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Hong Kong’s Pccw Media is linking up with independent film and TV studio Sk Global Entertainment (“Crazy Rich Asians”) to produce the drama series, “The Season.”

The six-part series is set in Hong Kong and tells of a group of friends gathering for a summer of fun in the sun as boating season begins but which spirals into a web of deception and power struggles. The show was unveiled at a special presentation at Hong Kong FilMart.

“We believe “The Season” is a story that will connect with audiences everywhere through the characters’ personal journeys, relationships and conflicts at times,” said Janice Lee, managing director of Pccw Media Group and CEO of Viu, the company’s multi-territory video streamer.

The show’s cast is led by Jessie Mei Li (“Shadow and Bone”), three-time Golden Horse winner Karena Lam, Justin Chien (“The Brothers Sun”), Yvonne Chapman (“Avatar: The Last Airbender...

Pccw Media and Crazy Rich Asians producer Sk Global are joining forces on Hong Kong-set premium series The Season, created and executive produced by Yalun Tu.

The English-language series features an ensemble cast of international talent including Jessie Mei Li (Shadow And Bone), award-winning Hong Kong actress Karena Lam, Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun), Yvonne Chapman (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Celina Jade (Wolf Warrior 2) and Toby Stephens (Percy Jackson And The Olympians).

Chilean director Marialy Rivas (The Jetty) serves as the show’s lead director and executive producer. Agatha Lo will executive produce for Pccw Media and Chloe Dan, Matt Aragachi and Dylan Tarason for Sk Global, with Aaron Shershow (Expats) as producer. Production is expected to start in Hong Kong soon.

Yalun Tu is known for writing and producing credits on NCIS: Hawaii and Wu Assassins, as well as My Undead Yokai Girlfriend for Prime Video Japan.

The...

“The White Lotus” Season 3 is finally here. As is always the case with the HBO anthology series, though, it’s returned with a new cast of actors and characters for viewers to follow and either grow to love or revile. “The White Lotus” has also left its Hawaii and Italy hotels behind in favor of a new exotic setting: a wellness retreat in Thailand. Prepare for a lot of awkward social moments, barely hidden resentment, and, of course, some murder.

Here are all the characters you need to know in “The White Lotus” Season 3 as well as who play them.

Natasha Rothwell as Belinda in “The White Lotus” Season 3 (Fabio Lovino/HBO) Belinda (Natasha Rothwell)

Belinda was the spa manager at the White Lotus in Hawaii. She travels to the brand’s Thailand location to learn from its spa employees (and also take a small vacation herself). A returning character...

Sk Global, the production company behind “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Anyone But You,” has been impacted by layoffs, an insider with knowledge tells TheWrap.

Roughly 20 employees were affected across multiple departments, according to Deadline, which first reported the news.

In the face of significant industry changes over the past few years, including structural changes in the market and how media is developed, distributed and consumed, Sk Global had to carefully assess how they are operating the company for their continued growth and success, the insider noted.

As a business, Sk Global remains dedicated to creating premium content with cultural impact, and all of their business lines and current and upcoming productions will remain on track as they implement these changes, the insider said.

The production company was previously known as Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and was primarily known for bankrolling prestige dramas “Hell or High Water” and “The Place Beyond the Pines.

When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sit down to discuss a potential nuclear arms treaty in the upcoming film “Reykjavik,” the actors portraying them, Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris, will be lowering themselves into the actual chairs in the actual building where the historic 1986 meeting took place.

Writer-director Michael Russell Gunn, who previously shot “Thai Cave Rescue,” says he loves the “authenticity” of shooting at the actual Höfði House in Iceland. Producer John Logan Pierson adds, “there’s an energy and spirit that comes from shooting in the real place.”

This authenticity was only feasible because of Iceland’s rebates and professional crews. “We needed to make this for a competitive number and sometimes you want to film in a place that isn’t production friendly and lacks a robust infrastructure,” Pierson says.

