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2024 Golden Globes to Honor Blockbusters, Stand-Up Comics

Two new categories are being added to the Golden Globe Awards for 2024: blockbuster movies and stand-up comedians, it has been disclosed. Variety reports that the two categories will be titled “Cinematic and Box Office Achievement” and “Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television.” The first of the new awards will be presented during the…

Martin Scorsese is Working on the Film with Todd Field and Kent Jones on Marilynne Robinson’s Book, “Home”

Though Martin Scorsese turns 81 in November, age is not stopping him from what he loves to do—direct films. The legendary movie maker reportedly has several projects in development, including Killers of the Flower Moon, which will premiere on October 20 with a cast starring Leonardo Caprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo…

Studio Ghibli May Begin to Produce Television Series in the Future

Studio Ghibli, the acclaimed animation studio co-founded by legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television (NTV). As the news was announced last week, the studio has also contemplating making new television series, according to a new report from Nikkei.com (via Discussing Film) Toshio Suzuki, the president of Ghibli, released a statement…

Jamie Lee Curtis Aims to Play Doctor Kureha in Netflix’s ‘One Piece’

Is Jamie Lee Curtis about to play the role of Doctor Kureha in the second season of One Piece, the acclaimed live-action series on Netflix? The Oscar-winning actor has often expressed her desire for the part, writing in an Instagram posting earlier this week: “Once the strike against the greed of the AMTPT is settled…

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….