Striker Entertainment to Handle Consumer Products Licensing for ‘Blade Runner’ Franchise — Film News in Brief

AKMU have revealed that ‘NAKKA’, the title track of their latest album ‘Next Episode’, was inspired by the popular 2017 musical film The Greatest Showman.During a recent online press conference for the record’s release, the sibling duo shared how their love for the film had influenced the track’s songwriting process.

Selome Hailu editorAva DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective ARRAY announced “Liberated Territory: A Masterclass with Haile Gerima,” a five-day storytelling workshop taking place at the Array Creative Campus in Los Angeles this September.Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker and Howard University professor best known for his Golden Bear-winning 1993 film “Sankofa,” and is also set to receive the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s inaugural Vantage Award in September.

AKMU have dropped their new album, ‘Next Episode’, alongside an arresting visual for their collaboration with singer-songwriter IU, ‘NAKKA’.The video opens on Lee Chan-hyuk at a chaotic house party before he begins free-falling from the apartment, plunging through the different levels of the bizarre building. Later, his sister Lee Su-hyun eventually saves him and pulls him back to the party.

Blade Runner has arrived – watch it below.The new trailer was screened during a dedicated panel at Comic-Con@Home 2021 on Friday (July 23).Blade Runner: Black Lotus, first announced in November 2018, will run for 13 episodes – all of which will be directed by Shinju Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex).As reported in Empire, the show is set in Los Angeles 2032 and follows a character called Elle – who is a female replicant – as she “discovers new

UPDATED with full trailer, 8:30 AM: “If you’d rather I left you out of this going forward, I get it — no hard feelings.”

Jennifer Yuma editorShowtime has released a trailer for “American Rust,” premiering Sept.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films has landed rights to a package based on Judy Heumann’s best-selling memoir Being Heumann. Sian Heder, whom Apple signed to a multi-year overall deal in the wake of winning an auction for her Sundance sensation CODA, is adapting the film to direct.

AMC Entertainment Wednesday said it’s expanded the role of CEO Adam Aron to include chairman of the board, and selected  Ambassador Philip Lader to serve as lead director.

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie March has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for management in all areas.

Ethan Shanfeld Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. announced that Ursula Burns has joined its board of directors.Burns was previously CEO of Xerox Corporation, where she helped move the company to a diversified global business services company.

As the Cannes Film Festival draws near to a close, Justin Kurzel sat down to field a series of questions about his Palme d’Or contender Nitram, a deeply disturbing retelling of the events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania, Australia.

Mark Wahlberg doesn’t do anything by halves when it comes to preparing for his movies.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Loki” creator Michael Waldron was concise with the world he wanted production designer Kasra Farahani to build, “’Men Men’ meets ‘Blade Runner.’”In addition to that, Farahani says, he and director Kate Herron were also inspired by the imposing bureaucratic world of Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” With that in mind, Farahani set out to bring the new realms for the God of Mischief to life.

Darren Schillace has been promoted to President, Marketing for Fox Entertainment. Schillace, most recently EVP Marketing for the broadcast network, will continue to lead the network’s marketing team and will now also head marketing for Tubi, Fox Entertainment AVOD platform. He also is overseeing projects from Bento Box, Fox Alternative Entertainment and Blockchain Creative Labs.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFox Entertainment has upped Darren Schillace to president of marketing, adding Tubi to his oversight along with the Fox network. Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier made the announcement on Wednesday.Schillace was most recently executive vice president of marketing at Fox Entertainment.

Antonio Ferme editorNetflix and Gold House have created a partnership called “Netflix Gold” to amplify API stories, artists, and creators.The partnership marks an evolution for the nonprofit collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultural leaders behind Gold House.

Lisa of BLACKPINK is set to make her solo debut “this summer”, her agency YG Entertainment has confirmedEarlier today (July 12), South Korean new outlet OSEN reported that the Thai-born K-pop idol would be filming the music video for an upcoming solo song. The publication also alleged that the singer was currently preparing to make her solo debut in the summer.Her agency YG Entertainment has since confirmed OSEN‘s report in a new statement to Newsis.

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus, an upcoming anime spin-off of the acclaimed sci-fi franchise, has been unveiled.Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, who will both air the series, have announced the series’ cast for both its English and Japanese versions, per Deadline.