Lil Uzi Vert may have got a matching tattoo with Kanye West but he’s making his SNL debut alongside West’s former love-rival Pete Davidson.
29.03.2023 - 08:35 / variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix will give a May launch to “Sanctuary,” a sports drama series set in the specialized world of Japanese sumo wrestling. Produced by the Slowtide company for the streamer, the show follows a juvenile delinquent who becomes a sumo apprentice. He soon finds himself on a collision course with a voiceless wrestler carrying a secret. Netflix pitches it as “a gritty look into the underbelly of professional sumo, a world full of young men with ambitions for money, women, fame, and power […] where some may find sanctuary with a history of more than 1,500 years in Japan’s traditional culture and as a religious ceremony.”
The show is directed by Eguchi Kan from a screenplay by Kanazawa Tomoki. The producer is Fujita Daisuke and the executive producer for Netflix Sakamoto Kaata. The show will upload from May 4.
The diverse cast includes Ichinose Wataru, Sometani Shota (“Themis”), Kutsuna Shioli (“Deadpool 2”), Taguchi Tomorowo, Kaku So (“Kamen Rider Zero-One”), Taguchi?Kitarou?Katsuya Maiguma?Sumi Hiroki (“John Wick: Chapter 4”), Koyuki (The Last Samurai”)?Pierre Taki (“Like Father, Like Son”), Kishitani Goro (“The Returner”), Sasano Takashi (“Departures”), Kobayashi Kei (“Metropolis”) and Omusubi (“The Outsider”). Netflix is ramping up its content production in Japan, which is its richest market in Asia and from which shows are increasingly building international careers. Its recent live-action shows include: “First Love” (December 2022), Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “The Makanai: Cooking in the Maiko House” (January 2023) and “Alice in Borderland” (December 2022, season 2). Other upcoming shows include live-action versions of “Yu Yu Hakusho” and “City Hunter.” It will also release “Call Me
Lil Uzi Vert may have got a matching tattoo with Kanye West but he’s making his SNL debut alongside West’s former love-rival Pete Davidson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaMahhnZMogThe film had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film festival and will open in select theaters on Friday, May 19, expanding wide on Friday, June 2.Zachary Wigon directs from a script written by Micah Bloomberg.In “Sanctuary,” a dominatrix (Qualley) and her wealthy client (Abbott) engage in a battle of wills inside a luxury hotel suite after he tries to end their relationship. Over the course of one emotionally fraught night, the balance of power swings back and forth as each seeks to gain the upper hand.
Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott are two of Hollywood’s fastest-rising stars. But before they reunite onscreen in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ “Poor Things,” their devilish take on the sex comedy hits theaters first. READ MORE: ‘Sanctuary’ Review: Margaret Qualley & Christopher Abbott Roleplay With Sex & BDSM Kink In A Terrific Two-Hander [TIFF] Fresh off its world premiere at TIFF last September, “Sanctuary” sees Abbott and Qualley play a twisted power game with each other.
Sophia Scorziello editor The official trailer has been released for Zachary Wigon’s dark thriller “Sanctuary,” starring Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott. The film follows a dominatrix named Rebecca (Qualley) and her rich client Hal (Abbott) as disaster unfolds over the course of a single night in a hotel room. The film first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022 and will open in theaters in the U.S. on May 25. In “Sancutary,” Abbott plays the son of luxe hotel chain owner who is the successor of the hotel and the rest of his father’s billion-dollar enterprise. Rebecca sees the opportunity to cash in on Hal’s soon-to-be fortune.
Netflix has released the first official trailer for The Mother, Jennifer Lopez‘s upcoming action-thriller – you can watch it above.Directed by Niki Caro (Mulan), the film stars Lopez as an assassin who will do anything to protect her daughter, having been forced to give her up at birth.“I’m a killer. And I’m also a mother,” says Lopez’s character in the action-packed trailer, which sees her headbutt, stab and shoot a variety of bad guys who threaten both her and her daughter.A synopsis of the film reads: “A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.”The trailer opens with Lopez in a flashback giving birth to her daughter.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A growing range of Thai, Japanese and Chinese-language films and TV shows are reaching global audiences – joining the by-now well-established international viewership for South Korean shows.Netflix’s Global Top 10 for the week April 3-10, sees made-for-streaming Korean title “Kill Boksoon” on top of the non-English-language films list, with 27.5 million hours watched in its second week of release. It is immediately followed by Thai film “Hunger,” about a young woman apprentice in an upmarket restaurant working under a tough boss. The film is directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri and stars “Bad Genius” breakout Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying.
The countdown is on as high street retailer Boots is set to launch a brand new range of anti-ageing skincare products that’s said to ‘reverse’ the appearance of skin damage. The health and beauty retailer’s No7 brand has revealed their new ‘Future Renew’ line, which launches in stores this week.
dream from the comfort of her own Dreamhouse, complete with a hot pink bikini that the legendary doll and her cohort would definitely approve of. showed off the Barbie-worthy suit sharing a handful of swimming pool shots from what looks to be one of the family's Palm Springs houses. She's wearing a bright pink Skims bikini, obv, though her exact shade is sold out.
