Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist won Best Film at the Asian Film Awards (AFAs) this evening in Hong Kong. Scroll down for the full list of winners.
This is the second year running that a film helmed by Hamaguchi has picked up the award. He won the top prize last year with Drive My Car. This year, however, the director was not in attendance to accept the award due to what he described as “work commitments” in a video message played at the top of the ceremony.
Evil Does Not Exist, which also picked up an award for original music, debuted at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. The film follows Takumi and his daughter Hana, who live in Mizubiki Village close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. A plan to construct a glamping site near Takumi’s house,...
This is the second year running that a film helmed by Hamaguchi has picked up the award. He won the top prize last year with Drive My Car. This year, however, the director was not in attendance to accept the award due to what he described as “work commitments” in a video message played at the top of the ceremony.
Evil Does Not Exist, which also picked up an award for original music, debuted at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. The film follows Takumi and his daughter Hana, who live in Mizubiki Village close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. A plan to construct a glamping site near Takumi’s house,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Following the broadcast of Gushing over Magical Girl 's tenth episode, an updated "five-person version" of the anime's ending theme was released with the additions of Yuka Aisaka (Loco Musica) and Minami Tsuda (Leberblume) to the sequence and theme song. "Toge Toge Sadistic" was previously performed by Aoi Koga (Leopard), Fuka Izumi (Magia Baiser) and Shiori Sugiura (Nero Alice). Related: Gushing Over Magical Girls TV Anime Releases Creditless Opening and Ending Song Videos Based on the manga by Akihiro Ononaka, Atsushi Otsuki ( To Love Ru Darkness ) and Masato Suzuki direct Gushing Over Magical Girls at studio Asahi Production, with series composition by Noboru Kimura ( Healer Girl ) and character designs by Tomoka Otaki ( A Galaxy Next Door ). J-Novel Club, which publishes the manga's official English version, describes the first volume: Hi, I’m Hiiragi Utena. I’m a normal magical-girl-loving middle school girl—or at least I was, but then some...
- 3/7/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Final movie of Pema Tseden, as he died four months before it premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, “Snow Leopard”, which won Best Film at Tokyo and the Cyclo D'or in Vesoul, is another testament to the significance of the loss of a truly great filmmaker.
Snow Leopard is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A regional television crew is driving through a Tibetan-speaking region of Qinghai province in northwest China to report on a herder who has captured the snow leopard which has killed nine of his sheep. Lead reporter Dradul has been contacted by the herder's brother, Nyima, a former classmate who is now a monk. However, as soon as they arrive, they find Nyima's brother, Jinpa, utterly enraged, having imprisoned the leopard in the pen, and waiting for the authorities to arrive in order to receive compensation for the dead animals. His father,...
Snow Leopard is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A regional television crew is driving through a Tibetan-speaking region of Qinghai province in northwest China to report on a herder who has captured the snow leopard which has killed nine of his sheep. Lead reporter Dradul has been contacted by the herder's brother, Nyima, a former classmate who is now a monk. However, as soon as they arrive, they find Nyima's brother, Jinpa, utterly enraged, having imprisoned the leopard in the pen, and waiting for the authorities to arrive in order to receive compensation for the dead animals. His father,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Distributor, Day for Night has acquired a trio of Asian titles for U.K. and Ireland at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents and Film Market.
Day for Night is acquiring the late Pema Tseden’s “Snow Leopard” from Rediance. Pema Tseden, the Tibetan art house film director known for “Jinpa” and “Balloon,” died at 53 earlier this year. The film explores the complicated coexistence of animals and people on the Tibetan plateau. After a snow leopard kills nine rams owned by a herder, a bitter conflict ensues between the herder who wants to kill the snow leopard and the father who wants to release it.
“Snow Leopard” world premiered at Venice and subsequently played Toronto and will next be at Tokyo.
“Next Sohee” by Korean filmmaker July Jung (“A Girl at My Door”), which premiered at Cannes’ Critics Week in 2022 and played at Busan and London, has been...
Day for Night is acquiring the late Pema Tseden’s “Snow Leopard” from Rediance. Pema Tseden, the Tibetan art house film director known for “Jinpa” and “Balloon,” died at 53 earlier this year. The film explores the complicated coexistence of animals and people on the Tibetan plateau. After a snow leopard kills nine rams owned by a herder, a bitter conflict ensues between the herder who wants to kill the snow leopard and the father who wants to release it.
“Snow Leopard” world premiered at Venice and subsequently played Toronto and will next be at Tokyo.
“Next Sohee” by Korean filmmaker July Jung (“A Girl at My Door”), which premiered at Cannes’ Critics Week in 2022 and played at Busan and London, has been...
- 10/10/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Orlando Bloom (Carnival Row, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is RSVPing’s for Peppa Pig’s 20th anniversary special.
The actor will join his partner Katy Perry as a guest voice in an episode of Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special, debuting in Spring 2024. Bloom will play Mr. Raccoon, a jeweler who assists with the preparations for Mr. Bull and Ms. Cow’s nuptials.
