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...last old fashioned film moguls, having built indie studio Miramax from the ground up, Weinstein and his quieter brother Bob are known in the biz for their flash and their foresight. They make bold choices - such as producing Quentin Tarantino's edgy Pulp Fiction in 1994 and bringing Hong Kong visionary Wong Kar-Wai to American screens in 1996 - that are considered brilliant and inspire packs of copycats...
...Weinsteins have watched the film market in Asia become the world's fastest growing. Ten years ago, North American box office tallies outpaced international earnings. "That's now absolutely shifted," explains TWC co-president Michael Cole, who will shuttle between Hollywood and the fund office in Hong Kong...
...Asia or with Asia as a possible location, or using Asia in a storyline in some fashion, or for a production, you're missing a giant opportunity," says Tony Krantz, producer of TV's 24 whose next project - a trio of martial arts pics to be shot in Hong Kong - will be backed by the fund. "Asia's really the dominant story for this next century...
...grown more than 8% a year for the past four years, boosting demand for houses, offices, megamalls and hotels. Land prices in some areas have tripled in value since 2004, while office rents in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and New Delhi are now more expensive than those in Paris, Hong Kong or midtown Manhattan. Yet the boom may still have room. Merrill Lynch forecasts India's property industry will grow to $90 billion by 2015, up from $12 billion in 2005. "You will need 100 DLFs," Singh says...
...Hong Kong...