Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' to Get Stage Adaptation

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom might be living the honeymoon life in Hawaii, now that the singer sparked rumors of a possible secret wedding, wearing a simple gold band on her left ring finger.Following Orlando’s proposal in 2019, the couple had plans to tie the knot in Japan last year, but with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it seems like they have opted for a private, tropical ceremony.Katy Perry was spotted wearing what appears to be a wedding ring earlier today

Japanese Breakfast made her late-night TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 15) – you can watch it below.The first of two performances saw Michelle Zauner deliver a one-take performance of her new single ‘Be Sweet’, featuring some familiar extraterrestrial faces that appear in the song’s video.She also shared an online performance of her track ‘Jimmy Fallon Big!’ from her 2017 album ‘Soft Sounds From Another Planet’.Originally written after a bandmate from her old

Apex Legends’ next new hero will reportedly be targeted towards a Japanese audience.In a recent interview with Famitsu, which was translated by Dexerto, Apex Legends’ game director Chad Grenier suggested that the next hero being introduced in the game will appeal to its massive Japanese fanbase.Grenier also spoke of the game’s recent release on Nintendo Switch, the most popular console in Japan.

Iranian pop singer, his management company and Iranian media said Thursday, in Tehran’s latest effort to halt what it deems decadent Western behavior.The arrests come as Iranian social media has been awash with criticism of popular underground Iranian singer, “Sasy,” or Sasan Heidari Yafteh's, new music video. Called “Tehran Tokyo,” the video features actresses, including an American porn star, gyrating in kimonos and short bodycon dresses atop cars and inside bars.

Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette is set to mark her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of New York Times bestselling novel, Writers And Lovers by Lily King. The project is set up at Topic Studios with Collette producing under her Vocab Films label. She’s also adapting the screenplay with Nick Payne (The Crown).

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWhen Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi made his return to fiction after time away in the realm of documentary, he dispensed with the idea that stories must conform to feature length.

Comcast theme parks swung from nearly $3 billion in profit to $500 million in losses “in a flash” during 2020, but their current outlook is “encouraging,” CFO Mike Cavanagh said.

Nicolas Cage is definitely the marrying type, even though some of his unions haven’t lasted very long. The 56-year-old actor wed his girlfriend Riko Shibata, 26, at the Wynn Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas on February 16, according to a Nevada marriage certificate obtained by the Daily Mail on March 5.

Petite Maman, Céline Sciamma's follow-up to her 2019 international breakthrough Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a more intimate affair. The acclaimed French filmmaker has switched the erotic charge and sexual politics of her 18th century period drama for a more personal story of love and loss in a tale of an eight-year-old girl trying to connect with her mother.

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind the John Wick series, is collaborating with Amazon Studios to develop a live-action feature film based on the iconic Japanese action-horror manga Hellsing.

Radio Javan.Iranian authorities intensely censor social media and entertainment distribution — YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Telegram are all blocked in the country, reported the Associated Press — and legally require foreign-made music, including songs that are in the nation’s official language of Persian, to get official distribution permission.

Alissa Simon Film CriticFor the first time ever, two Hungarian films are competing for the Berlinale’s Golden Bear: “Forest – I See You Everywhere,” a standalone sequel to the 2003 Berlinale hit “Forest,” from veteran auteur Bence Fliegauf, and “Natural Light” from feature debutant Dénes Nagy.

Iranian entertainment app that includes an appearance by a U.S.

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the will-they-won’t-they Tokyo Summer Olympic Games “are getting past the point of ‘if’.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Publishing has signed rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone, whose debut EP received a rave review in Variety last fall, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. The 21-year-old singer was voted No.

Studio Ghibli‘s Spirited Away is being turned into a stage play that will debut in 2022.Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film will be adapted by Toho Co. Ltd and Les Misérables theatre director John Caird, according to Indie Wire.Set to premiere in Tokyo in February next year, it will be followed by a tour through Japan visiting the cities Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Nagoya.The play has so far cast two actors as heroine Chihiro, Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi.

Also Read: Netflix Picks Up International Streaming Rights to 21 Studio Ghibli FilmsArguably the best film of animation master Hayao Miyazaki, “Spirited Away” has also been hailed as among the best films of any genre.

Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 Oscar winning animated film, Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi), has been set for a stage production which will have its world premiere in Tokyo in 2022. This is the first-ever stage adaptation of the beloved movie and will be written and directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner and Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Caird (Les Misérables, Nicholas Nickleby, Daddy Long Legs). Japanese giant Toho is behind the project.