Keira Knightley to Lead Animated Voice Cast for WWII Drama ‘Charlotte’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProducer Lynda Obst (“Interstellar,” “Hope Floats”) and Miky Lee (executive producer of “Parasite”) have joined forces to tap into the Korean music wave. They will produce “K-Pop: Lost in America,” a feature-length road movie to be released in 2023.The CJ ENM production has tapped JK Youn, director of two of the biggest Korean movies of all time, to helm the project.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Escape From Mogadishu” held on to its place at the top of the South Korean box office for the second weekend. It comfortably overcame the challenge from newly released “The Suicide Squad.”“Mogadishu” earned $4.26 million in its second weekend of release, down only 14% compared with its first session, in which it took $4.96 million.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have surprised their Instagram and Twitter followers by sharing an adorable and unexpected new photo of their daughter Princess Charlotte gently cradling a butterfly.

Despite being part of the most famous family in the world, Kate Middleton and Prince William’s three children are allowed to lead as normal a life as possible when they’re behind closed doors. But their public royal life is a different matter and there are some surprising royal rules that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will be required to observe as they grow up.

Update Aug. 3, 2021: “Governor [Andrew] Cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees in violation of both federal and state laws,” New York State attorney general Letitia James said during a press conference on Tuesday per The New York Times.

Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo is the nanny of Kate Middleton and Prince William's children. Maria is Spanish, and she has been the nanny for the Cambridges since 2014, and first started looking after George when he was just eight months old.

Charlotte Hawkins was furious with Dominic Raab on Thursday's Good Morning Britain when he committed the ultimate interviewee sin of getting her name wrong.The Foreign Secretary was being grilled by hosts Charlotte and Alex Beresford about the changing isolation rules for double-jabbed travellers when he made the blunder.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has ordered the adult animated series “Chicago Party Aunt,” inspired by Chris Witaske’s Twitter account of the same name.Netflix has ordered 16 episodes of the half-hour series, with the first eight slated to drop on Sept. 17.

Netflix continues to expand its animation slate with a 16-episode series order to Chicago Party Aunt, a half-hour adult animated comedy from Chris Witaske (What Men Want), Jon Barinholtz (Superstore), and Katie Rich, who also star, Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment and Titmouse (Big Mouth, Human Resources).

EXCLUSIVE: Lana Cho, who is adapting Maurene Goo’s YA novel Somewhere Only We Know as a feature for Netflix, is doubling down on Korean stories.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJames McAvoy is coming back as Morpheus in Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman: Act II” audio drama — set to premiere exclusively on Audible this fall.The audio series will continue Audible’s adaptation the best-selling graphic novel series written by Gaiman and published by DC. “The Sandman: Act II” will debut Sept.

Jennifer Yuma Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley will lead the voice cast of graphic novel adaptation “Charlotte,” which is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.Along with Knightley, the “Charlotte” voice cast includes Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Brenda Blethyn and Sophie Okonedo.“Charlotte” is directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana, with the screenplay written by Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis.

Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley joins Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, the late Helen McCrory, Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong as part of the voice cast for the Canada-France-Belgium animated drama feature Charlotte. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Black Widow” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office despite a challenge from the new release of local horror film “The Medium.” New release, “Space Jam: A New Legacy” made no impact.The Disney-Marvel film saw weekend earnings of $4.09 million, a drop of 54% compared with the previous session.

South Korea’s Olympic committee said it has removed flags at its Olympic village in Tokyo after they raised bad memories about a past military conflict between Japan and Korea.

Katy Perry and Miranda Kerr are becoming close pals.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHit Korean movie “Miracle in Cell No. 7” is set for a Spanish-language remake following a deal between sales agent Contents Panda and production company Rock and Ruz.The 2013 original film told the fact-based tale of a man with intellectual disabilities who was wrongly jailed on theft charges.

Sadly, even though there seems to be a larger number of international films crossing over into the mainstream, thanks to film fans gaining access to them, there are still regions and territories that don’t get the shine that others do. Thanks to “Parasite,” the mainstream film fan is now aware of South Korean cinema, for example.

“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho (“The Host,” “Snowpiercer”) is likely still walking on the clouds after a historical awards season, Most would be, after ultimately earning well-deserved Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, and Best Director.