A Killer Paradox is a Netflix thriller that centers around a young guy named Lee Tang’s journey to become a stone-cold murderer. Lee Tang had a super ability to spot evil people and kill them without getting caught, so he soon started working as a vigilante to provide justice to those who deserved it. On his quest, Lee Tang was associated with another vigilante named Roh-Bin, whose intention was to make the world a better place by getting rid of all the bad guys. But in this pursuit, both Tang and Roh-Bin forgot that neither of them was God, that they had no right to decide anyone’s fate, so they had to succumb to the consequences of their actions.
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Who Was Roh-Bin?
Roh-Bin is an interesting character in the series, with his desperate need to do good for society. He idolized Batman, and just like him,...
Spoilers Ahead
Who Was Roh-Bin?
Roh-Bin is an interesting character in the series, with his desperate need to do good for society. He idolized Batman, and just like him,...
- 2/11/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
A Netflix Korean thriller, A Killer Paradox is an eight-part series that introduced to us a twisting and intriguing storyline with a stellar cast who play some really twisted characters. Choi Woo-shik as the show’s central protagonist, Lee Tang, and Son Suk-ku as the lead detective Nam-gam are the most stunning actors who delivered a powerful performance in this series, but we must not forget the other supporting characters, who brought multiple dimensions to the story. Let’s talk about these intriguing characters and their journey and learn how they became an integral part of the story.
Lee Tang
Portrayed by Choi Woo-shik, Lee Tang was an ordinary student with dreams of going to Australia for higher studies, but his dream ended when he found himself on a violent killing rampage. Lee Tang could have never imagined that he would kill someone, but when a passerby acted violently and...
Lee Tang
Portrayed by Choi Woo-shik, Lee Tang was an ordinary student with dreams of going to Australia for higher studies, but his dream ended when he found himself on a violent killing rampage. Lee Tang could have never imagined that he would kill someone, but when a passerby acted violently and...
- 2/10/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
If you are tired of watching the same old crime dramas and suspense thrillers with the same monotonous plots and very predictable endings, Netflix’s original Korean thriller, A Killer Paradox, could be the perfect choice to refresh your mind. A Killer Paradox is an eight-part series revolving around an ordinary young boy named Lee Tang and his extraordinary power to eliminate evil people. Even though the killings take a toll on Lee Tang’s mind, causing him to feel guilty for what he did, he eventually realizes that those he killed deserved to die. Let’s discuss the series’ storyline to see if the authorities manage to capture Lee Tang after all the killings he has committed.
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What Happened In Season 1?
Lee Tang, an ordinary student, dreamed of going to Australia for higher studies, and his parents were pretty proud of him. As a part-time worker, Tang...
Spoilers Ahead
What Happened In Season 1?
Lee Tang, an ordinary student, dreamed of going to Australia for higher studies, and his parents were pretty proud of him. As a part-time worker, Tang...
- 2/10/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Exclusive: Blue Bayou filmmaker Justin Chon has signed with WME and Blue Marble Management for representation.
Chon recently directed and executive produced the new Apple TV+ series Chief of War, starring Jason Momoa and produced by Chernin and Fifth Season. The series will premiere in 2024 on Apple TV+.
He also wrote, directed, and starred in the 2021 film Blue Bayou, which sold competitively to Focus Features and premiered at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard selection. In the film, Justin stars opposite Oscar winner Alicia Vikander. His fourth feature film, Jamojaya, which he wrote and directed, premiered at Sundance in 2023. Ms. Purple, which he wrote, directed and produced, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. His feature, Gook, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Next Audience Award.
Chon also executive produced and directed episodes of Apple TV+’s Peabody Award winning Season 1 of Pachinko.
Chon began...
Chon recently directed and executive produced the new Apple TV+ series Chief of War, starring Jason Momoa and produced by Chernin and Fifth Season. The series will premiere in 2024 on Apple TV+.
He also wrote, directed, and starred in the 2021 film Blue Bayou, which sold competitively to Focus Features and premiered at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard selection. In the film, Justin stars opposite Oscar winner Alicia Vikander. His fourth feature film, Jamojaya, which he wrote and directed, premiered at Sundance in 2023. Ms. Purple, which he wrote, directed and produced, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. His feature, Gook, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Next Audience Award.
Chon also executive produced and directed episodes of Apple TV+’s Peabody Award winning Season 1 of Pachinko.
