With just a few months to go until the Digimon Adventure 25th anniversary exhibition kicks off, we're getting more news about what to expect from the multi-city event—from special collectibles to a brand new animated promotional video! It was announced that a special video will be created in conjunction with the exhibition, featuring newly-drawn scenes tracing the history of the series. So far, we've gotten one enticing teaser image for the new project: Related: Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning Anime Film Sets Blu-ray Date for North America It's also been revealed that ticket sales for the Tokyo venue will go live on May 25. A special ticket package with goods will come with a set of medal-style pins. Two sets of four will be available with purchase: A few of the items that will be sold at the exhibition have also been revealed: Related: Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning Anime...
- 5/23/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
Featuring "Futatsu no Kotoba" by Madkid ( The Rising of the Shield Hero Op) and "Tsunagiai" by Takayoshi Tanimoto ( Dragon Ball Z Kai Op), respectively, creditless versions of Tadaima Okaeri ' s opening and ending theme sequences are now available to watch below. The first episode of the Bl slice-of-life series is streaming on Crunchyroll . Tadaima, Okaeri Opening Theme Video Tadaima, Okaeri Ending Theme Video Related: The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3 Anime Releases Creditless Theme Song Videos Based on the manga by Ichi Ichikawa, Tadaima, Okaeri is directed by Shinji Ishihira at Studio Deen, with series composition by Yoshiko Nakamura ( Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun ) and character designs by Mina Osawa ( given ). Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series and describes the story: In a heartwarming tale of love and acceptance, Masaki Fujiyoshi, a househusband, navigates societal prejudices alongside his beloved husband, Hiromu Fujiyoshi, and their adorable son, Hikari. Through doubts and challenges,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Tadaima, Okaeri – an upcoming TV anime based on the family drama / boys' love manga of the same name – has revealed a new key visual (below) that combines the imagery from previously released character visuals into a single setting. The series will broadcast in Japan beginning on April 8, 2024, and it will also stream on Crunchyroll as part of the spring 2024 anime simulcast lineup . Tadaima, Okaeri combined visual The original Tadaima, Okaeri manga by Ichi Ichikawa is serialized in Fusion Project's Omegaverse Project josei manga magazine. Shinji Ishihara directs the TV anime adaptation at Studio Deen, while Yoshiko Nakamura provides the series composition, Mina Osawa provides the character designs and chief animation direction, and Megumi Ohashi provides the music. Related: Family Bl TV Anime Tadaima, Okaeri Reveals 2nd Trailer, 3rd Visual, Additional Voice Cast Members Crunchyroll describes Tadaima, Okaeri : Masaki Fujiyoshi is a stay-at-home spouse and parent. He has fought long...
- 4/7/2024
- by Paul Chapman
- Crunchyroll
Production has begun in Japan on Searchlight Pictures’ Rental Family starring Brendan Fraser as the company announced new cast members Takehiro Hira from Shogun and Oscar winner Akira Emoto.
Beef and Tokyo Vice director Hikari helms the comedic drama, which also stars previously announced Mari Yamamoto.
Principal photography is scheduled to continue in Japan through May on the story of a lonely American actor (Fraser) in Tokyo who forges unexpected connections after he gets a job playing stand-in roles in people’s lives at a Japanese “rental family” company.
Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen are producing with Hikari,...
Beef and Tokyo Vice director Hikari helms the comedic drama, which also stars previously announced Mari Yamamoto.
Principal photography is scheduled to continue in Japan through May on the story of a lonely American actor (Fraser) in Tokyo who forges unexpected connections after he gets a job playing stand-in roles in people’s lives at a Japanese “rental family” company.
Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen are producing with Hikari,...
- 3/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: BAFTA Award nominee Takehiro Hira (Shōgun, Gran Turismo) and Japanese Academy Award winner Akira Emoto have rounded out the cast of Searchlight’s Rental Family directed by Hikari (Beef) and starring The Whale Best Actor Oscar winner Brendan Fraser and Mari Yamamoto (Pachinko).
Cameras are now rolling in Japan, with production to wrap around May. A release date has not been set.
Deadline first told you about the project, which follows a lonely, down-and-out American actor (Fraser) living in Tokyo. He starts working for a Japanese “rental family” company to play various stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he forges some surprising human connections and discovers unexpected joys within his built-in family.
“It’s an absolute dream to bring Rental Family to the world,” said Hikari. “I am truly so thankful for my collaboration with my partners at Searchlight and Sight Unseen and for their never-ending support,...
Cameras are now rolling in Japan, with production to wrap around May. A release date has not been set.
Deadline first told you about the project, which follows a lonely, down-and-out American actor (Fraser) living in Tokyo. He starts working for a Japanese “rental family” company to play various stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he forges some surprising human connections and discovers unexpected joys within his built-in family.
“It’s an absolute dream to bring Rental Family to the world,” said Hikari. “I am truly so thankful for my collaboration with my partners at Searchlight and Sight Unseen and for their never-ending support,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Yu Kajino returns with another experimental feature with “A Weather Report.” Having previously directed “Ahum,” the director has an established artistic admiration for ambiance and melancholy, which is very prominent in his newest project. Here, Kajino aims for a more story-centered road film. Yet, the final product is a major case of style over substance that could have balanced character drama.
A Weather Report is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Storywise, 18-year-old high school graduate Hikari travels alone from Niigata to Tokyo to meet her father, Naohide, for the first time. Years prior, Naohide had met Mayumi, Hikari's mother, in Shinjuku, where they fell in love, and she got pregnant. Yet, things didn't turn out well, and her mom was left to raise the child alone while the father left the picture to enter a new relationship and pursue a career as a screenwriter, earning acclaim for a successful J-drama.
A Weather Report is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Storywise, 18-year-old high school graduate Hikari travels alone from Niigata to Tokyo to meet her father, Naohide, for the first time. Years prior, Naohide had met Mayumi, Hikari's mother, in Shinjuku, where they fell in love, and she got pregnant. Yet, things didn't turn out well, and her mom was left to raise the child alone while the father left the picture to enter a new relationship and pursue a career as a screenwriter, earning acclaim for a successful J-drama.
- 3/7/2024
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Mari Yamamoto will star opposite Brendan Fraser in Hikari’s “Rental Family.” The film follows a down and out actor living in Tokyo, who is hired as the token American guy for a Japanese rental family company providing professional stand-in services. The Searchlight Pictures’ release will commence principal photography next week in Japan.
Yamamoto was most recently seen in the Apple TV+ series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” a sci-fi epic in which she appeared with Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell and Kiersey Clemmons. Prior to that series, she was seen in another Apple production, “Pachinko” opposite Youn Yuh-Jung and Jin Ha.
Fraser recently won an Oscar for his work in “The Whale.” His credits include “Gods and Monsters,” “The Mummy,” Crash” and “No Sudden Move.” He most recently appeared in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Hikari directed episodes of the Netflix series “Beef,” which won Emmys and Golden Globe Awards, as...
Yamamoto was most recently seen in the Apple TV+ series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” a sci-fi epic in which she appeared with Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell and Kiersey Clemmons. Prior to that series, she was seen in another Apple production, “Pachinko” opposite Youn Yuh-Jung and Jin Ha.
Fraser recently won an Oscar for his work in “The Whale.” His credits include “Gods and Monsters,” “The Mummy,” Crash” and “No Sudden Move.” He most recently appeared in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Hikari directed episodes of the Netflix series “Beef,” which won Emmys and Golden Globe Awards, as...
