“They really captivate you. It’s like they are filling a natural need for high drama,” says Zhou Yuan, founder and CEO of the Beijing-based vertical film production house Content Republic.
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Sony Group’s flagship anime subsidiaries Aniplex and Crunchyroll revealed Monday that they have partnered to establish Hayate, a joint venture anime production company based in Tokyo, Japan. The companies say the entity’s primary purpose is “planning, developing, and producing anime content for the Crunchyroll streaming service.” The investment continues Sony Group’s ongoing prioritization of anime as a key pillar of …
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Fifth Season has inked a slew of global broadcast and digital sales deals for the Japanese blockbuster Godzilla Minus One (2023), the latest installment in the Godzilla franchise. Fifth Season executed the sales on behalf of its strategic investment partner Toho International, which produced the hit Kaiju film. The deals were unveiled Monday on the first day of Hong Kong’s Filmart content market. The deals …
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Featuring Koko of K-pop girl group izna, the high-concept reality series is the first project to emerge from a partnership signed by the two East Asian entertainment giants.
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South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) organizers are reportedly cutting back on the music portion of the annual event. According to the Austin American-Statesman, this will result in the 2026 edition of the festival being two days shorter than this year’s, which ran March 7-15. Next year’s edition is set for March 12-18. The move eliminates the weekend traditionally dedicated to …
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John Oliver made a jab at the expense of Mel Gibson — and the actor’s father — on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The HBO late-night host recapped the news about Liz Oyer, a U.S. pardon attorney who wrote an opinion column for Rolling Stone last week theorizing about why she was fired from her job. “No one has told me …
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Josie Ho has been a constant figure in the Hong Kong entertainment industry for over 30 years. She’s an actress, a pop/rock star, a film producer, and a film investor. But when her husband, Conroy Chan, was recovering from a long spell of health troubles, she looked to his doctor and added another position to her resume. As the talent …
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Hong Kong leading man Aaron Kwok will next star in IOU, a heartwarming drama directed by Steven Zhang Zhonghua. The film reunites Kwok with Hong Kong producer Julia Chu, with whom he teamed up for Port of Call (2015) and Where the Wind Blows (2022). Distribution Workshop is shopping the film to international buyers this week at Hong Kong’s Filmart …
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[This story contains spoilers from The White Lotus season three, episode five, “Full-Moon Party.”] There ain’t no party like a White Lotus party, and it ain’t a White Lotus party without sex, drugs, and… wait a minute, did he just kiss his brother? If viewers thought the season three premiere’s suggestive scene between brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) was controversial, episode five took things to another level …
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Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom are married, according to reports. The couple tied the knot over the weekend in Tulum, Mexico, according to multiple outlets. TMZ posted photos of the couple in wedding attire on a beach. Reps for Theroux and Bloom have not responded to a request for comment. Theroux and Bloom first sparked romance rumors in February …
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