Zendaya has become a global icon with her portrayal of Mj in MCU’s Spider-Man movies. However, the actress has long been active in the industry due to her acting prowess, but that’s not her only talent. Along with her musical and dancing talent, she has amassed a strong fan following who are interested to explore more of her skills.
A still from Euphoria
Having released her self-titled debut studio album in 2013, fans are wondering about her musical comeback but the actress has one bone to pick about the music industry. However, that bone is surely a gain for Hollywood.
Zendaya Reveals What She Dislikes About Music Industry
In a recent appearance on Friday’s episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, Zendaya revealed that she has been waiting for the “right timing” to make her comeback for her musical career.
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A still from Euphoria
Having released her self-titled debut studio album in 2013, fans are wondering about her musical comeback but the actress has one bone to pick about the music industry. However, that bone is surely a gain for Hollywood.
Zendaya Reveals What She Dislikes About Music Industry
In a recent appearance on Friday’s episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, Zendaya revealed that she has been waiting for the “right timing” to make her comeback for her musical career.
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- 4/29/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
One of the most anticipated and hottest films of 2024 is finally here. We are talking about Zendaya‘s Challengers which was memed to death for a threesome scene that was shown in the trailer but if you have seen the film then you know that the brilliance of the film is much more than that one scene. Directed by Call Me By Your Name‘s Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes, the sports romantic drama follows the story of a talented tennis player Tashi, and her twisted relationship with two tennis players, one of whom is her husband now. Challengers stars Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor in the lead role with Jordan Thompson, Faith Fay, Hailey Gates, and Tierre Diaz starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the story of ambition and toxic relationships in Challengers you should check out these films with similar themes next.
- 4/29/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Zendaya seems to have a busy 2024 as her second release in two months recently opened in cinemas. The Dune: Part Two star recently featured in Luca Guadagnino’s sports romance Challengers, which also stars Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor. The film was set to release in 2023 but was postponed when the SAG-AFTRA strikes began.
Zendaya’s film has been in the news due to its eroticism and romance. The film follows the actress as a former tennis player who is caught in a battle between her husband and a former lover, who will be facing each other on the court. One scene in particular seems to have caught the attention of fans as it bears resemblance to a popular scene in Timothée Chalamet’s Call Me By Your Name.
What Is The ‘Churro Scene’ In Zendaya’s Challengers Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor in Challengers
Zendaya recently...
Zendaya’s film has been in the news due to its eroticism and romance. The film follows the actress as a former tennis player who is caught in a battle between her husband and a former lover, who will be facing each other on the court. One scene in particular seems to have caught the attention of fans as it bears resemblance to a popular scene in Timothée Chalamet’s Call Me By Your Name.
What Is The ‘Churro Scene’ In Zendaya’s Challengers Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor in Challengers
Zendaya recently...
- 4/28/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Of all the American streaming services, Netflix is the one that relies most heavily on international projects. Its most critically and popularly acclaimed films and series are regularly projects originating in Europe, K- and J-dramas streamed on Netflix receive high ratings on review aggregators, and, of course, the company is betting big on anime.
Japanese animation arrived on the service in 2014, when Knights of Sidonia was announced as Netflix's first 'original' anime series, followed by many other original and licensed, failed and successful projects, as well as live-action adaptations from Death Note to One Piece, and now, 10 years later, the Netflix series Delicious in Dungeon has a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
On that note, the huge deal was the April 5 addition to Netflix's library of the feature-length anime film Suzume by renowned Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai. The film received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike during its theatrical release,...
Japanese animation arrived on the service in 2014, when Knights of Sidonia was announced as Netflix's first 'original' anime series, followed by many other original and licensed, failed and successful projects, as well as live-action adaptations from Death Note to One Piece, and now, 10 years later, the Netflix series Delicious in Dungeon has a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
On that note, the huge deal was the April 5 addition to Netflix's library of the feature-length anime film Suzume by renowned Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai. The film received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike during its theatrical release,...
- 4/23/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
An original theatrical anime film entitled A New Dawn has been announced for release in 2025. The film is a Japanese / French co-production between Asmik Ace and Miyu Productions. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya – an artist best known for their background illustrations in Garden of Words and Your Name. as well as their official visuals for Pokémon films – writes and directs the film based on their original work. Utsushita of Minakata Laboratory provides the character designs, Akiko Majima provides the art direction, and Shuta Hasunuma provides the music. Related: My Next Life as a Villainess Anime Film Introduces a Caravan of Characters in New Trailer The story of A New Dawn revolves around Taitou Fireworks, a fireworks factory that is about to be closed down and evicted from the place where it has done business for 330 years. The story focuses on two days in the lives of three young people who have lived and grown up near the factory,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Paul Chapman
- Crunchyroll
Anime artist Yoshitoshi Shinomiya cut his teeth working on films by superstar Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai, including the director’s box office smash hit “Your Name.” Now, Shinomiya is prepping his feature directorial debut, “A New Dawn,” a profoundly personal film inspired by the changing Japanese landscape after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.
Tokyo-based Asmik Ace and France’s Miyu Productions are producing the feature, which the former will distribute globally.
“A New Dawn” unwinds inside an inactive fireworks factory that is about to go into administrative action. For the past four years, young Keitaro has lived inside the derelict structure, chasing the illusion of a father who vanished years before. The location used to be nestled in a lush forest, but the surrounding area has recently been redeveloped by the city, which covered the land with solar panels. Only a scant bit of greenery around the factory remains amongst the sea of panels.
Tokyo-based Asmik Ace and France’s Miyu Productions are producing the feature, which the former will distribute globally.
“A New Dawn” unwinds inside an inactive fireworks factory that is about to go into administrative action. For the past four years, young Keitaro has lived inside the derelict structure, chasing the illusion of a father who vanished years before. The location used to be nestled in a lush forest, but the surrounding area has recently been redeveloped by the city, which covered the land with solar panels. Only a scant bit of greenery around the factory remains amongst the sea of panels.
- 4/23/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“A New Dawn,” the feature debut of Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, an animator on Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster “Your Name,” is one draw in a five-title Annecy Animation Showcase which involves producers of real impact on the global independent animation scene.
The showcase will unveil a second brand-new animation project, “Mu-Ki-Ra,” co-produced by “Unicorn Wars” backer Abano Producións. The Showcase also features two key French prestige animation titles: “Conference of the Birds,” now backed by Le Pacte, and “In Waves,” from Silex Films, Anonymous Content, and leading sales agency Charades. Rounding up the selection is the anticipated Mexican feature “The Language of Birds.”
The Annecy Festival has long been the most important date on the international animation calendar, unfolding on the picturesque shores of Lake Annecy in France each summer.
In 2016, Cannes’ Marché du Film started providing a spring sneak peek at a small collection of work-in-progress titles that would...
The showcase will unveil a second brand-new animation project, “Mu-Ki-Ra,” co-produced by “Unicorn Wars” backer Abano Producións. The Showcase also features two key French prestige animation titles: “Conference of the Birds,” now backed by Le Pacte, and “In Waves,” from Silex Films, Anonymous Content, and leading sales agency Charades. Rounding up the selection is the anticipated Mexican feature “The Language of Birds.”
The Annecy Festival has long been the most important date on the international animation calendar, unfolding on the picturesque shores of Lake Annecy in France each summer.
In 2016, Cannes’ Marché du Film started providing a spring sneak peek at a small collection of work-in-progress titles that would...
- 4/23/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The Boy And The Heron Box Office (Worldwide): Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-Winning Film Achieves An Interesting Feat. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
Hayao Miyazaki is a well-known creator of Japanese animated feature films and has two Oscars for his name. His movie The Boy and the Heron received the latest Academy Award this year and has also achieved the fantastic feat of being one of the top anime films to cross the $300 million milestone. Keep scrolling to know more.
Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli, known for acclaimed films like Grave of the Fireflies, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and more. The veteran filmmaker won another Oscar for Spirited Away in the Best Animated Feature category. The Miyazaki movie was released in 2023 and in some parts in 2024.
Trade analyst Luiz Fernando reveals in his latest report that The Boy and the Heron has become the fifth anime movie in history to cross the $300 million...
Hayao Miyazaki is a well-known creator of Japanese animated feature films and has two Oscars for his name. His movie The Boy and the Heron received the latest Academy Award this year and has also achieved the fantastic feat of being one of the top anime films to cross the $300 million milestone. Keep scrolling to know more.
Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli, known for acclaimed films like Grave of the Fireflies, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and more. The veteran filmmaker won another Oscar for Spirited Away in the Best Animated Feature category. The Miyazaki movie was released in 2023 and in some parts in 2024.
Trade analyst Luiz Fernando reveals in his latest report that The Boy and the Heron has become the fifth anime movie in history to cross the $300 million...
- 4/22/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Makoto Shinkai has etched his name among the fans’ minds with his movies. He delivered one of the greatest-ever anime movies, Your Name, in 2016. Since then, fans have had higher expectations from every movie that his name has been related to. His latest film to hit the theatres was Suzume. It was released in 2022 in Japan and had a worldwide release in 2023.
Regardless of the story, everyone was excited about the film since it was Makoto Shinkai’s creation. It was a fascinating watch, but only a few people know the true inspiration behind the creation of Suzume. The director was inspired by 2011’s Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which was the most powerful earthquake in the history of Japan.
Suzume Holds A Real Life Significance Suzume (Credit: Toho)
Suzume had a worldwide release in 2023. It instantly became one of the most successful anime films, grossing over $300 million worldwide. The film had a deeper meaning.
Regardless of the story, everyone was excited about the film since it was Makoto Shinkai’s creation. It was a fascinating watch, but only a few people know the true inspiration behind the creation of Suzume. The director was inspired by 2011’s Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which was the most powerful earthquake in the history of Japan.
Suzume Holds A Real Life Significance Suzume (Credit: Toho)
Suzume had a worldwide release in 2023. It instantly became one of the most successful anime films, grossing over $300 million worldwide. The film had a deeper meaning.
- 4/12/2024
- by Priyanko Chakraborty
- FandomWire
Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is to direct Julia Roberts in the “intense dramatic thriller” After The Hunt.
Luca Guadagnino just can’t help himself. In what must be a personal game of project Jenga, he continually adds films to his slate until his tower partly collapses, a few projects go by the wayside and he starts adding more again. Let’s recap: This year, Guadagnino has two films releasing. Challengers, the highly-anticipated love triangle tennis drama that was supposed to release last year before the Hollywood strikes upended everything. Challengers is slated to release later next month, but Guadagnino also has Queer on the way later this year too. That sounds equally promising given that Guadagnino is directing Daniel Craig in an adaptation of the William Burroughs book of the same name. That one shot last year and is set to release sometime this year (we...
Luca Guadagnino just can’t help himself. In what must be a personal game of project Jenga, he continually adds films to his slate until his tower partly collapses, a few projects go by the wayside and he starts adding more again. Let’s recap: This year, Guadagnino has two films releasing. Challengers, the highly-anticipated love triangle tennis drama that was supposed to release last year before the Hollywood strikes upended everything. Challengers is slated to release later next month, but Guadagnino also has Queer on the way later this year too. That sounds equally promising given that Guadagnino is directing Daniel Craig in an adaptation of the William Burroughs book of the same name. That one shot last year and is set to release sometime this year (we...
- 3/27/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Timothée Chalamet has played many different types of characters throughout his career. From playing nobility to a warrior, a lovesick teenage boy, and a cannibal, his versatility as an actor is commendable, to say the least. Although he has worn many different faces, there is one thing that stays constant through all his characters; their physique.
Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides
Throughout all of his films, he has had a constant lean figure that has almost become a signature for him. Many would think it to be intentional, while some might think that there is nothing he can do about it. Here is how he is able to maintain his iconic look.
Suggested“Took 3 months to shoot”: Timothée Chalamet’s Sandworm Scene in Dune Part Two Was More Painful to Shoot Than Fans Realize Timothée Chalamet’s Natually Lean Build
While Timothée Chalamet has avoided the themes of being typecast,...
Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides
Throughout all of his films, he has had a constant lean figure that has almost become a signature for him. Many would think it to be intentional, while some might think that there is nothing he can do about it. Here is how he is able to maintain his iconic look.
Suggested“Took 3 months to shoot”: Timothée Chalamet’s Sandworm Scene in Dune Part Two Was More Painful to Shoot Than Fans Realize Timothée Chalamet’s Natually Lean Build
While Timothée Chalamet has avoided the themes of being typecast,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Pupil Slicer has been pushing the boundaries of what heavy music is for quite a while now and received critical and fan acclaim for their 2023 album Blossom . Blending elements of numerous genres, the album (which made its way to many a Top 10 End of Year list last year) is a microcosm of the types of anime vocalist Kate Davies and drummer Josh Andrews like to watch. Read all about how anime weaved its way into the writing process, how their anime journey started, and Shinji-core in the conversation below! You received a ton of acclaim for your most recent album, Blossom . How exciting was it to get that album out into the world? Kate : It’s been sick. We sat on the first album for way too long before it came out and we were sort of bored of it by the time it was released. Whereas with this album,...
- 3/2/2024
- by Alex Lebl
- Crunchyroll
The Japanese media industry was surprised recently when Koichiro Ito, the producer of the fantasy adventure anime movie Suzume, was arrested in Japan for allegedly compelling a teenage girl to send him pictures that were inappropriate on social media. At the time, the girl was fifteen years old and in her first year of high school.
Suzume
He is charged with forcing a high school student who was to send him photos of herself wearing only her underwear after they met on an online social networking site (Sns). It appears that his purported involvement in the affair has surfaced in the course of the police inquiry into a related crime. The rest of the details about the case will be revealed in the future.
He worked on and contributed to a number of notable anime productions, but his most well-known works include Suzume, Your Name, and The Garden of Words.
Suzume
He is charged with forcing a high school student who was to send him photos of herself wearing only her underwear after they met on an online social networking site (Sns). It appears that his purported involvement in the affair has surfaced in the course of the police inquiry into a related crime. The rest of the details about the case will be revealed in the future.
He worked on and contributed to a number of notable anime productions, but his most well-known works include Suzume, Your Name, and The Garden of Words.
- 2/26/2024
- by Tarun Kohli
- FandomWire
A producer involved in some of Japan’s highest-grossing anime blockbusters was arrested in Tokyo this week on suspicion of creating child pornography.
Koichiro Ito, 52, stands accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl he met over social media into sending him nude selfies in September 2021, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported Thursday. According to another report from leading Tokyo broadcaster TBS, Ito transferred 12,500 yen (about $85) to the girl in exchange for the photos, violating Japan’s Child Prostitution and Pornography Prohibition Act. He was taken into custody near his home in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward Wednesday.
Ito’s arrest has sent shock waves through Japan’s insular anime industry. The executive has anime credits dating back nearly 20 years, and he was the lead producer on anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s globally beloved recent blockbusters, including Your Name (2016, $358 million worldwide), Weathering With You (2019, $193 million) and Suzume (2022, $323.3 million).
According to Japan’s public broadcaster Nhk,...
Koichiro Ito, 52, stands accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl he met over social media into sending him nude selfies in September 2021, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported Thursday. According to another report from leading Tokyo broadcaster TBS, Ito transferred 12,500 yen (about $85) to the girl in exchange for the photos, violating Japan’s Child Prostitution and Pornography Prohibition Act. He was taken into custody near his home in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward Wednesday.