- 3/5/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The official website and Twitter account for the upcoming Tadaima, Okaeri anime announced that the family boys' love series will premiere on April 8 at 24:30 Jst (effectively April 9 at 0:30). Related: Family Bl TV Anime Tadaima, Okaeri Releases New Trailer, Visual for April 2024 Premiere Based on the manga by Ichi Ichikawa, Shinji Ishihira is directing Tadaima, Okaeri at Studio Deen, with series composition by Yoshiko Nakamura ( Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun ) and Mina Osawa ( given ). Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs in Japan, and describes the story like so: Masaki Fujiyoshi is a stay-at-home spouse and parent. He has fought long and hard with feelings of being a burden to his loving husband, Hiromu, due to his status as an omega—and the difficulty they faced to achieve this domesticity. When their son, Hikari, was born, the family moved to an area better suited for raising children. Despite their newfound domestic bliss,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Ichi Ichikawa's boys love manga series Tadaima, Okaeri , announced today that it is set to premiere in Japan in April 2024 and also released a 65-second first main trailer and second key visual. The new clip features the anime's opening theme song "Futatsu no Kotoba" ( Two Words ) performed by Japanese dance and vocal unit Madkid, best known for their theme song works for the The Rising of the Shield Hero anime franchise. The unit's member Kazuki said, "When we first heard about the offer, we were all surprised, 'Are you sure we're the right people for this?' At the same time, we were very happy to have been given the opportunity to work on such a heartwarming and wonderful series. We created 'Futatsu no Kotoba' with a warm and gentle singing voice that would accompany the story! We hope you...
- 2/14/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Rotterdam Review: Toshihiko Tanaka’s Rei is an Ambitious Directorial Debut That Draws from Hamaguchi
It was more than eight years ago that the virtually unknown Ryusuke Hamaguchi premiered Happy Hour, a five-hour narrative masterclass about four thirty-something women coming to terms with their own lives and relationship to one another. Against all odds, Hamaguchi has since become one of the biggest names in world cinema. Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising to see him emerge as the preeminent influence on a fellow Japanese filmmaker––so appears to be the case with Toshihiko Tanaka’s Rei, the winner of the Tiger Competition at the 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Rei is a three-hour-plus, Tokyo-Hokkaido-set drama about Hikari, a thirty-something woman with a steady but unexciting job, an avid playgoing habit, and a concern that her life is a bit unexciting. She meets a favorite actor after attending a play with her friend, the mother of a nonverbal disabled child with a workaholic husband who rarely gets to go out.
Rei is a three-hour-plus, Tokyo-Hokkaido-set drama about Hikari, a thirty-something woman with a steady but unexciting job, an avid playgoing habit, and a concern that her life is a bit unexciting. She meets a favorite actor after attending a play with her friend, the mother of a nonverbal disabled child with a workaholic husband who rarely gets to go out.
- 2/7/2024
- by Forrest Cardamenis
- The Film Stage
Winner of the Tiger Award in this year's IFFR, and in one of the most touching moments of the whole festival, with the whole cast and crew on stage, “Rei” is a typical Japanese family drama, which stands out due to its cinematography but also fosters a number of the inherent issues of the local movie industry.
Rei is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The kanji character “Rei” has no direct meaning by itself, but can find a number of meanings when combined with other characters, with the protagonists of the movie actually sharing a hypostasis quite similar to that of the kanji. 30-something company employee Hikari, eventually finds meaning when, after attending a stage play with her best friend, Asami, she is impressed by the quality of the poster, and begins searching for the particular landscape photographer. The man in question is a deaf landscape photographer, Mato, who has alienated his family,...
Rei is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The kanji character “Rei” has no direct meaning by itself, but can find a number of meanings when combined with other characters, with the protagonists of the movie actually sharing a hypostasis quite similar to that of the kanji. 30-something company employee Hikari, eventually finds meaning when, after attending a stage play with her best friend, Asami, she is impressed by the quality of the poster, and begins searching for the particular landscape photographer. The man in question is a deaf landscape photographer, Mato, who has alienated his family,...
- 2/4/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
International Film Festival Rotterdam winner and debuting director Toshihiko Tanaka is set to follow “Rei” with “Shumari,” once again set in Japan’s Hokkaido.
“Over there, you can find the largest artificial lake in the country. It’s man-made, but it still beautifully harmonizes with the surrounding nature, creating a stunning landscape. It will be a suspenseful film, but if I had to sum it all up, I would say: It’s about love,” he tells Variety exclusively after the win.
Referencing actual events that took place before and after World War II, it will recall the tragedy of forced labor victims. Working on dam construction, both Japanese and Korean workers lost their lives. Some of them still await a proper burial.
“Attempts to excavate and repatriate their remains continue,” he adds.
“I’m anticipating a much higher budget than I had for ‘Rei,’ but I will mostly focus on...
“Over there, you can find the largest artificial lake in the country. It’s man-made, but it still beautifully harmonizes with the surrounding nature, creating a stunning landscape. It will be a suspenseful film, but if I had to sum it all up, I would say: It’s about love,” he tells Variety exclusively after the win.
Referencing actual events that took place before and after World War II, it will recall the tragedy of forced labor victims. Working on dam construction, both Japanese and Korean workers lost their lives. Some of them still await a proper burial.
“Attempts to excavate and repatriate their remains continue,” he adds.
“I’m anticipating a much higher budget than I had for ‘Rei,’ but I will mostly focus on...
- 2/4/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Ichi Ichikawa's boys love manga series Tadaima, Okaeri has released a 35-second teaser trailer introducing its three main characters' voices. The clip also confirms that the anime is set to premiere in the spring of 2024. Each of the three voice cast members featured in the clip reprise their roles from the previously released drama CD. Masaki Fujiyoshi: Atsushi Tamaru (Mikihiko Yoshida in The Irregular at Magic High School ) Hiromu Fujiyoshi: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Zeno Stokes in The Marginal Service ) Hikari Fujiyoshi: Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya Forger in Spx x Family ) Related: Family Bl Anime Tadaima, Okaeri Reveals Main Staff and 2024 Premiere Based on the manga by Ichi Ichikawa, Shinji Ishihira will direct Tadaima, Okaeri at Studio Deen, with series composition by Yoshiko Nakamura ( Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun ) and Mina Osawa ( given ). Comixology , which digitally publishes an official English version of the manga under the title "Welcome Home,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
M. Raihan Halim’s “La Luna” will close the 53rd edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam, which has also revealed the lineup of its Tiger competition section, a platform for up-and-coming filmmakers, and Big Screen Competition, a program for more established talent.
“La Luna,” which has its European premiere at the festival, is a comedy about a conservative Malaysian village shaken by the arrival of a lingerie store.
Among the Tiger competition films is British director Justin Anderson’s “Swimming Home,” starring Mackenzie Davis, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed. Adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel, it centers on Joe and Isabel, whose marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their holiday villa, is invited to stay. Kitti collects and eats poisonous plants, and Nina their teenage daughter is enthralled by her. The film, which is being sold by Bankside Films, is described as...
“La Luna,” which has its European premiere at the festival, is a comedy about a conservative Malaysian village shaken by the arrival of a lingerie store.