Chon began...
- 10/19/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Actors and filmmakers Steven Yeun, John Cho, Justin Chon and Lee Isaac Chung shared their thoughts on the appeal of Korean Diaspora cinema – as well as how they see the current wave of content coming out of Korea – in a philosophical but relaxed press conference at Busan International Film Festival.
Lee, who directed Oscar-winning Korean immigrant story Minari, said he was amazed by the reaction to the film whenever it was screened as “people from all walks of life would want to talk about their own experiences, people who’d never emigrated, but they’d moved to some place new and found it stressful. I wonder if the immigrant story just speaks to many experiences.”
Chon, an actor-director whose Jamojaya is screening at the festival, said: “It’s just an interesting dramatic situation – being in transition and also an underdog story. It was right there for the taking, to tell immigrant stories,...
Lee, who directed Oscar-winning Korean immigrant story Minari, said he was amazed by the reaction to the film whenever it was screened as “people from all walks of life would want to talk about their own experiences, people who’d never emigrated, but they’d moved to some place new and found it stressful. I wonder if the immigrant story just speaks to many experiences.”
Chon, an actor-director whose Jamojaya is screening at the festival, said: “It’s just an interesting dramatic situation – being in transition and also an underdog story. It was right there for the taking, to tell immigrant stories,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The growing media and entertainment connections between Korean Americans and those Koreans living in Korea may be changing both communities, a public discussion at the Busan International Film Festival on Friday heard.
“Being in a room full of fans, feels like they accepted me as a member of the family. It feels like, culturally, Korea [may be in] a moment of transition,” said John Cho.
He was joined in the debate by actor-director Justin Chon (“Gook”), director Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”) and actor Steven Yeun, who are all either first or second generation immigrants to the U.S.
They were careful not to speak about their current movies or projects out of respect for SAG strike protocols, but the avoidance of promotional niceties permitted a wider-ranging and more philosophical discussion. It touched on issues of identity, generational change and the development of the post-pandemic, streaming-era global village.
“The reception I’ve had [in Busan] feels connective,...
“Being in a room full of fans, feels like they accepted me as a member of the family. It feels like, culturally, Korea [may be in] a moment of transition,” said John Cho.
He was joined in the debate by actor-director Justin Chon (“Gook”), director Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”) and actor Steven Yeun, who are all either first or second generation immigrants to the U.S.
They were careful not to speak about their current movies or projects out of respect for SAG strike protocols, but the avoidance of promotional niceties permitted a wider-ranging and more philosophical discussion. It touched on issues of identity, generational change and the development of the post-pandemic, streaming-era global village.
“The reception I’ve had [in Busan] feels connective,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The stars of ‘Beef’ and ‘Star Trek’ respectively spoke on a panel alongside ‘Minari’ director Lee Isaac Chung and actor-director Justin Chon.
Beef star Steven Yeun and Star Trek’s John Cho reflected on the ongoing Hollywood strikes and the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) at Busan international Film Festival today (October 6).
At a press conference to mark the festival’s special programme around Korean diasporic cinema, the assembled press were advised not to ask any questions about the US films or TV series made by members of the panel as SAG rules restricted them from making any comment.
However,...
Beef star Steven Yeun and Star Trek’s John Cho reflected on the ongoing Hollywood strikes and the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) at Busan international Film Festival today (October 6).
At a press conference to mark the festival’s special programme around Korean diasporic cinema, the assembled press were advised not to ask any questions about the US films or TV series made by members of the panel as SAG rules restricted them from making any comment.
However,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The stars of ‘Beef’ and ‘Star Trek’ respectively spoke on a panel alongside ‘Minari’ director Lee Isaac Chung and actor-director Justin Chon.
Beef star Steven Yuen and Star Trek’s John Cho reflected on the ongoing Hollywood strikes and the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) at Busan international Film Festival today (October 6).
At a press conference to mark the festival’s special programme around Korean diasporic cinema, the assembled press were advised not to ask any questions about the US films or TV series made by members of the panel as SAG rules restricted them from making any comment.
However,...
Beef star Steven Yuen and Star Trek’s John Cho reflected on the ongoing Hollywood strikes and the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) at Busan international Film Festival today (October 6).
At a press conference to mark the festival’s special programme around Korean diasporic cinema, the assembled press were advised not to ask any questions about the US films or TV series made by members of the panel as SAG rules restricted them from making any comment.
