China has selected Dead to Rights, a harrowing historical drama set amid the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, as its official contender for the 98th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category. […]
Warner Bros. Begins Production on Korean Remake of ‘The Intern’ Starring Choi Min-sik and Han So-hee
Warner Bros. has kicked off production in Seoul on the Korean remake of The Intern, the hit 2015 workplace dramedy that paired Robert De Niro with Anne Hathaway. The project […]
Pokémon Company Pushes Back Against ICE Raid Video’s Use of Iconic Anime Theme Song
The Pokémon Company has distanced itself from a controversial U.S. Department of Homeland Security video that repurposed the franchise’s iconic anime theme song to promote an ICE raid. The Department […]
‘Alice in Borderland’ Stars On Dealing With Trauma In Season 3 of Netflix’s Japanese Survival Drama
Netflix is returning to the mysterious and deadly Borderland with the third season of its hit Japanese sci-fi series, Alice in Borderland, debuting on the platform on Sept. 25. The […]
Guillermo del Toro on Taking Inspiration from Korean Cinema as ‘Frankenstein’ Makes Imax Bow in Busan
Guillermo del Toro wowed the 30th Busan International Film Festival Thursday night by sharing the Imax cut of his $120 million take on Frankenstein in all its gore and its […]
Busan Hidden Gem: Zhang Zhongchen On His Journey from Factory Floor to Festival Red Carpet with ‘Nighttime Sounds’
If Good Will Hunting were to get a Chinese remake, Zhang Zhongchen could be the protagonist. Just swap Matt Damon’s math wunderkind for a Chinese arthouse prodigy. Zhang, now 34, […]
Busan: Cutting Edge Films Partners With Top French Colorist Yov Moor
Taipei’s fast-rising post-production house Cutting Edge Films is adding more firepower to its creative team at the Busan International Film Festival and Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM). The company […]
HBO Max to Launch in Eight Asia Pacific Markets in October
Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing HBO Max to fresh corners of Asia. The company said Tuesday that its flagship streaming platform will launch direct-to-consumer on Oct. 15 in Bangladesh, Brunei, […]
Yeon Sang-ho on ‘The Ugly,’ Microbudget Filmmaking and Reclaiming Creative Freedom in Korea’s Post-‘Squid Game’ Era
Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho is known for directing some of South Korea’s biggest commercial hits of screens large and small, such as the zombie blockbuster Train to Busan (a $140 million […]
AI Is Replacing Voice Artists in India — and There Are No Local Laws to Stop It
In 2023, when the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes shut down Hollywood for four months, seeking protection from, among other things, artificial intelligence (AI), […]