HBO Asia Renews Horror Series 'Folklore' for Second Season

EXCLUSIVE: The elaborate escape of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn as he awaited trial on charges of financial misconduct in Japan made international headlines earlier this year. Now the alleged architect of that escape, private security operative Michael Taylor, is the subject of a feature-length film and television series, developed in tandem by Sam Rockwell, writer Davey Holmes, Vanity Fair Studios and MGM/UA TV where the Rockwell’s production banner Play Hooky has a first-look deal.

broke down the ending of 's first season, which gave Cassie a relatively happy ending as she chose to close the door on her past and work on her sobriety in order to move forward.«It was important to us to tell a story in eight episodes that had a beginning, middle and an end,» he told ET. «From the very beginning, we were like, we're going to get to the end of Cassie's emotional journey across these eight episodes and we're going to get the end of the mystery of Alex Sokolov.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKaouther Ben Hania’s “The Man Who Sold His Skin” has been sold by Paris-based Bac Films International to further territories. The movie will represent Tunisia in the Oscar race for best international feature film.“The Man Who Sold His Skin” world premiered at Venice, where it won the best actor award for Yahya Mahayni.

FX has announced the premiere dates for the new docuseries Hip Hop Uncovered and the fourth season of Snowfall. Included was the key art for both series and the main title from Hip Hop Uncovered 

HBO Max has announced that the dating reality series 12 Dates of Christmas, which was created by the team behind Love Is Blind, will be coming back for a second season!

Star Trek: Lower Decks, the animated comedy series from 'Rick and Morty' veteran Mike McMahon, has been picked up by Amazon Prime Video for a number of international territories, including the U.K. and Europe, plus Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapanese police on Wednesday formally charged 42-year-old local man Shinji Aoba with murder relating to the arson attack in July last year at Kyoto Animation.The blaze, set using gasoline, killed 33 people on the scene and three more in hospital.

Cyberpunk 2077 has a big The Office easter egg in one of its side quests, recreating one of the US sitcom’s most popular scene almost word for word.The easter egg comes during the side quest Big In Japan, and involves you going to pick up a package from the docks. Once V arrives, they discover this package is actually a person.V is then tasked with carrying the person back to safety.

YouTube’s Creator Spotlights series is coming to America, with vloggers Deestroying, Shalom Blac, Kristopher London, and Mr. Kate set to take part.

The legend of “The Karate Kid” continues.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Songbird,” the Michael Bay-produced pandemic thriller that is headed straight to streaming in North America, will be given an in-cinema release in Japan. The rights pickup was the first acquisition by the newly-formed theatrical distribution arm of Japanese pay-TV leader Wowow.The film takes place years in the future, in which a mutated strand of coronavirus, called COVID-23, continues to wreak havoc on the world’s population.

Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these” as the chanters would pull at their eyes.The “Monster Hunter” scene in question features rapper MC Jin (Jin Au-Yeung) saying, “Look at my knees.” “What kind of knees are these?” his white male scene partner asks.  “Chi-nese!” Jin’s character responds, emphasizing the “knees” pun.Also Read: 'Monster Hunter' Trailer: Milla Jovovich Fends Off Gigantic Dragons With Fire Swords (Video)Users on Weibo, a popular social media platform in China, quickly

will drop on its fledgling streaming service HBO Max and in traditional movie theaters simultaneously. And the internet reacted like FDR had just announced the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Tales Of series will be getting a 25th anniversary later this month with expected game news.The announcement was made on the official website and a Japanese translation reveals that the stream will focus on Tales Of series mobile games, events, anniversary merchandise, as well as talks from the creators of the series and musical performances. The stream will air on December 15 at 11pm GMT via YouTube.December 15 marks 25 years since the release of Tales of Phantasia for the Super Famicom.

Naman Ramachandran SALESDistribution outfit Abacus Media Rights has announced sales on several documentary features and non-fiction series at the ongoing Asian Television Forum, which is part of the Singapore Media Festival.“Rhys Darby: Big in Japan,” “Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip,” “Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip” and “The Helper” have been acquired by National Geographic, while “Outback Lockdown,” “Alone Across the Arctic” and “Surviving the Outback” have been sold to The Outdoor Channel

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarnerMedia has confirmed a seven-episode second season of its HBO Asia original horror anthology series, “Folklore.” Each instalment will be directed by a local director from a different Asian territory.With production again headed by Singapore-based film maker Eric Khoo, the new season will begin filming early in 2021.

The Asia Pacific Screen Academy honoured regional filmmakers at a special presentation on Australia’s Gold Coast last night (November 26).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThai producer Soros Sukhum (“By The Time It Gets Dark,” “Concrete Clouds”) was Thursday honored with the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.