Mark Andrews, director of Pixar’s Academy Award winning animated feature “Brave” and a writer on Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Primal” and “Samurai Jack,” is attached as the showrunner of animated series “Kyōryū,” about samurai dinosaurs living in a postapocalyptic Japan.
In development at Wellington, New Zealand-based Floating Rock, an animation and VFX studio, “Kyōryū” is set in Japan in a future where dinosaurs have outlasted humanity. Genetically engineered, they are far more intelligent than their pre-historic ancestors. That said, atavistic instincts can flare, making for tribal wars.
Unveiled last September, the “Kyōryū” proof-of-concept trailer went viral, with 1 million views in its first 10 days of release, now 2.1 million views to date on YouTube, and an estimated reach of over a million.
The trailer also attracted Andrews. “‘Dinosaurs in postapocalyptic Japan?’ I want to see that show without even knowing what the story’s about! We’re going to give the audience...
In development at Wellington, New Zealand-based Floating Rock, an animation and VFX studio, “Kyōryū” is set in Japan in a future where dinosaurs have outlasted humanity. Genetically engineered, they are far more intelligent than their pre-historic ancestors. That said, atavistic instincts can flare, making for tribal wars.
Unveiled last September, the “Kyōryū” proof-of-concept trailer went viral, with 1 million views in its first 10 days of release, now 2.1 million views to date on YouTube, and an estimated reach of over a million.
The trailer also attracted Andrews. “‘Dinosaurs in postapocalyptic Japan?’ I want to see that show without even knowing what the story’s about! We’re going to give the audience...
- 6/7/2024
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Swen Vincke, the person in charge of Baldur’s Gate 3, recently talked about how important it is for game makers to have the freedom to do things their own way. Vincke thinks that this freedom is really important for making great games, and the best way to have it is when game studios don’t have to do what big companies tell them to do. He elaborated in his interview with game pressure.
According to Vincke, focusing more on making money than on the game itself can stop new ideas. He doesn’t like that the industry cares mostly about making money quickly, saying that this makes them choose money over making something good. Vincke says that games made with love and a focus on making gamers happy will be more successful in the end.
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According to Vincke, focusing more on making money than on the game itself can stop new ideas. He doesn’t like that the industry cares mostly about making money quickly, saying that this makes them choose money over making something good. Vincke says that games made with love and a focus on making gamers happy will be more successful in the end.
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- 6/1/2024
- by Chirag Kapadia
- GamesHorizon
Satirical news site The Onion has a new owner.
G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller announced on Thursday that the company had sold the publication to a Chicago-based company called Global Tetrahedron, which is comprised of “four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy based content.” The firm is run by former NBC reporter Ben Collins and owned by tech executive Jeff Lawson, who spoke to The New York Times about the buy.
(The name of the company, social media users pointed out on Thursday, is the same as a fictional firm that appears in The Onion’s first book, 1999’s Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America’s Finest News Source.)
According to Spanfeller, the new company will preserve the publication’s current staff and keep the site based in Chicago. “The Onion for over 35 years has been an...
G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller announced on Thursday that the company had sold the publication to a Chicago-based company called Global Tetrahedron, which is comprised of “four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy based content.” The firm is run by former NBC reporter Ben Collins and owned by tech executive Jeff Lawson, who spoke to The New York Times about the buy.
(The name of the company, social media users pointed out on Thursday, is the same as a fictional firm that appears in The Onion’s first book, 1999’s Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America’s Finest News Source.)
According to Spanfeller, the new company will preserve the publication’s current staff and keep the site based in Chicago. “The Onion for over 35 years has been an...
- 4/25/2024
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ultimate pop team up is coming in hot. Later this year, Charli Xcx and Troye Sivan will embark on the co-headlining Sweat tour, making stops throughout North American in September and October. The run will be in support of Charli’s forthcoming club opus Brat and Sivan’s dance-centric album Something to Give Each Other, released in 2023. To sweeten the deal, the pair will be joined on the road by Shygirl.
The Sweat tour kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Detroit, with plans to wrap on Wednesday, Oct. 23 in Seattle.
The Sweat tour kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Detroit, with plans to wrap on Wednesday, Oct. 23 in Seattle.
- 4/17/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Coachella crowds are notoriously awful, but the response to Blur’s Saturday set was especially jarring.
By all accounts, the Britpop legends put on a phenomenal show. Their setlist contained several surprises, including rare performances of “Death of a Party,” “Out of Time,” “Trouble in the Message Centre,” and “Beetleblum,” as well as an on-stage collaboration with the indigenous Torres Martinez Cahuilla Bird Singers.