However,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Steven Yeun has bucked stereotypes and carved a new niche as sexy Asian leading man with his roles in “Burning” and “Beef.” Justin Chon transitioned from a supporting role in “Twilight” to directing “Gook,” “Jamojaya” and half of Apple TV+’s “Pachinko.” And Busan-born Daniel Dae Kim has expanded from “Lost” and “Hawaii” to becoming one of Hollywood’s leading producers.
The stateside successes of Korean-born and Korean American talent are growing and are worth celebrating. But the Busan International Film Festival’s planned party is being dialed down a notch under the impact of the twin writers’ and SAG Actors strikes in the U.S.
Busan’s ‘Special Program in Focus: Korean Diasporic Cinema’ will go ahead with a screening schedule including six films, public talk sessions that include Oscar-winning actor Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Isaac Chung, director of Oscar-winning film “Minari,” and John Cho, the Seoul-born “Star Trek” and “Searching” star.
The stateside successes of Korean-born and Korean American talent are growing and are worth celebrating. But the Busan International Film Festival’s planned party is being dialed down a notch under the impact of the twin writers’ and SAG Actors strikes in the U.S.
Busan’s ‘Special Program in Focus: Korean Diasporic Cinema’ will go ahead with a screening schedule including six films, public talk sessions that include Oscar-winning actor Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Isaac Chung, director of Oscar-winning film “Minari,” and John Cho, the Seoul-born “Star Trek” and “Searching” star.
- 9/20/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Freevee (Amazon ad-supported streaming service) is nothing if not a goldmine of content and that too for free, with basically something to watch for everyone, and today we are making a list of the best new movies coming to Freevee in September 2023 that you can watch in the upcoming month. The movies in this list are ranked according to their availability dates.
1984 (September 1)
Synopsis: The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.
Bad Times at the El Royale (September 1)
Synopsis: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth lead an all-star cast in...
1984 (September 1)
Synopsis: The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.
Bad Times at the El Royale (September 1)
Synopsis: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth lead an all-star cast in...
- 8/30/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Having premiered in Sundance, “Jamojaya” focuses on a topic that has been repeatedly dealt with both in music and sports films, regarding the corruption of the industries and how they can swallow talented youths whole when left unprotected, and at the same time, how the people around the talents, as in the case of their family members, occasionally can hamper their future with their meddling. Justin Chon implements these topics as his base, adding though, an Indonesian flavor through the roots of the two protagonists, while commenting on the generational and cultural gap between a father and a son who suffer from the same trauma, but in rather different ways.
“Jamojaya” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
James is an aspiring Indonesian rapper, who had some minor success in his country and is now at a resort in Hawai'i to produce his first album for a major US record label.
“Jamojaya” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
James is an aspiring Indonesian rapper, who had some minor success in his country and is now at a resort in Hawai'i to produce his first album for a major US record label.
- 4/22/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Justin Chon — the actor and filmmaker behind films Blue Bayou and Gook — and Scooter Braun’s Sb Projects are developing a feature about the life and career of e-commerce giant and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.
Chon and Sb Projects have optioned the upcoming biography Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley (out via Henry Holt & Company on April 25) by The Wall Street Journal‘s Angel Au-Yeung and Forbes Magazine’s David Jeans.
Hsieh revolutionized e-commerce with Zappos, the online shoe retailer that offered customers free shipping and returns and put an extreme emphasis on customer service, a then-rare approach to online shopping. Internally, Zappos’ corporate culture was unique even among tech companies, and in 2013, Hsieh made headlines when he announced that the company would eliminate all titles.
The adaptation, according to the project’s description, will follow the life of Hsieh “an American...
Chon and Sb Projects have optioned the upcoming biography Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley (out via Henry Holt & Company on April 25) by The Wall Street Journal‘s Angel Au-Yeung and Forbes Magazine’s David Jeans.
Hsieh revolutionized e-commerce with Zappos, the online shoe retailer that offered customers free shipping and returns and put an extreme emphasis on customer service, a then-rare approach to online shopping. Internally, Zappos’ corporate culture was unique even among tech companies, and in 2013, Hsieh made headlines when he announced that the company would eliminate all titles.
The adaptation, according to the project’s description, will follow the life of Hsieh “an American...