“The people of Iceland have been so welcoming to our production,” says Mark O’Connor, exec VP of...

Exclusive: Add Sk Global Entertainment, the independent studio behind hits like Anyone But You and Crazy Rich Asians, to the long list of entertainment and media companies impacted by layoffs in 2024.

Less than 20 employees were affected across multiple departments, sources tell Deadline. Like so many others, the company made the move to ensure the continued growth and success of its operations amidst continually strong economic headwinds, following the year of the double strike.

Sk Global remains dedicated, we’re told, to creating premium content with cultural impact. All of its lines of business and current and upcoming productions will remain on track as staffing changes are implemented.

News of the layoffs follows word of others this month at the Film Academy, Fox Corp., Allen Media Group, Netflix, Disney and elsewhere.

Sk Global saw major success last winter with Anyone But You, the critically acclaimed Sony rom-com starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney,...

Exclusive: Guy Burnet (Oppenheimer), John Ross Bowie (Speechless), Adrian Rawlins (Mary & George) and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Vikings: Valhalla) will round out the cast of Reykjavik, writer-director Michael Russell Gunn’s historical drama for Anyone But You producer Sk Global. Additionally, 2521 Entertainment has been set to produce and finance the film in partnership with Sk Global.

Others in the cast, as previously announced, include Jeff Daniels, Jared Harris, J.K. Simmons, Hope Davis, Branka Katic and Aya Cash.

Entering production in Iceland in early October, with extensive filming at Höfði House, the actual site of the 1986 Reykjavik summit, Reykjavik explains why the event marked one of the most significant diplomatic achievements of modern times. The film takes place at the most dangerous point of the Cold War, watching as political enemies Ronald Reagan (Daniels) and Mikhail Gorbachev (Harris) meet in Iceland over one long, tense weekend to decide if there will...

As “Reykjavik,” a look at a critical summit between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that helped determine the fate of the two superpowers, begins shooting in Iceland this week, the drama has brought on Hope Davis, Branka Katic and Aya Cash. They join the Sk Global feature, which has already lined up an impressive ensemble that includes Jeff Daniels as Ronald Reagan, Jared Harris as Mikhail Gorbachev and J.K. Simmons as Secretary of State George Shultz.

Davis, who appeared on Broadway opposite Daniels in “God of Carnage,” will star as Nancy Reagan. Katic is set to play Raisa Gorbachev, wife of the Soviet leader, and Cash has been tapped to portray a young journalist covering the Reykjavik Summit. Production officially commenced Tuesday on location in Reykjavik, where the cast and crew started filming in and around Höfði House, the actual site of a 1986 meeting that happened as the...

Indonesia’s Base Entertainment has added Ho Wi Ding’s family drama Mothernet to its slate, an Indonesia-Singapore co-production that brings together top talents from the Southeast Asian region.

The feature, now in production, is also backed by Indonesia’s Beacon Film, Singapore-based Refinery Media and Hong Kong’s Jem Productions. The cast is headed by celebrated Indonesian actors Dian Sastrowardoyo of hit Netflix series Cigarette Girl, who is also producing through Beacon Film, Ringgo Agus Rahman (Falling In Love Like In Movies) and rising star Ali Fikri (24 Hours with Gaspar).

Set in the near future, the story follows...

Production is under way on “Mothernet,” a drama film that examines the growing relationship between humans and technology. Ho Wi Ding, whose “Pinoy Sunday” and “Cities of Last Things” won multiple prizes, is in the director’s chair.

Set in Indonesia’s near future, “Mothernet” is a poignant family drama centered around 16-year-old Rama who is trying to navigate life after a tragic accident leaves his mother in a coma. With the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) program, Rama and his father embark on a journey of reconnection and healing, according to a supplied synopsis.

Indonesian actors Dian Sastrowardoyo (Netflix series “Cigarette Girl”) and Ringgo Agus Rahman (“Falling in Love Like in Movies”), portray the adult leads. Rising star Ali Fikri (“24 Hours with Gaspar”) plays the youngster.