And yet, whether because the younger-skewing audience was unfamiliar with the band’s discography and/or because they had showed up early for Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set that was to follow, the crowd didn’t seem to vibe with Blur’s music. Video from the festival’s livestream (as seen below) captured a pretty lifeless crowd — even during performances of anthems like “Popscene,” “Girls & Boys” and “Song 2.”
It was during “Girls & Boys” that Blur frontman Damon Albarn finally had enough. After several...
By all accounts, the Britpop legends put on a phenomenal show. Their setlist contained several surprises, including rare performances of “Death of a Party,” “Out of Time,” “Trouble in the Message Centre,” and “Beetleblum,” as well as an on-stage collaboration with the indigenous Torres Martinez Cahuilla Bird Singers.
And yet, whether because the younger-skewing audience was unfamiliar with the band’s discography and/or because they had showed up early for Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set that was to follow, the crowd didn’t seem to vibe with Blur’s music. Video from the festival’s livestream (as seen below) captured a pretty lifeless crowd — even during performances of anthems like “Popscene,” “Girls & Boys” and “Song 2.”
It was during “Girls & Boys” that Blur frontman Damon Albarn finally had enough. After several...
- 4/15/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Blur took the stage at Coachella on Saturday, and to close out their portion of the night, they brought out performers from the Torres Martinez Cahuilla Bird Singers.
It was Blur’s first time at Coachella since 2013 (though Damon Albarn has made a few surprise appearances in recent years), and the band delivered renditions of some of their most beloved songs, like “Song 2,” “Girls & Boys,” “Beetlebum,” and more.
The Britpop legends first brought out a group of Bird Singers to perform a traditional piece titled “Bird Song,” honoring the culture and history of the indigenous tribes of the Coachella region. From there, the Bird Singers loaned their voices to Blur’s “Death of a Party,” and then returned at the end of the night to close out the set with “Tender.”
Elsewhere in Blur’s set, Albarn made an appeal for mutual understanding in a time of political polarization,...
It was Blur’s first time at Coachella since 2013 (though Damon Albarn has made a few surprise appearances in recent years), and the band delivered renditions of some of their most beloved songs, like “Song 2,” “Girls & Boys,” “Beetlebum,” and more.
The Britpop legends first brought out a group of Bird Singers to perform a traditional piece titled “Bird Song,” honoring the culture and history of the indigenous tribes of the Coachella region. From there, the Bird Singers loaned their voices to Blur’s “Death of a Party,” and then returned at the end of the night to close out the set with “Tender.”
Elsewhere in Blur’s set, Albarn made an appeal for mutual understanding in a time of political polarization,...
- 4/14/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
With the focus on mid and short films increasing significantly this year, Osaka Asian Film Festival presented another quite intriguing edition, with the choices from both within Japan and the rest of Asia highlighting the quality of the programming once more. At the same time though, the fact that both Japanese and Korean cinema, which make up for a large part of the program, are not on their best years, does take a toll. Particularly regarding the former, the repetition of the same tropes, and more importantly, the almost complete lack of tension most Japanese movies seem to exhibit nowadays, does border on the annoying. There were still some films that stood out, with “Snowdrop”, “Swimming in a Sand Pool” , “Inch Forward”, and “Girls and Boys” exhibiting some fresh ideas, but the aforementioned fact remains. At the same time, it is also a fact that is quite difficult to find...
- 3/19/2024
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Satoru Hirohara, born 1986 in Tokyo, studied at Musashino Art University as well as at Tokyo University of the Arts. His feature debut Good Morning To The World! (2010) was awarded with the Jury's Special prize at the 32nd Pia Film Festival in Tokyo and received the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the 29th Vancouver International Film Festival. In addition to screenings at other festivals, the film was also selected for the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Dawn Wind In My Poncho (2017) also had a decent festival run.
On the occasion of his latest film, “Girls and Boys” screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival, we speak with him about the role reversal aspect of the movie, working with students, the location the film was shot, humor in movies and other topics.
Girls and Boys screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Why did you decide to include this role-reversal in the movie?...
On the occasion of his latest film, “Girls and Boys” screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival, we speak with him about the role reversal aspect of the movie, working with students, the location the film was shot, humor in movies and other topics.
Girls and Boys screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Why did you decide to include this role-reversal in the movie?...
- 3/15/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The differences between girls and boys in high school are as clear as they can be, with their presentation in cinema bordering on cliche. However, what would happen if this depiction happened through a role reversal scheme? Satoru Hirohara gives an answer through “Girls and Boys”.
Girls and Boys is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The 45-minute film starts in documentary style, with six male and female students, who have already switched roles including clothes and mannerisms, talking about their respective gender in the school environment (that is the boys who act like girls talk about their lives as girls and vice versa). Comments like how school, and society essentially, perceives girls as more responsible, actually asking them to act in that fashion, while constantly excusing the boys whose immaturity is to be expected, echo quite realistic. One of the “girls” states specifically, “Girls are expected to be meticulous,...