- 4/18/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Korean directors have made headlines in Hollywood the last two years, and Justin Chon may just be next in line. Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” and Isaac Lee-Chung’s “Minari” won a variety of accolades; between the two of them, they boast 5 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes, and a Palme d’Or to boot. Chon – whose latest release “Blue Bayou” had also been selected for Cannes 2020 – has been reviewed as another potential favorite for the 2021 awards season. This time, Chon introduces a different Korean American tale to the table: that of involuntary migration.
“Blue Bayou” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
In “Blue Bayou,” Antonio (Justin Chon) is an ethnic-Korean adoptee who is not exactly a model citizen. He’s a small-time tattoo artist with a criminal record; moreover, as the movie shows, he’s prone to run away from his problems (oftentimes on a motorcycle). Despite his speckled past,...
“Blue Bayou” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
In “Blue Bayou,” Antonio (Justin Chon) is an ethnic-Korean adoptee who is not exactly a model citizen. He’s a small-time tattoo artist with a criminal record; moreover, as the movie shows, he’s prone to run away from his problems (oftentimes on a motorcycle). Despite his speckled past,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
In the film Jamojaya, we follow Indonesian rapper, James (Rich Brian) as he tries to expand his career in the U.S. while not damaging the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru).
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, director Justin Chon discussed why he wanted to make the film.
“He’s [Rich Brian] a dope rapper, and I’m friends with his manager, I’ve known his manager since we were 18 and we talked about you if there was a possibility to do a film so we built it over five years,” he said. “We started talking five years ago and then slowly built it. I got to know him, asked him questions here and there. I landed on a father-son story, because you know he has a very close relationship with his father, so I thought that be a good place to start.”
Chon also revealed his favorite moment when working with Brian.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, director Justin Chon discussed why he wanted to make the film.
“He’s [Rich Brian] a dope rapper, and I’m friends with his manager, I’ve known his manager since we were 18 and we talked about you if there was a possibility to do a film so we built it over five years,” he said. “We started talking five years ago and then slowly built it. I got to know him, asked him questions here and there. I landed on a father-son story, because you know he has a very close relationship with his father, so I thought that be a good place to start.”
Chon also revealed his favorite moment when working with Brian.
- 2/10/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Jamojaya begins with a bang. In an interview, up-and-coming rapper James (Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel) fires his father (Yayu A.W. Unru) as his manager. The story then shifts to Hawaii as the aspiring musician attempts recording an album with his new label. The father just hopes to stick around, believing his son needs him, that he’s currently indispensable. The first act of Justin Chon’s drama focuses on this relationship, and with two committed performers the film (literally) sings.
As Jamojaya progresses, though, messaging gets lost. The luster of the photography, the weight of images, loses power. It starts feeling like an empty exercise: a story with no sticking power, a waste of talented dual leads. The glitz and glamor of this life and this film wear off, leaving behind a sour taste.
None of this is a knock on the film’s cinematography, which amazes in nearly every scene.
As Jamojaya progresses, though, messaging gets lost. The luster of the photography, the weight of images, loses power. It starts feeling like an empty exercise: a story with no sticking power, a waste of talented dual leads. The glitz and glamor of this life and this film wear off, leaving behind a sour taste.
None of this is a knock on the film’s cinematography, which amazes in nearly every scene.
- 2/1/2023
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: The Sundance Institute and Peter Luo’s Stars Collective (Crazy Rich Asians, Midway, Marshall, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) have partnered on the new Imagination Award that grants 25,000 each to three metaverse-based projects that show innovation “in a rapidly evolving mediascape.”
Candidates were submitted to the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier Program with winners were selected by fest programmers and reps of Stars Collective, a talent incubator.
The award extends a Sundance-Stars Collective partnership from 2020 that launched the Granting Fund to support diverse filmmakers from historically marginalized communities. The cash has provided project advancement and completion support to over 30 films so far, including works by Jamila Wignot (Ailey), Alison O’Daniel (Tuba Thieves), Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) and Isabel Castro (Mija). Nine have premiered at Sundance.
Inaugural Imagination Award winners:
40 Acres: Lead Artist, Tamara Shogaolu. A multi-platform exploration of Black American farmers and herbalists and their changing relationship to the land.
Candidates were submitted to the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier Program with winners were selected by fest programmers and reps of Stars Collective, a talent incubator.