Sophia Scorziello editor Happy death date: Netflix’s “Manifest” Season 4, Part 2 is set to premiere on June 2, nearly eight months after Part 1’s release in November 2022. The supernatural drama series returns with its final 10 episodes that continue the stories of Montego Air Flight 828 passengers who are making the most of their second lease on life. The first episode of Season 4, Part 2 will premiere at the ATX TV festival in early June, followed by an in-person panel with showrunner Jeff Rake and cast members. The return of “Manifest” coincides with the show’s infamous “death date,” June 2, which has been a recurring mystery throughout the series. It was first assumed by 828 passengers that June 2, 2024 marked the day they would lose their lives, but this season revealed it to be much more serious than that, with the “death date” marking the end of the world.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to the Japanese sci-fi horror film “New Religion.” “New Religion” is a surrealist body horror film written, directed and produced by first-time feature filmmaker Kondo Keishi. It stars Seto Kaho, Nunami Daiki, Oka Satoshi and Ryuseigun Saionji. After her daughter’s death, divorced Miyabi begins working as a call girl. One day, she meets an unsettling customer who wants to take pictures of her body parts. Soon, she realizes that every time she allows her body to be photographed her daughter’s spirit gets closer. She must decide how far she is willing to go to connect with her daughter once again.
Lea Michele and Darren Criss duet on “Suddenly, Seymour” from Little Shop of Horrors, Alanis Morissette and Cara Delevingne go “Ironic” and Cedric The Entertainer and Sheryl Lee Ralph do their best Luther Vandross in a new trailer for upcoming episodes of Carpool Karaoke: The Series.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sony group companies, Aniplex of America and streaming service Crunchyroll are to begin simulcast streams of anime series “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc” from April 9. Crunchyroll will simulcast new episodes every week where the service is available, and exclusively in North America, South America, and Europe. The underlying manga series was published under Shueisha’s Jump Comics operation, consists of 23 volumes and has seen sales of over 150 million copies. The animation production is by Ufotable. The narrative began when Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family is killed by a demon, joins the Demon Slayer Corps to turn his younger sister Nezuko back into a human after she is transformed into a demon.
Carole Baskin is closing down her Big Cat Rescue sanctuary that was featured in the Netflix documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, her husband Howard Baskin revealed in a memo.
More than three years after they were instituted, Los Angeles County’s local emergency declarations due to Covid will be lifted at the end of the day today. The move comes six weeks after California quietly ended its own state of emergency and one day after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced that Hollywood’s Covid protocols will expire on May 12.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “The Bad Kids,” a hit series from Chinese streamer iQiyi, is to be remade as a Japanese feature film “Gold Boy.” The 12-episode gritty crime thriller depicts the troubles that arise after three children accidentally film a murder. The series was previously licensed to Japanese pay-TV group Wowow.
Scarlett Moffatt has given fans a glimpse inside her baby's nursery as she prepares to welcome her first child. The former Gogglebox favourite, 32, is expecting a son with long-term boyfriend Scott Dobinson.
, the hit docuseries about several doctors and nurses working in a New York City-area hospital, executive producers Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash are back with a spinoff series that expands the scope to include the fast-paced world of emergency medicine. , which is also on Netflix, continues to follow some of the standout, real-life characters from — which many dubbed the «real-life .» Also, it introduces viewers to new medical personnel at a few other nearby locations as they navigate the ups and downs of the city's relentless healthcare system and never-ending need for patient care. In addition to Dr. David Langer, Dr. John Boockvar and Dr.
Times have changed. Lionel Richie revealed “All Night Long” was written about the long, sexy romps of his youth, but he can’t quite go for a full eight hours anymore.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has announced new series “Ooku: The Inner Chambers,” the first anime adaptation of a hit Japanese manga by Yoshinaga Fumi. At the ongoing Anime Japan convention in Tokyo, the streamer also unveiled “Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune,” another anime series, adapted from a military sci-fi novel by Carlo Zen and set to upload in May. Directed by Abe Noriyuki and produced by Studio Deen, “Ooku” is inspired by tales emerging from the Ooku women’s quarters within Edo Castle and imagines that gender roles are reversed. After a plague threatens the male population women take up positions of authority. The new (female) Shogun Yoshimune enquires into why the women adopt male names when taking power and starts to unravel other mysteries within the inner sanctum. The original manga was published by Hakusensha / Melody.
dropped on Netflix on Thursday, featuring a cast led by Gabriel Basso and Oscar-nominated actress Hong Chau.The 10-episode action thriller is based on a novel by Matthew Quirk and follows low-level FBI Agent Peter Sutherland (Basso), who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, when he suddenly receives a call from a civilian, Rose (Luciane Buchanan), seeking help. The call propels Peter into a fast-moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads to the Oval Office.The series hails from creator/showrunner Shawn Ryan (), and is executive produced by Seth Gordon, Marney Hochman, Jamie Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Nicole Toussou and David Beaubaire.