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EXCLUSIVE: STX Entertainment will distribute Martin Scorsese’s and Netflix’s The Irishman after all. In China, along with Media Asia. The agreement came as part of a negotiated deal that happened months ago with Netflix after a brouhaha that occurred with distribution rights on the high-profile mob movie that teams…

Hong Kong-based Media Asia has acquired distribution rights to Martin Scorsese's The Irishman for China. A Middle Kingdom release would be a coup for the director who was once banned from entering the country after the government objected to his 1997 Dalai Lama epic Kundun. The Irishman will star Robert De Niro and Al…

John Woo (Face/Off) is set to direct a remake of Manhunt, based on a novel by Japanese writer Juko Nishimura, for Hong Kong-based Media Asia Films. The story follows a prosecutor framed for rape, murder and robbery who sets out to clear his name. The book was previously adapted for the screen in 1976 by Japanese…