Taiwan’s Screenworks Asia Positions Itself as Development Hub for Regional Content

Kaleem Aftab “About Her,” which world premiered in International Competition this week at the Cairo Film Festival, began life as a short story, which director Islam El Azzazi penned in 2003. In 2017, he started adapting the story for the screen.“The short story faded, somehow,” he says of the changes he made in the process.

Eli Countryman Downtown Los Angeles’ annual New Year’s Eve countdown party will go virtual to usher in 2021 with DJ Steve Aoki set to perform.“Grand Park’s NYELA” partnered with Fuse and Aoki’s new Latin label, Dim Mak En Fuego, for the event which will be hosted by DJ Eddy One and Jessica Flores.

Janet W. Lee Artist and filmmaker Sia will perform at the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time,” set to premiere on Dec.

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.

As you may recall, but perhaps not entirely care or understand, Lucasfilm kind of broke the internet on Friday with their latest episode of “The Mandalorian.” Titled “The Jedi,” the episode finally introduced the long-rumored Rosario Dawson playing fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano—Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan learner who was featured on the animated series “Star Wars: Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” series that was co-created and lead by Lucasfilm’s animation chief Dave Filoni.

If you’ve been on social media at any time since Friday’s episode of “The Mandalorian” was released, you’re probably well aware that the latest installment in the live-action “Star Wars” series saw the debut of Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, a fan-favorite character that was primarily seen in the animated series, ‘The Clone Wars’ and ‘Rebels.’ Now, she’s been brought to live-action and fans are wondering if there’s more in store for Ahsoka Tano than just her brief ‘Mando’ appearance.

A post shared by asiaargento (@asiaargento)Daria Nicolodi was married to Dario Argento, who directed and co-wrote the 1977 classic giallo film Suspiria, alongside his wife.

The Asia Pacific Screen Academy honoured regional filmmakers at a special presentation on Australia’s Gold Coast last night (November 26).

Daria Nicolodi, the Italian actress and screenwriter, has died at the age of 70.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThai producer Soros Sukhum (“By The Time It Gets Dark,” “Concrete Clouds”) was Thursday honored with the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.

Reunited and it looks so cute! Chris Brown, 31, took to his Instagram Story on Nov. 24 and shared a sweet family portrait featuring himself with Ammika Harris, 27, and their one-year-old son Aeko Brown. The family of three snuggled as they posed for the sweet photo, and Chris and his son were even rocking coordinating hoodies.

Partner Content Taiwan performed impressively amid the global pandemic, suppressing COVID-19 and creating space for creativity and technological innovation to flourish.That allowed the Taiwan Creative Content Agency to bring Taiwan’s cultural content to the international market in the first-ever Taiwan Creative Content Fest from Nov. 17 to Nov.

Walt Disney Television CFO and president of business operations Ravi Ahuja is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. Peter Rice, the chairman of general entertainment content for The Walt Disney Co., announced Ahuja's departure in an email Monday morning.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterA year and a half after being named president of business operations and chief financial officer of Walt Disney Television, Ravi Ahuja is exiting the company “to seek a new adventure,” Disney General Entertainment chairman Peter Rice.The move comes amid a greater restructuring at Disney that has seen a greater focus on streaming at the entertainment conglomerate.

Peter White Television EditorRavi Ahuja, who is president of business operations and chief financial officer at Walt Disney Television, is stepping down.Ahuja, who was formerly CFO of Fox Networks Group, took the position after Disney’s acquisition of Fox.“I regrettably am writing to you today to share that Ravi Ahuja has decided to leave the Company to seek out a new adventure.  This is a big loss for me personally and our Company, but I wish Ravi nothing but the best.

Little Aeko Brown is growing up so quickly! The mini-me son of Chris Brown and Ammika Harris is set to celebrate his first birthday on November 20, and has already started babbling some of his first words! The proud mom took to Instagram on November 17 to share a series of clips on her story. Baby Aeko could be heard babbling away as he walked around his mom’s bed in the middle of the night. “Is there anything else you wanna say?” she asked the tiny tot, as he talked nonsensically.

Asya Branch is still stunned that she was crowned the winner of Miss USA’s 2020 pageant.  The competition aired on Nov. 9 after being postponed months from its original spring date due to the coronavirus pandemic.The live show took place at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Tenn.The 22-year-old was crowned by Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, 29.

Vivienne Chow An exhibition offering visitors the opportunity to experience the process of content development will be staged during the inaugural edition of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) to explore the future possibilities of content convergence.“There are many possibilities for a story. It can become a product, a video game, a card game, or it can be a song, a TV show or a film.