Girls and Boys is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The 45-minute film starts in documentary style, with six male and female students, who have already switched roles including clothes and mannerisms, talking about their respective gender in the school environment (that is the boys who act like girls talk about their lives as girls and vice versa). Comments like how school, and society essentially, perceives girls as more responsible, actually asking them to act in that fashion, while constantly excusing the boys whose immaturity is to be expected, echo quite realistic. One of the “girls” states specifically, “Girls are expected to be meticulous,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Bradley Cooper is sharing the scary experience he once had with Carey Mulligan.
If you didn’t know, Bradley, 49, and Carey, 38, starred opposite one another in Maestro, which is nominated for seven Oscars.
Bradley recently described a time when he had to take Carey to the emergency room in 2018.
Keep reading to find out more…
The Silver Linings Playbook star was attending Carey‘s performance of Girls & Boys when she suffered an injury on stage.
“I went to meet her backstage and she was prone … because one of the sets had hit her in the top of the head halfway through the play,” Bradley remembered during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show.
“I went back and I was like, ‘Are you Ok?’” he continued. “And she was not Ok, at all, and so we went to the emergency room.”
Carey then explained that no one realized what had...
If you didn’t know, Bradley, 49, and Carey, 38, starred opposite one another in Maestro, which is nominated for seven Oscars.
Bradley recently described a time when he had to take Carey to the emergency room in 2018.
Keep reading to find out more…
The Silver Linings Playbook star was attending Carey‘s performance of Girls & Boys when she suffered an injury on stage.
“I went to meet her backstage and she was prone … because one of the sets had hit her in the top of the head halfway through the play,” Bradley remembered during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show.
“I went back and I was like, ‘Are you Ok?’” he continued. “And she was not Ok, at all, and so we went to the emergency room.”
Carey then explained that no one realized what had...
- 1/27/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
When “Maestro” director, writer, and star Bradley Cooper wanted to meet with Carey Mulligan to talk about her joining his Leonard Bernstein biopic, it was “a quite dramatic” beginning.
Cooper, who wanted Mulligan to play Bernstein’s wife, Felicia, attended the first preview of her one-woman play “Girls and Boys.” During the show, being staged in New York’s West Village, a piece of wood fell and hit Mulligan’s head. It gave Mulligan a concussion, which she now downplays, calling it a curtain because “it sounds fluffy.”
On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Cooper and Mulligan discuss the process of getting into the mindset to play the Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre in Netflix’s “Maestro.” The two break down key scenes, and talk about their favorite acting works from one another. Listen below.
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in “Maestro.
Cooper, who wanted Mulligan to play Bernstein’s wife, Felicia, attended the first preview of her one-woman play “Girls and Boys.” During the show, being staged in New York’s West Village, a piece of wood fell and hit Mulligan’s head. It gave Mulligan a concussion, which she now downplays, calling it a curtain because “it sounds fluffy.”
On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Cooper and Mulligan discuss the process of getting into the mindset to play the Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre in Netflix’s “Maestro.” The two break down key scenes, and talk about their favorite acting works from one another. Listen below.
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in “Maestro.
- 1/13/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
In her graceful portrayal of Felicia Montealegre Bernstein in “Maestro” — opposite director Bradley Cooper — Carey Mulligan turns what might have been Cooper’s solo performance into a duet. Born in Costa Rica and raised in Chile, Felicia is an up-and-coming actor in New York City when she goes to a party and meets Lenny, an ambitious conductor and composer. After they marry in 1951, she has three children with her lightning bolt of a husband, who is sexually oriented more toward men.
But she’s not pathetic; Felicia is Lenny’s partner in every sense of the word. In a way, Felicia is the consummate Mulligan performance: Her simmering interiority meshes with Cooper’s magnetism, which is Mulligan’s own form of conducting.
Mulligan first began talking to Cooper about “Maestro” in the summer of 2018, after he came to see her in the Off Broadway play “Girls & Boys.” Cooper had completed “A Star Is Born,...
But she’s not pathetic; Felicia is Lenny’s partner in every sense of the word. In a way, Felicia is the consummate Mulligan performance: Her simmering interiority meshes with Cooper’s magnetism, which is Mulligan’s own form of conducting.
Mulligan first began talking to Cooper about “Maestro” in the summer of 2018, after he came to see her in the Off Broadway play “Girls & Boys.” Cooper had completed “A Star Is Born,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
In 2011, USA Network released the legal dramedy Suits about an underachieving college dropout (Patrick Adams) who uses his photographic memory to land a job as a lawyer despite never going to law school. Together, with the assistance of hot-shot lawyer Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), he takes on high-profile cases while hiding his deception.