“Mothernet” is being shot mainly on location in Indonesia, with its virtual scenes to be shot in Singapore, at the X3D Studio...

Exclusive: Sk Global Entertainment, the independent entertainment studio behind hits like Anyone But You and Crazy Rich Asians, has appointed Jeannine Tang to serve as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel.

Tang joins after more than six years at the recently shuttered Participant, where most recently served as General Counsel, overseeing and advising on all aspects of the company’s business and legal affairs, including the content business, strategic investments and partnerships, social impact collaborations and general corporate matters. In her new role, she’ll be responsible for the integration and operationalization of Sk Global Entertainment and its subsidiary Critical Content, overseeing oversee company-wide strategy, business operations and dealmaking, as well as legal affairs and human resources.

In a statement on Tang’s appointment, Sk Global’s Chief Financial Officer Matt Aragachi said, “Jeannine is a dynamic leader and strategic dealmaker who brings unmatched expertise with her extensive background across business affairs and production.

The presidential race of 2024 might be heating up between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, but theres a race of a different kind going on in Hollywood when it comes to who will portray the best Ronald Reagan: Dennis Quaid or Jeff Daniels? Quaid is set to star in the upcoming biopic tracing the life of the 40th President of the United States, while Daniels has just signed on to portray the late president for a new movie that will detail the events surrounding Reagans 1986 meeting with the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.

Per Deadline, Daniels will headline Reykjavk as Reagan alongside Jared Harris (Gorbachev), and J.K. Simmons, who will portray United States Secretary of State George Shultz. Michael Russell Gunn will make his feature film debut with the new movie, directing from a script he penned himself. His previous credits include showrunner for Sk Global and...

Exclusive: Jeff Daniels (A Man in Full), Jared Harris (Chernobyl) and J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos) have signed on to star in Reykjavik, a historical drama from Sk Global (Anyone But You) that chronicles one of the most significant diplomatic achievements of modern times: The Reykjavik Summit.

Reykjavik takes place at the most dangerous point of the Cold War, watching as political enemies Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland over one long, tense weekend to decide if there will be peace or war in the world.

Daniels plays U.S. President Reagan, with Harris as Soviet leader Gorbachev, and Simmons as United States Secretary of State George Shultz.

Michael Russell Gunn will direct from his own script, in his feature debut, following his work with Sk Global as showrunner of its acclaimed limited series Thai Cave Rescue for Netflix. He also produces alongside John Logan Pierson. Production will commence on location in Reykjavik, Iceland in early October, with extensive filming at Höfði House, the actual site of the 1986 summit.

Sources tell Deadline that Gunn’s project is one that he’s spent years working on and researching. His work began when he drove out to Stanford to interview Secretary of State Shultz before his passing, receiving now-declassified transcripts from the summit. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the recent revelation that the U.S. will again deploy long-range missiles in Germany, the hope is to reflect on how we, as citizens and as nations, can come together to work past our differences, in pursuit of a better, safer world.

Daniels is coming off of A Man in Full, Netflix’s limited series from David E. Kelley, which adapts the 1998 novel from Tom Wolfe. Recently, he was also seen starring opposite Maura Tierney in the crime drama American Rust, which ran for two seasons.

Most recently boarding Kathryn Bigelow’s new film for Netflix, as we were first to report, Harris also stars in Apple TV+ and Skydance’s sci-fi series Foundation, based on the works of Isaac Asimov, which previewed its forthcoming third season at Comic-Con. Previously garnering Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Chernobyl, he’s also recently wrapped on the indies Brave the Dark and Reawakening.

Following roles in films like National Champions and Being the Ricardos, Simmons’ upcoming slate includes the Clint Eastwood pic Juror #2, Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, Amazon’s sequel to The Accountant and holiday event film Red One, and the addiction film The Prince written by David Mamet.

