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‘Mirai’ director Mamoru Hosoda readies ‘Scarlet’ with Sony Pictures, Studio Chizu
The animated feature is set for a US release in late 2025.
Japan box office dominated by local features in 2024
No live action titles from outside Japan made the top 10 of the year.
Australia sees film and TV production fall steeply in 2023-2024
Total budgets reached A$214m, a 50% fall on the five-year average.
‘Firefighters’ climbs to top of Korean box office despite controversy
Despite being dogged by controversy, the local drama pushed ‘Moana 2’ into second position.
Korea’s LYD expands international scope with Japanese slate (exclusive)
Titles include ‘Hold Me’ and ‘Hell Is Other People’.
‘Paddington In Peru’ sets China release date
‘Paddington 2’ took more than $30.4m (RMB200m) in 2017.
‘Insomniac City’, ‘Ok Boomer’ set to shoot for Brouhaha in 2025 (exclusive)
Troy Lum, Andrew Mason and Gabriella Tana’s Brouhaha Entertainment is based between Sydney and London.
Korean ‘Firefighters’ director hits back over politically motivated criticism
The film is under fire due to familial connections between filmmaker Kwak Kyung-taek and a member of South Korea’s People Power Party (PPP).
Japan set for first interactive anime feature ‘Hypnosis Mic - Division Rap Battle’
Audiences will vote in real time via a smartphone app while watching the film.
Actor Allu Arjun arrested after ‘Pushpa 2’ screening death
A 35-year-old mother died in a stampede at a screening in Hyderabad.
Lockdown drama ‘An Unfinished Film’ readies fast-track Taiwan release
The release follows its best film win at the Golden Horse Awards, which allows the feature to skip the official lottery draws quota system designated for mainland Chinese films.
Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action ‘Voltron’ begins filming in Queensland, Australia
Rawson Marshall Thurber directs the feature, which stars Sterling K Brown and Henry Cavill.
Chinese sci-fi ‘Escape From The 21st Century’ flies to North America, UK-Ireland
Film follows three friends who gain the power to travel back and forth 20 years with a sneeze.
Bong Joon Ho’s animated feature is “halfway done” (reports)
The film is set to have the biggest budget of any Korean film to date.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ trilogy set to launch in 2025
Will mark the conclusion of the hit ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ anime franchise.
Indonesian feature sets up rare shoot in holy city of Mecca (exclusive)
Visual Media Studio is set to shoot ‘Assalamualaikum Baitullah’.
Red Sea film festival opens fourth edition with star-studded ceremony
Emily Blunt, Will Smith, Vin Diesel, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Douglas all in attendance.
EST N8 acquires Indonesian horror ‘Sorop’ during ATF in Singapore (exclusive)
MD Entertainment to distribute in Indonesia on December 19.
Canadian distributor Chime moves into sales with ‘Fresh Off Markham’ (exclusive)
The black comedy comprises interlocking stories that satirise the diasporic experience in a foreign land.
Vietnamese pop star Mono to star in ‘Dumb Luck’ for Fremantle’s Beach House Pictures, Anh Teu Studio
The film is an adapation of the most popular Vietnamese novel of the 20th century.
