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It’s been an eventful 2023 for international TV and film. As the strikes shut down Hollywood and streamers retrenched from the mega-spends of the Covid era, shows and movies from far and wide came were already in demand like never before, as viewers look to new countries for inspiration. Call it the Squid Game effect, or whatever you want, but neither subtitles nor geographical boundaries are an impediment to content getting seen any more. Here, we run down each Deadline International journalist’s top pick from the year, for the most part avoiding spoilers (there are some though, so this is a fair warning). You’ll find big-ticket U.S. fare, Japanese anime, restaurant TV dramas and Australian newsroom stories among our eclectic selections.

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BTS‘ Jungkook has received a plaque from Spotify after achieving a billion streams of his solo track ‘Seven’, and used it to eat a Korean dish called Kimbap.Back in October 2023, BTS’ Jungkook broke the record for the fastest song to reach 1billion streams on Spotify with his debut solo single, ‘Seven (feat. Latto)’.

Attrakt has filed a lawsuit against former FIFTY FIFTY members Aran, Sio and Saena.According to news reports by South Korean outlets Yonhap News Agency and Korea JoongAng Daily, Attrakt has filed a “civil suit” against the three former FIFTY FIFTY singers, their parents and two executives of production company The Givers, Ahn Sung-il and Baek Jin-sil.The K-pop agency alleges that those they filed the lawsuit against were involved in the “unjust” breach of the three K-pop idols’ contracts. “The estimated damages and penalty fees reached hundreds of billions of won,” the label said.“However, we demanded the partial payment of 130billion won (roughly US$100,000), considering the possibility of a further increase in damages in the future,” Attrakt said.The lawsuit comes about two months after Attrakt terminated the contracts of members Aran, Sio and Saena, following a legal battle between the label and the K-pop idols over their contracts.The fourth and final original member of the girl group, Keena, had dropped her lawsuit against Attrakt just weeks prior and returned to the label.

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SHINee member and soloist Taemin has released a music video for his song ‘The Rizzness’.The new video feature SHINee’s Taemin with a team of backup dancers as they perform in a cave-inspired set, with the scenes flitting between light and darkness. “You know I got the rizz / The rizzness / Swallows you up / My rizzness / Sit down and listen up, ooh / Sit down and listen up,” he sings in the chorus.The new clip came shortly after Taemin held the second day of his ‘Metamorph’ solo concert at the Inspire Arena in Seoul, South Korea over the weekend.

Tomorrow X Together, STAYC and more have been added to the line-up of ‘Music Bank in Antwerp’.Over the weekend, popular South Korean music chart show Music Bank announced the line-up of artists that will appear at its upcoming ‘Music Bank in Antwerp’ event.The concert will feature performances by K-pop groups Tomorrow X Together, STAYC, ONEUS, RIIZE and ZEROBASEONE, along with one more as-yet-unannounced act.‘Music Bank in Antwerp’ will take place on April 20, 2024 at the Sportpaleis, located in Antwerp, Belgium. Tickets to the event will go on sale this Wednesday (December 20) via the official Sportpaleis website.A post shared by VERYSHOW (@veryshow_prod)The upcoming ‘Music Bank in Antwerp’ concert will be the first Interational Music Bank show of 2024.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The musical fantasy, which tells the story of the fictional proprietor in the 1964 Roald Dahl novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” stars Timothée Chalamet in the titular role. The Post said the actor exudes “impish charm and oddball quirks” and the film “delivers not so much a world of pure imagination as a land of constant cuteness.”The flick reportedly cost $125 million to make, so will have to earn double its budget, $250 million, to be deemed a box office success, according to Screen Rant.

Ivy Queen will be ringing in the New Year alongside some talented artists. The reggaeton legend will be featured in Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, airing on ABC on Sunday, December 31st. Kanye West’s ex Amber Rose weighs in on his VMA drama with Taylor SwiftThe hottest celebrity couples that emerged in 2023Ivy’s performance was announced this week, with her and other performers singing from different parts of the globe, a first for the ABC broadcast.