Ito’s arrest has sent shock waves through Japan’s insular anime industry. The executive has anime credits dating back nearly 20 years, and he was the lead producer on anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s globally beloved recent blockbusters, including Your Name (2016, $358 million worldwide), Weathering With You (2019, $193 million) and Suzume (2022, $323.3 million).
According to Japan’s public broadcaster Nhk,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Japanese fantasy adventure anime movie Suzume’s producer Koichiro Ito was arrested in Japan for allegedly forcing a teenage girl to send him n*ked pictures on social media.
According to Tellerreport Ito, the individual in charge of a production company in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, was arrested and charged by Wakayama Prefectural Police with allegedly facilitating child pr-stitution and p*rnography involving underage girls.
Suzume
He is accused of allegedly pressuring a high school student he met on an internet social networking site (Sns) to send him pictures of herself in her underwear. The prefectural police are looking into the potential existence of other victims.
He worked on and contributed to numerous very important anime productions, although he has become best known for Suzume (2022), Your Name (2016), and The Garden of Words (2013). It seems that his involvement came to light when the Police were looking into a different case.
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According to Tellerreport Ito, the individual in charge of a production company in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, was arrested and charged by Wakayama Prefectural Police with allegedly facilitating child pr-stitution and p*rnography involving underage girls.
Suzume
He is accused of allegedly pressuring a high school student he met on an internet social networking site (Sns) to send him pictures of herself in her underwear. The prefectural police are looking into the potential existence of other victims.
He worked on and contributed to numerous very important anime productions, although he has become best known for Suzume (2022), Your Name (2016), and The Garden of Words (2013). It seems that his involvement came to light when the Police were looking into a different case.
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- 2/22/2024
- by Tarun Kohli
- FandomWire
After a short tease over a week ago , the full music video for Ado’s newest song, a collaboration with South Korean confectionery manufacturer Lotte for their 60th anniversary, “Chocolat Cadabra” was released tonight, showcasing the full might of a Yoh Yoshinari-directed, Studio Trigger-produced music video. The story takes place in a chocolate factory late at night when a girl wanders in from the real world and meets another girl who lives in a magical world and a girl who lives in a scientific world with delicious chocolates being made one after another. "Chocolat Cadabra" is a magic melody that makes chocolate delicious. Chocolat Cadabra key visual Related: Japanese Musician Ado’s First World Tour Heads to the United States and Europe Yoshinari also designed the characters of the music video with Chiho Kiyota as the sub-director and sub-character designer and Naoko Tsutsumi as the animation producer at studio Trigger.
- 1/31/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
“Citizen of a Kind,” a comedy-drama about a woman who takes matters into her own hands after becoming the victim of a scam, fulfilled its promise from an earlier week of previews. “Citizen” topped the South Korean box office on its opening weekend, accounting for a more than 40% market share. But, with few other fresh titles reaching cinemas, overall theatrical revenues were at their lowest for several months.
“Citizen” earned $2.59 million between Friday and Sunday, according to figures from Kobis, the data service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over five days since release on Wednesday, and with the addition of its earlier previews, “Citizen” finished its opening weekend with a cumulative of $3.58 million.
Directed by Park Young-ju, “Citizen” tells the tale of woman whose business has gone up in flames and takes a hefty loan in an attempt to restart it. When she discovers that the loan is...
“Citizen” earned $2.59 million between Friday and Sunday, according to figures from Kobis, the data service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over five days since release on Wednesday, and with the addition of its earlier previews, “Citizen” finished its opening weekend with a cumulative of $3.58 million.
Directed by Park Young-ju, “Citizen” tells the tale of woman whose business has gone up in flames and takes a hefty loan in an attempt to restart it. When she discovers that the loan is...
- 1/29/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Juju Green, best known to the internet as Straw Hat Goofy, is no stranger to talking about movies all day, every day. In fact, it’s his energetic commentary on films of all genres that has endeared him to his 3.5 million followers on TikTok and made him a staple at industry events like premieres and festivals.
Now, he’s hoping to capitalize on that popularity with a new podcast, “Get Rec’d.” In the series launching Saturday, Green will chat with celebrities and film fans about both the movies they’ve made and the movies that made them.
Scheduled guests include “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, Daniel Kaluuya and Kane Robinson of “The Kitchen,” “Phineas and Ferb” co-creator Dan Povenmire, “Hercules” actor Susan Egan, Disney animator Eric Goldberg, “Argylle” director Matthew Vaughn, “Oppenheimer” actor David Dastmalchian and Ben Kingsley Adair of “Bob Marley: One Love.”
Green sat down with Variety...
Now, he’s hoping to capitalize on that popularity with a new podcast, “Get Rec’d.” In the series launching Saturday, Green will chat with celebrities and film fans about both the movies they’ve made and the movies that made them.
Scheduled guests include “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, Daniel Kaluuya and Kane Robinson of “The Kitchen,” “Phineas and Ferb” co-creator Dan Povenmire, “Hercules” actor Susan Egan, Disney animator Eric Goldberg, “Argylle” director Matthew Vaughn, “Oppenheimer” actor David Dastmalchian and Ben Kingsley Adair of “Bob Marley: One Love.”
Green sat down with Variety...
- 1/24/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Lotte, a a confectionery manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its chocolate business on February 1, 2024, and as part of the 60th anniversary promotion project, an anime TV commercial animated by Trigger will begin airing in Japan on January 22. The clip is planned and produced by Genki Kawamura, known for his producing works for the anime films by Makoto Shinkai, such as Your Name. and Suzume , while Yo Yoshinari ( Little Witch Academia ) served as character designer and director. Additionally, singer Ado provided a new song "Chocolat Cadabra" for the commercial. The story takes place in a chocolate factory late at night. A girl wanders into the factory from the real world and meets a girl who lives in the magical world and a girl who lives in the scientific world, and and delicious chocolates are being made one after another. "Chocolat Cadabra," a magic spell that makes chocolate delicious,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Back in 2016, “Your Name” established Makoto Shinkai as the ‘next Miyazaki', both in terms of quality and box office success, becoming the fifth highest grossing film of all time in the country – domestic or imported – and the second biggest domestic film ever, behind the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away”. It was also the first anime not directed by Hayao Miyazaki to earn more than $100 million at the Japanese box office.
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Mitsuha, a high school girl from the small town of Itomori, has a very complicated life. Her mother's family has been in charge of the local Shinto shrine for generations, and since her father abandoned them to become the mayor, the task has fallen on her and her sister, under the tutelage of their grandmother. Furthermore, she has started having some very peculiar and very vivid dreams, while she seems to exhibit some strange behaviors at school, which she remembers nothing about.
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Mitsuha, a high school girl from the small town of Itomori, has a very complicated life. Her mother's family has been in charge of the local Shinto shrine for generations, and since her father abandoned them to become the mayor, the task has fallen on her and her sister, under the tutelage of their grandmother. Furthermore, she has started having some very peculiar and very vivid dreams, while she seems to exhibit some strange behaviors at school, which she remembers nothing about.
- 1/15/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Sandrine Kiberlain stars as the French icon in the film that is now in production in France.
Memento International is launching sales of Guillaume Nicloux’s The Divine Sarah Bernhardt starring Sandrine Kiberlain as the titular French stage actresss at Unifrance’s upcoming Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris (January 16-23).
The film is now shooting in France. Produced by Les Films du Kiosque with Bac Films, the romantic biopic will portray the artist and actress renowned for her audacious personality and stage performances. It is based on a script by Nathalie Leuthreau.
TF1 Films Production and Belgium’s Umedia are also co-producing.
