The animation industry in Asia has expanded significantly in recent years and has a key role to play in boosting the entertainment sector in coming years. Mainland China in particular, where animation has been given a major lift by the success of “Ne Zha 2”,
Sister, the fast-rising studio and indie TV powerhouse behind shows such as “Black Doves,” “Kaos,” “Chernobyl” and “This is Going to Hurt,” has promoted Chris Fry to the newly-created role of managing director. Previously serving as Sister’s joint creative director of scripted, Fry will now
In Shondaland’s latest Netflix series, “The Residence,” created by Paul William Davies and inspired by Kate Andersen Brower’s book “The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House,” viewers get a bird’s eye view (pun intended) of the inner workings of one of America’s
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has tapped programmer Jung Hanseok as its new festival director, the organization announced Thursday. Jung, who has served as the festival’s Korean cinema programmer since 2019, was officially appointed following a board meeting and subsequent general meeting held at
The acclaimed filmmaking duo Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji are completing their new feature film “A Woman Builds,” a multilingual drama exploring themes of independence, identity, and belonging in contemporary Asia. Huang and Otsuka previously collaborated on “Stonewalling” (2022), which premiered at Venice and won
Acclaimed filmmaker Hansal Mehta and producer Sahil Saigal are set to bring the Hindi-language adaptation of Ilango Ram’s “Tentigo” (originally titled “Nelum Kuluna”), the critically acclaimed Sri Lankan comedy, to Indian audiences through their banner True Story Films. “Tentigo” opened in Sri Lankan theaters on
After years of publicity and media attention surrounding the case of Natalia Grace, a new Hulu limited series hopes to tell different angles of the same story. The eight-episode limited series, “Good American Family,” dropped its first two episodes on Hulu March 19, with the
“High concept” used to be industry terminology for movies whose premise was precise, succinct and intriguing, but these days it’s used interchangeably as shorthand to describe ones that just sound lazy, instead of creative. Take “Locked” for a timely example: It’s about a thief who