Dee Rees’ Directorial Debut, ‘Pariah,’ Joins A Marlon Riggs 7-Film Set & More In The Criterion Collection This June

While large parts of the world lay out extensive plans which, if succesful, mean people might just be able to leave their homes by the end of 2021 the good folks in New Zealand are staging full blown live concerts. On Wednesday night (March 31) singer-songwriter Marlon Williams was headlining Auckland venue Hollywood Avondale where he brought out a special guest, fellow NZ artist Lorde.

New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams was joined by a very special guest on Thursday.

Randall Park is set to make his directorial debut with a feature film adaptation of the Bay Area-set graphic novelShortcomings. Adrian Tomine is behind story that followsa trio of young urbanites — Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim — as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships, traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.

Also Read: Randall Park Loved Jimmy Woo's Card Trick Mastery in 'WandaVision' Just as Much as You DidRoadside Attractions and Imminent Collision will team on the adaptation, which Park will also produce alongside Michael Golamco and Hieu Ho’s Imminent Collision.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRandall Park is stepping behind the camera for the first time, set to take on directing duties for the upcoming film “Shortcomings.”Based on Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel, the comedic drama follows a trio of young Bay Area urbanites — Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim — as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships, traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.

Fresh Off the Boat star Randall Park is set to make his feature directing debut with an adaptation of the graphic novel, Shortcomings, by famed cartoonist Adrian Tomine, who also penned the screenplay. Roadside Attractions’ Howard Cohen, Eric d’Arbeloff, Jennifer Berman, and Ryan Paine, who brought the project to the company, will produce the comedic drama in collaboration with Park, Michael Golamco, and Hieu Ho’s Imminent Collision.

Toronto-born filmmaker Emma Seligman was “honoured” her coming-of-age comedy “Shiva Baby” had its world premiere at home at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThreatened that she has to pay off the money she owes or face the consequences, Julia, a singer, leaves the restaurant where she’s performed and drives to her former home in a leafy working class tenement block in Posadas, northern Argentina, on the sweeping Paraná river.There she plans to reclaim the stash of money she’s made from a scam she pulled off years before in her district as well as sign a document to allow her near-17-year old daughter

Also Read: Jon M Chu's 'In The Heights' Gets New Summer 2021 Release DateWhile directing was new territory for Basco, the film’s subject wasn’t.“The Fabulous Filipino Brothers” stars Basco and his three real-life brothers: Derek, Dionysio and Darion. The extended Basco family (cousins, second cousins, uncles, and aunts) also play themselves.

Filmmaker Wong Kar Wai exists in liminal spaces— the pauses between words, the gaps between cultures, the chance encounters between strangers who will become lovers or almost become lovers before they’re strangers again. His films are about potential, not expiation; his characters are each “about to,” and that they don’t know that is heartbreaking.

In the age of quarantine and pandemics, connection is desperately needed, loneliness is its own epidemic, and mental health and tragedy issues are all-too-relevant, sad byproducts of the COVID-19 era.

Emerald Fennell made her feature film directorial debut with Promising Young Woman, and on Monday, she earned her first Oscar nomination, becoming one of only seven women to ever earn a nomination in the directing category. The U.K.-based writer-director also earned noms for screenplay and best picture.

Indigenous Australian actress and writer Leah Purcell is set to debut her first feature as a director, The Drover's Wife (Legend of Molly Johnson), at SXSW's Narrative Spotlight this month. The film, one of three Australian projects screening as part of the annual festival's online program, in its basic form tells the story of a woman raising her children in the outback while her husband is absent, though its themes of gender, identity and class make it a robust character study.

Netflix have secured a deal in the region of $30M for Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man, due for release in 2022.Filming has already wrapped on the movie, according to Deadline, which will see Patel – also credited as one of the film’s producers and scriptwriters – play an ex-convict seeking revenge on those who wronged him in the past.

Also Read: Tiffany Haddish to Star in and Produce 'Mystery Girl' Comic Adaptation at NetflixPatel also wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and his “Hotel Mumbai” collaborator John Collee. Producers are Patel, Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Jomon Thomas, Samarth Sahni, Christine Haebler and Anjay Nagpal.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has acquired worldwide rights, with some exclusions, for “The Personal History of David Copperfield” star Dev Patel’s directorial debut “Monkey Man.” The streamer is thought to have paid around $30 million for the film.The rights agreement excludes Spain, Latin America, Iceland, Former Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia and Baltic States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pan-Asian PTV and China, where there are pre-existing deals.In the India-set film, Patel plays an unlikely hero who

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has struck a deal in the region of $30M for most worldwide rights to Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man, we can reveal.

Michael B. Jordan took the internet by storm when talks of him making his directorial debut began to circulate.

Toni Collette will make a feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Lily King’s Writers and Lovers. Topic Studios, which recently released the Jodie Foster-starrerThe Mauritanian, is behind the project that is based on the New York Times bestseller.

Also Read: Toni Collette Couldn't Talk About the True Story of 'Dream Horse' 'Without Crying' (Video)“I have been wanting to direct for quite some time but have been a bit busy with my day job. l couldn’t be more thrilled to be bringing Lily King’s beautiful, funny, moving novel to filmic life.