Memento International is launching sales of Guillaume Nicloux’s The Divine Sarah Bernhardt starring Sandrine Kiberlain as the titular French stage actresss at Unifrance’s upcoming Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris (January 16-23).
The film is now shooting in France. Produced by Les Films du Kiosque with Bac Films, the romantic biopic will portray the artist and actress renowned for her audacious personality and stage performances. It is based on a script by Nathalie Leuthreau.
TF1 Films Production and Belgium’s Umedia are also co-producing.
- 1/11/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
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Screen is listing the 2023 release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.
For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2023 here.
December
December 31
Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2023 (Trafalgar - event cinema)
Previous releases January
January 6
Piggy (Vertigo), The Enforcer (Vertigo), Alcarràs (Mubi), A Man Called Otto (Sony), Rashomon (BFI), Till (Universal)
January 7
Andre Rieu In Dublin 2023 (Piece of...
Screen is listing the 2023 release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.
For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2023 here.
December
December 31
Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2023 (Trafalgar - event cinema)
Previous releases January
January 6
Piggy (Vertigo), The Enforcer (Vertigo), Alcarràs (Mubi), A Man Called Otto (Sony), Rashomon (BFI), Till (Universal)
January 7
Andre Rieu In Dublin 2023 (Piece of...
- 12/30/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Toho’s acclaimed blockbuster set to open in over 400 cinema, IMAX, 4Dx, Screen X and Dolby Cinema screens following record-breaking US debut and popular demand.
©2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Jack Bottomley, Starburst
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Neil Smith, Total Film
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Phil De Semlyen, Time Out
The movie everybody’s talking about is finally hitting the big screen this Friday! Following incredible popular demand, Anime Limited and Toho Co. Ltd. are excited to announce that the UK and Ireland theatrical release of Godzilla Minus One has expanded to over 400 cinemas, IMAX, ScreenX and 4Dx screens from 15th December 2023.
“A gargantuan and resonant epic” according to Neil Smith of Total Film, Godzilla Minus One broke box office records on release stateside – earning over $25 million in its first 10 days of release to become the all-time highest grossing Japanese live-action film in North America. The highly anticipated film has also received a rapturous response from critics,...
©2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Jack Bottomley, Starburst
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Neil Smith, Total Film
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Phil De Semlyen, Time Out
The movie everybody’s talking about is finally hitting the big screen this Friday! Following incredible popular demand, Anime Limited and Toho Co. Ltd. are excited to announce that the UK and Ireland theatrical release of Godzilla Minus One has expanded to over 400 cinemas, IMAX, ScreenX and 4Dx screens from 15th December 2023.
“A gargantuan and resonant epic” according to Neil Smith of Total Film, Godzilla Minus One broke box office records on release stateside – earning over $25 million in its first 10 days of release to become the all-time highest grossing Japanese live-action film in North America. The highly anticipated film has also received a rapturous response from critics,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Exclusive: Christine Otal has been named Senior Vice President, Production & Development at Macro Film Studios, the company’s President James Lopez has announced.
Otal joins from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, where she served as Senior Vice President of Film. During her time there, she worked on titles including Star Trek IV, a live-action remake of acclaimed anime Your Name at Paramount, Jason Bateman’s The Pinkerton at Warner Bros, an adaptation of Melissa Fleming’s book A Hope More Powerful than the Sea with Paramount and Amblin, and an adaptation of the video game Portal.
The L.A.-based executive previously served as Vice President of Development and Production at Millennium Films, there exec producing The Hitman’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman, Hunter Killer starring Butler and Gary Oldman, and Criminal starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones.
Otal joins from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, where she served as Senior Vice President of Film. During her time there, she worked on titles including Star Trek IV, a live-action remake of acclaimed anime Your Name at Paramount, Jason Bateman’s The Pinkerton at Warner Bros, an adaptation of Melissa Fleming’s book A Hope More Powerful than the Sea with Paramount and Amblin, and an adaptation of the video game Portal.
The L.A.-based executive previously served as Vice President of Development and Production at Millennium Films, there exec producing The Hitman’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman, Hunter Killer starring Butler and Gary Oldman, and Criminal starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones.
- 12/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema’s most iconic monster returns to its post-war roots with Toho’s latest kaiju blockbuster – in cinemas, IMAX and 4Dx nationwide from 15th December 2023
©2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Almost seventy-years after the King of Monsters first towered over cinema screens and established itself as a cultural icon of Japan, Godzilla is back! Anime Limited and Toho Co., Ltd are excited to announce that Godzilla Minus One will soon be rampaging in your city, with a release exclusively in cinemas across the United Kingdom and Ireland from 15th December 2023.
The latest film in Toho’s classic series, Godzilla Minus One was crafted to be the most terrifying incarnation of the character yet, returning the franchise to its postwar roots with a Japan gripped by the helplessness of having already lost everything before this new, monstrous threat emerges. When despair is piled on top of despair, will the people be able to survive,...
©2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Almost seventy-years after the King of Monsters first towered over cinema screens and established itself as a cultural icon of Japan, Godzilla is back! Anime Limited and Toho Co., Ltd are excited to announce that Godzilla Minus One will soon be rampaging in your city, with a release exclusively in cinemas across the United Kingdom and Ireland from 15th December 2023.
The latest film in Toho’s classic series, Godzilla Minus One was crafted to be the most terrifying incarnation of the character yet, returning the franchise to its postwar roots with a Japan gripped by the helplessness of having already lost everything before this new, monstrous threat emerges. When despair is piled on top of despair, will the people be able to survive,...
- 12/9/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
This post contains spoilers for "Suzume."
Makoto Shinkai is one of the most popular filmmakers that some Americans may not know about. Three of the director's films — the animated fantasy-dramas "Your Name," "Weathering With You," and his latest, "Suzume" — are among the ten highest-grossing Japanese films in history, and each tell stories of young people in intensely emotional, strange situations, like switching bodies, controlling the weather, and preventing natural disasters using magic.
"Suzume," now on Crunchyroll, tells the story of a young girl who accidentally opens a door and unleashes a giant worm that only she and a college student, Souta, can see. If it escapes completely, the worm will cause a gigantic earthquake, so they have to close the door and seal it away as fast as they can. But when Daijin, the keystone that keeps the gate shut, leaves its post and takes the form of a cat,...
Makoto Shinkai is one of the most popular filmmakers that some Americans may not know about. Three of the director's films — the animated fantasy-dramas "Your Name," "Weathering With You," and his latest, "Suzume" — are among the ten highest-grossing Japanese films in history, and each tell stories of young people in intensely emotional, strange situations, like switching bodies, controlling the weather, and preventing natural disasters using magic.
"Suzume," now on Crunchyroll, tells the story of a young girl who accidentally opens a door and unleashes a giant worm that only she and a college student, Souta, can see. If it escapes completely, the worm will cause a gigantic earthquake, so they have to close the door and seal it away as fast as they can. But when Daijin, the keystone that keeps the gate shut, leaves its post and takes the form of a cat,...
- 12/2/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
Makoto Shinkai has been called the new Hayao Miyazaki from the moment he arrived on the scene -- and not entirely without reason. The filmmaker has made some of the most successful anime movies of all time, employing stunning visuals that bring tear-jerking stories to life. Like Miyazaki, Shinkai blends traditional Japanese folklore with modern stories to tell fantastical yet intimate coming-of-age stories.
Shinkai's latest, "Suzume," is a movie he's been slowly building his whole career up to. This serves as the end of his unofficial natural disaster trilogy that started with "Your Name," this time directly tackling the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in the plot. In "Suzume," we follow the titular character, a young woman living in a small town in Japan who is tasked with closing a series of magical turns across the country before it falls into another disaster. Along the way, Suzume and her companion (who...
