Japan’s Wowow Joins ‘Tokyo Vice’ Alongside Endeavor and HBO Max

Queer Japan (★★★☆☆) reflects the ethos of “live and let live.” Leaving seemingly no LGBTQ+ stone unturned, the movie maps out queer scenes and spaces from Tokyo to Kyoto, Osaka to Okinawa, covering the mainstream and the underground, the artistic, erotic, and unconventional.The film could be accused in its first half of overindulging a taste for the offbeat, focusing exclusively on sex and gender mavericks like gay manga artist Gengoroh Tagame.

HBO Max has given a pilot order to The Gordita Chronicles, a single-camera family comedy from Claudia Forestieri (Selena The Series, Good Trouble), Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva) and his Osprey Productions, Zoe Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures, and Sony Pictures TV, where Berman’s Osprey Prods is under a deal.

, the reality show? HBO Max's new docusoap, follows the Hos, a wealthy Vietnamese American family in Houston, Texas, as they go through power struggles and family drama surrounded by luxury.Led by patriarch Binh and matriarch Hue, immigrants who achieved the American dream and built a multimillion-dollar empire in banking and real estate development, they attempt to control the lives of their children, son Washington and daughter Judy, who find themselves under pressure to live up to their

Tokyo-based pay TV company Wowow has acquired theatrical distribution rights in Japan for Songbird, the pandemic-set sci-fi thriller produced by Michael Bay and former Paramount president Adam Goodman. The pickup is Wowow's first major acquisition through the new theatrical distribution division the company set up earlier this year.

entire slate of 2021 movies simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max.The move, which is thought to be US only, was made last week in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s severe impact on the stability of the traditional theatre-first release model.In a new interview with ET, the Tenet writer and director called the move “very, very, very, very messy”, aiming his criticism at the apparent suddenness of the announcement.“There’s such controversy around it because they didn’t tell anyone,” he

Nine months after launching its new theatrical distribution operation, Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has made its first theatrical film acquisition, closing an all-rights deal for pandemic thriller Songbird, starring KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore.

Christopher Nolan came out firing Monday against Warner Bros’ decision to release all of its theatrical films on HBO Max on the same day they’re scheduled to hit theaters.

Christopher Nolan came out firing Monday against Warner Bros’ decision to release all of its theatrical films on HBO Max on the same day they’re scheduled to hit theaters.

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.

HBO Asia's original horror anthology series Folklore has been renewed for a second season, WarnerMedia said Tuesday. Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo will return as showrunner of the second season, with each hour-long episode directed by a different established or emerging Asian director.

Dave McNary Film ReporterJapanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada will join Brad Pitt in Sony Pictures’ “Bullet Train,” based on the Japanese novel “Maria Beetle” in which a train in Tokyo is the setting for battles between criminals.David Leitch is directing, with Kelly McCormick producing through 87North alongside Antoine Fuqua through Fuqua Films. Zak Olkewitz wrote the script.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran actor Hiroyuki Sanada is set to join the A-list ensemble of the Sony action pic Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt. Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Michael Shannon, Logan Lerman, Masi Oka and Andrew Koji are also on board.

EXCLUSIVE: UK sales firm Independent has sold SXSW-winning documentary The Donut King to key markets with Vice picking the film up for the world excluding North America, UK/Ireland, Japan, Australia/New Zealand and Portugal.

EXCLUSIVE: One Day at a Time star Isabella Gomez is set as the lead of HBO Max’s multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. Gomez’s casting reveals a gender swap in the follow-up as the lead in the original series was played by Howard Hesseman.

Japan's leading pay TV company WOWOW is boarding Michael Mann's crime series Tokyo Vice, taking all local rights and co-producing the show with HBO Max and Endeavor Content. Created and written by Tony-winning playwright J.T.

Peter White Television EditorTokyo Vice, the upcoming HBO Max drama series exec produced by Michael Mann, has found a Japanese partner.Premium pay-TV broadcaster Wowow has come on board the project as a co-producer, taking all rights for Japan.This comes as the show, which Mann is directing the pilot, returns to production after the COVID-19 shutdown, this week.The deal was struck by Endeavor Content, which is producing and handling international distribution, with Wowow’s Kayo Washio, who runs

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Hunters star Logan Lerman is set to join Sony’s action thriller Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt. Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Michael Shannon and Andrew Koji are also on board.Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch will direct and also supervise the script, which will be written by Zak Olkewicz.The film is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by bestselling author Kotaro Isaka.

Lady Gaga may be joining the star-studded cast of David Leitch’s upcoming assassin thriller film, Bullet Train.As reported by Collider, the Oscar-winning singer and actress has apparently joined Brad Pitt, Zazie Beetz, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Andrew Koji, Masi Oka and Michael Shannon for the film.The script, written by Zak Olkewicz, is based off Japanese author Kotaro Isaka’s novel, Maria Beetle.

Lady Gaga is adding another role to her acting résumé!

Peter White Television EditorAva DuVernay and Roberto Patino’s DMZ has been handed a series order by HBO Max.The streamer has ordered four episodes of the limited series, a futuristic drama set amid a second American civil war and is based on the DC Comics series.Production on the series is scheduled to begin in 2021.DMZ stars Briarpatch’s Rosario Dawson and Law & Order’s Benjamin Bratt in the lead roles, alongside Hoon Lee (Warrior), Freddy Miyares (When They See Us) and Jordan Preston Carter