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Composer Jung Jaeil needed a translator for his session of Sound & Screen Television but he knew exactly what to say in English when he was asked for teasers about the third and final season of Squid Game.

“I’m not allowed,” he declared.

But Jung did admit he “poured my heart and soul into the score for Season 3” to help realize the vision of director Hwang Dong-hyuk. In fact, it was his respect for Hwang’s work on the Korean series The Fortress that first persuaded him to create the music for the hit Netflix show.

Jung Jae Il at Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television

Jung spoke on the Sound & Screen panel about having to balance elements like blood and massacre with a little bit of humor.

“Season 2 has a lot more character than Season 1,” he said through his translator. One of his favorite parts was creating the music for...

The latest iteration of Deadline’s Sound & Screen showcase, one of our most soulful jams that we put together, has kicked off Wednesday at UCLA’s Royce Hall, where a fantastic orchestra will play the music from some of the year’s best television shows.

Sound & Screen Television grows every year and puts a smile on the faces of audiences in a way no other awards-season event does. Tonight will be no different, and we hope there’s as much sonic charm as there always is.

We’re confident that there will be, given the music from the 11 shows featured. From epic dramas, comic book capers, video game adaptations, classic remakes and some of the year’s most original titles, we promise that the music from this season’s crop of projects will bring you closer to these stories than ever before.

Tonight, you’ll hear from an assortment of...

Deadline has unveiled the lineup of shows and musical talent that will take part in Sound & Screen Television, the annual TV music showcase that will take place Wednesday, May 7 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

A total of 11 series will take part in the evening, which spotlights the composers and the music behind the year’s most talked-about shows who perform their works for Academy and guild voters with the help of a 60-piece orchestra.

Click here to learn more and register to attend.

This year’s composer lineup includes The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s Bear McCreary and The Boys‘ Christopher Lennertz and Matt Bowen From Prime Video; The Penguin‘s Mick Giacchino and The Last of Us‘ Gustavo Santaolalla and David Fleming from HBO|Max; Severance‘s Theodore Shapiro and Shrinking‘s Tom Howe from Apple TV+; Long Bright River‘s Dimitri Smith and James Poyser...

Will the realities of capitalism sink the awards hopes for Mickey 17, a movie that’s a forceful critique of the realities of capitalism? Released on March 7, the Bong Joon Ho science-fiction farce has earned just $40 million in North America and $110 million worldwide, which, according to Variety, may result in a loss of up to $80 million for Warner Bros., the film’s distributor. (There is some dispute about that figure’s veracity; the film cost a reported $118 million before marketing.) Still, despite the negative headlines about its box office and a middling response from general audiences — ticket buyers rated Mickey 17 with a B grade on CinemaScore, which, counterintuitively, is poor for a project at this scale — there is still some hope Mickey 17 might rebound with Oscar voters next year.

The case for Mickey 17

After winning three Oscars for Parasite, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay,...

The Mickey 17 soundtrack is coming to vinyl from Waxwork Records in association with WaterTower Music.

Composed by Jung Jaeil, the score is pressed on “Fire Hand Pour” colored vinyl.

It’s housed in heavyweight packaging on reverse board with an 11×11 art print insert.

Priced at $35, the album expected to ship in May.

Written and directed by Bong Joon-ho, Mickey 17 hits theaters on March 7 via Warner Bros.

Robert Pattinson stars as unlikely hero Mickey Barnes, who has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo also star in the sci-fi comedy, based on Edward Ashton‘s 2022 novel Mickey 7.

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Stars: Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Holliday Grainger | Written and Directed by Bong Joon Ho

Writer-director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer) returns to futuristic sci-fi for this space exploration thriller based on the 2022 novel by Edward Ashton (entitled Mickey7). As such, it’s not without its flaws, but it’s still a lot of fun, thanks to its gleefully bonkers premise and pair of committed central performances from Robert Pattinson.

