Filmmaker Wong Kar-wai has been set as the recipient of this year's Prix Lumière. A tribute to the director will be held at the Lumière Festival in Lyon on October 20. This is the fest that's organized by Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier and which each year welcomes big-name talent for a…

When Thierry Frémaux unveiled this year's lineup, the Cannes Film Festival chief made the surprise admission that one of his selections—Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here—was missing a few scenes at the time of programming. The amount of work needed was minimal, but submitting unfinished work can be a poisoned…

Huanxi Media Group, led by Chairman and powerhouse producer Dong Ping (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Journey To The West, Lost In Hong Kong) is teaming with Wong Kar Wai and Peter Chan, signing them to six-year cooperation deals. Both Wong and Chan become Director Shareholders and members of the Artistic Advisory of…

Celebrated Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai (In The Mood For Love) will produce his first film for Alibaba Pictures, the film production arm of Jack Ma’s online retail giant. Bai Du Ren will be written and directed by Zhang Jiajia and will star Wong Kar Wai regular Tony Leung (2046). The film will also be the first…

Deadline’s Anita Busch contributed to this article. Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd expected to work for six months on director Wong Kar Wai’s epic martial arts actioner The Grandmaster, but it ended up being a 3-year job. "Making The Grandmaster was a challenge," he said. “It was a big journey, and I didn't expect…

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EXCLUSIVE: It is hard to believe, at least from my point of view, that the great Wong Kar Wai, perhaps China’s greatest living filmmaker has never once been nominated for an Academy Award. In fact, incredibly, his latest film The Grandmaster is only the second time one of his films has even been submitted in Oscar’s…

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As one of the maestros of modern cinema, Wong Kar Wai's return to the martial arts genre this year after two decades was — as you would expect from the director of Chungking Express and In The Mood For Love — a sight to behold. His first new film since his 2007 English-language debut My Blueberry Nights, The Grandmaste…

Singapore’s Best Foreign Oscar hopeful Ilo Ilo took home top honors at the 50th Golden Horse Awards, where the Cannes Camera d’Or winner also nabbed Best New Director (Anthony Chen), Best Supporting Actress (YEO Yann Yann), and Best Original Screenplay. The drama acquired by Film Movement is primed for an early 2014…

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese is lending his support to the upcoming Weinstein Company release of The Grandmaster, the film directed by Wong Kar Wai. Scorsese will lend his name in presentation of the kung fu film, and above the line it will read Martin Scorsese Presents The Grandmaster when TWC releases the film…

If Metallica can rock Comic-Con, why not Wong Kar Wai? The Weinstein Co. is bringing the director to the annual San Diego pop culture confab for promo duties and to host the first US screening of the pic about martial arts legend Ip Man, which TWC snapped up hours before it opened the Berlin International Film Festival…