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The actor will join his partner Katy Perry as a guest voice in an episode of Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special, debuting in Spring 2024. Bloom will play Mr. Raccoon, a jeweler who assists with the preparations for Mr. Bull and Ms. Cow’s nuptials.
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- 10/2/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Peppa Pig‘s social media accounts have been teasing a big announcement this week and we’ve just learned that the news involved Katy Perry!
The 38-year-old singer and American Idol judge has joined the cast of the animated series to celebrate its upcoming 20th anniversary.
Katy will be voicing a new character and will appear as a guest star in an episode of the three-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special, which will premiere in spring 2024, according to Deadline.
Keep reading to find out more…
The outlet reports that Katy will voice the role of “dress maker Ms. Leopard, who assists with the preparations for the first-ever Peppa Pig wedding between Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow.”
Hasbro Entertainment president Olivier Dumont said, “We’re incredibly thrilled to have such an A-list talent join the family-fun adventures in Peppa Pig. As a loving parent and fan of Peppa herself, Katy Perry...
The 38-year-old singer and American Idol judge has joined the cast of the animated series to celebrate its upcoming 20th anniversary.
Katy will be voicing a new character and will appear as a guest star in an episode of the three-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special, which will premiere in spring 2024, according to Deadline.
Keep reading to find out more…
The outlet reports that Katy will voice the role of “dress maker Ms. Leopard, who assists with the preparations for the first-ever Peppa Pig wedding between Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow.”
Hasbro Entertainment president Olivier Dumont said, “We’re incredibly thrilled to have such an A-list talent join the family-fun adventures in Peppa Pig. As a loving parent and fan of Peppa herself, Katy Perry...
- 9/27/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Pop megastar Katy Perry has joined the voice cast for the popular Peppa Pig animated kids series for Hasbro set to celebrate its 20th anniversary next year.
Perry will have a guest voice role in one episode of the 3-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special set to premiere in spring 2024. She will voice the role of dress maker Ms. Leopard who assists with preparations for the first-ever wedding seen in Peppa Pig as Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow get set to tie the knot.
Perry’s gig in Peppa Pig follows the pop princess grabbing the lead voice role in the animated musical feature Melody. The Peppa Pig episode in which Perry voice guests was completed before the SAG-AFTRA strike and does not breach strike restrictions, the series producer insisted.
“We’re incredibly thrilled to have such an A-list talent join the family-fun adventures in Peppa Pig. As a...
Perry will have a guest voice role in one episode of the 3-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special set to premiere in spring 2024. She will voice the role of dress maker Ms. Leopard who assists with preparations for the first-ever wedding seen in Peppa Pig as Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow get set to tie the knot.
Perry’s gig in Peppa Pig follows the pop princess grabbing the lead voice role in the animated musical feature Melody. The Peppa Pig episode in which Perry voice guests was completed before the SAG-AFTRA strike and does not breach strike restrictions, the series producer insisted.
“We’re incredibly thrilled to have such an A-list talent join the family-fun adventures in Peppa Pig. As a...
- 9/27/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: There will be fireworks in Peppa Pig world after pop star Katy Perry signed up to join the hit kids franchise.
Perry will join as a guest star, voicing a new character, Ms. Leopard. It comes ahead of the 20th anniversary of the preschool animated series, which was created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker.
Perry’s performance will feature in an episode for the three-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special, which is set to premiere in spring 2024. The series, which initially launched in May 2004, airs on Nickeldeon and Paramount+ in the U.S.
The series comes from Hasbro Entertainment, which kept the franchise after selling TV and film production division eOne to Lionsgate earlier this year.
The company noted that casting and filming for the special was contracted and completed before the actors and writers strikes and it is compliant with SAG-AFTRA rules and conditions.
Perry plays dress maker Ms.
Perry will join as a guest star, voicing a new character, Ms. Leopard. It comes ahead of the 20th anniversary of the preschool animated series, which was created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker.
Perry’s performance will feature in an episode for the three-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special, which is set to premiere in spring 2024. The series, which initially launched in May 2004, airs on Nickeldeon and Paramount+ in the U.S.
The series comes from Hasbro Entertainment, which kept the franchise after selling TV and film production division eOne to Lionsgate earlier this year.
The company noted that casting and filming for the special was contracted and completed before the actors and writers strikes and it is compliant with SAG-AFTRA rules and conditions.
Perry plays dress maker Ms.
- 9/27/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
After helping to pioneer Italy’s budding giallo genre throughout the 1970s with influential titles like The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, and Deep Red, Dario Argento took a brief sabbatical from the lurid thrillers to explore supernatural elements in Suspiria and Inferno. When the latter failed at the box office, he made a triumphant return to gialli in 1982 with Tenebrae (sometimes spelled Tenebre; originally released in the US as Unsane).
