Neon Tests the Academy’s Appetite for Subtitled Cinema With Five Ambitious Oscar Campaigns — Will It Work?
By Clayton Davis According To The variety Neon is going all in on international cinema. The indie studio that brought “Parasite” (2019) its historic best picture win [more…]
Emily Blunt Teases ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and Why She Never Saw ‘The Rock’ While Filming ‘The Smashing Machine’
By Clayton Davis According To The variety Emily Blunt doesn’t believe in half measures. Whether she’s playing a time-looping soldier in “Edge of Tomorrow,” a pill-popping commuter [more…]
Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&A Highlights Indonesia Pivot at Tokyo Market Seminar
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Barunson E&A, the production and distribution studio behind “Parasite,” reaffirmed that sharply rising production costs and slowing film revenue [more…]
Psychological Thriller ‘The Sleepless Girl’ Bows at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Producer Patrick Mao Huang (Cannes winner “Tiger Stripes”) of Taiwan’s Flash Forward Entertainment is presenting psychological thriller “The Sleepless Girl” at [more…]
Ben Stiller Says the Term ‘Nepo Baby’ Is a ‘Selling Point’: ‘Kind of Like That Brat Pack Thing’
By Jack Dunn According To The variety During a recent appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” Ben Stiller gave his thoughts on the term “nepo baby,” which describes [more…]
Japan Readies Major Industry Showcase as 2026 Cannes Market Country of Honor
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Japan will take the spotlight at next year’s Cannes market, the business hub of the Cannes Film Festival, after being named [more…]
Japan’s Lily Franky to Star Alongside Fan Bingbing and Gabriel Byrne in Wayne Wang’s ‘Diary of a Mad Old Man’
By Marcus Lim According To The variety Japanese actor Lily Franky will appear in Wayne Wang’s next film “Diary of a Mad, Old Man,” revealed co-star Fan Bingbing at a [more…]
Tallinn Black Nights Fest Unveils Baltic Film Competition, With Cannes Hit ‘Two Prosecutors’ Set as Opener
By Annika Pham According To The variety Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)’s anticipated Baltic Films Competition, curated for the 8th time by Edvinas Pukšta, has just [more…]
Star Wars’ Fans Launch Billboard Campaign to Save ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’: ‘No One’s Ever Really Gone’
By Leia Mendoza According To The variety After discovering that a potential “Star Wars” project titled “The Hunt for Ben Solo” was shelved back in 2021, [more…]