Shinkai's latest, "Suzume," is a movie he's been slowly building his whole career up to. This serves as the end of his unofficial natural disaster trilogy that started with "Your Name," this time directly tackling the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in the plot. In "Suzume," we follow the titular character, a young woman living in a small town in Japan who is tasked with closing a series of magical turns across the country before it falls into another disaster. Along the way, Suzume and her companion (who...
- 11/29/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Makoto Shinkai discussed his inspirations for establishing the tone of “Suzume” and how he approached themes of natural disaster in a conversation for Variety’s Artisans Screening Series moderated by Variety’s chief film critic Peter Debruge and translated by Mikey McNamara.
Shinkai revealed that with “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” being grouped together as “Barbenheimer,” he expected “Barbie” to carry a similar seriousness to “Oppenheimer.” Thus, he was surprised to see how comedic the film was. But seeing how the film was able to incorporate deeper feminist themes within a comedic framework brought him to a realization regarding his own filmmaking: “This is the type of entertainment that I’m striving to create.”
Similarly, while “Suzume” deals with a devastating central theme — the 2011 earthquake impacting the East side of Japan — Shinkai said he, “didn’t want it to turn into this very dark and heavy movie” and wanted to have a “foundation of entertainment” throughout.
Shinkai revealed that with “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” being grouped together as “Barbenheimer,” he expected “Barbie” to carry a similar seriousness to “Oppenheimer.” Thus, he was surprised to see how comedic the film was. But seeing how the film was able to incorporate deeper feminist themes within a comedic framework brought him to a realization regarding his own filmmaking: “This is the type of entertainment that I’m striving to create.”
Similarly, while “Suzume” deals with a devastating central theme — the 2011 earthquake impacting the East side of Japan — Shinkai said he, “didn’t want it to turn into this very dark and heavy movie” and wanted to have a “foundation of entertainment” throughout.
- 11/22/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Culver City, California, November 3, 2023 – Crunchyroll announced today a special one-day-only private pop-up installation exploring the complete works of celebrated Japanese animation filmmaker Makoto Shinkai.
Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from “Voices of a Distant Star” through “Suzume” presented by Crunchyroll, in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, Story, inc, and Toho Co., Ltd., will be held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sunday, November 19, and will feature a special appearance by the award-winning auteur director.
Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from “Voices of a Distant Star” through “Suzume” is organized by Crunchyroll, in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, Story, inc, and Toho Co., Ltd., and will present artwork and materials from eight of Makoto Shinkai's cinematic masterpieces, starting with “Voices of a Distant Star” (2002) through his latest critically acclaimed film “Suzume” (2023). Guests of the event will be treated to not only his creative process – from initial proposals and early sketches to design,...
Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from “Voices of a Distant Star” through “Suzume” presented by Crunchyroll, in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, Story, inc, and Toho Co., Ltd., will be held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sunday, November 19, and will feature a special appearance by the award-winning auteur director.
Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from “Voices of a Distant Star” through “Suzume” is organized by Crunchyroll, in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, Story, inc, and Toho Co., Ltd., and will present artwork and materials from eight of Makoto Shinkai's cinematic masterpieces, starting with “Voices of a Distant Star” (2002) through his latest critically acclaimed film “Suzume” (2023). Guests of the event will be treated to not only his creative process – from initial proposals and early sketches to design,...
- 11/5/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Crunchyroll is rolling out a one-day-only private pop-up installation “Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from Voices of a Distant Star through Suzume,” which will explore the complete works of Japanese animation filmmaker Makoto Shinkai.
The event from Crunchyroll in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, Story Inc and Toho Co. will be held November 19 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and will feature a special appearance by the award-winning auteur director.
The installation will present artwork and materials from eight of Shinkai’s films starting with Voices of a Distant Star (2002) through to his latest critically acclaimed film Suzume. His recent full-length animated films Your Name (2016) and Weathering with You (2019) will also be included.
Shinkai’s films examine themes of loneliness, distance, loss and longing, and humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world. His conceived real and science fiction worlds are filled with characters whose journeys and emotions resonate within us all.
The event from Crunchyroll in cooperation with CoMix Wave Film, Story Inc and Toho Co. will be held November 19 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and will feature a special appearance by the award-winning auteur director.
The installation will present artwork and materials from eight of Shinkai’s films starting with Voices of a Distant Star (2002) through to his latest critically acclaimed film Suzume. His recent full-length animated films Your Name (2016) and Weathering with You (2019) will also be included.
Shinkai’s films examine themes of loneliness, distance, loss and longing, and humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world. His conceived real and science fiction worlds are filled with characters whose journeys and emotions resonate within us all.
- 11/3/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: There’s been much celebratory talk here at the Tokyo Film Festival about a new dawn of internationally-minded Japanese artists led by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Makoto Shinkai, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
One of the key creative voices often mentioned amongst this new Japanese set is Genki Kawamura, known internationally by audiences as the writer of If Cats Disappeared from the World, one of Japanese literature’s most successful contemporary novels, and the filmmaker who brought that book and titles such as Suzume, Weathering with You, and, most recently, Kore-eda’s Cannes prize-winning Monster to the big screen.
Born in Yokohama in 1979, Kawamura began his career at entertainment juggernaut Toho, where he was identified early as a promising talent. He cut his teeth on pics like Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2010 feature Confessions, which was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Oscar, and Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast.
One of the key creative voices often mentioned amongst this new Japanese set is Genki Kawamura, known internationally by audiences as the writer of If Cats Disappeared from the World, one of Japanese literature’s most successful contemporary novels, and the filmmaker who brought that book and titles such as Suzume, Weathering with You, and, most recently, Kore-eda’s Cannes prize-winning Monster to the big screen.
Born in Yokohama in 1979, Kawamura began his career at entertainment juggernaut Toho, where he was identified early as a promising talent. He cut his teeth on pics like Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2010 feature Confessions, which was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Oscar, and Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast.
- 10/26/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Godzilla Minus One, the latest edition in Toho’s monster franchise and the closing film at this year’s Tokyo Film Festival, has locked a deal for distribution in the UK and Ireland.
The Glasgow-based distribution outfit Anime Limited will release the pic in UK and Irish cinemas on December 15. The wide rollout will also include IMAX and 4Dx screens.
Godzilla Minus One is written and directed by Lupin III filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki. The pic is set for a local release on Nov 3 from Toho and comes 70 years after the first film. Synopsis reads: After the war, Japan has been reduced to zero. Godzilla appears and plunges the country into a negative state. Against the most desperate situation in the history of Japan, how — and with whom —will Japan stand up to it?
Alongside writing and directing duties on Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki also supervised the visual effects. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki,...
The Glasgow-based distribution outfit Anime Limited will release the pic in UK and Irish cinemas on December 15. The wide rollout will also include IMAX and 4Dx screens.
Godzilla Minus One is written and directed by Lupin III filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki. The pic is set for a local release on Nov 3 from Toho and comes 70 years after the first film. Synopsis reads: After the war, Japan has been reduced to zero. Godzilla appears and plunges the country into a negative state. Against the most desperate situation in the history of Japan, how — and with whom —will Japan stand up to it?
Alongside writing and directing duties on Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki also supervised the visual effects. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Nearly 70 years ago, monster movies changed forever with the introduction of Godzilla. The Japanese prehistoric monster awoke from its slumber in 1954 to terrorize villagers from Odo Island, announcing its presence with loud, lumbering footsteps and a bone-chilling roar. Since the original "Godzilla," kaiju movies have become a subgenre all their own, populated by epic monsters like Mothra and Ghidorah, with regular installments that range from corny to incredible.