Prior to Thai Cave Rescue, Gunn wrote and produced for the critically acclaimed Showtime series Billions, as well as the political thriller Designated Survivor for ABC and Netflix, having begun his career on Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom. On the film side, he sold his script The Virginian about a young George Washington to Warner Bros, and is currently adapting a novel for Charlize Theron at Universal.

Indie studio Sk Global has produced and financed over 100 features, dating back to its origins as Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Most recently, the company unveiled the acclaimed rom-com Anyone But You, a star-making project for Glen Powell, who led the cast opposite Sydney Sweeney. The Sony pic emerged as a sleeper hit upon its December 2023 release, proving that rom-coms can continue to work theatrically as it grossed over $220 million worldwide. Also recently unveiling the acclaimed limited series Thai Cave Rescue, as well as inspirational docs like Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, which just debuted on Netflix, the company is also responsible for such acclaimed titles as Crazy Rich Asians, Hell or High Water and The Place Beyond the Pines, among many others.

Daniels is repped by CAA, Martino Management, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Harris by CAA, Gateway Management, Independent Talent Group in the UK, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Simmons by Gersh; and Gunn by WME and Artists First.

Nattawut ‘Baz’ Poonpiriya, the director of 2017 pan-Asian hit “Bad Genius,” has joined forces with Thailand’s leading film studio GDH559 to launch new production company Bask.

Gdh, a subsidiary of the Gmm group, is currently riding another wave of regional success with comedy-drama “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” breaking box office records in Southeast Asian countries including Singapore, Vietnam and The Philippines. Earlier this week, the company unveiled a powerful production and releasing slate covering the next year.

Co-headed by Gdh producer, Vanridee Pongsittisak, Bask says it will work alongside top U.S.-based producers to offer a fresh perspective on Thai and Asian culture for global audiences.

“My goal is to be the international voice that speaks louder,” said Poonpiriya. “With a louder and authentic voice, it means that I can speak for more people and to more people.”

Pongsittisak said: “Not only will we bring a...

Disney’s live-action “Moana” has found its new leading lady: Catherine Laga‘aia will star opposite Dwayne Johnson, who reprises his role as the demigod Maui, in the highly anticipated film.

“I’m really excited to embrace this character because Moana is one of my favorites,” said Laga‘aia, a 17-year-old from Sydney, Australia. “My grandfather comes from Fa‘aala, Palauli, in Savai‘i. And my grandmother is from Leulumoega Tuai on the main island of ‘Upolu in Samoa. I’m honored to have an opportunity to celebrate Samoa and all Pacific Island peoples, and to represent young girls who look like me.”

Also joining Laga‘aia and Johnson in the cast are Auckland, New Zealander John Tui as Moana’s father, Chief Tui; Samoan-New Zealand actor Frankie Adams as Moana’s mother, Sina; and Rena Owen, who hails from Bay of Islands, New Zealand, as the revered Gramma Tala. The...

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced that its 40th festival is scheduled for Feb. 4-15, expanding to 12 days for next year’s edition.

Sbiff showcases the best in independent and international media. It’s one of the leading film festivals in the United States as it attracts 100,000 attendees of over 200 films, tributes and symposiums.

“As we embark on our 40th year, we are proud of what we’ve accomplished and exhilarated for what is ahead of us. We will be announcing a few surprises in the next few months. Onward and upwards” says Roger Durling, Sbiff’s Executive Director.

Official events including screenings, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels, and celebrity tributes, will be held throughout the city, including the Arlington Theatre.

Earlier this year, the 39th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival celebrated an ensemble of talent including Robert Downey Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Billie Eilish, Finneas,...

Samuel L. Jackson will star as an action hero President under attack in the upcoming movie "The Beast" that will be showcased at TIFF. The film revolves around Jackson's character uncovering the President's state car's classified offensive capabilities to save his life and America. "The Beast" is not the first time Jackson has played the President; he previously portrayed a stranded president in "Big Game."

