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Destin Daniel Cretton to Write and Direct ‘Naruto’ for Lionsgate

Destin Daniel Cretton will be writing and directing a live-action film for Lionsgate based on Naruto, the popular manga character. Cretton recently cowrote and directed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings for Marvel Studios. He will be producing the Naruto project through his Hisako company, along with Jeyun Mumford. Also involved with the…

Japanese Duo KinKi Kids’ Tsuyoshi Domoto to Leave Ex-Johnny & Associates

©Family Club Official Site Tsuyoshi Domoto (44) made an announcement on his fan club website on March 22 that he would be departing from his agency SMILE-UP.com (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). According to his Instagram post, he has decided to terminate his contract with his agency on March 31, 2024, when it renews,…

Avengers 5 May Drop The Kang Dynasty Character and Subtitle

©Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Marvel Studios may rename, and drop the titular character from, its anticipated fifth Avengers film, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, following the conviction of Jonathan Majors. The news comes after the actor was found guilty in December of assaulting his former girlfriend, and was subsequently fired from his role of Kang…

GKIDS Brings ‘The End Of Evangelion’ To U.S. Theaters In March

Over 25 years since it first graced theaters in Japan, GKIDS will finally bring The End of Evangelion,  the feature follow-up to Hideaki Anno’s influential anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, to North American theaters for the first time. The film will be screened in its original Japanese language with English subtitles, bowing in select theaters…

Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ To Debut in January 2025

Mickey 17, the much-anticipated sci-fi thriller by Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, will finally be released on January 31, 2025, says Warner Bros. The film will also be available on IMAX screens. It had originally been scheduled to debut on March 29, 2024 until it was postponed indefinitely. According to Variety, the rescheduling is allowing the…

Tim Burton to Direct Remake of ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’

Tim Burton is reportedly poised to direct a remake of the cult classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, which was originally released in 1958, the year of his birth. Like the original, the new film would be a Warner Bros. production. According to an article in Deadline, Gillian Flynn, of Gone Girl, Dark Places,…

Sam Mendes to Make Four Beatles Theatrical Movies

©1917, Universal Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sam Mendes, and Neal Street Productions announced a groundbreaking creative endeavor to tell the story of The Beatles with four distinct theatrical feature films. The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison…

25 Wim Wenders Films to be Distributed via Agent Salaud Morisset

© 2011 – IFC Wim Wenders Stiftung, the foundation associated with the German director, has sealed a deal with agent Salaud Morisset to handle distribution rights for 25 of his films. The arrangement would include theatrical, festival, and non-commercial rights for all unsold territories around the globe. Commercial rights to his catalog remain with Hanway Films….

Golden Kamuy Live Action Film : What We know So Far…

(C) Satoru Noda/Shueisha (C) 2024 “Golden Kamui” Film Partners A highly anticipated live action film of ‘Golden Kamuy‘ starring Kento Yamazaki was released on January 19th in Japan. Just like the studio’s Kingdom live-action films, Golden Kamuy’s live-action movie topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The latest film has yet to announce…

Spike Lee Will Remake Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low”

©Toho Co.  A Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece High and Low will be remade by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington.  Apple Original Films and A24 will tackle the American version of High and Low, based on one of the most acclaimed films of all time. The original Japanese film is loosely based on the novel…

Greenwich Entertainment Acquires North American Rights to ‘Aum: The Cult at the End of the World’

©Sundance Institute  Greenwich Entertainment has just acquired the North American rights to Aum : The Cult at the End of the World, a documentary about the Japanese doomsday cult that engineered a sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995. The film will be released at select theaters and on home-entertainment platforms beginning this…