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Ben Wang Nabs a Lead in “Karate Kid”

Sony Pictures has found the protagonist for the new karate kid movie: Ben Wang, star of Disney+ series American Born Chinese, will lead the new installment of the martial-arts franchise after being selected among thousands and thousands of candidates. On the first day Sony had received 10,000 entries for the role. The new Karate Kid…

American Born Chinese : Press Conference with Actors Ben Wang, Sydney Taylor, Chin Han, Yeo Yann Yann

Synopsis : Jin Wang, an average teenager, juggles his high school social life with his home life; when he meets a new student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods. Creator: Kelvin Yu Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ben Wang,…

Sight / Dr. Ming Wang’s Commitment to Public Service Are Quite Laudable

©Courtesy of Angel Studio China’s Cultural Revolution is having a pop-culture moment. In Netflix’s Three-Body Problem adaptation, the cruelty of the extreme Marxist movement causes a central character to literally turn against the human species. Dr. Ming Wang also witnessed the student revolutionaries’ brutality as a child during the 1970s, but in this film, he responds…

Geena Davis’ 8th Annual Bentonville Film Festival Unveils Competition and Spotlight Lineup

8TH ANNUAL BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL, LED BY GEENA DAVIS, ANNOUNCES COMPETITION LINE-UP Festival will open with World Premiere of The Seven Faces of Jane Co-Directed by Julian Acosta, Xan Cassavetes, Gia Coppola, Ryan Heffington, Boma Lluma, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong and Alex Takacs The Bentonville Film Foundation, in collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting…

Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival Announces 2021 Competition Film Lineup & 30th Anniversary Thelma And Louise Screening

2021 BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL, LED BY GEENA DAVIS, ANNOUNCES SELECTIONS FOR NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY, SHORT AND EPISODIC FILM COMPETITION Festival Program Celebrates Diverse Filmmakers Both On and Off Screen with Films Directed by 71% Women, 75% BIPOC/AAPI and 33% LGBTQIA+ Filmmakers 30th Anniversary Screening of Thelma & Louise Set for Tuesday Night Drive-In, Featuring a Conversation with…

American Born Chinese : Press Conference with Actors Daniel Wu, Jimmy Liu, Writer/Producer Gene Luen Yang, Executive Producer Melvin Mar

Synopsis : Jin Wang, an average teenager, juggles his high school social life with his home life; when he meets a new student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods. Creator: Kelvin Yu Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ben Wang,…

Disney+ Debuts Official Trailer For The Action-Comedy Original Series “American Born Chinese”

Disney+ revealed the official trailer for the upcoming Original series “American Born Chinese.” The genre-hopping action-comedy series premieres with all eight episodes on May 24, only on Disney+. The Disney Branded Television series is produced by 20th Television. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, “American Born Chinese” chronicles the…

David Fincher Reportedly Adapting ‘Squid Game’ as Netflix Series

©The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher is reportedly ready to develop Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Squid Game into an English-language series for Netflix. Released in 2021, Squid Game holds the record for being Netflix’s most popular series, attracting more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks alone….

David Fincher Reportedly Will Direct English-Language Version of ‘Squid Game’

©Paramount Pictures, Courtesy of Curious Case of Benjamin Button  David Fincher is reportedly working on an English-language version of the Korean hit film Squid Game. Though Netflix has not yet officially announced the project, all indications are that the remake is definitely in the works for the streamer. According to Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist,…

New York Film Festival 62 : Main Slate Selections

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE SELECTIONS FOR THE 62nd NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 32 features including new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker, Brady Corbet, David Cronenberg, Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias, Robinson Devor, Mati Diop, Miguel Gomes, Alain Guiraudie, Hong Sangsoo, Jia Zhangke, Payal Kapadia, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Mike Leigh, Philippe Lesage,…