After a nine-season run that ended in 2019, the series recently found new life on Netflix, smashing records since it debuted in June 2023. Chances are high that you’ve already cruised through the courtroom-based drama.
One of the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is our unwavering ability to consume massive amounts of streaming content. To keep your thirst for TV’s legal dramas alive, here are six more binge-worthy series to add to your queue.
The reason behind ‘Suits’ newfound popularity
Suits was previously available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Hulu without much fanfare. It wasn...
After a nine-season run that ended in 2019, the series recently found new life on Netflix, smashing records since it debuted in June 2023. Chances are high that you’ve already cruised through the courtroom-based drama.
One of the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is our unwavering ability to consume massive amounts of streaming content. To keep your thirst for TV’s legal dramas alive, here are six more binge-worthy series to add to your queue.
The reason behind ‘Suits’ newfound popularity
Suits was previously available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Hulu without much fanfare. It wasn...
- 9/15/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
You’d think an artist as influential and groundbreaking as Prince would have been showered in Grammys, but that’s far from the truth. Throughout his career, Prince was only awarded seven times. Indeed, while the Grammys certainly weren’t dismissive of him, you would probably expect him to have won more than that, or at least to have won in a major category. Throughout his career, the eclectic musician only got three general field nominations: Album of the Year for “Purple Rain” and “Sign O’ the Times,” both of which he infamously lost, and Song of the Year for penning Sinéad O’Connor’s smash hit “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Still, there’s a lot to unpack from Prince’s wild Grammy history, including wins that you might not expect and losses that leave us wondering what exactly voters were on.
SEEGrammys flashback: How did Bruno Mars beat Justin Timberlake and...
SEEGrammys flashback: How did Bruno Mars beat Justin Timberlake and...
- 7/30/2023
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Winner of the 1999 Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects, Andrew Lau's “A Man Called Hero” is a genuine wuxia film, which doubles intensely though, as a drama, in a rather appealing package that also benefits the most by the impressive cast. The movie would be a huge commercial success, amassing more than 23 million Hk dollars upon its release.
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The script is loosely based on the manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing and begins in early Republican China. After passing a test, Hero Hua is accepted by Pride, a master swordsman, as his second apprentice. When he returns home, he is horrified to see that his parents have been murdered by foreigners for opposing the opium trade. That night, Hero breaks up the foreigners' party and kills them in revenge.
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The script is loosely based on the manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing and begins in early Republican China. After passing a test, Hero Hua is accepted by Pride, a master swordsman, as his second apprentice. When he returns home, he is horrified to see that his parents have been murdered by foreigners for opposing the opium trade. That night, Hero breaks up the foreigners' party and kills them in revenge.
- 4/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Netflix this morning released the first trailer for its new political drama “The Diplomat” that stars Keri Russell as the new U.S. Ambassador to the UK. The series will stream an eight-episode first season, premiering on April 20. See the new trailer above.
According to a series release, “The Diplomat” stars Russell as Kate Wyler, a career diplomat who upon being appointed ambassador – a job she’s unsuited for – suddenly finds herself in the middle of a massive diplomacy challenge. Wyler is expected to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London and adjust to her new place in the spotlight – all while struggling to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell). Netflix further describes the series as “a high stakes, contemporary political drama about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships between countries and people.”
SEEKeri Russell (The Diplomat)
Debora Cahn, a...
According to a series release, “The Diplomat” stars Russell as Kate Wyler, a career diplomat who upon being appointed ambassador – a job she’s unsuited for – suddenly finds herself in the middle of a massive diplomacy challenge. Wyler is expected to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London and adjust to her new place in the spotlight – all while struggling to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell). Netflix further describes the series as “a high stakes, contemporary political drama about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships between countries and people.”
SEEKeri Russell (The Diplomat)
Debora Cahn, a...
- 4/5/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The Force is strong with the Home Economics gang in a new, out-of-this-world promo for Season 3 of the ABC comedy.
In the Home Economics season opener, which is titled “Mickey Ears, 19.99” and airs Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 9:30/8:30c, Tom (played by Topher Grace) finds out that Connor (Jimmy Tarro) is his new boss, which threatens to ruin Marina’s (Karla Souza) perfectly planned trip to the Happiest Place on Earth aka the Disneyland Resort in California. #CorporateSynergy
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In the Home Economics season opener, which is titled “Mickey Ears, 19.99” and airs Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 9:30/8:30c, Tom (played by Topher Grace) finds out that Connor (Jimmy Tarro) is his new boss, which threatens to ruin Marina’s (Karla Souza) perfectly planned trip to the Happiest Place on Earth aka the Disneyland Resort in California. #CorporateSynergy
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- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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