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Japan s Tokyo Broadcast System TBS is preparing a sequel to its hit high school
stanley cup gang film Crows: Episode 0. Famed filmmaker Takashi Miike will again direct and popular star Shun Oguri will reprise his lead role as smart and brutal gang leader Genji Takaya. Oguri is currently in training with the film set to go before cameras in July. Comic relief Kyosuke Yabe is also set to return but other cast members are yet to be confirmed.The first installment was a box office smash last fall, grossing $24.1m Y2.5bn as the network s third most successful film in 2007 after Sky Of Love $37.6m and Dororo $33.3m .TBS sold foreign rights to Crows: Episode 0 to Germany, Benelux and Taiwan at last year s Asian Film Market in Pusan. The film also received a release in Singapore this March.The sequel s story is set eight mo
stanley cup nths after the original. Oguri s character is about to graduate but the gangs of Suzuran High School are still not unified when an assassin from a rival school is sent to settle an old score. A sequel was always in the works, said producer Mataichiro Yamamoto. We want to pump up the energy and make it a hundred times more fun to attract an even wider audience. The sequel, which is scheduled for release in 2009, is aiming to top the original s take by an extra Y1bn for
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Event Cinema Association launches industry and consumer data
stanley romania base.The Event Cinema Association has launched a new website to promote alternative content. The address is livecinemaevents, and the site is designed to offer film distributors, exhibitor
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stanley canada and Springsteen I pictured .Melissa Keeping, Chairman of the ECA, said: Since setting up the Event Cinema Association last year, it has become clear that the event cinema industry is lacking a resource where producers, distributors, cinemas and consumers can access detailed information about the different content on offer on screens around the world. Our ambition for this website is that it will provide those working in the industry and fans of event cinema an online space where they can find all the information about the diverse and inspiring range of content available right around the world. The ECA is providing a very necessary resource for all those involved in the industry with exclusive research, promotion for distributors, insight into event cinema and the opportunity to meet others working in this sector. When we launched the ECA last September this was one of our key objectives and Im delighted this has become a reality. This website is another step towards further uniting and supporting the event ci