Rejoice! Hollywood icon Samuel L. Jackson has been elected Potus (President of the United States) in the upcoming action movie, The Beast. The project, which will find Jackson starring as an action hero President who finds himself under attack while in his presidential state car, will go to market at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and comes courtesy of WME Independent.

“When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president (Jackson) uncovers the extent of The Beast’s highly classified offensive capabilities,...

Exclusive: Amid some uncertainty over the level of pre-sales business possible at Toronto and the AFM due to the strikes, a handful of packages are beginning to emerge.

The first significant project to be revealed for the TIFF market is WME Independent package The Beast, which has The Avengers and The Marvels star Samuel L. Jackson in talks alongside Suicide Squad actor Joel Kinnaman.

The project, which is in pre-production and has an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA, was packaged prior to the strikes kicking off, we’re told.

The film’s title refers to its subject: a Presidential limousine nicknamed ‘The Beast’ by the Secret Service. The impenetrable tank is stocked with grenades, shotguns, armor-plating and bullet-and-bomb-proofing.

When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S. presidency, the President (Jackson) uncovers the extent of The Beast’s highly classified offensive capabilities. Separated from his wife, the...

New cast members have been revealed for the upcoming sequel Mortal Kombat 2. Serving as a follow-up to the 2021 feature film adaptation of Mortal Kombat, the new movie will bring back a handful of returning characters while introducing several new fighters into the mix. Recent weeks have revealed the additions of various new cast members including Karl Urban (The Boys) as Johnny Cage, Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Kitana, and Tati Gabrielle (You) as Jade.

Now, a new report from Deadline has divulged some additional casting information revealing some other new characters that will be featured in the film. As with the aforementioned additions, they are all based on characters previously featured in the video game series. This includes Shao Kahn, who was the final opponent in the original video game Mortal Kombat II and has since remained one of the franchise's most well-known characters. He'll be played...

Martyn Ford (“Shao Kahn”), Desmond Chiam (“King Jerrod”), Ana Thu Nguyen (“Sindel”), and Damon Herriman (“Quan Chi”) have been cast in the sequel to New Line’s hit 2021 action adventure “Mortal Kombat” based on the blockbuster video game franchise, New Line announced on Thursday morning.

The new additions join a cast which include Karl Urban as “Johnny Cage,” Tati Gabrielle as “Jade,” and Adeline Rudolph as “Kitana.”

The returning cast from “Mortal Kombat” includes Lewis Tan as “Cole Young”; Jessica McNamee as “Sonya Blade”; Josh Lawson as “Kano”; Tadanobu Asano as “Lord Raiden”; Mehcad Brooks as “Jax”; Ludi Lin as “Liu Kang”; Chin Han as “Shang Tsung”; Joe Taslim as “Bi-Han” and “Sub-Zero”; Hiroyuki Sanada as “Hanzo Hasashi” and “Scorpion”; Max Huang as “Kung Lao.”

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Simon McQuoid, who directed the 2021 film, is set to return.

New Line has rounded out its cast for Mortal Kombat 2, with Martyn Ford (Red Sonja), Desmond Chiam (Joy Ride), Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka) and Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) coming aboard for roles.

Ford will play villainous Outworld emperor Shao Kahn, with Chiam as Edenian King Jerrod, Nguyen as Queen Sindel and Herriman as Netherrealm demon Quan Chi.

New Line’s latest follows up its hit 2021 action adventure Mortal Kombat, based on the blockbuster video game franchise created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, which was released simultaneously in theaters and on the platform now known as Max in April 2021. Amidst an industry hit hard by Covid, the original opened at number one at the box office and went on to gross over $84M worldwide theatrically, also coming in as one of the most-watched titles in Max’s history.

While Mortal Kombat followed Mma fighter Cole Young...

