Recently, I had a chance to talk to Kristi Yamaguchi who attended the Japan parade. At the 2nd annual Japan Parade in New York City which took place on Saturday, May 13. Starting from Central Park West at West 81st Street to West 67th Street, the purpose of the parade is to celebrate, express, and…
SAG-AFTRA‘s national board has unanimously voted to recommend that its members authorize a strike before its upcoming negotiations for a new film and television contract, Deadline is reporting. The union’s leadership body unanimously agreed on the measure, which doesn’t automatically trigger a strike. However, if SAG-AFTRA’s members vote in favor of the authorization, that would…
@David Mamet Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LaBeouf, NBR Award winner Rebecca Pidgeon (Heist) and Golden Globe nominated actress-singer Courtney Love (The People vs. Larry Flynt) have been cast in the thriller Assassination, Deadline is reporting. The film, will be directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner and Oscar nominated Wag the Dog scribe, David Mamet,…
@Julie Keiko Fujishima, Photo by Johnny & Associates The president Julie Keiko Fujishima, the one of the biggest Japanese talent agencies, Johnny & Associates Inc, on Sunday issued a video and written apology to those who have alleged sexual abuse by its late founder Johnny Kitagawa. The incident began this year when former Johnny’s Jr. member…
For more than two decades, adapting manga or anime into live-action cinema has been a particularly winding road for American studios to follow. “Dragonball Evolution,” “Speed Racer,” “Ghost in the Shell” and “Death Note” to name a few. All of these tanked at the box office and were slammed by critics. Even though some of…
Meadow Walker Thornton-Allan, the daughter of the late Fast & Furious star Paul Walker, will be making a cameo appearance in the upcoming Fast X installment, to open in theaters on May 19. Fast X will be the tenth installment in Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise. Actor and film producer Vin Diesel recently hinted that…
A24 has acquired the domestic distribution rights for the upcoming romantic comedy film, We Live in Time, from its production company, Studiocanal, Deadline is reporting. The movie, which stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, is currently hooting in London. The rom-com is being directed by acclaimed helmer, John Crowley. The upcoming project is reuniting the…
@Patricia Highsmith A biopic is in the works about Patricia Highsmith, the troubled author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and a host of other psychological thrillers. To be titled The Murderous Miss Highsmith, the film is being produced by Killer Films, which also produced Carol, based on another of Highsmith’s stories. Shailene Woodley will play…
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE TO HONOR MICHAEL J. FOX WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT ANNUAL SPRING MOVING IMAGE AWARDS BENEFIT EVENT June 6, 2023 at Museum of the Moving Image Astoria, New York, May 11, 2023 — The Board of Trustees of Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) today announced that actor and activist…
Searchlight Pictures has released a new teaser for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest outing, “Poor Things” — which stars Emma Stone. The trailer featured only 30 seconds of footage and one line of dialogue. But there’s a lot of intriguing elements and an engaging collection of surreal imagery from the mind of Lanthimos (The Lobster, The…
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