Japanese filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda was a big winner at last night’s Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. For the second consecutive year, Kore-eda captured the Best Director title, this time for his latest feature, Monster. The prolific director had won the prize a year ago for Broker, a Korean-language film. Discussing his most recent award,…
Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary Japanese anime director, was crowned Best Animated Feature winner for The Boy and the Heron at the U.S. Academy Awards, beating out four other films in the same category, including Disney’s ‘Elemental’ and the U.S. superhero film ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.’ For the first time in more than two decades, Miyazaki was…
March 10 was Mario Day (MAR10), and Nintendo marked the occasion by announcing that a new movie about Super Mario Bros. will be released on April 3, 2026. The upcoming film will be directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic from a script by Matthew Fogel. It will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo…
While the Academy Awards will celebrate the last year’s box office success of “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s $1.4 billion blockbuster “Barbie,” the 44th annual Golden Rasberry Awards aka Razzies gave out the awards for Sylvester Stallone’s “Expend4bles” and “Winnie the Pooh : Blood and Honey,” has swept the board at the Razzie Awards, winning five…
As first reported by Deadline, Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to “Ankle Snatcher,” a 2023 short story by Grady Hendrix. The story originally appeared in the Creature Feature Collection by Amazon Original Stories. As of now, no cast or director has been announced for the adaptation, which is being produced by Todd Black,…
Nikon, the Japanese camera-maker, is expanding into the movie-making sphere with the acquisition of RED Digital Cinema as a wholly-owned subsidiary. RED, which is located in Foothill Ranch, California has about 200 employees and is headed by president Jarred Land. The company was founded in 2005 by Jim Jannard. Terms of the acquisition have not…
The 47th Japanese Academy Awards ceremony, a gathering of the Japanese film industry, was held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo l on March 8th, “Godzilla Minus One” was nominated in twelve categories at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it just took most of them home including the Best Picture. The following…
Manga artist Akira Toriyama, who created such masterpieces as “Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump,” died of acute subdural hematoma on March 1, 2024 at the age of 68. A small funeral service has been held with Toriyama’s immediate family and that fans should avoid sending flowers or other gifts. Toriyama made his debut in 1978 with…
©Kenzon World Margaret Qualley will be playing the role of Amanda Knox in a new, as-yet-untitled limited series to air on Hulu. According to the official synopsis, the series will be “based on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher and her 16-year odyssey to…
Shōgun is streaming to an auspicious start. According to a report in Deadline, the launch of FX’s 10-episode series has garnered 9 million views on Hulu, Disney+, and Star+ in just its first six days. As a result, Shōgun has become the number-one scripted series premiere for Disney General Entertainment, eclipsing The Kardashians, Season 1….
Photo by COURTESY OF NETFLIX – © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Netflix has renewed the lavish adaptation of the Nickelodeon series, “Avatar : The Last Airbender” for two more seasons. The order will conclude the story of Aang’s journey to become the Avatar in fantastical world. Since the show’s Feb. 22 debut, the series has been scored with 41.1…
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