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Milan’s Prada Foundation Celebrates Wes Anderson With ‘Asteroid City: Exhibition’

Milan’s Fondazione Prada has unveiled to the public Wes Anderson – Asteroid City: Exhibition — in collaboration with Universal Pictures International Italy — that opened on September 23rd and will run until January 7th, 2024. The show anticipates the Italian theatrical release on September 28th of Asteroid City, presented at the 76th Cannes Film Festival…

France to Submit ‘The Taste of Things’ for Oscars’ International Feature Category

France has submitted the romantic drama, The Taste of Things, as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming 96th Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The decision is considered to be major upset after co-writer-director Justine Triet’s courtroom thriller, Anatomy of a Fall, which received the Cannes Palme d’Or…

Nippon TV to Acquire Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli

Hayao Miyazaki’s production company, Studio Ghibli, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corporation, both companies announced on Thursday. As part of the deal, Nippon Television would acquire 42.3 percent of voting rights to become the prime shareholder in the studio. The transaction will be finalized on October 6. It was not disclosed how…

Matteo Garrone’s ‘The Captain’ Selected as Italy’s Oscar Nominee

Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” aka “The Captain” has been nominated by Italy as its candidate for Best International Film at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony slated for March 10, 2024. The nomination was made by a committee of eleven under the auspices of Attica, an Italian cinema body, which praised the film for the way it…

Dean Fujioka and Callum Woodhouse to Star in ‘Orang Ikan,’ a WWII-era Horror Film

Set in the Pacific during World War II, Orang Ikan is the title of an upcoming horror film starring Dean Fujioka and Callum Woodhouse. The picture will be scripted and directed by Mike Wiluan with a score by Akihiko Matsumoto. The global rights to the film are being handled by SC Films International out of…

Rock Legend Yoshiki First Japanese Artist to Have Handprint Immortalized in Cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre

Rock legend Yoshiki has become the first Japanese artist to be immortalized in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre, ABC is reporting. The artist was chosen to be honored at the famed Hollywood landmark after he became one of the most influential musicians and composers in Japanese history; he has sold over 30 million albums…

Paramount’s ‘Paranormal Activity’ Being Adapted for West End Production

Paranormal, the Paramount horror movie series, is being adapted for a stage play in London’s West End, thanks to Simon Friend Entertainment. Friend, best known as the producer of Life of Pi on Broadway, has secured licensing rights for the adaptation, which will be scripted by Levi Holloway, who wrote Grey House also for Broadway….

Director Cord Jefferson’s Film, “American Fiction” Won the Top Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival

Director Cord Jefferson’s latest film, “American Fiction” garnered the top prize, People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.  Jefferson, who has been a writer on “Succession” and “Watchmen,” made his feature directorial debut with the movie and wrote the screenplay. It is based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel, “Erasure.” MGM is releasing the…

Emery Kelly Rumored to Appear in the Second Season of ‘One Piece’ as Portgas D. Ace AKA “Ace”

The rumor mills are churning about who will play the role of Portgas D. Ace in the second season of One Piece. Netflix recently confirmed that the live-action saga will be returning for a second season, which will probably focus on happenings on Drum Island and Alabasta. The story recounts the adventures of Monkey D….

Lucasfilm Confirms that ‘Lando’ Is Headed to the Big Screen

Lucasfilm has confirmed that its Lando project is being turned into a film, according to Variety. It had originally been slated as a television series only. The project by Donald and Stephen Glover is based on the Star Wars character Lando Calrissian. On Thursday, Stephen Glover had declared on the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out:…

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop to Premiere October 2 on Icon

RoboCop fans are looking forward to a four-part documentary series about the creation of the iconic sci-fi thriller from the 1980s. Titled RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, the series will premiere on the UK’s Icon Film Channel on October 2. A Blu-ray Collector’s Edition will be released on December 18, with a TVOD/EST version two…