Amazon announces MMOARPG ‘Lost Ark’ is coming to North America and Europe

Hikaru Utada is coming out.

Sony announced its acquisition of Housemarque earlier today, but it accidentally used an image featuring Bluepoint Games in the initial post.The post was swiftly fixed to an image with Housemarque instead, but it would appear that Sony has another announcement ready to go.

Rebecca Davis editorDistributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to “Raging Fire,” the latest action thriller featuring martial arts superstar Donnie Yen.The pic is set to hit U.S. theaters later this year before landing on martial arts streaming channel Hi-YAH!.“Raging Fire” is the final title from the late Hong Kong helmer Benny Chan, who passed away last August.

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has picked up North American rights to The Gateway, the crime thriller starring Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Frank Grillo, Bruce Dern, Taryn Manning, Keith David, and Mark Boone Junior.

Elton John will return to the stage in the U.S. and Canada in 2022.

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EXCLUSIVE: Remi Adeleke, the actor, filmmaker and former Navy SEAL, has joined the cast of Amazon’s thriller series Terminal List in a recurring role.

HBO Max has announced the full list of movies and TV shows that will be added to the streaming service in July 2021!

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentContinuing its resilient acquisition of higher-profile commercial titles for distribution in the U.S. and Canada, Saban Films has picked up North American rights to “The Hyperions,” an indie superhero movie headed by Cary Elwes (“The Princess Bride”).Saban Films has set a theatrical release for Feb.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrussels-based company Best Friend Forever has closed major territories on Hadas Ben Aroya’s daring sophomore outing, “All Eyes Off Me,” which world premiered at Berlin in the panorama section. The drama, which is set in contemporary Tel Aviv, was sold to Film Movement for North America, and also lured buyers in France (Wayna Pitch), Japan (Klockworx), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nitrato) and South Korea (Lumix Media).

After lightly roasting Russian President Vladimir Putin on his Geneva Summit press conference, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver focused his attention on Japan’s efforts to keep the 2020 Olympics on schedule next month despite criticism from many of its citizens.

Belle,” Hosoda Mamoru’s highly anticipated animated feature has been picked up by Gkids for release in North America.The Studio Chizu-produced coming of age tale will release in Japan next month. Gkids says it will release ‘Belle” theatrically in both its original Japanese language and an English dubbed version this winter, and will qualify the film for 2021 awards consideration.Nippon Television handles rights sales for the film in Asia.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“F9” became the most-watched foreign film in South Korea since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on another weekend where Hollywood and Japanese titles dominated the South Korean box office.The weekend box office chart was headed by “Cruella,” which held strong in its third frame and swapped places with newer “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”“Cruella” scored $1.82 million according to data from Kobis, the Korean Film Council’s film tracking service,

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGrindstone Entertainment Group, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, has acquired North American rights to the Russian box office hit “Upon the Magic Roads.” The fantasy adventure film was released in Russia on Feb. 18 and grossed an outstanding $15.9 million.

See you on the beach! One day after Chris Harrison‘s departure from the Bachelor franchise was made permanent, a slew of celebrity guest hosts were revealed for the upcoming seventh season of Bachelor in Paradise.

Naman Ramachandran Pan Nalin’s “The Last Film Show,” (aka “Chhello Show”) which opens Tribeca’s Spotlight section on June 10, has attracted buyers around the world, ahead of its world premiere.Neue Visionen has acquired the film for Germany, Karma Films for Spain, Shochiku for Japan, Red Cape and Nachson for Israel and Nos Lusomundo for Portugal.Nalin is known for his eclectic, and visually striking, body of work including “Samsara,” “Valley of Flowers” and “Angry Indian Goddesses.”The partly