Among the Tiger competition films is British director Justin Anderson’s “Swimming Home,” starring Mackenzie Davis, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed. Adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel, it centers on Joe and Isabel, whose marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their holiday villa, is invited to stay. Kitti collects and eats poisonous plants, and Nina their teenage daughter is enthralled by her. The film, which is being sold by Bankside Films, is described as...
- 12/18/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Brendan Fraser has lined up his next role!
After taking his time to find his next role after winning Best Actor for The Whale at the 2023 Oscars, the 54-year-old actor has signed on to star in the upcoming movie Rental Family.
Keep reading to find out more…
Beef director Hikari will be directing the movie from a script she co-wrote with Stephen Blahut, Deadline reports.
Here’s the synopsis: “The story follows follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.”
Production for Rental Family is set to begin in spring 2024 in Japan.
In a recent interview, Brendan talked about looking for roles after his Oscars win.
After taking his time to find his next role after winning Best Actor for The Whale at the 2023 Oscars, the 54-year-old actor has signed on to star in the upcoming movie Rental Family.
Keep reading to find out more…
Beef director Hikari will be directing the movie from a script she co-wrote with Stephen Blahut, Deadline reports.
Here’s the synopsis: “The story follows follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.”
Production for Rental Family is set to begin in spring 2024 in Japan.
In a recent interview, Brendan talked about looking for roles after his Oscars win.
- 11/22/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Brendan Fraser is ready to continue his revival, landing his first leading role after winning the Academy Award for The Whale. Fraser will star in Hikari’s Rental Family, which comes from a script co-written by Hikari and Stephen Blahut.
As per Deadline, Rental Family “follows a down and out actor living in Tokyo, who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.” Filming will begin in spring 2024 in Japan. No other cast has been announced outside of Brendan Fraser at this time.
So far, Brendan Fraser has avoided the post-Oscar slump that the likes of Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Adrian Brody (The Pianist) and so many others have suffered. In fact, his first picture after his Best Actor win was for Martin Scorsese in Killers of the Flower Moon.
As per Deadline, Rental Family “follows a down and out actor living in Tokyo, who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.” Filming will begin in spring 2024 in Japan. No other cast has been announced outside of Brendan Fraser at this time.
So far, Brendan Fraser has avoided the post-Oscar slump that the likes of Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Adrian Brody (The Pianist) and so many others have suffered. In fact, his first picture after his Best Actor win was for Martin Scorsese in Killers of the Flower Moon.
- 11/21/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
After saying that he’d be very picky about his next role after winning an Oscar, Brendan Fraser has found it. He will star in “Rental Family” for Searchlight Pictures and from filmmaker Hikari, best known for her work on “Beef.”
Fraser in “Rental Family” will star as a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company providing professional stand-in services.
Hikari has been developing “Rental Family” since 2019, and she also co-wrote the film with Stephen Blahut. The film will begin principal photography this spring in Japan. No release date has been announced.
Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen, which produced this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “A Thousand and One,” are producing “Rental Family.” Hikari and Shin Yamaguchi, who produced her prior feature “37 Seconds” in 2019, will also produce. Blahut and Tomo Koizumi will executive produce.
Fraser in “Rental Family” will star as a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company providing professional stand-in services.
Hikari has been developing “Rental Family” since 2019, and she also co-wrote the film with Stephen Blahut. The film will begin principal photography this spring in Japan. No release date has been announced.
Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen, which produced this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “A Thousand and One,” are producing “Rental Family.” Hikari and Shin Yamaguchi, who produced her prior feature “37 Seconds” in 2019, will also produce. Blahut and Tomo Koizumi will executive produce.
- 11/21/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Brendan Fraser, a newly minted Academy Award winner, is set to star in the Searchlight Pictures comedic drama “Rental Family.”
Japanese filmmaker Mitsuyo Miyazaki, who goes by Hikari and worked on Netflix’s “Beef,” is directing and producing the film. She’s also co-writing the script with Stephen Blahut, whom she collaborated with on the docudrama “37 Seconds.” Principal photography will begin this spring in Japan, with release plans to be announced at a later date.
“Rental Family” follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company providing professional stand-in services. Fraser is the only person cast in the movie so far.
This project marks Fraser’s first major role since he took home the lead actor Oscar for Darren Aronofsky’s downbeat drama “The Whale.” The arthouse movie doubled as a career resurgence for Fraser, who spent...
Japanese filmmaker Mitsuyo Miyazaki, who goes by Hikari and worked on Netflix’s “Beef,” is directing and producing the film. She’s also co-writing the script with Stephen Blahut, whom she collaborated with on the docudrama “37 Seconds.” Principal photography will begin this spring in Japan, with release plans to be announced at a later date.
“Rental Family” follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company providing professional stand-in services. Fraser is the only person cast in the movie so far.
This project marks Fraser’s first major role since he took home the lead actor Oscar for Darren Aronofsky’s downbeat drama “The Whale.” The arthouse movie doubled as a career resurgence for Fraser, who spent...
- 11/21/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar winner Brendan Fraser has signed on to star in Rental Family, a comedy-drama that Beef director Hikari is directing for Searchlight Pictures.
Hikari is doing triple-duty on the project, with co-writer and producer on her list of tasks. Also producing the feature are Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen, the banner that counts movies such as Bad Education among its credits. Shin Yamaguchi is producing as well.
Co-penned by with Stephen Blahut, Family follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo, who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.
Fraser will play the down-and-out actor.
The plan is to begin principal photography this spring in Japan. Release plans will be announced at a later date.
Blahut and Tomo Koiziu are executive producing.
Fraser is...
Hikari is doing triple-duty on the project, with co-writer and producer on her list of tasks. Also producing the feature are Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen, the banner that counts movies such as Bad Education among its credits. Shin Yamaguchi is producing as well.
Co-penned by with Stephen Blahut, Family follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo, who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.
Fraser will play the down-and-out actor.
The plan is to begin principal photography this spring in Japan. Release plans will be announced at a later date.
Blahut and Tomo Koiziu are executive producing.
Fraser is...
- 11/21/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: After taking his time in finding his next big role after winning this year’s Best Actor Oscar, Brendan Fraser looks to have zeroed in on that role as sources tell Deadline he is set to star in Searchlight’s Rental Family. Beef helmer Hikari will direct from a script she co-wrote with Stephen Blahut.
Hikari has been developing the project since 2019 and will produce along with Shin Yamaguchi as well as Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen Productions.
The story follows follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.
Production is set to start this spring in Japan. Blahut and Tomo Koizumi will exec produce. SVP Production Taylor Friedman and Manager of Creative Affairs Daniel Yu...
Hikari has been developing the project since 2019 and will produce along with Shin Yamaguchi as well as Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen Productions.
The story follows follows a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.
Production is set to start this spring in Japan. Blahut and Tomo Koizumi will exec produce. SVP Production Taylor Friedman and Manager of Creative Affairs Daniel Yu...
- 11/21/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh Glick has joined Brillstein Entertainment Partners, TheWrap has learned. This will make him the first major hire since the company was acquired by Wasserman last week.
“We are thrilled to have Josh join Brillstein Entertainment Partners,” Cynthia Pett, Co-CEO of Brillstein Entertainment Partners said. “Everyone who has worked with him knows how passionately he represents his clients. With his longstanding relationships in the industry, he will be a valuable colleague to the rest of our management team.”