The award extends a Sundance-Stars Collective partnership from 2020 that launched the Granting Fund to support diverse filmmakers from historically marginalized communities. The cash has provided project advancement and completion support to over 30 films so far, including works by Jamila Wignot (Ailey), Alison O’Daniel (Tuba Thieves), Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) and Isabel Castro (Mija). Nine have premiered at Sundance.
Inaugural Imagination Award winners:
40 Acres: Lead Artist, Tamara Shogaolu. A multi-platform exploration of Black American farmers and herbalists and their changing relationship to the land.
- 1/27/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Jamojaya takes its name after a legend: As relayed in an animated sequence narrated by Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), Jamojaya was a prince transformed against his will into a banyan tree. In an act of love, his brother turns himself into a bird to look for him. But their inability to communicate keeps a proper reunion forever out of reach — the bird unable to recognize his brother’s new form, the tree unable to reveal himself even when his brother stands in his branches.
It’s a story Joyo adores so much he’s named his two sons after it: James (Brian Imanuel), now an up-and-coming rapper, and Jaya, who died years ago in a plane crash. And its sense of searching permeates the entire picture, to mostly moving, occasionally frustrating effect.
Directed by Justin Chon (who, between Gook, Ms. Purple and Blue Bayou has made a specialty of bittersweet...
It’s a story Joyo adores so much he’s named his two sons after it: James (Brian Imanuel), now an up-and-coming rapper, and Jaya, who died years ago in a plane crash. And its sense of searching permeates the entire picture, to mostly moving, occasionally frustrating effect.
Directed by Justin Chon (who, between Gook, Ms. Purple and Blue Bayou has made a specialty of bittersweet...
- 1/26/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As a director, Justin Chon has long trafficked in stories about fractured families in heightened situations. “Gook” was about a pair of brothers running their father’s shoe store in the aftermath of his death and in the shadow of the Los Angeles riots. “Ms. Purple” followed estranged siblings trying to make amends with their father before his death. “Blue Bayou” cast Chon himself as an immigrant father attempting to stay in the U.S. while the government tries to toss him out.
Fathers, children, and terrible outside forces are also at play in his fifth feature film, “Jamojaya,” which continues Chon’s traditional obsessions but wraps them in filled with predictable problems, obvious baddies, and trite lessons. In expanding his viewpoint beyond his typically smaller-scale stories — both in terms of the film’s general plot, which follows a rising young rapper who learns (gasp) that the music industry is bad,...
Fathers, children, and terrible outside forces are also at play in his fifth feature film, “Jamojaya,” which continues Chon’s traditional obsessions but wraps them in filled with predictable problems, obvious baddies, and trite lessons. In expanding his viewpoint beyond his typically smaller-scale stories — both in terms of the film’s general plot, which follows a rising young rapper who learns (gasp) that the music industry is bad,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Up-and-coming Indonesian rapper James (Brian Imanuel) has taken a major professional leap signing with an international label. But just as the music execs are eager to take his music global, they demand he dilute his cultural identity to appeal to industry trends in the West. Yet “Jamojaya” –the new feature from director Justin Chon, premiering at Sundance — is only partially about James’ tug of war with the greedy forces impatient to exploit him. A familial fissure haunts him as well.
The rising star has chosen to part ways professionally with his father and now former manager Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), a decision the latter hasn’t taken well. Under pressure to record his album in Hawaii, James initially welcomes his dad’s presence during an unexpected visit. The more time they spent together, however, the more toxic their exchanges turn.
Chon tries to bridge the two thematic threads — the parent-child...
The rising star has chosen to part ways professionally with his father and now former manager Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), a decision the latter hasn’t taken well. Under pressure to record his album in Hawaii, James initially welcomes his dad’s presence during an unexpected visit. The more time they spent together, however, the more toxic their exchanges turn.
Chon tries to bridge the two thematic threads — the parent-child...
- 1/23/2023
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Age-old stories of entertainment industry corruption and suffocating stage-parenting are given a freshly off-kilter perspective in writer-director Justin Chon’s “Jamojaya,” which zeroes in on a few days in the life of a rising Indonesian rapper as he attempts to cut professional ties with his former manager, who also happens to be his father. In many ways a bigger, flashier and more slippery companion piece to Chon’s memorable 2019 Sundance feature “Ms. Purple,” “Jamojaya” is elevated above its familiar narrative paces by sensitive camerawork and a pair of intriguing performances, and its suggestion that showbusiness ambitions and family ties don’t so much collide as unravel on parallel tracks.
