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Amblin Television’s TV series based on “Rashomon” has landed at HBO Max for development.

The project, which has been in the works since late 2018, will not be a direct adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s classic film, but will retain the key plot device. It is described as a drama centering around a grisly sexual assault and murder, and the unraveling mystery seen through multiple characters’ competing narratives.

The series has Billy Ray, whose recent credits include “Captain Philips” and “The Comey Rule,” and Virgil Williams writing. Amblin co-presidents of TV Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will executive produce, along with Mark Canton of Atmosphere Entertainment, Leigh Ann Burton of Opus7 Entertainment, and David Hopwood.

“I am delighted to work with Amblin Partners and HBO Max to reimagine Rashomon for today’s audience. I am excited to see my dad’s vision through this inspirational story kept alive and made accessible to a new generation,...

Amblin Television’s series adaptation of the classic Akira Kurosawa film “Rashomon” has landed at HBO Max, the two companies announced Thursday.

The project, which has been in development since 2018, is not a direct adaptation of the film, but retains the basic premise and distinctive plot device — an unraveling mystery seen through multiple characters’ competing perspectives — of the original film.

Per HBO Max, “Each episode will present the perceived truth of an individual character – putting each, in turn, at the center of the story and telling the events surrounding the murder from their unique, self-serving point of view.”

Billy Ray, who most recently adapted former FBI director James Comey’s memoir as a Showtime limited series, and “Mudbound” co-writer Virgil Williams are writers on the project.

“Our partnership on ‘Rashomon’ is based on our mutual pledge to make every single episode, every scene, and every character of this show a...

HBO Max has boarded a television drama inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic Rashomon.

The series, which is in development at the streamer, is being written by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Virgil Williams (Mudbound) and produced by Amblin Television.

The project has been in the works for about two years after the television arm of Steven Spielberg’s company announced that it had secured the rights to create a new series inspired by the film.

Opus7 Entertainment’s Leigh Ann Burton and Mark Canton, founder of Atmosphere Entertainment and exec producer of Starz’s Power, initially approached Amblin with the opportunity, and it was Burton who the producer said “successfully navigated the complex negotiation” and secured the blessing of the Kurosawa family.

The series will not be an adaptation but will retain the key plot device of the Kurosawa film – a drama centering on a grisly sexual assault and...

If anybody’s dreams are interesting, Akira Kurosawa’s should be, and this late career fantasy is a consistently rewarding string of morality tales and visual essays that pop off the screen. Some of the imagery has input from the famed Ishiro Honda.

Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams

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The Criterion Collection 842

1990 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 120 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 15, 2016 / 39.95

Starring Mieko Harada, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Yoshitaka Zushi, Hisashi Igawa, Chosuke, Chishu Ryu, Martin Scorsese, Masayuki Yui.

Cinematography Takao Saito, Shoji Ueda

Film Editor Tome Minami

Original Music Sinichiro Ikebe

Creative Consultant ishiro Honda

Visual Effects Supervisors Ken Ralston, Mark Sullivan

Produced by Hisao Kurosawa, Mike Y. Inoue

Written and Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

At the twilight of his career, after some episodes of career frustration and instability, Akira Kurosawa hit a high note with the epic costume dramas Kagemusha and Ran.

The Hound of Heaven stars La rapper Propaganda.

The Hound of Heaven, a short film exec produced by Hisao Kurosawa - son of iconic director Akira Kurosawa - is to receive its world premiere at Raindance Film Festival (Sept 24 - Oct 5) on Oct 4.

The film, directed by N.D. Wilson, is produced by Kurosawa Productions and is based on Francis Thompson’s 19th century poem.

Starring Jason Petty (aka La rapper Propaganda) and Danielle Smith, it centres on a girl who believes that she is fleeing death, when she is actually running away from her only chance at life.

Executive Produced by Kurosawa and Brian Oxley, it is produced by Aaron Rench.

Kurosawa described it as “a striking film, simultaneously brimming with aggression and tenderness”.

Scott Mann ("The Tournament") has been hired to direct a $60 million remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" for The Weinstein Company reports Variety.

Considered one of the greatest movies ever made, the original classic dealt with a village of farmers who hire seven masterless samurai (ronin) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.

The new version of the story centers on a small, contemporary village in northern Thailand which recruits seven paramilitary mercenaries from around the world to help defend the town from an upcoming attack.

John Fusco and Scott Mann are developing the script while Akira's son, Hisao Kurosawa, will executive produce. Shooting aims to kick off sometime this year.

This is hardly the first remake of the property. Less than five years after the original, John Sturges took the story and adapted it to an American Old West setting, the...

Scott Mann (The Tournament) has been hired by The Weinstein Company to direct their remake The Seven Samurai.

Screenwriter John Fusco has been developing the project at The Weinstein company for the past 18 months. The story centers on a small, contemporary village in Thailand who recruits seven warriors from around the world to help defend their town from an upcoming attack.

It is said that Scott Mann will also help develop the screenplay with John Fusco, in hopes to start shooting sometime this year.

Akira Kurosawa directed the original 1954 classic Seven Samurai, which starred Toshir&#244 Mifune and is considered by many to be one of the greatest movies of all time. The director's son, Hisao Kurosawa, will executive produce the remake along with Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein.

The Seven Samurai will be produced from a $60 million budget.

The Seven Samurai comes to theaters in 2014. The film is directed by Scott Mann.

The Academia Foundation and Anaheim University will present a memorial tribute to Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Guests will include Kurosawa's son and President of Kurosawa Productions, Hisao Kurosawa, as well as directors Martin Scorsese, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Kurosawa introduced Japanese cinema to North American audiences, inspiring numerous action films including "Star Wars", "The Magnificent Seven" and "A Fistful of Dollars".

'The Tribute' will be a main event during the 2010 'Green Globe Film Awards', March 23, @ the Westin Bonaventure Hotel's California Ballroom in Los Angeles. According to organizers, the Bonaventure was selected for its capacity to host 1,200 people, in the largest dinner venue of any hotel in California.

If you want to see what all the fuss is about, Sneak Peek Kurosawa's "Rashomon", "Seven Samurai" and "Throne Of Blood" in their entirety, thanks to SneakPeekTV...