Glick brings with him a slew of talent such as Olivia Cooke, Diego Boneta, Common, Ruper Friend, Noah Jupe and Hikari. Following his tenure at Grandview, he will work under Brillstein co-CEOs Cynthia Pett and Jon Liebman.
Josh Glick spent eight years at Grandview, where he represented marquee talent and literary clients. Prior to that, he was an agent at the Gersh Agency.
The Grandview Partners declared that “Josh has always been...
“We are thrilled to have Josh join Brillstein Entertainment Partners,” Cynthia Pett, Co-CEO of Brillstein Entertainment Partners said. “Everyone who has worked with him knows how passionately he represents his clients. With his longstanding relationships in the industry, he will be a valuable colleague to the rest of our management team.”
Glick brings with him a slew of talent such as Olivia Cooke, Diego Boneta, Common, Ruper Friend, Noah Jupe and Hikari. Following his tenure at Grandview, he will work under Brillstein co-CEOs Cynthia Pett and Jon Liebman.
Josh Glick spent eight years at Grandview, where he represented marquee talent and literary clients. Prior to that, he was an agent at the Gersh Agency.
The Grandview Partners declared that “Josh has always been...
- 9/27/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
In one of the first moves for Brillstein Entertainment Partners since being officially acquired by Wasserman last week, the management firm has brought on Josh Glick as its first hire.
Glick is joining the newly energized banner led by co-CEOs Cynthia Pett and Jon Liebman from Grandview, where he spent eight years representing marquee talent and literary clients.
Glick represents a slate of talent and brings with him bold-faced names such as Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Noah Jupe (Honey Boy), Hikari (Beef), Diego Boneta (At Midnight), Rupert Friend (Asteroid City) and Common (Silo), among other high-profile clients.
“We are thrilled to have Josh join Brillstein Entertainment Partners,” enthused Pett in a statement. “Everyone who has worked with him knows how passionately he represents his clients. With his long-standing relationships in the industry, he will be a valuable colleague to the rest of our management team.”
His friend and colleagues at Grandview,...
Glick is joining the newly energized banner led by co-CEOs Cynthia Pett and Jon Liebman from Grandview, where he spent eight years representing marquee talent and literary clients.
Glick represents a slate of talent and brings with him bold-faced names such as Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Noah Jupe (Honey Boy), Hikari (Beef), Diego Boneta (At Midnight), Rupert Friend (Asteroid City) and Common (Silo), among other high-profile clients.
“We are thrilled to have Josh join Brillstein Entertainment Partners,” enthused Pett in a statement. “Everyone who has worked with him knows how passionately he represents his clients. With his long-standing relationships in the industry, he will be a valuable colleague to the rest of our management team.”
His friend and colleagues at Grandview,...
- 9/27/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Beef” creator and three-time Emmy nominee Lee Sung Jin calls fellow show director and executive producer Jake Schreier one of his “closest friends.” So it’s probably no surprise the pair have engaged in some “friendly ribbing” after the 2023 Emmy nominations were announced in July. Lee and Schreier are competing against each other in Directing for a Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie, meaning the longtime pals are now temporary rivals.
“It’s all love, though, because he is so talented. I sought him out for ‘Beef’ because everything I know about directing, I’ve pretty much either learned from movies or from him,” Lee tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “I’m so glad that he’s getting the recognition that he deserves. But yeah, you know, we’re both competitive. Is there a little part of me that is going to be a little bit happier if I win?...
“It’s all love, though, because he is so talented. I sought him out for ‘Beef’ because everything I know about directing, I’ve pretty much either learned from movies or from him,” Lee tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “I’m so glad that he’s getting the recognition that he deserves. But yeah, you know, we’re both competitive. Is there a little part of me that is going to be a little bit happier if I win?...
- 8/14/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Film Independent has named Law Chen, Raven Jackson, Erin Li, Miguel Nuñez, Victoria Rivera and Claudia Sparrow as the filmmakers set for its second annual Episodic Directing Intensive.
Each of the six is an alum of Film Independent Artist Development programs including the Directing Lab, Documentary Lab, Screenwriting Lab, Fast Track finance market and Project Involve, which collectively celebrate their 30th anniversary this year. Over the course of the three-day program, the accomplished up-and-comers will learn from veterans of the episodic landscape, taking in the wisdom and experience of a group of directors, showrunners, actors and cinematographers.
Among those set as industry participants are Hikari, Johnson Cheng, Aurora Guerrero, Rachel Goldberg, Michelle Lawler, Glen Mazzara, Leonardo Nam, Jeremy Podeswa, James Ponsoldt, Angel Kristi Williams, Daniel Willis and more.
Said Film Independent’s Associate Director of Fiction Programs, Dea Vazquez, “As we celebrate the 30th year of our Artist Development programs,...
Each of the six is an alum of Film Independent Artist Development programs including the Directing Lab, Documentary Lab, Screenwriting Lab, Fast Track finance market and Project Involve, which collectively celebrate their 30th anniversary this year. Over the course of the three-day program, the accomplished up-and-comers will learn from veterans of the episodic landscape, taking in the wisdom and experience of a group of directors, showrunners, actors and cinematographers.
Among those set as industry participants are Hikari, Johnson Cheng, Aurora Guerrero, Rachel Goldberg, Michelle Lawler, Glen Mazzara, Leonardo Nam, Jeremy Podeswa, James Ponsoldt, Angel Kristi Williams, Daniel Willis and more.
Said Film Independent’s Associate Director of Fiction Programs, Dea Vazquez, “As we celebrate the 30th year of our Artist Development programs,...
- 6/22/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
After a strange encounter with a UFO, company worker Sato, who has no experience in romance, becomes the boss of a new employee Hikari Hoshino. Being confused about her nonsensical behavior, Sato has a suspicion that she may be an alien and starts watching over her.
New Generation is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia
Overall, “New Generation” is a fairly enjoyable genre movie. The main aspect of it is a rather engrossing mystery that immediately brings us into the storyline quite well. Focused around the series of quick glimpses toward Hikari that sees her body morphing into bizarre inhuman deformities only to quickly dismiss it all as his mind playing tricks on him, the atmosphere present is quite intriguing. As the sequences are laced with scenes of UFOs floating over buildings casually or Hikari's bumbling of normal human interactions that go beyond normal training deficiencies that comprise the majority of the misunderstandings,...
New Generation is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia
Overall, “New Generation” is a fairly enjoyable genre movie. The main aspect of it is a rather engrossing mystery that immediately brings us into the storyline quite well. Focused around the series of quick glimpses toward Hikari that sees her body morphing into bizarre inhuman deformities only to quickly dismiss it all as his mind playing tricks on him, the atmosphere present is quite intriguing. As the sequences are laced with scenes of UFOs floating over buildings casually or Hikari's bumbling of normal human interactions that go beyond normal training deficiencies that comprise the majority of the misunderstandings,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
“Beef” is rocketing up our Emmy predictions charts as the positive reviews continue to pile in for this Steven Yeun and Ali Wong vehicle. This limited series on Netflix was created Lee Sung Jin, who has a smattering of TV credits as a writer and a producer including “Dave,” “Silicon Valley,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Jin helms the series finale while Hikari and Jake Schreier split the rest of the directing duties between them.