In recent years, Hollywood has gotten in on the Godzilla game with Legendary Pictures' own spin on the world of giant monsters. But as exciting as it is to watch Kyle Chandler, Brian Tyree Henry, and Millie Bobby Brown face off against Godzilla, Japanese studio Toho (home to the vast majority of Godzilla flicks ever made) has something even more thrilling up its sleeve: a movie that looks poised to recapture the post-war terror of the beloved original. "Godzilla Minus One" is still a few months away,...
In recent years, Hollywood has gotten in on the Godzilla game with Legendary Pictures' own spin on the world of giant monsters. But as exciting as it is to watch Kyle Chandler, Brian Tyree Henry, and Millie Bobby Brown face off against Godzilla, Japanese studio Toho (home to the vast majority of Godzilla flicks ever made) has something even more thrilling up its sleeve: a movie that looks poised to recapture the post-war terror of the beloved original. "Godzilla Minus One" is still a few months away,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
At the 19th edition of Seoul Indie-Anifest, Han Ji-won’s work is hard to miss. From brochures to tote bags, her pastel, luminous illustrations are plastered everywhere here. In a way, the ubiquity of her work positioned her well for the screening of her latest feature, “The Summer.” On Saturday night, audiences packed theaters, hoping to catch a glimpse of her filmic adaptation of the eponymous novel by Choi Eun-young.
“The Summer” is screening at Seoul Indie-Anifest
“The Summer” recreates the tender, rose-tinted atmosphere that comes with adolescent romance. Here, Lee-Kyeong (voiced by Yoon Ah-young) looks back at her first love, Soo-i (Song Ha-rim). From the get-go, the two could not be more different. While Lee-Kyeong is quiet and studious, the hardy Soo-i aspires to be a professional soccer player; while Lee-Kyeong is excited about their blossoming relationship, Soo-i keeps mum for fear of judgment. Nonetheless, in the sweet summer days in the countryside,...
“The Summer” is screening at Seoul Indie-Anifest
“The Summer” recreates the tender, rose-tinted atmosphere that comes with adolescent romance. Here, Lee-Kyeong (voiced by Yoon Ah-young) looks back at her first love, Soo-i (Song Ha-rim). From the get-go, the two could not be more different. While Lee-Kyeong is quiet and studious, the hardy Soo-i aspires to be a professional soccer player; while Lee-Kyeong is excited about their blossoming relationship, Soo-i keeps mum for fear of judgment. Nonetheless, in the sweet summer days in the countryside,...
- 10/2/2023
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Rolling Loud will not be coming to the 6ix this year.
The organizers of the global hip-hop festival, which began in Miami in 2015 and has since expanded to shows across America and worldwide, confirmed on Twitter on Monday that it won’t be returning to Toronto this summer.
Read More: Saweetie Hits On Handsome Fan During Festival Set: ‘What’s Your Name?’
Miami, our last show of 2023
— Rolling Loud (@RollingLoud) June 23, 2023
After making a splash at Ontario Place last September, the event’s official Twitter announced that Rolling Loud Miami at the end of July would be the final show in 2023.
Toronto fans were immediately ready to voice their disappointment with the decision, with one fan sharing: Wow thanks @RollingLoud crazy mis managed first Toronto rollingloud last year and now you just cancel this years with out even an official announcement lol. We see how much Canadian fans mean to...
The organizers of the global hip-hop festival, which began in Miami in 2015 and has since expanded to shows across America and worldwide, confirmed on Twitter on Monday that it won’t be returning to Toronto this summer.
Read More: Saweetie Hits On Handsome Fan During Festival Set: ‘What’s Your Name?’
Miami, our last show of 2023
— Rolling Loud (@RollingLoud) June 23, 2023
After making a splash at Ontario Place last September, the event’s official Twitter announced that Rolling Loud Miami at the end of July would be the final show in 2023.
Toronto fans were immediately ready to voice their disappointment with the decision, with one fan sharing: Wow thanks @RollingLoud crazy mis managed first Toronto rollingloud last year and now you just cancel this years with out even an official announcement lol. We see how much Canadian fans mean to...
- 6/26/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Partnership
Entertainment One (eOne) has solidified its collaboration with U.K. independent production company Hardcash Productions through an exclusive first-look agreement. Under the deal, brokered by Kate Cundall, eOne’s VP of acquisitions, and Robin Barty-King, Hardcash’s business affairs consultant, the partnership aims to develop and produce investigative factual content for the global market. eOne will handle international rights for all projects resulting from this collaboration.
Previously, eOne and Hardcash worked together on the distribution of award-winning documentaries such as “Inside China,” “Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin” and “Outbreak: The Virus that Shook the World,” which have been sold to over 160 territories worldwide.
Cundall said: “Through this collaboration, we’ve secured a unique access to one of the most prestigious documentary makers in the world of factual and documentary programming, and we look forward to continuing to provide award-winning unscripted storytelling to audiences worldwide.”
Esella Hawkey, creative director at Hardcash Productions,...
Entertainment One (eOne) has solidified its collaboration with U.K. independent production company Hardcash Productions through an exclusive first-look agreement. Under the deal, brokered by Kate Cundall, eOne’s VP of acquisitions, and Robin Barty-King, Hardcash’s business affairs consultant, the partnership aims to develop and produce investigative factual content for the global market. eOne will handle international rights for all projects resulting from this collaboration.
Previously, eOne and Hardcash worked together on the distribution of award-winning documentaries such as “Inside China,” “Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin” and “Outbreak: The Virus that Shook the World,” which have been sold to over 160 territories worldwide.
Cundall said: “Through this collaboration, we’ve secured a unique access to one of the most prestigious documentary makers in the world of factual and documentary programming, and we look forward to continuing to provide award-winning unscripted storytelling to audiences worldwide.”
Esella Hawkey, creative director at Hardcash Productions,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for Makoto Shinkai's "Suzume."
Makoto Shinkai's strengths as an animator lie in his ability to mesh vividly beautiful visuals with thoughtful fantastical narratives, where the mundane and magical come together to tell emotionally-resonant stories. Shinkai's highly acclaimed "Your Name" underlines this thread of wonder that is ever-present in his work, as it delves into a mystical, inexplicable connection between two teenagers, whose love for one another is rooted in the spiritual. Shinkai's latest, dazzling entry in his impressive oeuvre, "Suzume," follows a similar format, where the love shared between Suzume (Nanoka Hara) and Sōta (Hokuto Matsumura) is eclipsed by a need to return to the self and honor the past to make way for the future.
Shinkai's art style and narrative prowess have often been compared to legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki and the artistic identity of Studio Ghibli as a whole — and for good reason.
Makoto Shinkai's strengths as an animator lie in his ability to mesh vividly beautiful visuals with thoughtful fantastical narratives, where the mundane and magical come together to tell emotionally-resonant stories. Shinkai's highly acclaimed "Your Name" underlines this thread of wonder that is ever-present in his work, as it delves into a mystical, inexplicable connection between two teenagers, whose love for one another is rooted in the spiritual. Shinkai's latest, dazzling entry in his impressive oeuvre, "Suzume," follows a similar format, where the love shared between Suzume (Nanoka Hara) and Sōta (Hokuto Matsumura) is eclipsed by a need to return to the self and honor the past to make way for the future.
Shinkai's art style and narrative prowess have often been compared to legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki and the artistic identity of Studio Ghibli as a whole — and for good reason.
- 4/25/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Makoto Shinkai’s latest joins his growing list of blockbuster films taking the world by storm. His work “Your Name” was an anime film that everyone who didn’t care for anime watched too. “Suzume” hits the screen at a time when anime is more widely accepted and loved, and its message is meaningful in a fantastical film about the strength of connections. Read our full review here. What is the underlying message of “Suzume”?
