Sparkstone Entertainment

25/03/2017

Hi all, Scott here - I'm excited to announce that my Lightsource Asia Media Group colleagues and I have partnered with the Association of Film Commissioners International to curate and help plan the AFCI's Global Production & Finance Conference, running Thursday 6th and Friday 7th April at the Marriott Hotel Burbank. The Producers Guild of America is our event Industry Partner, and Screen International is our official Media Partner. If you are involved in film production or interested in learning more about international rebates and financing, this is a worthwhile event to attend, and we hope you can.
We have placed over 55 speakers from across the industry and the world, covering topics from financing to distribution, and there will be spotlights on Georgia, China, sustainability and island filming (focusing on the Dominican Republic, Hawaii and Canary Islands). You'll hear first hand from film commissioners from around the globe as they speak to their locations, infrastructure and incentive offerings. The Conference is sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Film Commission, Entertainment Partners and the New Zealand Film Commission, each of whom will be represented on stage across the two days.
Tickets are available but going fast ($249 for the two information-packed days; Conference ticket holders have automatic access to AFCI Locations Show (which would otherwise cost $49). I hope to see you there!
http://www.afcilocationsshow.com/speakers
Register to attend the Conference here:
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=220360&&

24/01/2017

The China Hollywood Society is pleased to announce their 3rd annual Chinese New Year networking dinner on February 1st, 2017, with 4 VIP attendees, who will each host their own table to network and share their experiences working in China.

Advisory Board members, Rob Cain (Producer & Consultant) and Janet Yang (Producer & Consultant) will be attending, in addition to Rick Ambros (Consultant) and Scott Sommer (Producer & Consultant). Full bios are available at eventbrite. These special guests have a plethora of experience working in China, creating content for the Chinese market and aiding entertainment businesses (both in the US and China).

Members and non-members all welcome. This promises to be a very informative evening with high-level networking
The link to tickets can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-new-year-china-hollywood-society-fundraising-dinner-tickets-30989035038

Hope you can join us!

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22/12/2016

This.

14/12/2016

Our film TRIGGER is starting to get a little attention. Congrats to our wonderful director, Mauro Borrelli, and our dear friends at Croton Media. We will have more to share about this soon when we are allowed to announce so stay tuned!

EXCLUSIVE: As he continues to expand on a successful art direction career, Mauro Borrelli has sold action thriller script, Trigger, to Cronton Media, a division of China’s Huace Film & TV. Huac…

16/09/2016

With Chen D**g, the author of the amazing book series Blocking Sky (Zhe Tian). Sparkstone is helping Croton Media develop the novels across TV and film platforms. The sale last year to Croton was one of the largest IP sales ever in China.

25/06/2016

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/09/02/bruce-lee-letters-yielding/

“One should be in harmony with, and not rebellion against, the strength of the opponent.”

22/06/2016

http://mashable.com/2016/06/19/hollywood-asian-americans/

Finally getting the attention they deserve

13/06/2016

This is an Internet film we produced in China recently, which we uploaded onto net giant Tencent a bit over a week ago. It started simply as a proof of concept film for our new VFX department to see what they could do, then grew into this. It got over 50 million views its first week and is still going. Congrats to the team in Beijing and our awesome VFX guys there! http://xw.qq.com/ent/20160516037541

煎饼侠男二逆袭 《乒乓侠》5.27腾讯视频独播

20/03/2016

We love this city.

30/01/2016

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/china-box-office-10-biggest-851737/1-monster-hunt-37461-million-244-billion-yuan

Chinese filmmakers made strong gains against Hollywood in 2015, claiming seven of the top 10 spots for the year. The country is expected to surpass North America as the world's largest movie market sometime in 2017 — or sooner. (Note: All totals taken from Chinese box office analysis company Entgrou…

17/01/2016

Sparkstone just expanded again into new offices in Beijing and our staff in China now totals 35, including 20 for VFX and 15 for development and production. Come check us out!

06/01/2016

Cool!
http://deadline.com/2016/01/top-international-box-office-stars-2015-photos-1201675391/

Who were the top draws at the international box office in 2015 in terms of overall film grosses? Hint: a lot of them came from a single franchise. But there are some surprises in the mix. The data ...