to wear a Vote for Tim Pawlenty Political Button in every scene)
Credits Include: Fdr: American Badass, Flesh Wounds, SoBe Real, Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury, Avarice and Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
6. Danny Trejo -- Asking Rate: $6,000 per picture (add $1,000 if the roles calls for facial expressions that do not fall under the many variations of "scowl."
Credits Include: You name it.
5. 50 Cent -- Asking Rate: $5,000 per...
- 4/7/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron has opened fire on Hollywood turning board games into movies. The filmmaker gave an interview to German magazine Spiegel Online about what life is like for him 12 months after the stunning success of Avatar and one of the topics that was touched on was the state of mainstream movie making. Cameron decided it was the right time to set his sights on a current mega-project that Universal Pictures is making, a movie based on the Hasbro board game Battleship.
Here's what Cameron had to say about the shape of things (and as translated by Screenrant):
"We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation. Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example,...
Here's what Cameron had to say about the shape of things (and as translated by Screenrant):
"We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation. Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example,...
- 1/11/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
With the publication of the 2010 Black List another compilation of the year's best unproduced screenplays has arrived. This is the fifth year that The Black List has been in existence, and its purpose is to shine a spotlight on what 290 film executives think are some of the best creative executions of ideas worthy for the big screen.
To be nominated and included on The Black List a screenplay can't have been released in 2010. As well, the minimum number of votes that a screenplay needed to have to warrant inclusion on the list is five. Several of the projects listed on Tbl are in development and will be released in the next twelve months. Others might have heat but take years to reach theaters, and there are also many that will never be greenlighted.
In the words of the creators of The Black List, don't take this assembly of screenplays to...
To be nominated and included on The Black List a screenplay can't have been released in 2010. As well, the minimum number of votes that a screenplay needed to have to warrant inclusion on the list is five. Several of the projects listed on Tbl are in development and will be released in the next twelve months. Others might have heat but take years to reach theaters, and there are also many that will never be greenlighted.
In the words of the creators of The Black List, don't take this assembly of screenplays to...
- 12/15/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Find out what the top unknown spec screenplays are of 2010 in the second part of The Hit List. As assembled by The Tracking Board, The Hit List is a round-up of what dozens of Hollywood agents, readers, development executives and insiders consider to be the best unsold screenplays this year. The more votes that a screenplay received from The Hit List voters, the more liked it was amongst their circle.
Did you miss the first part of The Hit List for 2010?
15 Votes:
Road To Nardo by Andrew Waller, Mike Gagerman (Adventure/Comedy)
Two buddies journey on a spontaneous and poorly planned road trip to Mexico to rescue their best friend.
Columbia Pictures, Original Film and American Work producing.
Heatseekers by George Mahaffrey (Action)
A young ex-military pilot infiltrates a gang of sky "pirates" working out of Bangkok, only to find himself taking part in an elaborate aerial tower heist using powered gliders and parachutes.
Did you miss the first part of The Hit List for 2010?
15 Votes:
Road To Nardo by Andrew Waller, Mike Gagerman (Adventure/Comedy)
Two buddies journey on a spontaneous and poorly planned road trip to Mexico to rescue their best friend.
Columbia Pictures, Original Film and American Work producing.
Heatseekers by George Mahaffrey (Action)
A young ex-military pilot infiltrates a gang of sky "pirates" working out of Bangkok, only to find himself taking part in an elaborate aerial tower heist using powered gliders and parachutes.
- 12/13/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
While The Black List may be getting most of the press from entertainment news circles when it's announced in December, there's another compilation of the best new ideas and writing being offered to Hollywood movie studios and producers. It's called The Hit List (Thl), and it differs from The Black List in one fundamental way: whereas The Black List (Tbl) is a list of the top unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, several of the screenplays on that list have been purchased or are in development.
Take a look at last year's Black List (Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here) and here we are, one year later, and several of the scripts that made the 2009 list will be coming out in 2011 -- or have already been released (like The Social Network or Due Date). The Hit List is different in that it seeks to give attention to spec screenplays -- that is,...
Take a look at last year's Black List (Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here) and here we are, one year later, and several of the scripts that made the 2009 list will be coming out in 2011 -- or have already been released (like The Social Network or Due Date). The Hit List is different in that it seeks to give attention to spec screenplays -- that is,...
- 12/12/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2147.
All's Faire In Love Rated PG-13 For some sexual content including references. Release Date: Tba 2011 Between Kings And Queens Rated PG-13 For violence, sexual content and drug material. Drive Angry Rated R For strong brutal violence throughout, grisly images, some graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. Release Date: February 25, 2011 Easy Money Rated R For strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexuality. Release Date: Tba 2011 The Hit List Rated R For violence and language. Ip Man 2: Legend Of The Grandmaster Rated R For violence. The Killing Jar Rated R For strong bloody violence, and for language. The Last Circus Rated R For brutal and bloody violence throughout, some strong sexual content, nudity and language. My Girlfriend's Back Rated PG-13 For brief sexual content and language. National Lampoon's Dirty Movie Rated R For pervasive crude sexual humor, strong language,...