Jungkook and Usher have released a music video for their remix of the BTS singer’s hit single, ‘Standing Next to You’.The new music video for ‘Standing Next to You’, set in an abandoned warehouse, opens with Jungkook performing the song solo, backed up by a troupe of dancers.It then transitions to Usher, who showcases some fancy footwork by himself, before the ‘Burn’ singer and the BTS member team up for the dance break.Jungkook and Usher released their remix of ‘Standing Next to You’ on December 1. The original version of the song was first released in November, as the third single from Jungkook’s debut solo album, ‘Golden’.The duo had also previously released a TikTok of them dancing to Usher’s iconic 2004 single ‘Yeah! (feat.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The first and second seasons of the hit thriller series “The Tourist,” starring Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, will shift to Netflix starting next February. The first season originally saw Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max as a co-producer and local streaming partner.

NewJeans have been announced as part of the line-up for this year’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, taking place in New York City.The reveal was made earlier today (December 14) on NewJeans’ social media, announcing that the group will be join the annual New Year’s Eve television special to usher in the new year. In their announcement, NewJeans revealed that they will be performing two of their hit songs – ‘Super Shy’ and ‘ETA’ – live from Seoul, South Korea.This will make NewJeans the first-ever K-pop female act to be part of the line-up for Dick Clark’s, and the fourth K-pop act overall, following BTS, J-hope and Tomorrow X Together.

Goodbye Earth, starring Yoo Ah-in, is still “postponed”.Yesterday (December 11), South Korean media outlets reported that Goodbye Earth was under consideration to premiere sometime in April 2024, with Yoo Ah-in to be “edited out as much as possible” in the final product, according to translations by Soompi.Earlier this year, Yoo Ah-in tested positive for propofol and marijuana in a drug test amid allegations of drug use in February. The actor was later replaced as the lead in Netflix’s Hellbound, with his other projects with the streamer postponed.Shortly after the report surfaced, Netflix disputed the claims in a statemeny to Xports News. “The release schedule for Goodbye Earth has not been determined,” the streamer said, adding that it is still “temporarily postponed”.“We will provide further information on the specific release schedule as soon as it is confirmed.

BTS member Jungkook recently held his final livestream before his impending enlistment into the South Korean military.The singer, along with bandmate Jimin, will enlist today (December 12) for their mandatory military conscriptions, making them the final BTS members to enlist. His and Jimin’s enlistment comes a day after bandmates RM and V’s enlistments.Jungkook held his final livestream to bid fans goodbye last night (December 11), where he talked about his day and how he had spent it with some of his fellow bandmates to send RM and V off for enlistment.“This would be my last live[stream] before I enlist,” Jungkook told fans.

BTS members RM and V have penned letters to fans ahead of their military enlistment today.The two BTS members will be enlisting today (December 11) for their mandatory military service, as required of South Korean men. This makes them the fourth and fifth members of the band to enlist. On the eve of his enlistment, BTS’ leader RM took to Instagram stories to share a heartfelt letter to fans.“Hello to everyone I love.

WOODZ will be enlisting into the military in January 2024.On December 10, the K-pop singer wrote to fans informing them of his impending military enlistment. Under South Korean law, all able-bodied men are required to serve for at least 18 months.

Like the Japanese with their Godzilla movies, the Koreans are partial to a bit of post-apocalyptic social satire, and Um Tae-Hwa’s box office hit Concrete Utopia follows a path trailblazed in 2013 by Bong Joon-ho’s cult sci-fi Snowpiercer. Adapted from the popular webtoon Pleasant Outcast by Kim Soong Nyung and partly inspired by British writer J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel High-Rise, it centers on a Korean apartment block whose residents become lawless after a terrifying earthquake rips through the country.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor With a fast-growing box office expected to hit the billion-dollar mark by 2030 and rising numbers of streaming subscriptions, Saudi Arabia is at a key point in its journey into becoming a key global player when it comes to TV and film production. However, with a market that is only five years old — with Saudi lifting its 35-year ban on cinema in 2018 — local audiences are yet to flock to locally made content, which is still relatively scarce when it comes to the big screen.