How Do You Live?, the final work by iconic Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, had its much-anticipated premiere in Tokyo this week. The film will be titled The Boy and the Heron when it is released in U.S. theaters later this year, according to Gkids, the distributor that has acquired North American theatrical distribution rights. The…
GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation from around the world, announced today it has acquired theatrical and home video rights for North America to the critical and box office sensation LOOK BACK. Directed and adapted for the screen by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, the film is based on the critically acclaimed original…
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©Courtesy of Cannes film Festival “He’s traveling between reality & fantasy, and losing the ability to tell them apart.” Another magnificent doc about Hayao Miyazaki just debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes started off by giving filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli an Honorary Palme d’Or. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron focuses on six years of…
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCESSPOTLIGHT FOR THE 61st NEW YORK FILM FESTIVALWorld premieres areNathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s The CurseGarth Davis’s Foe starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal Spotlight Gala presentation of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro in its North American premiere, featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos sound at David Geffen HallU.S. premiere of The Boy and the…
©Courtesy of GKIDS GKIDS has announced plans to bring “Kokuho” to North America. The live-action movie, which was first introduced at Cannes and will have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, will be Japan’s official submission in the Best International Feature category at the 98th Academy Awards. GKIDS has…
© Courtesy of Studio Ghibli In celebration of Studio Ghibli’s 40th anniversary, GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment are teaming up to bring eight of their critically acclaimed animated movies back to U.S. theaters for their annual Studio Ghibli Fest 2025. The limited theatrical event will take place from May until November. “Fathom has enjoyed many years…
In hindsight, 2024 marked a milestone in Hollywood. Some of the tentpole films range from $451 million at number ten to the top spot with a whopping $1.7 billion, there is a wide variety of genres, including legacy sequels, 80s hits, R-rated superhero films, and animated family adventures. It’s also animated films were able to…
Japanese media giant Toho Co. has secured a deal to acquire celebrated North American indie producer and distributor GKIDS, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. As part of the deal, Toho is picking up a 100 percent equity share in GKIDS. But the latter will still…
Actions are rarely without consequences, even if takes a while for them to materialize. One unfortunate or regrettable decision may bring with it an undue and disproportionate response, but a pattern of illegal or unethical behavior will eventually incur some sort of justice, even if it’s merely cosmic and not literal or cut-and-dry. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s…
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