Set in the distant future, the film centres on Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), a spaceship worker who has been designated an “expendable”, so-called because his body can be re-printed and his memories restored if he dies, which he does, a lot. While on a mission to colonise a remote ice planet, Mickey’s 17th iteration (known as Mickey 17) falls down a crevasse and is presumed dead, so when he miraculously survives and returns to base camp, he...

Warner Bros. Pictures has just shared a new trailer (via SFFGazette.com) for Mickey 17, the next groundbreaking cinematic experience from the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho.

In the movie, the unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job...to die, for a living.

This sneak peek offers a better idea of what to expect from Mickey 17 after it was pushed from its previous 2024 release. The movie looks thought-provoking and bonkers in equal measure, and Pattinson looks like he's having a blast as this "Expendable."

Talking to Elle earlier this week, the actor confirmed rumours that he initially based Mickey's voice on Jackass icon Steve-o:

"I used to love, and I still do love, Jackass. I remember listening to an interview with Steve-o years ago and he...

Sure, Robert Pattinson may be getting killed again and again in “Mickey 17,” but the real resurrection story comes from the film’s musical chairs of release dates.

After being delayed due to strikes, post-production, and just plain old calendar reshuffling, “Mickey 17” will finally open on March 7; on Wednesday, January 22, we got a new trailer.

Bong Joon Ho’s “next groundbreaking cinematic experience” (as promised by Warner Bros. Discovery) centers on Pattinson’s titular character Mickey Barnes, who finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job…to die, for a living.

Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Naomi Ackie also star.

“Parasite” writer/director Bong penned the script based on the novel “Mickey 7” by Edward Ashton. Bong also produces along with Dooho Choi. “Mickey 17” will screen at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival and opens in...

Robert Pattinson stars as Mickey, an employee who signs up to become an “Expendable” in Bong Joon-ho’s comedic sci-fi movie Mickey 17. Warner Bros. released the second trailer this morning, teasing the myriad of ways in which Pattinson’s character will die for his job.

The theatrical release date is now set for March 7, 2025.

In the upcoming movie written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “An unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.”

Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo and Naomi Ackie also star in Mickey 17, based on based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. Bong Joon-Ho writes and directs.

Mickey 17 has officially been rated “R” for “violent content, language throughout, sexual content, and drug material.“ Some of that violence is on...

Robert Pattinson hates dying, especially after kicking the bucket 17-plus times for Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi-novel adaptation “Mickey 17.”

The feature, which marks writer/director Bong’s long-awaited follow-up to his Best Picture-winning “Parasite,” centers on Pattinson’s title character Mickey, who is a disposable employee called an Expendable. Mickey is sent on a human expedition sent to colonize ice world Niflheim; any mission that is considered too dangerous for humans is a task for Mickey. And of course, there are more than a few Mickey-related fatalities.

Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, and “Blink Twice” breakout Naomi Ackie also star.

Bong adapted Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey 7” but added more deaths for the lead character. The film project was first announced in January 2022, which came before the novel’s release in February via Macmillan imprint St. Martin. The film was originally set for a March 29, 2024 release before being...

The release date for the upcoming film Mickey 17, starring The Batman actor Robert Pattinson and directed by Bong Joon Ho has been pushed back to 2025 according to Warner Bros.

Originally slated for release on March 29, 2024, the sci-fi thriller will now hit theaters on January 31, 2025. This adjustment comes as a result of production delays caused by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes, which have affected numerous projects in Hollywood. This news comes to us from THR.

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Mickey 17 boasts a star-studded cast including Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo. Bong Joon Ho penned the script based on the book Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. Plan B Entertainment is producing the film, with Dooho Choi of...

We shouldn’t be allowed to call “Squid Game” dystopian now that Netflix has built the torment nexus, but the sheer scale of the streamer’s new reality series, “Squid Game: The Challenge,” is impressive. Big reality elimination challenge shows like “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” and “The Amazing Race” feature contestants in the double, not triple, digits. While “Squid Game: The Challenge” settles on squibs instead of actual bullets, the logistical hurdles involved in blowing up narrative sequences and making them practical as games — for hundreds of players — are legion.