“Beef” follows the after-effects of a road-rage incident that consumes two people — Yeun’s Danny and Wong’s Amy. Danny is a down-on-his-luck contractor trying to piece together a living while literally living out of a motel with his brother (Young Mazino), who he is constantly at odds with. Amy, meanwhile, is a successful business owner trying to navigate the sale of her business to a larger company while stuck with...
“Beef” follows the after-effects of a road-rage incident that consumes two people — Yeun’s Danny and Wong’s Amy. Danny is a down-on-his-luck contractor trying to piece together a living while literally living out of a motel with his brother (Young Mazino), who he is constantly at odds with. Amy, meanwhile, is a successful business owner trying to navigate the sale of her business to a larger company while stuck with...
- 4/24/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
This post contains spoilers for "Beef."
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Netflix's new series "Beef" is the most exciting and inventive show to come out this year. The 10-episode odyssey is wholly original, narratively smart and vast, and never fails to keep you guessing. It's good comedy, good drama, and good thriller, and it doesn't try to be anything other than true to itself.
In fact, the limited series goes pretty hard at times, particularly in the second half of its arc. There are some really unsettling deaths, and a lot of messed-up situations occur -- far more than the first half of the narrative leads you to believe could happen. That said, creator Lee Sung Jin revealed that he originally had a much more screwed-up plan in place for the show's climax.
"I knew that I wanted everything to hit the fan,...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Netflix's new series "Beef" is the most exciting and inventive show to come out this year. The 10-episode odyssey is wholly original, narratively smart and vast, and never fails to keep you guessing. It's good comedy, good drama, and good thriller, and it doesn't try to be anything other than true to itself.
In fact, the limited series goes pretty hard at times, particularly in the second half of its arc. There are some really unsettling deaths, and a lot of messed-up situations occur -- far more than the first half of the narrative leads you to believe could happen. That said, creator Lee Sung Jin revealed that he originally had a much more screwed-up plan in place for the show's climax.
"I knew that I wanted everything to hit the fan,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
Plot: Follows the aftermath of a road rage incident between two strangers. Danny Cho, a failing contractor with a chip on his shoulder, goes head-to-head with Amy Lau, a self-made entrepreneur with a picturesque life. The increasing stakes of their feud unravel their lives and relationships in this darkly comedic and deeply moving series.
Review: Beef is a series that seemed to come out of nowhere. The trailer, which debuted just a few weeks before this week’s series premiere, instantly buzzed around the internet. With a darkly comic sensibility, Beef appeared to be a hilariously twisted dive into the minds of two people who were contending with trauma, stress, and anxiety precipitated by a road rage incident. Having seen the entire ten-episode run of Beef, I can say that this series is much more than just a comedy. Thanks to stellar turns from stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong,...
Review: Beef is a series that seemed to come out of nowhere. The trailer, which debuted just a few weeks before this week’s series premiere, instantly buzzed around the internet. With a darkly comic sensibility, Beef appeared to be a hilariously twisted dive into the minds of two people who were contending with trauma, stress, and anxiety precipitated by a road rage incident. Having seen the entire ten-episode run of Beef, I can say that this series is much more than just a comedy. Thanks to stellar turns from stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong,...
- 4/9/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
We had seriously considered an April Fool’s edition of Don’t-Miss Indies this month full of Latvian Redbox actioners, but thought better of such trickery at the eleventh hour. After all, our beloved constituents deserve better than a perplexing blurb about The Humanity Bureau starring Nicolas Cage. And anyway there are too many great, legitimate titles to skip. So bunker down with some Cadbury Creme eggs at the art house and enjoy!
Pretty Baby: Brook Shields
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Hulu
Director: Lana Wilson
Why We’re Excited: Two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee Lana Wilson’s two-part documentary tracks child star Shields, from her rise to fame in Reagan-era hits Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon through her 40-plus years in Hollywood. Amidst the tumult of growing up in the public eye–she landed her first commercial at 11-months-old, as the Ivory...
Pretty Baby: Brook Shields
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Hulu
Director: Lana Wilson
Why We’re Excited: Two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee Lana Wilson’s two-part documentary tracks child star Shields, from her rise to fame in Reagan-era hits Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon through her 40-plus years in Hollywood. Amidst the tumult of growing up in the public eye–she landed her first commercial at 11-months-old, as the Ivory...
- 4/4/2023
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
If you’ve ever been in a crowded parking lot, you’ll surely recognize the inciting incident in Netflix’s Beef: A truck nearly backs into an SUV, which honks extravagantly before speeding off. Maybe you’ll even relate to the impulse to do what the cars do next, even if you’ve never done it yourself: The truck chases the SUV down with the reckless abandon of a Fast & Furious racer, skidding into oncoming traffic and barreling over suburban lawns.
But Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun), the dueling leads of Beef, take things further still. The encounter precipitates an endless cycle of revenge, during which they deface each other’s property, sabotage each other’s careers, undermine each other’s families. It’s a hilarious premise on its face, and the half-hours fly by as wild twists twists pile up. What’s less expected, however...
But Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun), the dueling leads of Beef, take things further still. The encounter precipitates an endless cycle of revenge, during which they deface each other’s property, sabotage each other’s careers, undermine each other’s families. It’s a hilarious premise on its face, and the half-hours fly by as wild twists twists pile up. What’s less expected, however...
- 3/18/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Imagine you're having the worst day of your life, drowning in a seemingly never-ending flood of all the most infuriating moments that everyday life has in store for us. You're barely holding it together, plastering a fake smile on your face through it all, and threatening to come apart at the seams at any moment ... and then you nearly get into a car accident in a parking lot with precisely the wrong person. That's the bizarrely mundane premise that kickstarts the action in the joint Netflix and A24 production "Beef," a new television series that sure looks like it needs to be seen to be believed.
Starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, the story certainly looks like it takes the phenomenon of road rage incidents and uses it as a jumping-off point to explore some of the darkest aspects of ourselves in as wry and humorous a way as possible.
Starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, the story certainly looks like it takes the phenomenon of road rage incidents and uses it as a jumping-off point to explore some of the darkest aspects of ourselves in as wry and humorous a way as possible.
- 3/15/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
For a while, all we really knew about the plot of Netflix’s dark comedy series “Beef” was that it followed two strangers who could not let a road rage incident go. Now the trailer is out, and it turns out that that simple plot description pretty much sums it up.
In the trailer, we see the incident – struggling contractor Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) almost backs into wealthy entrepreneur Amy Lau (Ali Wong) in a parking lot, and Amy overreacts – and then the escalation. It starts with a car chase. Then it turns into finding out who each other is. Then it turns into psychological warfare involving Danny peeing on a rug in Amy’s bathroom and Amy threatening him on social media by pointing a handgun at her phone. Their feud takes over their lives, and there will be consequences for them and their families.
Obviously, there are other...
In the trailer, we see the incident – struggling contractor Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) almost backs into wealthy entrepreneur Amy Lau (Ali Wong) in a parking lot, and Amy overreacts – and then the escalation. It starts with a car chase. Then it turns into finding out who each other is. Then it turns into psychological warfare involving Danny peeing on a rug in Amy’s bathroom and Amy threatening him on social media by pointing a handgun at her phone. Their feud takes over their lives, and there will be consequences for them and their families.
Obviously, there are other...