Following a premiere at Sundance 2023, where Netflix picked up the psychological horror film for an undisclosed sum, the streaming service has set a June 28 release date and unveiled the first trailer for "Run Rabbit Run." With Sarah Snook ("Succession") in the lead, Australian director Daina Reid's second feature film is about a single mother and fertility doctor named Sarah (Snook) who is shaken by her 7-year-old daughter Mia's (Lily Latorre) strange behavior and "inexplicable memories of a past identity."

The connection, as the "Run Rabbit Run" trailer reveals, is Sarah's late sister Alice who had an interest in wild rabbits and went missing when she was just seven years old. Mia turns out to have both things in common with Alice when she takes a liking to a rabbit that appears on their doorstep. You know where this is going, right? Mia believes she's Alice and seemingly begins turning on her mother,...

Actresses Ming-Na Wen and Tati Gabrielle, along with Partner Track showrunner Georgia Lee and Everything Everywhere All at Once costume designer Shirley Kurata, are among those being honored by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment as part of its new Radiance event.

Hosted by Cape, the non-profit that has spent more than 30 years advancing Asian American and Pacific Islander representation in Hollywood, Radiance is a first-of-its-kind celebratory fundraiser that honors the achievements of Api women and nonbinary artists in entertainment. The inaugural event will be hosted by The Last of Us star Merle Dandridge and held on March 21 at L.A.’s The Ebell, an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women for women in 1894.

“We were shocked (but not entirely surprised) that there has never been an event during Women’s History Month celebrating Api women and nonbinary individuals in entertainment,” Michelle K. Sugihara, Cape’s executive director,...

Game music isn’t just for gaming nerds anymore. It’s finally being recognized as real, “serious” music. This year, the Grammys introduced a new category for video game music: Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. The music has evolved along with the video game artform, as scores increasingly lay the emotional groundwork for an immersive experience.

What’s notable about numerous modern game soundtracks is their cinematic scope, involving lush orchestrations, heavy percussions, kinetic solos, propulsive vocals, and eurythmic atmosphere. Just like people become emotionally...

Duangphet Phromthep, the captain of the Thai boys soccer team known for the high-profile Tham Luang Nang Non cave rescue in 2018, has died in the U.K., British and Thai officials announced. He was 17 years old.

Phromthep, who was most recently one of the subject of Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” in 2022, was enrolled in a soccer academy in Leicestershire, England. He died after being sent to the hospital on Sunday, Leicestershire Police told CNN in a statement. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, but the northern regional branch of the Thai government’s public relations team said on Facebook that the boy died due to an accident.

“The atmosphere at his house in Chiang Rai province was full of sorrow,” PR Thailand’s statement said.

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Ahead of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Deadline reports today that Netflix has acquired Run Rabbit Run, a horror movie starring Sarah Snook (“Succession”).

From XYZ Films and Carver Films, expect Run Rabbit Run to premiere later this year.

The Australian horror movie “follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.”

Daina Reid directed the film, written by Hannah Kent.

Run Rabbit Run‘s cast also includes Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi.

Producers are Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish. EPs are Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, Deanne Weir, Olivia Humphrey, Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Daina Reid, Sarah Snook, Jake Carter and Katie Anderson.

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Exclusive: Some were expecting Netflix to curb their acquisitions here in Park City, but, as we told you earlier this morning, never count them out of the Sundance marketplace. Before its premiere in the midnight section tonight, the Reed Hastings-Ted Sarandos-run streamer has scooped up a majority of global rights on the Australian horror movie, Run Rabbit Run, starring 2x Emmy nominated Succession actress Sarah Snook. XYZ Films, which co-funded the film, brokered the deal with Netflix on behalf of the filmmakers.

A release for the Carver Films production is planned for this year.

Directed by Daina Reid off a script by Hannah Kent, Run Rabbit Run follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.

Run...

