Netflix’s strategic investment in Asian-Pacific filmmaking is yielding significant returns, with APAC members’ film viewing surging nearly 20% in 2024, according to data revealed at the company’s ongoing APAC film showcase in Tokyo. The streaming giant disclosed that APAC films dominated its Non-English Film Weekly
Netflix is doubling down on Southeast Asian genre content with two zombie horror films that promise to reinvent the subgenre with distinctive local flavors, the company revealed during the ongoing APAC film showcase in Tokyo. Malobika Banerji, senior director of content for Southeast Asia at
CBS has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by Brian Beneker, a script coordinator who claimed he had been passed over for a writing job on “SEAL Team” because he is a straight white man. Beneker alleged that CBS’ diversity hiring goals — which, at the
Sega’s 1986 arcade driving adventure “OutRun” is the latest video game to get the adaptation treatment at Universal Pictures. Michael Bay (“Transformers” franchise, “Ambulance”) is set to direct. Sydney Sweeney (“Anyone But You,” “Immaculate”) will produce. Bay and Brad Fuller will produce through Platinum Dunes’
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. The bloater is back and better than ever! The biggest and baddest infected monster from “The Last of Us” made his triumphant return from
The amazing thing about filming penguins in the wild, “Secrets of the Penguins” cinematographer Bertie Gregory tells Variety, is that since the big birds don’t have land-based predators, humans can get much closer than they might to other animals. Sometimes the penguins would even get
Netflix Japan is making a bold statement with its upcoming release “Bullet Train Explosion,” a reboot of the 1975 classic “Bullet Train.” The film, which premieres April 23, marks a significant milestone as Netflix celebrates its 10th anniversary in the Japanese market. According to Shinichi
Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for Dan Kay’s thriller “What We Hide,” scheduling it to release through digital and cable video-on-demand in August. Kay wrote and directed the drama, which stars Mckenna Grace, Jojo Regina, Dacre Montgomery, Malia Baker, Jesse Williams,