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Russell Brand’s marriage to Katy Perry was reportedly blocked from being mentioned in the prosecution’s opening arguments in his London rape and sexual assault trial following objections from the comedian’s legal team. Brand, 51, was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, […]
The dust had barely settled on last year’s Torino Film Festival when artistic director Giulio Base began plotting his next move. 2026 would mark the centenary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth, and Base was determined not to be beaten to it. “I really wanted to be the first to announce a retrospective,” he says. “I knew […]
Known for championing first and second features, the Torino Film Festival has increasingly become a showcase for rising female talent. For the second year running, 10 of the 16 films in Torino’s feature competition are directed by women, a proportion now matched by this year’s short-film selection. While few festivals, in Italy or elsewhere, can […]
Bear Grylls, the adventurer and TV host known for “Man vs. Wild,” has spoken out about Russell Brand’s rape and sexual assault conviction after he helped to baptize him in 2024. Brand was found guilty on Thursday of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault in his highly publicized London criminal trial. […]
South International Series Festival will launch a new investment forum in Cádiz in 2027, bringing audiovisual producers and companies together with private financiers, Womack Group announced during this year’s edition. Called South Investors Week, the event is scheduled for April 30-May 5, 2027, during South’s fifth edition. It is being organized with Mira Anta, an […]
John Travolta, Isabelle Huppert, Pamela Anderson and Josh Safdie will be among the honorees at the 44th Torino Film Festival, running Nov. 24 – Dec. 2 in the Piedmontese capital. Tributes will also go to Luc Besson, Fanny Ardant, Margarethe von Trotta, Stephen Frears, Mike Newell, Maria de Medeiros, Andy Garcia and Mira Sorvino. Special […]
Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Revolution Against Death,” Maria Martínez Bayona’s “The End of It” and William Greaves and David Greaves “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” will screen at a Gôteborg Film Festival 2027 Focus on the fascination of youth and the dream of immortality. News of the Focus comes as Sweden’s Göteborg Festival, the biggest […]
Horror stands out as a natural meeting ground for Taiwanese and Indonesian producers, according to a K7 Media study of the Indonesian film and TV market presented by Trang Nguyen at Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei. The stakes are considerable. Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s largest economy and its biggest film market, with box […]
A producer who is alleged to have laughed while Russell Brand put his head on a woman’s groin has stepped back from his role as head of comedy at the London production company behind Michaela Coel’s sexual assault drama “I May Destroy You.” Jack Bayles, head of comedy at Various Artists Limited, was said to […]
European shares have fallen after sharp losses in Asia and on Wall Street. Doubts over huge AI investments and fears of curbs following the Democrats' US midterm victory have rattled global markets.
Global markets are being roiled due to concerns over US data centre expansion and AI regulation.
International sales on cult martial arts splatter comedy “African Kung-Fu Nazis,” its sequel and a behind-the-scenes documentary have gone to Hong Kong-based Cappu Films. The deal, struck with filmmaker and producer Sebastian Stein of Humanmade Films, was unveiled on the sidelines of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei. It covers “African Kung-Fu Nazis I,” […]
Taiwanese audiences are consuming entertainment across film, television, music, publishing and gaming, creating opportunities for cross-platform IP development, according to research presented by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) at Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei on Friday. At the “Exclusive Insights Report: Taiwan Cross-Platform Audience Data × AI Application Evaluation” session, TAICCA research […]
Toei, the Japanese studio giant behind “Kamen Rider” and the Super Sentai series that became “Power Rangers,” has drawn up rules for generative AI and started using AI in its film and video production, president and CEO Yoshimura Fumio said at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei. A dedicated team at the company […]
Asian markets plunged Friday, tracking a sell-off in Western stocks following the US midterm elections.
Major Hollywood studios have gone from banning generative AI outright to shunning visual effects vendors that lack an AI plan, according to Daniel Seah, CEO of “The Lord of the Rings” and “Avatar” VFX house Weta FX. Seah spoke to press in Taipei on Friday, after Weta FX signed a partnership with the Taiwan Creative […]
Daniel MacPherson, who recently starred opposite Russell Crowe in “Beast,” has signed on for “Bluefly,” a science-fiction action thriller toplined by Crowe and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. “Predators” filmmaker Nimród Antal is directing. MacPherson will play Dugan, a Special Forces soldier toughened by years of combat, joining the film’s two leads. The film unfolds in the […]
Like a Photon Creative, the Australian animation studio behind “The Pout-Pout Fish,” has lined up seven new animated features and handed international distribution rights on the full slate to Sola Media. Production finance comes from Elevate Production Finance and Alceon Entertainment Partners. Maslow Entertainment has picked up Australia and New Zealand distribution on the features. […]
Weta FX, the New Zealand visual effects company behind “The Lord of the Rings” and “Avatar,” is partnering with Taiwanese animation and VFX outfit Moonshine Studio. The investment is part of a partnership with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) aimed at making Taiwan an AI hub for Asia’s content industries. Weta FX CEO Daniel […]
Sue Wang, chair of the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), opened the seventh Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei on Friday by saying artificial intelligence is reshaping how the creative industries, and even human society, are defined. “We are all asking: Does cultural content still have a future?” Wang said. She said AI could […]
