Celestial Movies Launches 3D movies in Hong Kong
The first regional pay TV channel to offer stereoscopic 3D Chinese movies on demand
Available as an add-on service to the linear channel on Hong Kong’s now TV, Celestial Movies On Demand will offer subscribers with 3DTVs the chance to watch the two movies on demand in 3D and in their uncut full length theatrical versions. Viewers without 3DTVs can also order the uncut versions of the two movies in 2D.
“We’ve seen the impact of 3D movies at the cinema, and Celestial Movies intends to bring that same experience home. We already provide the latest Chinese blockbusters and Asian movie hits, now we also have the ability to offer the latest Asian 3D movies,” said Ofanny Choi, Senior Vice President, TV Channels at Celestial Pictures. “And we intend to bring even more 3D content to Celestial Movies On Demand subscribers in the future.”
“We are happy to work with Celestial Movies to bring our subscribers 3D Chinese movies which they are able to experience at home with a touch of a button. now TV customers who subscribe to Celestial Movies On Demand will be the first in Hong Kong to see these movies on demand in 3D. now TV hopes to deliver even more exciting and entertaining 3D content to our audiences in the near future.” said Janice Lee, PCCW’s Managing Director of TV & New Media.
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy rode an unprecedented wave of local and international press to become Hong Kong’s top grossing film of 2011. 3D Sex and Zen broke the Hong Kong first day box office record for 3D movies (HK$2.79 million) compared to the previous record holder, James Cameron’s Avatar (HK$2.63 million). 3D Sex and Zen ran for 118 days and earned a staggering HK$41 million at the box office. Director Christopher Sun and producer Stephen Siu brought audiences this remake of the legendary erotica about a scholar (Hiro Hayama) who is torn between his wife (Leni Lan) and the numerous women at a house of pleasure. However, his pursuit of the carnal pleasures comes with a karmic price. An edited version of the movie will premiere on Celestial Movies’ linear channel in November.
Premiering at the 67th Venice Film Festival, 3D Child’s Eye is the brainchild of co-directors and siblings Oxide and Danny Pang, better known to international audiences as the Pang Brothers. Since their breakthrough in 2002 with the award-winning horror film The Eye, the brothers have gone on to produce and direct many innovative horror-thrillers, with 3D Child’s Eye pushing the boundaries of their craft. Hong Kong’s first stereoscopic 3D horror film, 3D Child’s Eye stars Taiwan singer-actress Rainie Yang, and Hong Kong’s Shawn Yue and Elanne Kwong. The young actors play friends vacationing in Thailand who check in to a seedy hotel with a mysterious past. Now trapped in the hotel’s dark recesses, the group of friends must face the horrors that lurk within.
* Customers need to have a 3DTV set, 3D glasses, subscribe to now TV’s HD service and have the required HD / All-In-One Set-top Box in order to enjoy the 3D movies.
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Celestial Pictures
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About Celestial Pictures
Celestial Pictures is a diversified entertainment company that brings the best of Asian entertainment to the world. The company focuses on Asian-language film and television content origination, aggregation and worldwide distribution, as well as the operation of global television channels, including CELESTIAL MOVIES, CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES and WaTV.
The company owns the Shaw Brothers Film Library, the world’s largest Chinese film collection, with over 760 feature films originally released over a forty-year time frame. These award-winning Shaw Brothers films have been digitally restored frame-by-frame, and distributed in cinemas and on home video, television, and new media markets worldwide.
Celestial Pictures is also active in producing new feature films and acquiring third-party film content for worldwide distribution with an option to broadcast on its television channels. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Celestial Pictures is a subsidiary of ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS plc.
About Celestial Movies
CELESTIAL MOVIES is currently the most broadly distributed 24-hour Chinese movie channel. The channel brings current Chinese blockbusters to the world and also showcases internationally acclaimed titles from Japan and Korea. Also featured: peeks behind-the-scenes and interviews with the hottest stars and directors, entertainment news and film award ceremonies. CELESTIAL MOVIES is now available in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei.