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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | 2000; 25 years ago (2000) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Astro Overseas Limited |
| Subsidiaries | Celestial Tiger Entertainment (JV) |
| Website | www.celestialpictures.com |
Celestial Pictures is an entertainment-based company focused onAsian-languagefilm and content, encompassing production's, aggregation, distribution, andTV channels. It is headquartered inHong Kong, and owned by Astro Overseas Limited.[citation needed]
Celestial Pictures owns theShaw Brothers Film Library, which is one of the world's largest collection of Chinese film. The library comprises over 760 feature films, includingThe Five Venoms, Hex,The 36th Chamber of Shaolin,One-Armed Swordsman,King Boxer, andThe Flying Guillotine. These films have been digitally restored for global distribution.[1]
The company purchased the Shaw Brothers film library in 2000[2] when it was then called "East Asia Filmed Entertainment Ltd" and owned by the Malaysian media groupAstro Holdings Sdn Bhd. Astro Holdings were in turn controlled byUsaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian investment holding company.
In 2001, under the Chinese name星藝映畫, the company produced two films:Comic King (漫畫風雲) and Stowaway (驚天大逃亡). It took up the current Chinese name天映娛樂 in 2002.[citation needed]
Celestial's television channel operations includeCelestial Movies,Celestial Classic Movies, andWATA, a Chineseinfotainment channel. Additionally,Shaw Bros. movies distributed by Celestial are shown in America onEl Rey Network as part of its "Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Tuesdays" block.
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| Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd | |
| Astro Overseas Limited | |
| Defunct | |
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