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Kirk Wong Returns To Features With China-U.S. Martial Arts Mutant Thriller ‘Six’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday July 31, 2012 @ 2:52am PDTTags: Hyde Park International, Mark Wahlberg

Kirk Wong Six MovieHong Kong director Kirk Wong is coming out of retirement to direct martial arts actioner Six, his first feature in over 10 years. Producers have just greenlighted the picture with a November start eyed in China and Louisiana. An actor and director, Wong helmed 1998 action comedy The Big Hit starring Mark Wahlberg and exec produced by John Woo. He also directed the 1996 Jackie Chan thriller Crime Story. The Six script, by Hero‘s Li Feng, Beyond The Mat‘s Eric Martinez and Doug Brode, follows a mad scientist who fuses human and animal genes to create fierce fighters. A group of five must join together when another of their kind sets out to hunt them down and harness their powers. The project also has elements of romance and Manga. Cast will be a mix of Hollywood and Asian talent. China’s OK101 Ltd, Fantawild Film Industry Investment, Asia Entertainment Media and National Film Capital are co-producing with Hyde Park International executive producing and handling worldwide sales, excluding Greater China.

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Hyde Park International Names Eric Christenson President

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday June 11, 2012 @ 10:41am PDTTags: Eric Christenson, Hyde Park International

Los Angeles, CA (June 11, 2012)-Coming off a successful Cannes Film Market, Hyde Park International has announced a new executive structure with the hiring of Eric Christenson as President, overseeing the international division for Chairman and CEO Ashok Amritraj’s Los Angeles-based operation.

Christenson comes to Hyde Park International with extensive knowledge and experience in the international film marketplace, including worldwide sales and distribution, bank financing, production, and marketing. He was previously President of GK Films and Hollywood Studios International, and over his career has licensed films that represent more than 50 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture winners THE HURT LOCKER and THE DEPARTED.

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Hyde Park Closes At Cannes on Elmore Leonard Project & ‘Midnight Sun’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 29, 2012 @ 12:17pm PDTTags: Ashok Amritraj, Cannes Film Festival, Dennis Quaid, Elmore Leonard, Hyde Park International, Jennifer Aniston, Midnight Sun

Hyde Park International closed deals at the Cannes Film Festival on Midnight Sun and the Untitled Elmore Leonard Project starring Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid.

Ashok Amritraj’s company sold the Italian rights to Midnight Sun to Medusa. The Canadian rights … Read More »

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