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Rebecca Souw Park Chan-wook, one of South Korea’s most celebrated film directors, kicked off the Asian Contents & Film Market adjunct to the Busan International Film Festival with a public update of his various film and TV projects.Attached as director and showrunner on A24’s “The Sympathizer,” a seven-part series for HBO, Park said: “We’ve decided on 5 writers including myself and will start working on the scripts.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“No Time to Die” doesn’t stint on one of the Bond trademarks: shooting in stunning locations across the globe. Daniel Craig’s latest and last outing as 007 moves from Matera, Italy, to Norway, Denmark and Jamaica and London.A stunning sequence takes place in Cuba, but of course that was one location that wasn’t available.

Squid Game has gripped the nation since its release, winning acclaim across the globe and becoming one of Netflix's biggest hits to date. The nine-part series launched on September 17 and has remained in Netflix's Top 10 ever since.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSingapore-based distributor and producer Clover Films has partnered with Taiwan’s Machi Xcelsior Studios for the worldwide theatrical rights (except Taiwan and South Korea) to Giddens Ko’s “Till We Meet Again.”The film is a fantasy romance starring Kai Ko (“You Are The Apple Of My Eye”), Gingle Wang (“Detention”) and Vivian Sung (“Our Times”) that recently garnered eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Film Awards.The producers will retain the rights in Taiwan.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesThe 16th-century Dutch theologian Desiderius Erasmus famously proclaimed “Clothes make the man.” This is categorically true of James Bond, Ian Fleming’s swashbuckling secret agent, whose costumes through the years — from the Savile Row suits worn by Sean Connery in “Dr.

Ethan Shanfeld Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett offer a fresh take on Edmond Rostand’s classic French play in the newly released trailer for “Cyrano,” which hits theaters on Dec. 31.The film, based on Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac,” follows the chivalrous poet Cyrano (Dinklage) as he attempts to win the love of Roxanne (Bennett), all while convinced his physical appearance makes him unworthy of it.

Vacation mode on! Tania Raymonde took some time to relax before her TV show, Goliath, returned to Amazon for its fourth season, and she gave Us Weekly an exclusive look at her enviable European trip.

They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, and a recent group of protesters have proven this age-old adage to be true when they picketed the New York Film Festival Premiere of Benedetta earlier this week, describing it as a “blasphemous lesbian movie”.Benedetta, is the work of director Paul Verhoeven and is based on the book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith Brown.

Daniel Craig’s new look at last night’s No Time To Die premiere, the latest film in the Bond franchise. The garment in question? A cerise velvet and peaked lapel blazer.

It has been a long time coming, but this week, one of the most hotly awaited films of the pandemic era is finally hitting cinemas after several Covid-induced date changes. MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time to Die begins rollout at the international box office starting Wednesday (September 29) in Korea and adds such majors as the UK, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain through Friday, October 1.

Benedetta has been picketed by Catholic protesters.The film, which follows a novice nun in the 17th century who joins an Italian convent and has a love affair with another nun, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival a few months ago.Premiering at NYFF yesterday (September 26), protesters that appeared to be from the group American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, labelled Benedetta “blasphemous”.“We vehemently protest the blasphemous lesbian movie Benedetta, that insults

Italy’s fashion capital for the first time in 19 months, with crowds of young fashion lovers gathering outside of venues to breath the aspiration.Some fashion brands are cleaning house, pushing out leaner collections, during this season of hopeful relaunch. But any deep change of pace is hard to see.“I don’t see any kind of change in reality,’’ said the new creative director of Missoni, Alberto Caliri.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Graziano Di Prima has taken to his Instagram to share a sweet tribute to his dance partner and Loose Women panellist Judi Love ahead of the pair’s first performance on Saturday 25 September.

Paul Verhoeven is a filmmaker that has never shied away from provoking his audience. Whether it’s with his classic films like “RoboCop,” “Basic Instinct,” or even “Showgirls,” up to his more recent fare like “Elle,” Verhoeven is a director that loves to push buttons and watch audiences writhe uncomfortably in their seats.

Jamie Lang French software company Kinetix took home the €10,000 ($11,800) Startup Challenge prize from this year’s San Sebastian Zinemaldia & Technology sidebar, held at and in partnership with the Tabakalera, an international center of contemporary culture and technology based in the Spanish city.In addition to the cash prize, the company is offered space in an incubator for a year at one of the Basque Technology Park Network’s BICs (Business Innovation Centers) as well as access to funding