‘Ride Your Wave’ Director Masaaki Yuasa Talks Timely Message Behind Oscar-Contending Animated Pic And His Upcoming Feature, ‘Inu-Oh’

The enchanting world of Japanese anime legend Hayao Miyazaki is heading to the stage. The director's beloved 2001 Oscar-winning classic Spirited Awaywill be adapted into a stage play for the first time, with a premiere date set for February 2022 in Tokyo.

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.

director Mike Nichols is now on the market for $26 million. The property is on the same block as Madonna’s mega mansion.

Fox Corp. streaming service Tubi is expanding its animation offerings via a licensing agreement with Japan’s Toei Animation.

Senator Ted Cruz, 50, was back in Texas this week just one day after he flew to Cancun, Mexico for a controversial getaway with his wife Heidi, 48, and their two children, Caroline, 12, and Catherine, 10, during the winter storm crisis that’s left millions in the state without power and/or water. Despite his return, Heidi and the kids decided to stay in the popular vacation spot and were spotted enjoying their time on a beach.

There’s no denying that “Willy’s Wonderland” is easily in the running for strangest film of 2021, thanks to both its bonkers premise and the completely silent performance of Nicolas Cage.

 Serena Williams  is letting fans know just how thankful she is for their support following a disappointing outcome for her at the Australian Open this week.The 39-year-old--who many consider to be the greatest athlete of all time--suffered a devastating loss to Japanese star Naomi Osaka on Thursday.

BERLIN -- The Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday announced 15 films that are part of this year's competition and will compete for the top Golden and Silver Bear awards.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Boonie Bears: The Wild Life,” the latest feature-length instalment in a long-running Chinese film and TV franchise, is set to open in Japan and Australia.

Andy Reid is the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and he has the chance to win his second Super Bowl title in a row as they prepare to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2021 Super Bowl later tonight.

Also Read: Oscar Shortlists: Apes, Pop Stars and '60s Hair Battle in FX, Music and Makeup CategoriesAmong the curiosities on the list are five songs from a faith-based movie called “Canaan Land,” six from a Japanese drama called “Twiceborn” and seven folk-based songs from “Killian and the Comeback Kids.”The list of all 104 qualifying songs, which come from 82 different films, was sent to members of the Academy’s Music Branch last week.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic means international film buyers won't be able to travel to Berlin this year for the European Film Market —the 2021 EFM will be a virtual affair—but select distributors will get a chance to watch Berlin titles at their local cinema.

With international buyers unable to travel to Germany to scout movies at year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the event will instead bring a selection of titles from its program to them through new initiative ‘EFM goes global’.

For writer/director Borja Peña Gorostegui and executive producer Amanda Miller, Lost & Crowned marked the culmination of years of hard work, bringing their creative content studio, Psyop, into the Oscars conversation for the first time.