Spoilers Ahead
‘Suzume’ Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
Suzume is a high schooler on the island of Kyushu. On a normal day, while Suzume is headed to school, she happens upon a young man, probably a few years older than her, in the streets, who she can’t take her eyes off. The young man asks her for directions to any site of ruins in her town. Suzume points him to a place...
Spoilers Ahead
‘Suzume’ Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
Suzume is a high schooler on the island of Kyushu. On a normal day, while Suzume is headed to school, she happens upon a young man, probably a few years older than her, in the streets, who she can’t take her eyes off. The young man asks her for directions to any site of ruins in her town. Suzume points him to a place...
- 4/23/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Ahead of its wide release next weekend, A24’s “Beau Is Afraid” has been released in four theaters in Los Angeles and New York this weekend and earned the best per-theater average of 2023.
The indie studio reported a weekend total of $320,396 for a per-theater average of $80,099, the second highest theater average posted by any film since theaters reopened two years ago. The only film to earn a higher average was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” with $86,289 on Thanksgiving weekend in 2021.
Directed by “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” filmmaker Ari Aster, “Beau Is Afraid” has received positive reviews from critics with a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but even the most glowing of reviews acknowledge that this film will not be for everybody. The three-hour surrealist horror odyssey stars Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, a man who is humiliated and terrorized every step of the way as he struggles to make it to his...
The indie studio reported a weekend total of $320,396 for a per-theater average of $80,099, the second highest theater average posted by any film since theaters reopened two years ago. The only film to earn a higher average was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” with $86,289 on Thanksgiving weekend in 2021.
Directed by “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” filmmaker Ari Aster, “Beau Is Afraid” has received positive reviews from critics with a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but even the most glowing of reviews acknowledge that this film will not be for everybody. The three-hour surrealist horror odyssey stars Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, a man who is humiliated and terrorized every step of the way as he struggles to make it to his...
- 4/16/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Box office: ‘Super Mario Bros’ crosses $300 million, wins 2nd weekend as everything else disappoints
It was a disappointing weekend at the box office for all but one mega-blockbuster hit, Universal and Nintendo’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which didn’t crash and burn after its record-setting $200 million opening week as expected. Instead, it becomes the first movie of 2023 to make more than $300 million, and it crossed that milestone in less than two weeks.
The video game adaptation featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen, and more, made $22.6 million in its second Friday, down 62% from Good Friday, but as with most family films, business picked up on Saturday for Universal to report a second weekend of $87 million (estimated). That is the highest second weekend for any animated film, including those from Illumination Entertainment, surpassing the $85 million second weekend of Disney’s “Frozen 2.” It has now grossed $347.8 million domestically.
SEE2023 box office hits: Every movie that made more than $100 million
Overseas,...
The video game adaptation featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen, and more, made $22.6 million in its second Friday, down 62% from Good Friday, but as with most family films, business picked up on Saturday for Universal to report a second weekend of $87 million (estimated). That is the highest second weekend for any animated film, including those from Illumination Entertainment, surpassing the $85 million second weekend of Disney’s “Frozen 2.” It has now grossed $347.8 million domestically.
SEE2023 box office hits: Every movie that made more than $100 million
Overseas,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
A schoolgirl and a haunted chair waft through a land of sunsets and cherry blossom in this fleeting tale set in the wake of the 2011 tsunami
The apocalypse rarely looked so appealing as it does in Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime – a painterly coming-of-age tale that’s back-shadowed by the spectre of the 2011 tsunami. Suzume (voiced by Nanoka Hara) is the schoolgirl heroine on a mission to close various portals to hell, wafting cross-country through a world of pink sunsets and cherry blossom. She’s on the trail of a talking cat, accompanied by a haunted three-legged chair. Her mother is dead; she needs whatever friends she can find.
Shinkai has fun with his big fantasy set pieces, but he’s brilliant with the little details too, conjuring up a vivid sense of modern-day Japan, right down to the lobster traps and the level crossings and the snaking freeways outside Tokyo.
The apocalypse rarely looked so appealing as it does in Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime – a painterly coming-of-age tale that’s back-shadowed by the spectre of the 2011 tsunami. Suzume (voiced by Nanoka Hara) is the schoolgirl heroine on a mission to close various portals to hell, wafting cross-country through a world of pink sunsets and cherry blossom. She’s on the trail of a talking cat, accompanied by a haunted three-legged chair. Her mother is dead; she needs whatever friends she can find.
Shinkai has fun with his big fantasy set pieces, but he’s brilliant with the little details too, conjuring up a vivid sense of modern-day Japan, right down to the lobster traps and the level crossings and the snaking freeways outside Tokyo.
- 4/16/2023
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Spoiler Alert: This interview includes details about Crunchyroll’s Suzume.
Writer-director Makoto Shinkai continues to reap the rewards of building his ecological cinematic universe. Following the recent success of his domestic, international, and record-breaking hits Your Name and Weathering With You comes his latest light romance adventure film Suzume. The film follows a 17-year-old girl named Suzume (Nanoka Hara)who joins forces with a young man named Sōta (Hokuto Matsumura) to track down and close a series of mysterious and supernatural portals that have the potential, once opened, to release devastating natural disasters all over Japan. Since its release in Japan last year, Suzume has earned the designation of becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in Japan and globally; it also garnered especially attention at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, as it was the first Japanese animated film to play in competition in two decades. With such...
Writer-director Makoto Shinkai continues to reap the rewards of building his ecological cinematic universe. Following the recent success of his domestic, international, and record-breaking hits Your Name and Weathering With You comes his latest light romance adventure film Suzume. The film follows a 17-year-old girl named Suzume (Nanoka Hara)who joins forces with a young man named Sōta (Hokuto Matsumura) to track down and close a series of mysterious and supernatural portals that have the potential, once opened, to release devastating natural disasters all over Japan. Since its release in Japan last year, Suzume has earned the designation of becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in Japan and globally; it also garnered especially attention at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, as it was the first Japanese animated film to play in competition in two decades. With such...
- 4/15/2023
- by Destiny Jackson
- Deadline Film + TV
Makoto Shinkai’s new anime adventure “Suzume” hits American theaters this weekend after taking the world by storm. Since its Berlin Film Festival premiere, critics have praised this coming-of-age tale about a teenager who lost her mother in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and about the many ways natural disasters have radically changed Japan.
And on top of all of that, there’s a chase scene between a talking cat and a man transformed into a walking three-legged chair.
That blend of wild fantasy and human drama has been at the heart of much of Shinkai’s work. The acclaimed filmmaker has become a box office titan in Japan since the release of his 2016 movie “Your Name,” which tells the story of two teenagers swapping bodies as they struggle to save thousands from a meteor that could level an entire town.
In “Suzume,” a high school student named Suzume Iwato stumbles into...
And on top of all of that, there’s a chase scene between a talking cat and a man transformed into a walking three-legged chair.
That blend of wild fantasy and human drama has been at the heart of much of Shinkai’s work. The acclaimed filmmaker has become a box office titan in Japan since the release of his 2016 movie “Your Name,” which tells the story of two teenagers swapping bodies as they struggle to save thousands from a meteor that could level an entire town.
In “Suzume,” a high school student named Suzume Iwato stumbles into...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Although anime master Makoto Shinkai has been consumed by cataclysmic disasters in his last three Japanese blockbusters — “Your Name,” “Weathering With You,” and “Suzume” (opening April 14 domestically through Crunchyroll) — the latest marks his most personal and ambitious film to date. That’s because “Suzume” was more directly inspired by the massive earthquake that hit the Tōhoku region of Japan in 2011, causing a nuclear meltdown. It’s about the titular teenager attempting to close supernatural doors throughout Japan to stop a chain of earthquakes from spreading.