- 3/15/2023
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Tuca and Speckle are together again, and on Netflix no less. Ali Wong and Steven Yeun of the Netflix/Adult Swim animated series “Tuca & Bertie” are reuniting for “Beef,” an A24 dark comedy, and Netflix has released the official trailer for the 10 episode series
Created by Lee Sung Jin — who also worked as a writer and producer on “Tuca and Bertie,” in addition to credits on “Dave” and “Silicon Valley” — “Beef” focuses on two strangers, contractor Danny Cho (Yeun) and entrepreneur Amy Lau (Wong), both of whom are on the verge of a breakdown over their own separate issues. When these two desperate individuals encounter each other in a parking lot, what starts as a standard road rage incident soon develops into a bitter, intense feud that threatens to destroy their lives and relationships after Amy goes on a quest for vengeance against Danny.
“I have a very full...
Created by Lee Sung Jin — who also worked as a writer and producer on “Tuca and Bertie,” in addition to credits on “Dave” and “Silicon Valley” — “Beef” focuses on two strangers, contractor Danny Cho (Yeun) and entrepreneur Amy Lau (Wong), both of whom are on the verge of a breakdown over their own separate issues. When these two desperate individuals encounter each other in a parking lot, what starts as a standard road rage incident soon develops into a bitter, intense feud that threatens to destroy their lives and relationships after Amy goes on a quest for vengeance against Danny.
“I have a very full...
- 3/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Octopath Traveler II is a mesmerizing free fall into why traditional JRPGs are an irreplaceable art form. The sequel from Square Enix and Acquire hits every note that the 2018 original so carefully illustrated – the eight co-protagonists, the hyper-stylized turn-based battle systems, and “HD-2D” visuals that make Final Fantasy VI purists lose consciousness — and it never retreads inspiration to be something it isn’t. It’s still a sequel, of sorts, but instead of being a cash grab or a nostalgic righting of wrongs, it reinterprets what it means to...
- 2/20/2023
- by Joshua Khan
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix has released the first photos of their new series “Beef”, which premieres on April 6, 2023.
A24 is producing the series, and it stars Steven Yuen as Danny Cho and Ali Wong as Amy Lau.
“Beef” is a dark comedy focusing on the aftermath of Danny Cho, a failing contractor resentful towards life, and Amy Lau, a self-made entrepreneur who appears to have it all, after the two engage in a road rage incident.
Beef. (L to R) Steven Yeun as Danny, Young Mazino as Paul in episode 102 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 — Netflix
Their lives begin to unravel unexpectedly as their feud continues to heighten.
Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake also star in the series, alongside Maria Bello, Ashley Park, Justin H. Min, Mia Serafino, and Remy Holt.
Beef. Ali Wong as Amy in episode 101 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 — Netflix
Lee Sung Jin,...
A24 is producing the series, and it stars Steven Yuen as Danny Cho and Ali Wong as Amy Lau.
“Beef” is a dark comedy focusing on the aftermath of Danny Cho, a failing contractor resentful towards life, and Amy Lau, a self-made entrepreneur who appears to have it all, after the two engage in a road rage incident.
Beef. (L to R) Steven Yeun as Danny, Young Mazino as Paul in episode 102 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 — Netflix
Their lives begin to unravel unexpectedly as their feud continues to heighten.
Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake also star in the series, alongside Maria Bello, Ashley Park, Justin H. Min, Mia Serafino, and Remy Holt.
Beef. Ali Wong as Amy in episode 101 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 — Netflix
Lee Sung Jin,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Netflix has released the very first images from their upcoming A24 series titled “Beef” this afternoon, the Steven Yeun-starring series premiering globally on April 6, 2023.
The series is being described as a dark comedy, with drama, action, and thriller elements. Ten episodes are headed our way, and the episodes will be 30-minutes each.
“Beef” follows the aftermath of a road rage incident between two strangers. Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), a failing contractor with a chip on his shoulder, goes head-to-head with Amy Lau (Ali Wong), a self-made entrepreneur with a picturesque life. The increasing stakes of their feud unravel their lives and relationships in this darkly comedic and deeply moving series.
Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake also star in the series, alongside Maria Bello, Ashley Park, Justin H. Min, Mia Serafino, and Remy Holt.
Lee Sung Jin is the Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer. The ten total...
The series is being described as a dark comedy, with drama, action, and thriller elements. Ten episodes are headed our way, and the episodes will be 30-minutes each.
“Beef” follows the aftermath of a road rage incident between two strangers. Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), a failing contractor with a chip on his shoulder, goes head-to-head with Amy Lau (Ali Wong), a self-made entrepreneur with a picturesque life. The increasing stakes of their feud unravel their lives and relationships in this darkly comedic and deeply moving series.
Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake also star in the series, alongside Maria Bello, Ashley Park, Justin H. Min, Mia Serafino, and Remy Holt.
Lee Sung Jin is the Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer. The ten total...
- 2/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Trapped in Makyo” doesn’t waste any time in being forthright. Right from the get go, the documentary clears that it does not in any way, encourage the participation in, nor promote or provide any gray area about the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult was responsible for the terror attack which killed 14 and injured more than 6,000 people in Tokyo on March 20, 1995.
Trapped in Makyo is screening at the Sf Indiefest
This drawing of the lines and simple assertion of stance is both informative and instructive, especially when the subject in itself, a cult, could pique and tease the public’s curiosity. Filmmakers are only expected to trust the audience’s own discernment, but in an era where crimes and their perpetrators have been been humanized in some documentaries and miniseries to the point where the victims’ stories are dismissed and their loved ones are re-traumatized, this spelling out of...
Trapped in Makyo is screening at the Sf Indiefest
This drawing of the lines and simple assertion of stance is both informative and instructive, especially when the subject in itself, a cult, could pique and tease the public’s curiosity. Filmmakers are only expected to trust the audience’s own discernment, but in an era where crimes and their perpetrators have been been humanized in some documentaries and miniseries to the point where the victims’ stories are dismissed and their loved ones are re-traumatized, this spelling out of...
- 2/10/2023
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
Beacon Hills’ original it couple is back together (sort of) in Paramount+’s upcoming Teen Wolf: The Movie.
TVLine has an exclusive first look at Scott (played by Tyler Posey) and “Allison” (Crystal Reed) fighting by each other’s side against the dreaded Oni, the very same creatures that killed the latter back in Teen Wolf’s third season.
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So, why are we putting Allison’s name in quotes?...
TVLine has an exclusive first look at Scott (played by Tyler Posey) and “Allison” (Crystal Reed) fighting by each other’s side against the dreaded Oni, the very same creatures that killed the latter back in Teen Wolf’s third season.
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So, why are we putting Allison’s name in quotes?...
- 12/6/2022
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Tyler Posey is back as Scott McCall in Teen Wolf: The Movie which just unveiled its first official trailer. The new Teen Wolf film was written by Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis and finds the gang reunited and facing a brand new threat.
In addition to Tyler Posey, Paramount+’s Teen Wolf: The Movie stars Crystal Reed as Allison, Holland Roden as Lydia, Shelley Hennig as Malia, Tyler Hoechlin as Derek, Jr Bourne as Chris, Orny Adams as Coach Bobby Finstock, and Colton Haynes as Jackson. Linden Ashby is Sheriff Stilinski, Melissa Ponzio is Melissa, Ryan Kelley is Deputy Jordan Parrish, Seth Gilliam is Dr. Alan Deaton, Ian Bohen is Peter, Dylan Sprayberry is Liam, Vince Mattis is Eli, Khylin Rhambo is Mason, Amy Workman is Hikari, and Nobi Nakaniski is Deputy Ishida.