Filmed over 16 days at a series of six interconnected studios in London, “Squid Game: The Challenge” features representations of the unnervingly cheerful “Squid Game” work of production designer Chae Kyoung-sun and the iconic costumes created by designer Jo Sang-gyeong, as well as inclusion of composer Jung Jae-il’s score and a penchant for recreating the deliciously painful slo-mo editing of games perfected by editor Nam Na-young.

Many popular K-dramas include fantastic soundtracks that are just as good if not better than their storylines. In recent years, K-dramas have gained popularity among Western audiences, getting attention for their creative storylines and dynamic characters. With these shows becoming more easily accessible, their popularity is ever-growing.

For those new to the genre, popular K-dramas can get them started on their journey. This might include adaptations like 18 Again or award-winning shows like Beyond Evil. Others may prefer to get acquainted with the genre through music first. For these individuals, soundtracks exist that provide emotional connection and complex musical compositions, matching up with the storylines and tone of their K-drama.

Secret Garden (2010)

One of the best soundtracks comes from the Cinderella-like story K-drama Secret Garden. The songs on the soundtrack provide just the right balance between fantastical and grounded. Sporting vocals by series star Hyun Bin, “The Man” is the heart of this soundtrack.

With his record-setting Parasite recently earning another achievement––landing among Sight and Sound’s poll of the greatest films of all-time––expectations couldn’t be higher for Bong Joon Ho’s first major studio blockbuster, a sci-fi epic starring none other than Robert Pattinson. With production having kicked off this past August, we now have the first look and some more details.

Adapted from Edward Ashton’s recent novel Mickey7, Bong is upping the ante for his Warner Bros. production with the title revealed to be Mickey 17. The sci-fi tale follows a disposable worker drone sent on an expedition with humans to colonize the ice world Niflheim. If any mission is too dangerous, Mickey is sent and if he dies, a new body can be regenerated with its memories intact.

The number refers to how many clones he runs through after continually meeting his death, and it’s clear to...

Cue up your "Return of the King" title card memes, because Bong Joon-ho will be returning to our screens in 2024. Out of nowhere, Warner Bros. released the first look at the sci-fi drama "Mickey 17" to their social media channels, and admittedly, there's not a lot of footage to parse through and analyze. However, what we do see is a shirtless Robert Pattinson lying on some kind of futuristic medical table, as well as a tag that Warner Bros. will release the film on March 29, 2024.

According to a press release from Warner Bros., "Mickey 17" is currently in production and will be an exclusive theatrical release. While we're still not entirely sure what it will be about just yet, we do know that it was adapted from the Edward Ashton novel, "Mickey7," so there are a few details we can gather about what could be in store for us. Mickey is an Expendable,...

Robert Pattinson is heading to space.

Warner Bros. shared a first look at Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming “Mickey 17,” set to be released on March 29, 2024. “Mickey 17” is currently in production and is directed, produced, and scripted by Bong, adapted from Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey 7.”

Pattinson stars as the titular Mickey, who is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever a mission is too dangerous — even suicidal — the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact.

“Parasite” Oscar winner Bong also enlists Academy Award nominees Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” star Naomi Ackie to round out the sci-fi thriller.

The first look at “Mickey 17” shows Pattinson in an incubator, seemingly in space.

The film is produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment,...

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Bong Joon Ho has set a date to return to theaters. The Academy Award-winning director behind Parasite will open Mickey 17 around the globe on March 29, 2024, Warner Bros. announced Monday.

Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo, with Bong penning the script based on the book Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton.

The book, published earlier this year, centers on a man known as an expendable on a mission to colonize a distant planet. Each colony features one crew member who takes on the most dangerous jobs on the mission — jobs that will assuredly lead to their deaths. However, their memories are backed up and they are restored to cloned bodies when they die. In the novel, Mickey 7 — the 7th version of this crewmember — is left for dead on a mission, but survives. When he returns to base, he discovers...

Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 will hit theaters around the globe on March 29, 2024, Warner Bros said Monday. The studio already had the date staked out for an event film. Also opening that weekend is Sony’s Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and an untitled event film from Universal.

The pic from the Parasite Oscar winner is currently shooting off a script he wrote based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The filmmaker is also producing.

Robert Pattinson stars in the title role alongside Oscar nominee Steven Yeun (Minari), Naomi Ackie (I Wanna Dance with Somebody), with Oscar nominee Toni Collette (Hereditary) and Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (the Avengers films).

The film is produced by Plan B Entertainment, Dooho Choi of Kate Street Picture Company, and Bong under his Offscreen, Inc. banner. The behind-the-camera creative team includes Oscar-nominated director of photography Darius Khondji, Oscar-nominated production designer Fiona Crombie, Oscar-nominated editor Jinmo Yang (Parasite), costume designer Catherine George and visual effects supervisor Dan Glass (The Matrix franchise). The music is by composer Jae-il Jung.

Parasite fired off like a rocket out of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, taking the Palme d’Or and going on to win Best Picture at the Oscars, one of its four trophies there along with Best Director, Screenplay and International Feature. The pic was a revolution for a Korean title on the festival and awards circuit.

Mickey 7 was published in February by St. Martin, a Macmillan imprint. While the film will be inspired by the novel, sources say that given Bong’s past experiences with adaptations, his version might ultimately may be different from the novel’s. The novel’s story follows Mickey7, who is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal—the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.

Here’s a first look of Pattinson’s character in some sci-fi sedation state:...

According to Netflix, the Skip Intro button is pressed 136 million times in a typical day. Moreover, the feature has been adopted by streamers industry-wide. So what does it mean for a potentially iconic title theme? While approaches vary, the composers nominated for outstanding original main title theme music at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards are united in confronting the slight with good humor and unbridled creativity.

“It makes people want to up their game and to do something so catchy that people want to hear it,” says Natalie Holt, nominated for Disney+’s “Loki.” She compares it to writing a pop song: “Things that don’t get stuck in your head go in the bin.”

Siddhartha Khosla, a nominee for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” also uses a songwriting metaphor, calling his theme “the biggest, hookiest part of the chorus.”

Jung Jae-il, composer of Netflix’s “Squid Game,...

This year, Netflix’s “Squid Game” received 14 Primetime Emmy nominations that were fairly well spread out between the cast, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s writing and direction, and for many of his creative below-the-line collaborators. One of the people nominated for an Emmy was composer Jung Jae-il for his haunting main title theme music for the Korean survival series. Netflix has shared with Gold Derby an exclusive behind-the-scenes video that delves further into the writing of that distinctive record and toy drum theme, and how that managed to set up the tone for the entire series (watch above).

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“The most important thing for me is what I see on screen visually,” says Jung about the inspiration for the theme, citing the children’s game that opens the first episode of the show. The game made him think,...

The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium.

The composers of Dune, Succession and The Power Of The Dog are among this year’s nominees for the 22nd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) as the first wave of nominations are unveiled.

The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium, during which the annual celebration of film music is held.

Hans Zimmer is nominated for film composer of the year for the eighth time for his work on No Time To Die, Dune and The Survivor. The...

The 2022 Emmy nominations were unveiled on July 12, and Netflix's "Squid Game" absolutely swept, earning 14 nods and making history as the first non-English-language show to be nominated for outstanding drama series. The show, which remains Netflix's most-watched original series of all time, follows a group of 456 contestants participating in a series of children's games to win a cash prize - but the kicker is that if they lose, they die.

Written by Hwang Dong-hyuk, who was nominated for outstanding writing for the finale and outstanding directing for the pilot, the show stars Lee Jung-jae, who also received a nomination for lead actor in a drama series. His costars Park Hae-soo and HoYeon Jung were nominated for outstanding supporting actor and outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, respectively. Lee Yoo-mi also received a nomination for outstanding guest actress, and composer Jung Jae-il was tapped for outstanding original main title music.

