Movie Theaters in Asia Are Thriving Despite Covid, Imax CEO Says
While the U.S. box office continues to suffer under the heel of the pandemic, theaters on the other side of the...
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5 Questions Facing a Post-Pandemic Film Industry
The movie business is ready to shake off 2020 and the world-shattering pandemic that fundamentally altered the way films are made, distributed and...
Tender Film About a Gay Couple Who Adopted a Homeless Child Becomes Rare LGBT+ Success in China
In a nation where acceptance of same-sex couples is progressing at a less-than-glacial rate, Chinese filmmakers have long been censored and...
Disney, Warner Bros and More Halt TV Productions in Los Angeles Due to Rising COVID Cases
Disney, Warner Bros and more have halted a host of TV productions in Los Angeles due to rising COVID-19 cases in...
Emotional Film on Singaporean Sex Workers Earns Nod From Malaysia’s Freedom Fest
When the COVID-19 outbreak struck and prompted a months-long lockdown in Singapore, filmmaker Jessica Lee knew that the plight of marginalized...
Hatem Ali, Influential Syrian Director, Actor, Dies at 58
Hatem Ali, the influential Syrian multi-hyphenate whose hit historical TV dramas provided collective insight across the Arab world on the roots...
Sesame Workshop Bets on Power of Representation With New Rohingya Muppets
Forget the Oscars. One of the sites where the battle for on-screen representation matters most may be in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh...
Netflix’s Live-Action Adaptation of ‘Alice in Borderland’ Gets Renewed for Second Season
Netflix original series Alice in Borderland has been renewed for a second season. The streaming platform made the announcement on Christmas Eve with...
‘Demon Slayer’ Sets All-Time Record at Japanese Box Office
Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, the animated film that has become the Japanese entertainment world tsunami of 2020, pushed its cumulative...
New Indian Netflix Originals Coming to Netflix in 2021
Netflix dramatically increased the amount of Original Indian content in its catalog in 2020, debuting a dozen scripted and unscripted series...
Netflix Producer, Yoozoo Games CEO Lin Qi Dead at 39 Amid Poisoning Probe
Lin Qi, the billionaire CEO of Chinese video-game publisher Yoozoo set to executive produce the upcoming Netflix sci-fi series The Three-Body Problem, died at 39 on...
Local Movies Ruled the Asia Box Office in 2020. How Can Hollywood Catch Up?
While the North American box office pulls in less than $5 million per weekend due to COVID-19, the China and Japan...