“It’s 15 years later and we meet Scott in his early 30s. Scott McCall is not a...
In addition to Tyler Posey, Paramount+’s Teen Wolf: The Movie stars Crystal Reed as Allison, Holland Roden as Lydia, Shelley Hennig as Malia, Tyler Hoechlin as Derek, Jr Bourne as Chris, Orny Adams as Coach Bobby Finstock, and Colton Haynes as Jackson. Linden Ashby is Sheriff Stilinski, Melissa Ponzio is Melissa, Ryan Kelley is Deputy Jordan Parrish, Seth Gilliam is Dr. Alan Deaton, Ian Bohen is Peter, Dylan Sprayberry is Liam, Vince Mattis is Eli, Khylin Rhambo is Mason, Amy Workman is Hikari, and Nobi Nakaniski is Deputy Ishida.
“It’s 15 years later and we meet Scott in his early 30s. Scott McCall is not a...
- 12/5/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The beloved show Teen Wolf may have ended in 2017 but luckily for us, the story continues in a new movie premiering on Thursday, January 26, 2023 on Paramount+. At the New York Comic Con panel, fans got the inside scoop on all things Teen Wolf: The Movie from writer and executive producer Jeff Davis and cast members Tyler Posey (Scott), Holland Roden (Lydia), Shelley Hennig (Malia), Crystal Reed (Allison), Colton Haynes (Jackson), Vince Mattis (Eli), Khylin Rhambo (Mason), Amy Workman (Hikari), and Dylan Sprayberry (Liam). According to Davis, the movie will pick up 15 years after we last saw the cast. Scott is struggling with the aftermath of being a hero. In his mid-30s, he struggles for the first time ever with depression and anxiety as well as loneliness, with Posey explaining, “we see Scott as a troubled adult — it’s really powerful, it’s impactful.” He teased, “[Scott] wanted to get away...
- 10/8/2022
- TV Insider
Oh Hale yes, the Teen Wolf movie just got even more bite! After weeks of wondering whether Tyler Hoechlin‘s Derek Hale would be appearing in Paramount+’s in-production Teen Wolf: The Movie, it has finally been confirmed that the Superman & Lois star will indeed be baring his fangs once again. He joins previously reported returning costars Tyler Posey (Scott), Holland Roden (Lydia), Shelley Hennig (Malia), Crystal Reed (Allison), Orny Adams (Coach), Linden Ashby (Sheriff Stilinski), Jr Bourne (Chris Argent), Colton Haynes (Jackson), Ryan Kelley (Deputy Jordan Parrish), Melissa Ponzio (Melissa McCall), Hoechlin’s S&l pal Ian Bohen (peter Hale), Vince Mattis (Eli), Nobi Nakanishi (Deputy Ishida), Khylin Rhambo (Mason), Amy Workman (Hikari), and Dylan Sprayberry (Liam). When we last saw Hoechlin’s one-time Alpha during the MTV horror-drama’s run, Derek had developed the ability to fully shift into wolf form following a near-death experience in the desert...
- 5/13/2022
- TV Insider
Given the explosion of nostalgia-driven sequels, spinoffs, and remakes inspired by the streaming gold rush, it would be understandable to assume that “Tokyo Vice“ is an HBO Max companion piece to the Michael Mann-produced TV series “Miami Vice,” which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. That show somehow hasn’t yet been revived beyond a single Mann-directed 2006 feature film, and now “Tokyo Vice” even boasts Mann as both its executive producer and its pilot-episode director. But this new series is far more “prestige TV” than Mann’s prior show — for better and worse.
“Tokyo Vice” is based on journalist Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir and follows a fictionalized version of Adelstein, an American attempting to make it as a newspaper reporter in Japan around the most recent turn of the century. Despite some fluency in the language and culture, Jake clashes with a very different set of journalistic expectations as he investigates entwined yakuza-related stories,...
“Tokyo Vice” is based on journalist Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir and follows a fictionalized version of Adelstein, an American attempting to make it as a newspaper reporter in Japan around the most recent turn of the century. Despite some fluency in the language and culture, Jake clashes with a very different set of journalistic expectations as he investigates entwined yakuza-related stories,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Wrap
The ending of the original series was arguably the weakest point of a masterpiece, with the rumors about Anno being forced to change the finale due to financial reasons being truthful, most probably. As the new series, “Rebuild of Evangelion” finally came to an end after multiple delays of its screening, becoming a huge box office hit, the most major questions remained about the finale, of what would the creator do, if he actually had the budget needed to finish it the way he wanted. Let us see how he fared in the end.
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Starting from the previous episode, which ended in a rather heart-breaking fashion, the story has moved quite far from the original, to the point that it was very difficult to guess what will happen next. In that fashion, the movie starts in Paris, with the battle between Wille and Nerv continuing over the city, with...
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Starting from the previous episode, which ended in a rather heart-breaking fashion, the story has moved quite far from the original, to the point that it was very difficult to guess what will happen next. In that fashion, the movie starts in Paris, with the battle between Wille and Nerv continuing over the city, with...
- 3/17/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Japanese director Hikari is to helm Netflix’s dramedy Beef.
Hikari, whose debut feature 37 Seconds premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, received the Panorama Audience Award and was subsequently picked up by Netflix, will helm the pilot episode of the Steven Yeun and Ali Wong-fronted series as well as multiple episodes across the series.
The news comes after Deadline revealed the cast of the Lee Sung Jin-created series, which features 10 half-hour episodes.
Yeun and Wong play two people who let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
David Choe, Patti Yasutake, Young Mazino and Joseph Lee have been added as series regulars with Mario Bello and Ashley Park set as recurring guest stars alongside Justin H. Min, Andrew Santino, Rekstizzy, Mia Serafino and Remy Holt.
Paper Towns director Jake Schreier, who is an exec producer on the series,...
Hikari, whose debut feature 37 Seconds premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, received the Panorama Audience Award and was subsequently picked up by Netflix, will helm the pilot episode of the Steven Yeun and Ali Wong-fronted series as well as multiple episodes across the series.
The news comes after Deadline revealed the cast of the Lee Sung Jin-created series, which features 10 half-hour episodes.
Yeun and Wong play two people who let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
David Choe, Patti Yasutake, Young Mazino and Joseph Lee have been added as series regulars with Mario Bello and Ashley Park set as recurring guest stars alongside Justin H. Min, Andrew Santino, Rekstizzy, Mia Serafino and Remy Holt.
Paper Towns director Jake Schreier, who is an exec producer on the series,...
- 3/10/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Campfire Studios, the company behind HBO Max docuseries The Way Down and Hulu’s WeWork doc, is expanding its scripted division and has hired former Marc Platt Productions exec Ryan Christians to oversee a new push.
The Wheelhouse-backed producer, run by Ross Dinerstein, is best known for its documentary output but it has a number of scripted credits including Special, the Ryan O’Connell-created dramedy series, Stephen King thriller 1922, Rattlesnake and comedy The Package, all for Netflix as well as IFC’s cult horror The Pact.
Christians has worked closely with Campfire on production of Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy Players, which is a co-production between Dinerstein’s company and Marc Platt and stars Gina Rodriguez and Damon Wayans.