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Two years ago, Netflix broke ground for the Emmys with eight nominations for Unorthodox, its German-American limited series that was told in English, Yiddish and German.

Now in 2022, another of the streamer’s programs have helped the Television Academy truly go global. Squid Game is the first series solely produced outside of a Western country and completely not in English to score major-category nominations at the Emmys, with 14, including best drama series. The Korean thriller from Siren Pictures is Netflix’s most-nominated series this year, leading Ozark and Stranger Things (13 each) and Inventing Anna (three).

Including the expected nominations for SAG winners Lee Jung-jae (lead actor) and Jung Ho-yeon (supporting actress), five total members of the cast received nods. Park Hae-soo (who played the disgraced financier Sang-woo) and Oh Young-soo (the mysterious elderly Il-nam) will go head-to-head in the supporting actor category, while...

The most-watched Netflix original series of all time is now a Primetime Emmy history maker, as the Korean-made “Squid Game” is now the first non-English-language show to compete in the Outstanding Drama Series category, the ceremony’s most chased-after prize.

The series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk overall landed 14 nominations during Tuesday morning’s announcement, including for Outstanding Lead Actor Lee Jung-jae. Other nominations including Outstanding Directing for the premiere episode “Red Light, Green Light,” Outstanding Original Main Title Music for composer Jung Jae-il; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Park Hae-soo; Outstanding Supporting Actress for Jung Ho-yeon; Outstanding Guest Actress for Lee You-mi; and Outstanding Writing for creator Hwang.

Netflix officially renewed “Squid Game” for a second season exactly a month ago.

In a statement posted on Twitter circa the renewal, Hwang thanked the show’s fans for continuing to support his vision.

“It took 12 years to bring...

Last fall, “Squid Game” made history as Netflix’s most-watched original program of all time, accumulating over 1.65 billion viewing hours in the four weeks following the release of its first season. Since then, the team behind the Korean survival drama have picked up numerous prestigious accolades, including three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Critics Choice Awards, and are now looking to make a splash at the Emmys. Recently, the show’s creator/director/writer/executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk, composer Jung Jae-il, production designer Chae Kyoung-sun, visual effects supervisor Cheong Jai-hoonon and cast members Jung Ho-yeon, Lee Jung-jae, Oh Young-soo, Park Hae-soo and Anupam Tripathi participated in a 2022 Emmys FYC panel moderated by Nancy Wang Yuen. Watch the video Q&a above.

Included among those who did not anticipate the series’ massive success is Hwang himself, who said here, “I thought everything [about it] was very uniquely Korean, so I was surprised...

To anyone who has watched Season 1 of Netflix’s “Squid Game” from the very beginning, it may have been obvious what the final game in the deadly competition would be, because it’s right there in the name of the show.

The title game that the finalists play against each other may be unfamiliar to Western audiences, but Squid Game is a playground game that involves a squid-shaped design drawn using chalk that the players have to navigate using whatever methods necessary. It can get quite violent.

In our final Making of “Squid Game” video supplied by Netflix, we get a look at that final game in the series, and in case it isn’t obvious, there’s a pretty major spoiler for how the game turns out if you haven’t gotten to the last couple episodes yet.

See Squid Game: Tug of War – The emotional push and pull of the landmark series,...

Anyone who thought the “Tug of War” from Episode 3 of “Squid Game” would be the most challenging or deadliest of the games in Netflix’s Korean thriller series, may not have been prepared for “The Glass Bridge” in Episode 5. Gold Derby’s fifth exclusive “Making Of” video shows how this episode was created with thoughts from a few of the creatives and actors.

In this game, the remaining players have to walk across a pathway of “glass stepping stones” stretching high across the ground, carefully choosing between two options. One glass panel is strong enough to hold the weight of a human, the other panel cannot. As the contestants choose, they either move forward safely or go crashing through the glass down to the floor below.