“With that earthquake, that peaceful daily life ended suddenly, and it made me realize that we live side by side with something very phenomenal,” Shinkai told IndieWire through an interpreter. “Even in Tokyo, the ground shook quite a bit, so everyone was evacuated to a nearby gymnasium at an elementary school. I was fortunately close enough to be able to walk home. I remember just going home,...
“With that earthquake, that peaceful daily life ended suddenly, and it made me realize that we live side by side with something very phenomenal,” Shinkai told IndieWire through an interpreter. “Even in Tokyo, the ground shook quite a bit, so everyone was evacuated to a nearby gymnasium at an elementary school. I was fortunately close enough to be able to walk home. I remember just going home,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
With “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” exceeding all expectations over Easter weekend, it’s likely to be the #1 movie this weekend and maybe one or two more after that. Undaunted, four studios studios are releasing movies that will try to bring in business despite the overwhelming success and popularity of Universal’s animated movie.
In fact, Universal will be making a play for the top two spots this weekend with its latest horror-comedy “Renfield,” which comes from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman‘s Skybound Entertainment with Chris McKay (“The Lego Batman Movie”) at the helm. It stars Nicholas Hoult (“The Favourite”) as the title character, henchman to the legendary vampire Count Dracula, as played by Nicolas Cage. Akwafina, Ben Schwartz and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo all have key roles, as well.
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In fact, Universal will be making a play for the top two spots this weekend with its latest horror-comedy “Renfield,” which comes from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman‘s Skybound Entertainment with Chris McKay (“The Lego Batman Movie”) at the helm. It stars Nicholas Hoult (“The Favourite”) as the title character, henchman to the legendary vampire Count Dracula, as played by Nicolas Cage. Akwafina, Ben Schwartz and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo all have key roles, as well.
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- 4/12/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
The box office headlines for the rest of April will likely be written by “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” as it makes a bid for a $1 billion global gross total, but several niche films like Universal’s “Renfield” and Sony/Screen Gems’ “The Pope’s Exorcist” will try to find success in Mario’s shadow.
“Renfield” stars Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult as Dracula and his beleaguered assistant Renfield, the latter of whom decides to stand up to his abusive vampiric master for the first time in centuries. “The Pope’s Exorcist” stars Russell Crowe in a horror film based on the writings of Gabriele Amorth, a Catholic priest who claimed to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms in his lifetime.
Neither R-rated film is expected to take No. 1 from “Super Mario Bros.,” with independent tracking for both films maxing out in the low teens. Sony is projecting a $10 million opening for “Pope’s Exorcist,...
“Renfield” stars Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult as Dracula and his beleaguered assistant Renfield, the latter of whom decides to stand up to his abusive vampiric master for the first time in centuries. “The Pope’s Exorcist” stars Russell Crowe in a horror film based on the writings of Gabriele Amorth, a Catholic priest who claimed to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms in his lifetime.
Neither R-rated film is expected to take No. 1 from “Super Mario Bros.,” with independent tracking for both films maxing out in the low teens. Sony is projecting a $10 million opening for “Pope’s Exorcist,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Makoto Shinkai, one of Japan’s biggest animators, filmmaker and author is all set to visit India for the release of his latest movie – ‘Suzume’. The acclaimed Japanese director is known for his visually stunning and emotionally powerful anime films that touch upon themes such as love, loss and the impact of technology on society.
Some of his most well-known works include ‘Your Name.’ ‘Weathering With You’, and ‘5 Centimeters Per Second’. The film, brought to India by PVR Pictures, the motion picture arm of PVR Inox is set to hit theaters across India on April 21st, 2023.
PVR Pictures has been instrumental in bringing Makoto Shinkai’s films to Indian audiences. Their previous collaboration included the release of ‘Weathering with You’, which was a box office success in India.
The company has recognized the gap in the anime market and has taken steps to bring anime content to Indian audiences in a more accessible way.
Some of his most well-known works include ‘Your Name.’ ‘Weathering With You’, and ‘5 Centimeters Per Second’. The film, brought to India by PVR Pictures, the motion picture arm of PVR Inox is set to hit theaters across India on April 21st, 2023.
PVR Pictures has been instrumental in bringing Makoto Shinkai’s films to Indian audiences. Their previous collaboration included the release of ‘Weathering with You’, which was a box office success in India.
The company has recognized the gap in the anime market and has taken steps to bring anime content to Indian audiences in a more accessible way.
- 4/11/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Years ago, I was sent to a screening of a film called "Your Name." I wasn't told until minutes before it started, and I had no idea what I was about to see. It was an anime film by Makoto Shinkai about two young people who switch bodies and learn about each other's lives, and it was so stunningly beautiful and touching that I had to sit in my seat for a bit before I could talk about it. Shinkai is back with another magical teen story in "Suzume," which got me in the gut yet again.
The teenage years are rough. Anyone who has lived through them will tell you that. You're trying to figure out what sort of person you'll be, find your place in the world, deal with massive changes in your body and your feelings, and navigate your love life. I don't know how Shinkai manages to take what can feel,...
The teenage years are rough. Anyone who has lived through them will tell you that. You're trying to figure out what sort of person you'll be, find your place in the world, deal with massive changes in your body and your feelings, and navigate your love life. I don't know how Shinkai manages to take what can feel,...
- 4/10/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
About a third of the way through pop-sensation anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume the breakneck progression of plot incidents slows down for a moment so two teen girls can have a conversation about love and dating. Shinkai doesn’t feel compelled to show us the actual content of this conversation: he simply cuts to the characters’ stereotypical reactions. Omg! Boys are terrible!! Wink wink, tee hee! The film treats this as an emotionally substantive bonding moment. (Why else would it be there?) One of these girls is the titular protagonist; the other is an incidental character never to be heard from again.
This disinterested shorthand is roughly the extent of Shinkai’s interest in crafting a plausible emotional or social milieu for a film superficially about the emotional, social, and spiritual aftereffects. Not only of Japan’s recent natural disasters, but of its last century of rapid industrialization and cyclical rebuilding.
This disinterested shorthand is roughly the extent of Shinkai’s interest in crafting a plausible emotional or social milieu for a film superficially about the emotional, social, and spiritual aftereffects. Not only of Japan’s recent natural disasters, but of its last century of rapid industrialization and cyclical rebuilding.
- 4/10/2023
- by Eli Friedberg
- The Film Stage
It’s been an interesting year for cinema thus far, and that won’t be slowing down in April.
There’s Leonor Will Never Die (7 April) – a meta love letter to Filipino cinema, led by the marvellous Sheila Francisco – and also Lola (7 April), a Second World War time travel drama whose low budget shows that you can do impressive things with very little. Albert Serra’s Pacifiction (21 April) is an intoxicating descent into danger and, as with the Spanish filmmaker’s previous films, it may be divisive, but demands to be seen – even if just to form your own opinion.
Ben Affleck directs and stars in Air (7 April), which follows Nike’s revolutionary partnership with a young Michael Jordan. Affleck’s receiving some of the best reviews of his career for the film. Meanwhile, grisly horror Evil Dead Rise (21 April) has generated word-of-mouth hype since its premiere at South by Southwest.
There’s Leonor Will Never Die (7 April) – a meta love letter to Filipino cinema, led by the marvellous Sheila Francisco – and also Lola (7 April), a Second World War time travel drama whose low budget shows that you can do impressive things with very little. Albert Serra’s Pacifiction (21 April) is an intoxicating descent into danger and, as with the Spanish filmmaker’s previous films, it may be divisive, but demands to be seen – even if just to form your own opinion.
Ben Affleck directs and stars in Air (7 April), which follows Nike’s revolutionary partnership with a young Michael Jordan. Affleck’s receiving some of the best reviews of his career for the film. Meanwhile, grisly horror Evil Dead Rise (21 April) has generated word-of-mouth hype since its premiere at South by Southwest.
- 4/1/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
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