He joins as SVP and Head of Scripted Content and has been tasked with growing its scripted output. The company already has various scripted projects in development for streaming platforms,...
The Wheelhouse-backed producer, run by Ross Dinerstein, is best known for its documentary output but it has a number of scripted credits including Special, the Ryan O’Connell-created dramedy series, Stephen King thriller 1922, Rattlesnake and comedy The Package, all for Netflix as well as IFC’s cult horror The Pact.
Christians has worked closely with Campfire on production of Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy Players, which is a co-production between Dinerstein’s company and Marc Platt and stars Gina Rodriguez and Damon Wayans.
He joins as SVP and Head of Scripted Content and has been tasked with growing its scripted output. The company already has various scripted projects in development for streaming platforms,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Universal is moving ahead on a supernatural romance, the Napa Valley Film Festival delays the event for a year and the Frameline unveils a variety of offerings after postponing its festival to the fall.
Project Launched
Universal Pictures is developing supernatural romance “Dan and Sam,” based on the 2015 graphic novel of the same name, with “37 Seconds” director Hikari on board.
“Dan and Sam,” written by Mark Watson and Oliver Harud, centers on a happily married couple who own a popular London restaurant. When Sam dies in Dan’s arms after an accident, Dan is granted a reprieve in which Sam can return to him for one night of the year, every year, until he falls in love again.
Hikari directed, wrote and produced “37 Seconds,” which won the Audience Award in the Panorama section at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. Molly Smith Metzler...
Project Launched
Universal Pictures is developing supernatural romance “Dan and Sam,” based on the 2015 graphic novel of the same name, with “37 Seconds” director Hikari on board.
“Dan and Sam,” written by Mark Watson and Oliver Harud, centers on a happily married couple who own a popular London restaurant. When Sam dies in Dan’s arms after an accident, Dan is granted a reprieve in which Sam can return to him for one night of the year, every year, until he falls in love again.
Hikari directed, wrote and produced “37 Seconds,” which won the Audience Award in the Panorama section at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. Molly Smith Metzler...
- 4/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Playtime has closed raft of pre-sales to key territories on a pair of anticipated prestige films, Francois Ozon’s “Summer of 85” and Naomi Kawase’s “True Mothers,” after unveiling promo reels of both pics at the Efm in Berlin.
“Summer of 85” has pre-sold to Israel (Lev Cinema), Turkey (Bir Film), Poland (Against Gravity), Spain (Golem),
Belgium (September Film), Switzerland’s (Filmcoopi), Russia (A One), Portugal (Leopardo Filmes), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Challan) and Ex-Yugoslavia (McF). Playtime is currently negotiating deals in other territories around the world.
A coming-of-age love story, “Summer 85” follows 16-year-old Alexis who meets 18-year-old David on the coast of Normandy and feels that he has just met the friend of his dreams.
On top of being directed by Ozon, one of France’s leading auteurs whose last film, “By the Grace of God,” won the Silver Bear in Berlin, the project is a...
“Summer of 85” has pre-sold to Israel (Lev Cinema), Turkey (Bir Film), Poland (Against Gravity), Spain (Golem),
Belgium (September Film), Switzerland’s (Filmcoopi), Russia (A One), Portugal (Leopardo Filmes), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Challan) and Ex-Yugoslavia (McF). Playtime is currently negotiating deals in other territories around the world.
A coming-of-age love story, “Summer 85” follows 16-year-old Alexis who meets 18-year-old David on the coast of Normandy and feels that he has just met the friend of his dreams.
On top of being directed by Ozon, one of France’s leading auteurs whose last film, “By the Grace of God,” won the Silver Bear in Berlin, the project is a...
- 2/24/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
For the better part of a decade, observers of Japan’s conservative film industry have predicted that its repeatedly utilized formula would begin to fail. That is to say, audiences would tire of the continued churn of films adapted from legacy content, such as manga and television programs.
It hasn’t happened. Not only that, one could argue that things have never been better with ticket sales setting a box office record in 2019, jumping 17% over the year before to $2.4 billion.
That does not mean that the industry lacks intrigue. In recent times, it has overcome tragedy and even showed signs that some change could be afoot.
A check of the box office top 10 for 2019 reveals predictable results: Anime productions distributed by Toho dominated, with Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You” topping the list with a gross of $129 million.
“In the past, the stars were actors and actresses. But nowadays the stars are anime characters,...
It hasn’t happened. Not only that, one could argue that things have never been better with ticket sales setting a box office record in 2019, jumping 17% over the year before to $2.4 billion.
That does not mean that the industry lacks intrigue. In recent times, it has overcome tragedy and even showed signs that some change could be afoot.
A check of the box office top 10 for 2019 reveals predictable results: Anime productions distributed by Toho dominated, with Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You” topping the list with a gross of $129 million.
“In the past, the stars were actors and actresses. But nowadays the stars are anime characters,...
- 2/22/2020
- by Brett Bull
- Variety Film + TV
Films about various kinds of dystopias have been one of the recent trends of international cinema, although the Japanese have indulged in the genre for decades now, particularly through anime, although live action films have also had their share. Kenichi Ugana gives a go in the category in his sophomore feature, in a film that left me with mixed feelings. Let us take things from the beginning though.
Good -Bye Silence is available through Article Films
The story takes place in a futuristic Japan, where the “Pleasure Law” prohibiting any kind of entertainment, including novels, movies, and music is in effect. Furthermore, the police punish any who indulge in any kind of entertainment with immediate death, with Sugimura, a particularly violent cop being the enforcer of the police in the city the film takes place.
In this setting, boredom is one of the most common ailments, and the two protagonists,...
Good -Bye Silence is available through Article Films
The story takes place in a futuristic Japan, where the “Pleasure Law” prohibiting any kind of entertainment, including novels, movies, and music is in effect. Furthermore, the police punish any who indulge in any kind of entertainment with immediate death, with Sugimura, a particularly violent cop being the enforcer of the police in the city the film takes place.
In this setting, boredom is one of the most common ailments, and the two protagonists,...
- 2/4/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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By Jeff Blaylock
Movies are not only for entertainment. In recent years, the focus has shifted from gaining pleasure with the events that transpire therein to getting inspiration to do work. Students are one of the huge beneficiaries. With restrictions on some films that might contain explicit contents, they now take to these motivational movies to improve on their studies.
Japan is an Asian country that is making great efforts in the movie industry. It is worthy of note that inspirational movies for students are integral parts of the most film released in Japan. There are a whole lot of films that are motivational for students, and it will be good if you learn about them.
ReLife
As a student, there are times when you feel like giving up. It might be the voluminous notes to read; the many assignments to...
By Jeff Blaylock
Movies are not only for entertainment. In recent years, the focus has shifted from gaining pleasure with the events that transpire therein to getting inspiration to do work. Students are one of the huge beneficiaries. With restrictions on some films that might contain explicit contents, they now take to these motivational movies to improve on their studies.
Japan is an Asian country that is making great efforts in the movie industry. It is worthy of note that inspirational movies for students are integral parts of the most film released in Japan. There are a whole lot of films that are motivational for students, and it will be good if you learn about them.
ReLife
As a student, there are times when you feel like giving up. It might be the voluminous notes to read; the many assignments to...
- 2/26/2019
- by AMP Training
- AsianMoviePulse
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