In March 2016, the CATCHPLAY+ service platform made its pilot launch in Taiwan in partnerships with major telecommunication operators and device manufacturers. In addition to content aggregation, in 2015, CATCHPLAY established AsiaPlay Incorporated with the ambition of becoming the leading premium content service provider for movie lovers in Asia. Today, we are the largest provider for premium movie content in Taiwan, aggregating content from Hollywood studios including Disney, Warner Bros., NBC Universal and Paramount in addition to having a wide selection of international independent films and leading local productions for distribution on major operators’ digital platforms. Today, CATCHPLAY continues to look into investment and co-production opportunities internationally and in Asia targeting particularly Chinese-speaking territories and South East Asia following our recent expansion footprints.ĬATCHPLAY started placing significant emphasis on the development of digital movie content years before the others did in Taiwan. In the same year, CATCHPLAY also provided financing and local production support to director Martin Scorsese’s passion project Silence, making it the first international production filmed entirely in Taiwan. CATCHPLAY and partners also control exclusive distribution rights to these films in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Macau, with The Revenant generating outstanding box office results from these territories in 2016. In early 2015, we closed a partnership deal to invest in New Regency’s three enthralling titles, namely The Revenant, Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell, marking the first investment of a Taiwanese company in major Hollywood productions. Both investments generated considerable box office performance in Taiwan and China respectively. In the same year, we invested in the locally produced film, Paradise in Service and co-produced 20 Once Again with CJ Entertainment for the Chinese market. You (yes, you) should follow JM on Twitter (if it still exists by the time you’re reading this).In 2014, in addition to distributing the movies CATCHPLAY loves, we embarked in earnest co-production and investment projects, venturing into content creation. Maybe someday, a filmmaker, who’s not Brett Ratner, will make a great Thanksgiving action movie - until then, there’s always Planes, Trains and Automobiles and/or ThanksKilling. Fans would be able to watch the movie in the comfort of their homes for the low price of… $59.99? Seriously? The plan drew “immediate objections from exhibitors,” and after being pressured by theater chains, some of which threatened to boycott the movie entirely, the studio’s so-called “experiment” was indefinitely delayed. Originally, Universal planned on releasing Tower Heist in theaters, followed by release on “Comcast digital services in Atlanta and Portland, Ore.” just three weeks later, violating the typical window theatrical exclusivity. If all that wasn’t enough, Tower Heist's planned release strategy was one of the most controversial in movie history. So, really, it’s no wonder why Tower Heist lost the top box office spot to Puss in Boots the following weekend. These incidents led to Ratner’s removal from a high-profile gig producing the Academy Awards - and just a day after the news of his exit hit, that year’s much-hyped host Eddie Murphy quit, seemingly in solidarity with the Tower Heist director. While the tower’s guards are distracted by giant inflatable Snoopys and Shreks, the would-be thieves are able to sneak in undetected. After all, the central premise of Tower Heist is extremely Thanksgiving-y, with Stiller using the Macy’s parade as a key part of his strategy. In some bizarro parallel universe where ketchup is green and Abraham Lincoln roundhouse-kicked John Wilkes Booth out of his theater box, perhaps Tower Heist is regularly celebrated as the movie that is to Thanksgiving what Die Hard is to Christmas. Also along for the ride are Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Michael Peña and Casey “How Am I the Worse Affleck Brother” Affleck. Plus, Precious star Gabourey Sidibe as a safe-cracking housekeeper and Téa Leoni as an FBI agent. Why? To steal back millions in stolen funds that were swindled from the staff by one of the residents, a crooked Ponzi scheme mastermind played by Alan Alda. The film stars Ben Stiller as the fired manager of a luxury apartment tower, who hatches an elaborate plan to break into the building’s penthouse.
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