All's Faire In Love Rated PG-13 For some sexual content including references. Release Date: Tba 2011 Between Kings And Queens Rated PG-13 For violence, sexual content and drug material. Drive Angry Rated R For strong brutal violence throughout, grisly images, some graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. Release Date: February 25, 2011 Easy Money Rated R For strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexuality. Release Date: Tba 2011 The Hit List Rated R For violence and language. Ip Man 2: Legend Of The Grandmaster Rated R For violence. The Killing Jar Rated R For strong bloody violence, and for language. The Last Circus Rated R For brutal and bloody violence throughout, some strong sexual content, nudity and language. My Girlfriend's Back Rated PG-13 For brief sexual content and language. National Lampoon's Dirty Movie Rated R For pervasive crude sexual humor, strong language,...
- 11/17/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Cuba Gooding Jr. resurrected his Jerry Maguire catchphrase during a night out in Spokane, Washington - taking over the bar's microphone and telling revelers to "Show me the money". The actor is currently in the state to film new movie "The Hit List" with Christian Slater.
Video footage, obtained by TMZ.com, shows the star making a drunken speech at a local bar, winning over the crowd with his famous movie quote and a patriotic tribute to his native U.S. He is seen grabbing a microphone and stepping up on a stage, telling bar-goers, "Show me the money. Show me the money!", a line from his 1996 film with Tom Cruise.
In a rambling speech, he added, "We are going to represent in the next five years, because you know what - we are the best country in the motherf**king world. And that's how we are going to do it.
Video footage, obtained by TMZ.com, shows the star making a drunken speech at a local bar, winning over the crowd with his famous movie quote and a patriotic tribute to his native U.S. He is seen grabbing a microphone and stepping up on a stage, telling bar-goers, "Show me the money. Show me the money!", a line from his 1996 film with Tom Cruise.
In a rambling speech, he added, "We are going to represent in the next five years, because you know what - we are the best country in the motherf**king world. And that's how we are going to do it.
- 4/23/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Cole Hauser have joined the cast of the indie thriller "The Hit List" for North by Northwest Productions says Variety.
The story has man confessing his problems to a stranger (Gooding Jr.) whom he has met in a bar. What started out as a drunk ramble about the five people he'd most like to see dead turns deadly serious as the people on that list start getting killed.
Chad and Evan Law penned the script and Will Kaufman is directing. Richard Salvatore and Freddy Braidy are producing.
Shooting kicks off this week in Spokane, Washington.
The story has man confessing his problems to a stranger (Gooding Jr.) whom he has met in a bar. What started out as a drunk ramble about the five people he'd most like to see dead turns deadly serious as the people on that list start getting killed.
Chad and Evan Law penned the script and Will Kaufman is directing. Richard Salvatore and Freddy Braidy are producing.
Shooting kicks off this week in Spokane, Washington.
- 2/25/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Britain's Queen Elizabeth's art gallery was on the Ira death list. Files just released have shown the Irish paramilitary group targeted high-profile London attractions in the 70s - including the gallery at the queen's residence Buckingham Palace - in a two-year bombing campaign. The hit list was found in a London flat raided by police in December 1975 which was occupied by the Ira's Balcome Street gang and used as a Republican bomb factory. The four-man unit - Martin O'Connell, Edward Butler, Harry Duggan and Hugh Doherty - carried out a series of bombings and murders in the 70s. The gang was captured by police on 12 December 1975 after a six-day siege at a flat in Balcome Street, central...
- 10/28/2009
- Monsters and Critics
'I got Hell Rell on there — you definitely should check out this record,' Yayo tells Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid
Young Dro, T.I., and Big Kuntry
Photo: MTV News
Man, we only had a couple of days to spend in Atlanta last week, but as always, it was very eventful. We got to chop it up with a lot of cats, and although we didn't get a chance to interview these two particular brothers, it was dope seeing Andre and Big Boi together. We need those albums, fellas! In Don't Sleep today, we're gonna put you on to game about T.I.'s fam as well as the new joint by Yo Gotti — he's still buzzin' Down South.
Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables
Mixtape: Greg Hustle
Headliners: T.I. and Greg Street
Co-Starring: An ensemble cast that includes Tip's Grand Hustle family members Young Dro, 8Ball & Mjg, Big Kuntry, Bobby Ray and newcomers the Rich Kids.
By Shaheem Reid
Young Dro, T.I., and Big Kuntry
Photo: MTV News
Man, we only had a couple of days to spend in Atlanta last week, but as always, it was very eventful. We got to chop it up with a lot of cats, and although we didn't get a chance to interview these two particular brothers, it was dope seeing Andre and Big Boi together. We need those albums, fellas! In Don't Sleep today, we're gonna put you on to game about T.I.'s fam as well as the new joint by Yo Gotti — he's still buzzin' Down South.
Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables
Mixtape: Greg Hustle
Headliners: T.I. and Greg Street
Co-Starring: An ensemble cast that includes Tip's Grand Hustle family members Young Dro, 8Ball & Mjg, Big Kuntry, Bobby Ray and newcomers the Rich Kids.
- 6/23/2009
- MTV Music News
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