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Disney’s “Avengers: Endgame Encore” dominated the U.K. and Ireland box office, debuting in first place with £4.1 million ($5.5 million) across its opening frame. “Resident Evil,” distributed by Sony, moved to second position in its sophomore frame, collecting $3 million to elevate its running total to $11.6 million. Paramount’s action thriller “Heart of the Beast,” […]
New footage from the anime adaptation of Shinzo Keigo’s manga “Hirayasumi” has been unveiled, along with a key visual and the principal voice cast, ahead of the series’ January 2027 premiere on Japan’s NHK General TV. Viz Media and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) released the material. International streaming plans have yet to be revealed. Production +h., […]
Mohammad Rasoulof, the Iranian filmmaker who secretly left his country in 2024 after being sentenced to eight years in prison, will receive the Kurosawa Akira Award at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival. He will share the honor with director O Mipo. The two were chosen by a committee of filmmakers Yamada Yoji and Lee […]
John Le Carré’s legendary British Cold War spy George Smiley, last seen on screens in the acclaimed film “Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy’ (played by Gary Oldman, coincidentally now starring as another fictitious agent in “Slow Horses”), has finally returned. In the first image from BBC and MGM+ upcoming espionage thriller series “Legacy of Spies,” two-time […]
French director Olivier Assayas (“The Wizard of the Kremlin”) has set his next movie, “Spiritual World,” with a starry cast including Kristen Stewart, Vicky Krieps, Riley Keough and Wagner Moura. The movie reunites Assayas with Stewart who won a Cesar Award for best supporting actress for her role opposite Juliette Binoche in his 2015 film […]
Between six months and two years in prison are the penalties faced by Ecuadorian women who abort. On 27 September, about 200 people went to the streets of Quito to demand a change in legislation, which allows abortion only when the life or health of the woman is at risk and, since 2021, when pregnancy is a result of rape. In Lima, there were also mobilizations to demand the legalization of abortion in Peru. In Latin America, the picture of the legalization of abortion is uneven: while in Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia
Carrie Coon will be the first recipient of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s new Luminary Award in the acting category, honoring excellence and dedication to the art of moving image. The “White Lotus,” “The Gilded Age,” and “The Leftovers” star is set to take part in a wide-ranging conversation following the Oct. 4 presentation. Coon […]
Peanuts Entertainment, a production company focused on developing what it describes as “culturally rooted Latin American stories for international audiences,” has launched in London. The new outfit has been founded by Dominican actor-filmmaker Amílcar Franco, a graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. As an actor, Franco will next appear in Gareth […]
Don’t bother calling Christopher Nolan to ask about his films – Casey Affleck already has, and “it was probably a mistake,” he told the audience during an onstage interview at the Zurich Film Festival on Monday. “I was driving back from school with my son. We were talking about ‘Tenet’ and disagreeing. I said: ‘Let’s […]
Oasis’ highly anticipated documentary “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” which charts the reunion of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher as they perform together again for the first time in 15 years, has set its Disney+ and Hulu premiere date. The documentary will bow exclusively on the platforms Oct. 9. The streamers will also host new […]
World's top three beef producers witness a decline in cattle stocks because of rising input costs, droughts and biology.
As the fall festival season winds down, the temperature will be heating up next month in Durban, South Africa, where the 17th Durban FilmMart takes place from Oct. 9 – 12. This year’s event arrives amid surging hopes but lingering anxieties for an African industry at a crossroads. For the continent’s filmmakers, there’s plenty of […]
The ever-expanding Madrid-based confab, Iberseries & Platino Industria, is pivoting towards even more B2B activities, said its co-director Samuel Castro of the event, which is expected to surpass last year’s 2,500 accreditations. “Over the past few years, we’ve focused a lot on fairly one-way conversations with speakers talking to an audience but we’re now also […]
Florence Pugh has posted a lengthy statement on social media in response to a controversy that has erupted at Cornell University over an alleged sexual assault incident that took place two years ago. Last week, news broke that a former Cornell student had accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house […]
Harnessing its might with a merged All3 Media for the first time at a market, Banijay Entertainment hits Mipcom 2026 with the biggest presence of any company in the world, with its stand in front of the steps of the Palais des Festivals now rebaptized Banijay House, and a formidable combined lineup. One example of […]
Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Endgame Encore” claimed the top spot at the mainland China box office during the Sept. 25–27 frame, grossing RMB83.8 million ($12.5 million) over the weekend, according to Artisan Gateway. The Marvel epic’s cumulative lifetime haul in China is now $647.8 million. Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle […]
Director Hur Jin-ho’s political crime thriller “The Assassin(s)” powered to the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of Sep. 25–27, leading a major holiday box office surge across the peak Chuseok festival frame. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the newly opened local […]
Anna Kendrick, who is at the Zurich Film Festival for the European premiere of Lauren Miller Rogen’s “Babies,” spoke briefly about her next directorial project, “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.” Back in June, it was announced that Kendrick would direct the Netflix film, adapted from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best-selling novel. “Obviously, over the moon […]
Naomi Watts waited a long time to become a star. “It was a grind. That 10 years before I met David, I became so locked up and I felt worthless. My agent pulled me aside and she said: ‘We need to have a heart to heart. Honey, you are too intense. You are freaking people […]
Beibhinn Parsons becomes Ireland women's all-time record try scorer as they hold off a late comeback from Japan to register a 31-24 win in the WXV Global Series at Dexcom Stadium.