While his American contemporaries were trying to come up with inventive instruments of death to propel slasher films, Argento was designing more lavish ways to film his kill scenes. Suspiria remains his crowning achievement, but Tenebrae finds the filmmaker bringing his honed visual panache to the giallo sandbox in which he made a name for himself. The result stands not only as one of Argento’s strongest efforts but also a landmark giallo work.
While his American contemporaries were trying to come up with inventive instruments of death to propel slasher films, Argento was designing more lavish ways to film his kill scenes. Suspiria remains his crowning achievement, but Tenebrae finds the filmmaker bringing his honed visual panache to the giallo sandbox in which he made a name for himself. The result stands not only as one of Argento’s strongest efforts but also a landmark giallo work.
- 9/26/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
This post contains spoilers for "Ghosted."
Apple TV+ has gifted us all with what is sure to be another soon-forgotten streaming movie in the form of "Ghosted." As /Film's Josh Spiegel opined, "Ghosted" is a high concept in need of good writing, which basically means that while the idea of a regular guy falling for an international spy and becoming embroiled in her dangerous exploits wasn't necessarily doomed to fail, the script for "Ghosted" ensured that this particular attempt was. However, the film isn't without its charms, pairing Chris Evans and Ana de Armas to capitalize on the chemistry they showcased in previous projects such as "Knives Out," and generally just being a bit of fun.
And if you're a fan of Evans' Captain America, "Ghosted" even caters to you fine folks. In fact, from the outset the film seemed preoccupied with playing on the actor's Marvel Cinematic Universe history,...
Apple TV+ has gifted us all with what is sure to be another soon-forgotten streaming movie in the form of "Ghosted." As /Film's Josh Spiegel opined, "Ghosted" is a high concept in need of good writing, which basically means that while the idea of a regular guy falling for an international spy and becoming embroiled in her dangerous exploits wasn't necessarily doomed to fail, the script for "Ghosted" ensured that this particular attempt was. However, the film isn't without its charms, pairing Chris Evans and Ana de Armas to capitalize on the chemistry they showcased in previous projects such as "Knives Out," and generally just being a bit of fun.
And if you're a fan of Evans' Captain America, "Ghosted" even caters to you fine folks. In fact, from the outset the film seemed preoccupied with playing on the actor's Marvel Cinematic Universe history,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Action-horror The Curse Of Wolf Mountain, featuring genre icons Danny Trejo and Tobin Bell in the cast, has been acquired by Uncork’d Entertainment for a U.S. digital and DVD release in May.
Keli Price (Just Swipe) both wrote and stars in the horror while David Lipper, who also features in the cast, directs.
Price plays a man who starts to have vivid dreams about his parents’ death and decides to return to the remote mountain spot where they were killed, with his brother and his brother’s family.
Further cast members include Eddie McClintock (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers) and Fernanda Romero, alongside Trejo and Bell.
Working under the banner of Latigo Films, Lipper also recently took writing and producing credits on the action thriller Hunt Club, starring Mickey Rourke and Mena Suvari, which Uncork’d Entertainment also acquired.
“It’s great to be back in business again with producer,...
Keli Price (Just Swipe) both wrote and stars in the horror while David Lipper, who also features in the cast, directs.
Price plays a man who starts to have vivid dreams about his parents’ death and decides to return to the remote mountain spot where they were killed, with his brother and his brother’s family.
Further cast members include Eddie McClintock (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers) and Fernanda Romero, alongside Trejo and Bell.
Working under the banner of Latigo Films, Lipper also recently took writing and producing credits on the action thriller Hunt Club, starring Mickey Rourke and Mena Suvari, which Uncork’d Entertainment also acquired.
“It’s great to be back in business again with producer,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Argonon CEO James Burstall was prompted to write his new crisis management book “The Flexible Method: Prepare to Prosper in the Next Global Crisis” by the Covid-19 pandemic, when the TV industry – like much of the world – came to a grinding halt almost exactly three years ago. Shows including “The Masked Singer U.K.,” which is produced by Argonon subsidiary Bandicoot and usually filmed in front of a live audience, found themselves jeopardy.
But the seeds for the book were sown a decade or so earlier, during the 2008 “credit crunch.” Then, Burstall was the CEO of Leopard Films, which he had founded in 2001 following stints at Oxford University and Stanford and a transitory career in journalism working for Vanity Fair and London’s Evening Standard newspaper. Leopard was chugging along nicely, pumping out hits such as BBC daytime staple “Cash in the Attic,” when disaster struck for the first time. Fuelled by the sub-prime mortgage crisis,...
But the seeds for the book were sown a decade or so earlier, during the 2008 “credit crunch.” Then, Burstall was the CEO of Leopard Films, which he had founded in 2001 following stints at Oxford University and Stanford and a transitory career in journalism working for Vanity Fair and London’s Evening Standard newspaper. Leopard was chugging along nicely, pumping out hits such as BBC daytime staple “Cash in the Attic,” when disaster struck for the first time. Fuelled by the sub-prime mortgage crisis,...
- 3/29/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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