See The Making of Squid Game: SAG Award winning actress Jung Ho-yeon and costume designer Cho Sang-kyung go behind the scenes of the...

At first, the game of “Marbles” from Episode 4 of Netflix’s Korean drama “Squid Game” might seem like a slight comedown after some of the more elaborate previous games. And yet, a relatively simple game of marbles leads to one of the show’s most devastating episodes, because each player picks their partner for the game, unaware they’ll have to compete against that person. The loser in this game of marbles dies.

In the latest “Making of” exclusive video provided by Netflix (watch above), Park Hae-soo, who portrays Cho Sang-woo, talks about how “Marbles” became the most memorable game for him, partially due to the way the set recreates the Korean village backstreets and alleys the actor remembered from growing up. “I felt a strange mix of emotions, nostalgia, and tension,” he says about filming Episode 4.

“The marble game was to reveal your most trusted and beloved friend, whom you must kill,...

Gold Derby’s third Making of “Squid Game” featurette involves the deadly game of Tug of War that creates an incredible climax for the third episode of Netflix’s Korean survival series (watch the exclusive video above). The game forces the contestants to form groups to play Tug of War high above a steep drop. That episode builds up to a shocking (and almost literal) cliffhanger ending, which helped viewers understand that no one competing in the game is safe.

Executive producer, writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk states, “I thought it would be a little boring if all the games took place on the ground, and there’s that intimidating feeling about heights.” The Tug of War game also allowed Director Hwang and his cast to explore the dynamics between the players “as they form teams and allies.”

Production designer Chae Kyoung-sun talks about building that set (accompanied by a...

“That is the role that music should play in a scene,” declares acclaimed Korean composer Jung Jae-il (“Parasite”) about the role of a composer on a series like the Netflix blockbuster “Squid Game,” on which he juxtaposes the mood of each scene with a variety of musical styles, from bombastic percussion, to distorted synth-rock, to mellifluous orchestral pieces. For our recent webchat, he adds that “the music should not be in the foreground of the scene, but at the same time, music can show something completely different to the scene.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“Squid Game” was conceived by acclaimed feature writer/director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who not only created and produced “Squid Game” but also wrote and directed all nine episodes. The series stars leading man Lee Jung-jae as central hero Gi-hun, Jung Ho-yeon as the mysterious North Korean refugee Sae-byeok, Park Hae-soo as the calculating Sang-woo, Wi Ha-jun as undercover cop Jun-ho,...

“Squid Game” was a massive global phenomenon in 2021: The Korean-language survival drama is Netflix’s most-watched series ever, reaching more than 140 million households and notching 1.2 billion viewing hours in its first month on the streamer. The violent satire of capitalistic greed and economic inequality is built around a survival game show run by wealthy elites, pitting desperate contestants against each other in a lethal fight for a jackpot worth 38 million. Each episodic contest is wrapped around a kid’s game or other forms of nostalgia: red light, green light; Dalgona, a popular Korean street snack from the ’80s; tug-of-war; and marbles.

The show definitely struck a nerve during the pandemic, resulting in a slew of “Squid Game” Halloween costumes and cosplay pieces; a “Saturday Night Live” musical parody starring Rami Malek and Pete Davidson; and YouTuber MrBeast’s “456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!” video. Meanwhile, director Hwang Dong-hyuk and...

The announcement of winners for the ASCAP Screen Music Awards, being held virtually again for 2022 and announced Monday morning, included revealing the top vote-getters for several Composers’ Choice Awards, including the scores for “Encanto” and “The White Lotus.”

Germaine Franco prevailed for film score of the year for “Encanto.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer won two of these peer-voted awards, for television score of the year and television theme as well, for “The White Lotus. The video game score of the year honor went to Wataru Hokoyama for “Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.” Triumphing in the documentary score of the year category was Amanda Jones for “Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street.”

Those five Composers’ Choice Awards come on top of ASCAP’s traditional Screen Music Awards, which collect date to honor the most-consumed music of the year in the fields of TV, film and video games, with dozens of winners cited.

