NEWS & VIEWS
November 2017
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What’s on Screen
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CTE acquires Wolf Warrior 2
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CTE has secured first and exclusive pay-TV rights for Wolf Warrior 2, the highest-grossing film of
all-time at the Chinese box office.
HONG KONG – Celestial Tiger Entertain-
ment (CTE) has secured first and exclusive
pay-TV rights for action mega blockbuster
Wolf Warrior 2, as well as Chinese fantasy
adventure film Wukong from CMC Pictures.
The deal also secures pay-per-view
(PPV), video-on-demand (VoD) and over-
the-top (OTT) rights for CTE’s channels,
Celestial Movies and cHK, in Malaysia,
Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and the Phil-
ippines.
Wolf Warrior 2 is now the highest-gross-
ing film of all time at the Chinese box office,
with US$850 million in ticket sales.
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serves a
perfect dish
Anthony Bourdain visits Singapore as part of a
eight-part video series, The Perfect Dish: Asia.
TOKYO – As a digital companion to Sea-
son 10 of CNN Original Series Anthony
Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN has
launched an exclusive eight-part video
series, The Perfect Dish: Asia, which
features eight cities across the region.
The online video series sees American
chef Anthony Bourdain introducing eight
locations in Asia, including Singapore,
Jakarta, Hong Kong, Taipei, Hanoi,
Yangon, Okinawa and Tokyo, and dis-
patching correspondents in search of
the destination’s “perfect dish”.
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Sarah Jessica Parker is bringing more laughs to fans in the second season of Divorce, which will be
available beginning next January.
n Sarah Jessica Parker returns for new season of Divorce
SINGAPORE – Divorce, an HBO comedy series starring Sarah Jessica Parker, will return for
its second season next January.
Season Two finds Frances (Parker) and her ex-husband, Robert (Thomas Haden Church),
dealing with the aftermath of their explosive separation and learning to rebuild their lives.
Also starring Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam, Tracy Letts, Sterling Jerins and Charlie Kilgore,
fans can also catch up with the first season of Divorce on HBO Go and HBO On Demand.
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