AI Series ‘Whispers’ Makes Interactive Debut at Busan ACFM
Pickford’s AI series “Whispers” bowed at Busan Asian Contents & Film Market, offering audiences an interactive teaser that showcased the potential of AI-driven storytelling. Emmy-winning…
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Tom Holland Suffers Concussion on ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Set, Pauses Filming
Tom Holland suffered a mild concussion on the set of his upcoming superhero movie “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” on Friday, Variety can confirm. The star will take a break from filming as a…
Golden Leopard Winner Miyake Sho on Adapting Tsuge Manga for Busan Competition Title ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’
Japanese writer-director Miyake Sho‘s “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” is currently screening in competition at the Busan International Film Festival, following his Locarno Golden Leopard win,…
Indian Reality TV Gets Korean Makeover as Kross Pictures Unveils Four-Format Slate at Busan Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Kross Pictures is making a strategic leap into India’s reality television space, unveiling a slate of four unscripted formats adapted from successful Korean originals, it was revealed at…
Queer Love Story ‘Whisperings of the Moon’ Boards Inwave Films for Sales, Premieres at Busan (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based international sales company Inwave Films has come onboard as sales agent for “Whisperings of the Moon,” the debut feature from Chinese filmmaker Lai Yuqing that will have its…
James Van Der Beek Forced to Drop Out of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Reunion Due to Illness, Lin-Manuel Miranda to Replace Him in Script Reading
James Van Der Beek took to Instagram Sunday evening to reveal he will not be joining Monday’s “Dawson’s Creek” reunion due to a stomach illness. Luckily for fans, he has a Tony-winning…
Taiwan Unveils Animation Expansion Push at Busan Market With Two Major Anthologies (EXCLUSIVE)
Taiwan is positioning itself as a major player in the global animation market, unveiling two anthology projects at this year’s Busan Asian Contents & Film Market that showcase the island’s…
Vampire Weekend Finds New Textures in Old Favorites During Intimate, Career-Spanning Set: Concert Review
As chaotic and inventive as Vampire Weekend‘s arrangements get over five studio albums, things never feel out of control. The production and mixing are impressively ornate, a wedding cake…
Marlon Wayans Defends New Movie ‘Him’ From Bad Reviews: ‘Some Movies Are Ahead of the Curve’
Marlon Wayans is standing by his new movie “Him” despite some less-than-stellar reviews. The sports horror movie is currently sitting at 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Wayans took to…
Angelina Jolie Says She ‘Loves’ but ‘Doesn’t Recognize’ Her Home Country of the U.S.: ‘Anything That Divides or Limits Personal Freedoms Is Very Dangerous’
Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie, who is at Spain’s San Sebastián Film Festival with Alice Winocour’s “Couture,” was asked a timely question at the festival’s press conference: What do…
‘Harry Potter’ Star Jessie Cave Says She Was Barred from Fan Convention Because She’s ‘Now Doing OnlyFans’: ‘This Was Baffling to Me’
Jessie Cave, who played Lavender Brown across three “Harry Potter” films, shared on her self-titled Substack that her presence on OnlyFans recently got her barred from a “Harry Potter” fan…
Box Office: ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Becomes Biggest Anime Movie Ever With $555 Million, ‘Him’ and ‘Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Misfire Overseas
Two new Hollywood releases, Universal’s sports thriller “Him” and Sony’s romantic drama “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” were outright rejected by overseas audiences. “A Big Bold Beautiful…
Big Tech is Under Pressure From Emerging AI Giants. How Will This Change Hollywood?
This is no AI illusion. A perfect storm appears to be gathering around the world of generative artificial intelligence that promises to have profound effects on how Hollywood does…
Box Office: ‘Him’ Debuts to $13.5 Million, ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Bombs With $3.5 Million
“Him,” a sports thriller about a football player training to be the greatest of all time, won’t be the box office G.O.A.T. after all. The film opened slightly behind expectations with…
‘Silence of the Looms’ Weaves Forgotten Muslin History at Busan’s Asian Project Market
Busan’s Asian Project Market will showcase “Silence of the Looms,” a period drama from Bangladeshi director Mirza Shabnam Ferdousi. Produced by Rajib Mohajan alongside Sensemakers and…
‘Moon’ From Pradip Kurbah Brings Meghalaya Voices to Busan’s Asian Project Market
Busan’s Asian Project Market will host “Moon,” the latest feature from Indian director Pradip Kurbah, produced by Shankar Lall Goenka with multiple companies on board. The psychological…
Queer Bahurupi Love Story ‘The Magical Men’ Heads to Busan’s Asian Project Market
Busan’s Asian Project Market will present “The Magical Men,” a queer love story from writer-director Biplob Sarkar that spotlights the marginalized Bahurupi performance community of South…
Manila Film Center Tragedy Revisited in ‘Heaven Help Us’ at Busan’s Asian Project Market
Busan’s Asian Project Market has selected “Heaven Help Us,” a politically charged drama from Filipino director Eve Baswel that confronts one of the darkest chapters in the country’s…
Korea’s ‘Arrival of Water’ Explores Grief and Language Gaps at Busan’s Asian Project Market
Busan’s Asian Project Market is showcasing “Arrival of Water,” the latest feature from Korean director Jo Heeyoung, produced by Park Sejin. The project delves into grief, language, and…
‘In-I In Motion’ Review: Juliette Binoche Revisits a Daunting but Freeing Artistic Experiment
Of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the screen’s most celebrated dance partners, Katharine Hepburn is famously said to have declared that he gave her class, while she gave him sex appeal.…
San Sebastián’s Development Program Ikusmira Berriak Sees 34% Increase in Applications in a Year of Outstanding Success
San Sebastián’s Ikusmira Berriak residency program is back for its 11th year with a crop of exciting new projects in development. Created in 2015 to promote emerging talent and delivered…
Busan Winner Park Ri-woong’s ‘Gilddong’ Aims to Be Korea’s ‘Gladiator’ at Asian Project Market
Fresh off his triple win at the Busan International Film Festival, director Park Ri-woong is setting his sights on a much larger canvas with “Gilddong,” an epic about a rebel leader who…
10 Essential Slow-Burn Movies, Ranked
Most films usually rely on the traditional three-act structure, where you have an introduction, a conflict, and finally, a resolution that ties everything together. The formula is…
Christopher Nolan Elected President of Directors Guild of America
Christopher Nolan has been elected president of the Directors Guild of America, taking over the reins as the union prepares for upcoming negotiations with the major studios. Nolan, an…