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FX’s ‘Shogun’ and ‘The Bear’ Lead Emmy Nominations List

Shogun and The Bear have emerged at the top of the nomination list for this year’s 78th Emmy Awards, which were announced this morning. The final winners will be announced at the official awards ceremony scheduled to be broadcast live by ABC on Sunday September 15, though a host for the Los Angeles ceremony has…

FX and Hulu to Develop Two More Seasons of ‘Shogun’

Hiroyuki Sanda, Courtesy of FX     FX and Hulu confirmed this week that they are in the process of developing two more seasons of Shōgun, based on James Clavell’s epic 1975 novel set in Edo-period Japan. To accomplish these goals, a writers’ room will get underway this summer to map out a creative strategy….

‘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….

‘Shōgun’ is an Enthralling Japanese Historical Epic

It’s impossible to truly know what life was like and how people actually behaved hundreds of years ago. There are written records, paintings and then photographs, and, in more recent years, gradually more available video evidence so that those in the present day can perceive a moderately insightful look into the past. Imagining the first…

FX’s SHOGUN Series Sets February Release Date!

FX has set the premiere date of upcoming limited series, “SHOGUN,” starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, and Cosmo Jarvis, which will come to Hulu and FX in February 2024. FX’s Shōgun, an original adaptation of James Clavell’s bestselling novel, is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Producer Hiroyuki…

Review: “John Wick: Chapter 4” Keeps the Bodies Dropping

It’s been nine years since the first John Wick film broke audiences brain’s and helped kick-start a new trend in action films (I’ll still argue it started with The Raid: Redemption). Even though almost a decade has passed and we’re on the 4th installment of the series, it feels like people are still reacting to…

John Wick 4 : Chad Stahelski Boasts a Heavy Influence on Japanese Films

The “John Wick” franchise has received rave reviews for all over the world most of its three entries so far, now a limited series prequel and a spin-off feature on the way, a fourth main entry in the franchise with Reeves and Stahelski that boasts heavy influences on Japanese films. The “John Wick” franchise shows…

Fall at Japan Society: Monthly Anime & Classics including Mamoru Oshii ‘s Angel’s Egg, Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill!

Japan Society Announces Fall Monthly Anime & Classics Lineup, including Oshii’s Angel’s Egg, Okamoto’s Kill! and more! Japan Society announced its fall lineup for Monthly Classics and Monthly Anime, kicking off on September 2, 2022 with a 35mm screening of Kihachi Okamoto’s satirical chambara, Kill!. 2006 anime classic Tekkonkinkreet will screen on September 16, featuring…

Samuel Goldwyn Films to Release Johnny Depp Movie Minamata in North America

Johnny Depp’s latest drama, Minamata, has received a new official release date in North America, after it premiered in February 2020 at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie’s production company, Iervolino and Lady Bacardi Entertainment (ILBE), is now working with Samuel Goldwyn Films to distribute the feature, which was originally set to be released…

‘Minamata’ Director Andrew Levitas Says MGM is Burying the Movie Because of Johnny Depp

It’s been a year and a half since Minamata premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and the film has yet to be released, and its director believes it’s not only because of the pandemic. According to Deadline, filmmaker Andrew Levitas sent a letter to MGM in which he alleges that the studio sought to…