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Nikon Acquired US Camera Manufacturer RED

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…

‘Godzilla Minus One’ Won the Best Picture at Japanese Academy Awards

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…

Akira Toriyama, The Creator Of Dragon Ball, Dies At 68

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…

Margaret Qualley to Play Amanda Knox in Hulu Series

©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’ Sets Streaming Records During Its First Week

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….

Netflix Officially Confirms Avatar: The Last Airbender Seasons 2 and 3

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…

Zoey Deutch To Star in Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Film

@zoeydeutch, Instagram  Nouvelle Vague (‘New Wave’), Richard Linklater’s new film starring Zoey Deutch in the role of French-American actress Jean Seberg is set to begin shooting in Paris this week. Described as a “love letter to Godard, Truffaut and company,” it will be the first film by Linklater shot entirely in the French language. It will…

HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ To Begin Streaming on Netflix on April 1

©Sex and the City poster-HBO Sex and the City—all 94 episodes of the HBO series—will begin streaming on Netflix on April 1, thanks to a licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery that also includes Ballers, Band of Brothers, Insecure, The Pacific, Six Feet Under, and True Blood. The deal, however, is not worldwide: only viewers…

Director Damien Chazelle Reflects on His Post-Babylon Future

Damien Chazelle’s 2022 film Babylon was, by all accounts, a flop. With a budget of $80 million, it grossed a paltry $15 million domestically, though it picked up $48 million overseas. Reviews were tepid—57% on Rotten Tomatoes and C+ on CinemaScore—and even the star power of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie could not persuade the…

Netflix to Produce ‘Patriots,’ A Broadway Show about Vladimir Putin

Netflix will be singing the lullaby of Broadway this spring with its production of Peter Morgan’s play, Patriots, which will open for a limited run at New York’s Ethel Barrymore theater on April 22. Previews of the show about Vladimir Putin’s rise to power are slated to begin on the first of April—the cruelest month,…

First Look : Rupert Sanders’s ‘The Crow’ Takes Flight on June 7

©Courtesy of Lionsgate.  The Crow may finally be getting its wings, haunting first-look images of Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs in the upcoming remake of the 1994 noir thriller The Crow were released on Wednesday After several false starts, it now appears that Rupert Sanders’s remake of the 1994 supernatural thriller will take flight on June…