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Evangelion Creator Hideaki Anno Leads Space Battleship Yamato Anime 50th Anniversary Project

©Office Academy, Product of Yomiuri TV Neon Genesis Evangelion creator and Khara founder Hideaki Anno has signed on to helm a special Space Battleship Yamato 50th anniversary project for Studio Khara, Anime News Network is reporting. The space opera anime’s anniversary project will launch on Oct. 6, 2024, exactly 50 years after Space Battleship Yamato‘s…

Ang Lee Talks Homophobia Might Cost the Oscar for ‘Brokeback Mountain’

©Brokeback Mountain/Focus Features Director Ang Lee suggests that homophobia was a prime reason why his 2006 film Brokeback Mountain did not win a Best Picture Oscar. It lost out to the crime drama Crash, which has been called one of the worst films to win the award. Lee’s groundbreaking film about a love relationship between two…

Actors Yuki Yamada & Nishino Nanase Announced Their Marriage

©Courtesy of Yuki Yamada and Nanase Nishino’s Official site. “Godzilla Minus One” Actor Yuki Yamada and a former idol of Nogizaka 46/Actress Nanase Nishino announced their marriage on March 31 through social media accounts. Yamada and Nishino confirmed their marriage on the same day, declaring, “We are happy to announce that Hiroki Yamada and Nanase…

Lily James to Play Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd in Biopic For 20th Century Studios

©Photo by Kerry Brown/The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Lily James has been cast to play Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder Bumble, in an upcoming biopic inspired by the businesswoman’s life, Deadline is reporting. The film, which is untitled, is currently in pre-production. The project is expected to begin shooting later this year….

Actor Louis Gossett Jr. Dies at 87: First Black Man to Win Supporting Oscar

©An Officer and a Gentleman/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, died in Santa Monica, California on Friday morning. He was 87. No cause of death was revealed, but it is known that Gossett had been suffering from prostate cancer. He had also…

Hankyu Hanshin Apologizes to Family Over Actress Death in Takarazuka Revue

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, the parent company of Japan’s Takarazuka Revue. has apologized to the family of an actor in the all-female company who allegedly committed suicide last year after sexual harassment that led to both verbal and physical abuse. The unidentified 25-year-old victim died in September 2023 after being harassed by older members of the…

Tom Cruise To Star in Upcoming ‘Top Gun 3’ Sequel, Says Producer Bruckheimer

Tom Cruise will be returning in the role of Maverick in the upcoming Top Gun 3 movie, which will be a sequel to Top Gun Maverick, the $1.4 billion blockbuster directed by Joseph Kosinski in 2022. The original Top Gun film was directed by Tony Scott in 1986. Miles Teller and Glen Powell will also…

J. K. Simmons to Play Comedian Milton Berle in Sony’s ‘SNL 1975’

Actor J. K. Simmons has been tapped to play the role of Milton (“Mr. Television”) Berle in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film SNL 1975, to be directed by Jason Reitman from a script co-written with Gil Kenan. Milton Berle, also known as “Uncle Miltie”, was part of a pioneering generation of stand-up comedians during the 1950s,…

Josh O’Connor May Star in Luca Guadagnino’s Gay Romantic Film ‘Separate Rooms’

Photo by Des Willie/Des Willie/Netflix – © Netflix 2020, Inc Josh O’Connor is in discussions to star in Luca Guadagnino‘s latest drama, Separate Rooms, Variety is reporting. The movie will reunite the BAFTA Award-nominated British actor with the Venice Film Festival-winning Italian director; the performer is also starring in the filmmaker’s upcoming tennis love triangle feature…

Olivia Colman Criticizes Gender Disparities in Film-Industry Earnings

©Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh/Parisa Taghizadeh Olivia Colman, the Oscar-winning actress and producer, recently criticized the gender disparities in pay in the movie industry. In an interview this week on CNN’s The Armapour Hour, she remarked, “I’m very aware that if I was Oliver Colman, I’d be earning a fuck of a lot more than I…

Ryan Coogler is Making a Jukebox Musical Based on Songs by Prince

© 1984 – Warner Bros. All rights reserved. A new musical inspired by the music and songs by Prince (2958-2016) has been greenlighted by Universal Pictures. The movie is still without an official title and will be produced by Ryan Coogler through his company Proximity Media. Zinzi Cooper and Sev Ohanian will be working at…