Writer, director, show runner Tobias Lindholm discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Good Nurse (2022)

1917 (2019) – Dennis Cozzalio on the films of 2109

Jaws (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Another Round (2020)

The Hunt (2012)

A Hijacking (2012)

A War (2015)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

Beat Street (1984)

Style Wars (1983)

*Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)

The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962)

Pretty Woman (1990) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary

*Klute (1971) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review

*A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary

The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

*The Verdict (1982)

Tar (2022)

The Celebration (1998)

*Sea Of Love (1989)

Clockers (1995)

Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary

M (1931)

*Se7en (1995)

Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson...

Four features and two series include the latest from award-winning director Wisit Sasanatieng.

Netflix has announced its first ever slate of original features and series from Thailand, directed by a string of award-winning filmmakers and produced by powerhouse studios Gdh and Gmm.

The films include The Murderer, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng, which marks the streaming platform’s first feature in the northeastern Thai dialect. It stars popular Thai comedian Mum Jokmok as a policeman who investigates whether an English man has killed his Thai in-laws.

Wisit is known for titles such as Western homage Tears Of The Black Tiger, which...

International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand.

Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – Gmm Studios, International, Gdh, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers.

Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham and will stream from mid-November.

Writer-producer Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and veteran indie producer Soros Sukhum are behind director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s “Hunger,” a family drama with food as its central theme. It stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, aka Aok Bap, the breakout star of “Bad Genius” and a former Talent to Watch, selected by Variety and the International Film Festival & Awards Macao.

Veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black Tiger”) is directing “The Murderer,...

Marc Velez has joined UCP as senior vice president and head of development, Variety has learned. In addition, Naketha Mattocks has joined Universal Television (Utv) as senior vice president of drama development.

In his new role, Velez will report to Jennifer Gwartz, executive vice president of UCP. He joins the studio from Lee Daniels Entertainment, of which he was the president. He takes over development at UCP from Garrett Kemble, who left earlier this year for a role at Anonymous Content’s AC Studios.

“Marc is a rare executive who is entrepreneurial, creative, and a partner to our talent and buyers,” said Beatrice Springborn, president of UCP and Universal International Studios. “We are fortunate to have him lead our creative team, who represent the best of the best as we continue to evolve and grow our slate.”

During his time at Lee Daniels Entertainment, Velez worked on shows like ABC...

UCP and Universal Television, divisions of Universal Studio Group, have each brought in an SVP-level development executive. Lee Daniels Entertainment President Marc Velez has been named SVP, Head of Development, for UCP, reporting to Jennifer Gwartz, EVP of UCP. Former Netflix executive Naketha Mattocks joins Universal Television as SVP Drama Development reporting to Vivian Cannon, EVP Drama Development.

Velez succeeds Garrett Kemble, who left UCP this past summer to join Anonymous Content’s AC Studios.

“Marc is a rare executive who is entrepreneurial, creative and a partner to our talent and buyers,” said Beatrice Springborn, President of UCP and Universal International Studios. “We are fortunate to have him lead our creative team, who represent the best of the best as we continue to evolve and grow our slate.”

During his almost six years as president of Lee Daniels Entertainment, Velez developed and executive produced ABC’s The Wonder Years, Fox’s Our Kind of People,...

Projects starring Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi are among the independently produced TV series to be launched on the sidelines of this week’s Busan International Film Festival. The company responsible is Changin’ Pictures, a would-be studio being hatched by Hong Kong-based film director and producer Peter Chan Ho-sun.

Propelled by the growing recognition of Asian talent and the worldwide distribution potential of multinational SVOD platforms, Changin’ Pictures aims to be a powerhouse production hub suppling premium drama content to streaming players.

The company has raised very substantial finance from Asian sources and aims to develop and produce series which it will pitch and license to the platforms, without recourse to the Ott companies’ production funding, greenlighting and editorial constraints.

The company expects to sign up a mix of Asia’s top-billing established filmmakers and fresh talents “to create innovative drama series for Pan-Asian netizens, with an eye to cross-cultural global assimilation.

“This is a unique time of great opportunity for independence at scale.”

London-based investment film Centricus has acquired a majority stake in LA-based Sk Global in a move that will enable the Crazy Rich Asians producers to step up IP ownership and strategic acquisitions.