The Society of Composers & Lyricists announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Scl Awards this evening at The Skirball Cultural Center. The event, which was hosted by rapper Aloe Blacc, recognizes composers and songwriters in all visual media.

Oscar-nominated siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell accepted their award virtually for Outstanding Original Song for a Drama/Documentary for the theme from No Time To Die.

Outstanding Original Song for a Musical/Comedy went to “Just Look up”, co-written by Nicholas Britell, Taura Stinson, Ariana Grande and Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, from Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up.

Germaine Franco, also nominated for an Oscar this year and the first woman to score an animated feature film for Disney, won in the category of Outstanding Original Score for a Studio film for Encanto, while Daniel Hart was awarded in the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category for A24’s The Green Knight.

Hipster film folk love a good black comedy, and one that doesn’t hit too close to home can become a big hit. Bong Joon-ho has been making smart, clever movies for years, and this intense satire hit pay dirt, commercially. Neon played their Oscar season cards beautifully as well, with the personable director seemingly omnipresent at festivals and on NPR. The film itself? I find it wickedly clever, yet fundamentally humanist — it’s not mean-spirited.

Parasite

Blu-ray

Universal / Neon

2019 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 132 min. / Gisaengchung / Street Date January 28, 2020 / 19.51

Starring: Choi Woo Shik, Song Kang Ho, Chang Hyae Jin, Cho Yeo Jeong, Park So Dam, Lee Sun Kyun, Jung Ziso, Jung Hyeon, Jeong-eun Lee.

Cinematography: Kyung-pyo Hong

Film Editor: Jinmo Yang

Original Music: Jaeil Jung

Written by Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han

Produced by Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin Ae, Moon Yang Kwon, Jang Young Hwan

Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho...

In today’s film news roundup, “Parasite” wins half a dozen awards at the Global Cinemateque organization, Legion M partners with Endeavor Content and “Tuscaloosa” finds a home.

‘Parasite’ Awards

South Korean dark comedy “Parasite” has dominated the inaugural World Cinema Awards from the Global Cinemateque organization.

Founded by Jacqueline Lyanga and co-founded by Jasmine Jaisinghani, the World Cinema Awards celebrates the best international cinema of year across 10 categories. Winners were announced Thursday.

“Parasite,” which is nominated for six Academy Awards, won the global narrative trophy with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” in second and “Pain and Glory” in third. Bong Joon-Ho won the director category for “Parasite” and shared the writing trophy with Han Jin Won. Cinematographer Kyung-pyo Hong, editor Jinmo Yang and composer Jaeil Jung won their categories for their work on “Parasite.”

Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant won the actress category for their work in “Portrait of a Lady on Fire...

Jacqueline Lyanga, currently the Artistic Director of Film Independent in La, and Jasmine Jaisinghani, a film and culture professional based in La, have teamed up to present the inaugural Global Cinematheque World Cinema Awards. Seeking to give a more complete picture of the world films on offer throughout not just this past awards season, but the entire movie year, the prizes celebrate the best international cinema of year across 10 categories. Lyanga and Jaisinghani previously collaborated while working at AFI Fest.

Lyanga describes the initiative best in her statement: “Global Cinematheque and the World Cinema Awards were born of the passion for international cinema that … Jaisinghani and I share. The awards are a new platform for films made outside of the United States, through which we hope to expand the global reach of international cinema. There are extraordinary films being made all over the world and we want to bring the...

Parasite, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Pain And Glory figure prominently in roster.

Citing a need for the awards season “to more authentically reflect the culture of the world in which we live”, Los Angeles-based film curator and promoter Global Cinematheque has announced the winners of its inaugural World Cinema Awards.

Parasite, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, and Pain And Glory figure prominently in the roster. In addition, UniFrance will receive Global Cinematheque’s first World Cinema Cultural Spotlight Award in honour of 70 years of “extraordinary work” promoting French cinema throughout the world.

Three additional Global Cinematheque Spotlight...