The film debut for Jakarta-native rapper Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel, who rocketed to sudden viral fame back in 2016, “Jamojaya” casts him as James, a young Mc who finds himself in the aftermath of a similar scenario. With enough heat on his...
The film debut for Jakarta-native rapper Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel, who rocketed to sudden viral fame back in 2016, “Jamojaya” casts him as James, a young Mc who finds himself in the aftermath of a similar scenario. With enough heat on his...
- 1/23/2023
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
The broad strokes of Indonesian rapper Brian Imanuel’s improbable life serve as the framework for his big-screen debut in director Justin Chon’s coming-of-age drama Jamojaya, premiering Jan. 23 in Park City. Imanuel, better known to global hip-hop fans by his stage name, Rich Brian, gives a convincing performance in the film as a fish-out-of-water musical sensation very much like his real-life self.
Born to a middle-class family in West Jakarta, Imanuel was home-schooled and taught himself English by watching YouTube videos and listening to American rappers. After experimenting with various forms of internet content creation, Imanuel began recording hip-hop at age 15 as “Rich Chigga” (a name he later said was invented out of naivete, prompting the change to “Rich Brian” after he was criticized for mocking hip-hop culture and his use of the N-word in song). He quickly became a global sensation after the video for his debut single,...
Born to a middle-class family in West Jakarta, Imanuel was home-schooled and taught himself English by watching YouTube videos and listening to American rappers. After experimenting with various forms of internet content creation, Imanuel began recording hip-hop at age 15 as “Rich Chigga” (a name he later said was invented out of naivete, prompting the change to “Rich Brian” after he was criticized for mocking hip-hop culture and his use of the N-word in song). He quickly became a global sensation after the video for his debut single,...
- 1/21/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before Covid upended the film festival scene, Sundance premieres were a hotbed of drama as studio chiefs and streaming executives staked out the best seats in the theater and then beat a path for the exits as soon as the credits rolled in the hopes of outmaneuvering each other for the hottest films. After two years of going virtual, Sundance is back in-person. However, it’s unclear if the all-night bidding wars that were such a staple of past festivals will also return in force. At a time of cost-cutting and box office struggles for indie movies, a new era of fiscal restraint may be the order of the day.
But Sundance’s thin mountain air could cause all that economizing to evaporate. And if it does, here are 13 films that could have buyers writing big checks.
Drift
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Director: Anthony Chen
Sales Agent: UTA
Why...
But Sundance’s thin mountain air could cause all that economizing to evaporate. And if it does, here are 13 films that could have buyers writing big checks.
Drift
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Director: Anthony Chen
Sales Agent: UTA
Why...
- 1/17/2023
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Justin Chon’s Next Film Project Set For Amazon — Acclaimed filmmaker Justin Chon has lined up his next movie, Night Riders, with Amazon Prime Video. Justin Chon will be making his latest film, Night Riders, for Amazon Prime Video. Chon will be writing and directing the project. Chon was the man behind one of last year’s [...]
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- 10/26/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Exclusive: In a preemptive buy, Amazon Studios Prime Video has taken Justin Chon’s next movie, Night Riders, off the table.
The Blue Bayou filmmaker is also writing the movie, which is set in a near-future Hawaii. The pic is billed as a gritty crime thriller about two friends whose brotherly bond is tested when one is prepared to further cross moral and ethical lines in their ascent to power. The pic is based on an original idea by Chon.
Chon is producing with Sister’s Stacey Snider.
Chon is currently directing and executive producing the pilot episode of the Jason Momoa led Apple series Chief of War. He wrote, directed, and starred in Blue Bayou, which also starred Alicia Vikander, Mark O’Brien, Linh Dan Pham, and Emory Cohen. The film sold to Focus Features competitively and made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard. His prior film,...
The Blue Bayou filmmaker is also writing the movie, which is set in a near-future Hawaii. The pic is billed as a gritty crime thriller about two friends whose brotherly bond is tested when one is prepared to further cross moral and ethical lines in their ascent to power. The pic is based on an original idea by Chon.
Chon is producing with Sister’s Stacey Snider.
Chon is currently directing and executive producing the pilot episode of the Jason Momoa led Apple series Chief of War. He wrote, directed, and starred in Blue Bayou, which also starred Alicia Vikander, Mark O’Brien, Linh Dan Pham, and Emory Cohen. The film sold to Focus Features competitively and made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard. His prior film,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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