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The Oscar Winning Film, Bong Joon-ho’s PARASITE Returns To IMAX

©Courtesy of Neon The film “Parasite“, five years after making cinematic history as the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, NEON will be bringing Bong Joon Ho’s critically acclaimed “Parasite” back to theaters with an exclusive IMAX release beginning on February 7th. Bong Joon Ho’s visionary storytelling and masterful…

Michael Jackson Biopic Needs Major Sections Reshoot Due to Legal Issues!

©Courtesy of “This IS IT” film. A news report in the long-awaited Michael Jackson movie, “Michael” which indicates that the film will have to deal with significant consequences due to an ongoing legal issue. What is the legal problem with the Michael Jackson movie? According to Matthew Belloni’s Puck newsletter, Jackson’s estate made it a…

Scorsese, DiCaprio to Collaborate on ‘The Devil in the White City’ for 20th Century Studios

©Courtesy of Killer of the Flower Moon   20th Century Studios is set to produce The Devil in the White City, a film based on the best-selling book by Erik Larson. As first reported by Deadline, the film will star Leonardo DiCaprio and will be directed by Martin Scorsese. First published in 2004, Larson’s nonfiction…

‘Nosferatu’ Director Robert Eggers Set to Helm ‘Labyrinth’ Sequel

Nosferatu filmmaker Robert Eggers is set to make another genre film by writing and directing the sequel to Labyrinth for TriStar Pictures, according to the InSneider newsletter. The upcoming movie will serve as the follow-up to the 1986 cult fantasy feature, which was helmed by Jim Henson. Eggers is penning the project with his writing…

2025 Oscar Nominations Announced : Full List!

©Courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday. “Emilia Pérez“received the most of 2025 Oscar nominations. The film garnered 13 noms, setting a record for a non-English-language film. That surpasses the previous record holders, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Roma“, which each earned 10 nominations. Following…

Japanese Star Masahiro Nakai Announced His Retirement from the Entertainment Industry

©Courtesy of Angora Masahiro Nakai, who is best known for being a TV personality and a former member of the boy band, SMAP, announced his retirement from the entertainment industry on Jan 23. He made a document available on his paid membership site, “I, Masahiro Nakai, will retire from entertainment activities starting today. As for…

Kakao Entertainment Is Developing Live-Action Version of the ‘Solo Leveling’ Anime

©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Kakao Entertainment is developing a live-action film based on the recent Crunchyroll anime Solo Leveling. The production, based on the South Korean novel by Chugong, had earlier been adapted into a webtoon and an anime television series, also spawning video games. The project is still in the early development stage, so no further…

Director Chris Columbus Endorses HBO Adaptation of Harry Potter Series

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Chris Columbus, who directed two of the Harry Potter films, thinks that HBO’s upcoming plans to adapt the movies for a televised series would be a “spectacular idea.”In a recent interview with People magazine, Columbus was quoted as saying “I think it’s a spectacular idea, because there’s a certain restriction when…

Magnolia Pictures Acquires North American Rights To ‘One To One: John & Yoko’

©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North American rights to ‘ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO,’ from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (‘The Last King of Scotland,’ ‘Marley,’ HBO’s ‘One Day in September‘, ‘The Mauritanian‘). An expansive and revelatory inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono…

Marvel’s Sequels to ‘Doctor Strange’ and ‘Shang-Chi’ Reportedly Set for 2027 Release

©Courtesy of Disney According to Superherohype reports, Doctor Strange 3 and Shang-Chi 2 are rumored to be released sometime in 2027. However, Marvel Studios has not yet officially confirmed anything about the two eagerly anticipated productions. Shang-Chi 2 was reportedly deprioritized when Jonathan Majors left the production and the Kang storyline was cancelled. Shang-Chi and…

New Gundam Movie By Evangelion Studio Premieres in February!

The first collaboration between Khara(Producer of Rebuild of Evangelion (and the studio currently holding the rights for the Evangelion series) and Sunrise has been marked with ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-,’ as previously announced. GKIDS announced it has acquired the prologue movie, ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-,’ and it will be in North American (US and…