Earlier this year Sk Global acquired Critical Content, the production company focused on unscripted television series including MTV’s Catfish.

Charlie Corwin will become CEO and oversee the company, including corporate expansion and operations, while John Penotti will become chief creative officer focusing on the global film and TV slates of Sk Global. Sidney Kimmel, founder of Sk Global,...

London-based investment firm Centricus has acquired a majority stake in Sk Global Entertainment, the independent production and finance company known behind film Crazy Rich Asians.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed. A source said the total consideration was in the low-to-mid nine figures.

Charlie Corwin will become CEO and John Penotti chief creative officer focusing on the Sk Global’s film and TV slates. (They had been co-ceos). Sk Global founder Sidney Kimmel will remain chairman, Matt Aragachi will continue as CFO

Centricus will provide additional capital to accelerate Sk Global’s growth strategy through IP ownership and financing strategic acquisitions. Earlier this year, Sk Global acquired Critical Content, a producer of unscripted television series including MTV’s Catfish and Netflix’s Get Organized with The Home Edit.

“With the rapid expansion of platforms and theatrical releases around the world, this is a unique time of great opportunity for independence at scale.

The London-based investment firm Centricus has acquired a majority stake in Sk Global, the production company behind “Crazy Rich Asians.”

Centricus will provide additional capital to accelerate Sk Global’s growth strategy through IP ownership, as well as other acquisitions.

Charlie Corwin will become CEO and oversee the company, including corporate expansion and operations, and John Penotti will become chief creative officer focusing on the global film and TV slates of Sk Global. Sidney Kimmel, founder of Sk Global, will continue in his role as chairman, and Matt Aragachi will continue as CFO.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a source tells TheWrap that the deal was for low-to-mid nine figures.

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Centricus has acquired a majority stake in Sk Global Entertainment, the independent film and television production and finance company behind “Crazy Rich Asians.”

The pact is in in the low to mid nine figures, according to a source with knowledge of the transaction. The deal will provide Sk Global with capital to grow its company, potentially through mergers and acquisitions, as well as provide more financing to expand its slate of content. The company plans to double its output, producing four to five movies annually and at least five series. Earlier this year, Sk Global acquired Critical Content, a production company focused on unscripted television series such as MTV’s “Catfish” and Netflix’s “Get Organized With the Home Edit.”

As part of the deal, Charlie Corwin, currently the co-chief executive officer, will now become the sole CEO and will oversee the company, including its corporate expansion and operations. John Penotti,...

Ryan Murphy’s Jeffrey Dahmer series “Monster” overpowered the Netflix top 10 rankings this week, taking the No. 1 spot with 196.2 million hours viewed following its Sept. 21 premiere. During the Sept. 19-Sept. 25 viewing window, the 10-episode limited series knocked “Cobra Kai” Season 5 off of its pedestal and down to the third spot.

Season 2 of “Fate: The Winx Saga” stayed at the No. 2 spot for the second week. The second installment of the fantasy series, which premiered on the streamer on Sept. 16, earned nearly 61 million hours viewed in its first full week of availability. The show’s first season also appeared at No. 5, more than a year after its Jan. 2021 release. It received 20.3 million hours watched during the measured window.

The fifth season of “Cobra Kai” dropped in viewership during its second full week on Netflix. The show raked in 38.1 million hours viewed –– a drastic fall from the previous week’s 95.6 million hours viewed.

The rescue, in summer 2018, of a youth soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave system in Thailand remains one of the most outright inspiring stories of recent years. Amidst intense interest and scrutiny, an international team came up with a plan to anesthetize the boys and maneuver them out of the flooded caves before monsoon rains intensified. It’s a tense story, and one with an outcome that isn’t just upbeat but is genuinely astounding. Little wonder that it’s lent itself to repeated retellings, including last year’s documentary “The Cave” and this year’s quietly released Ron Howard drama “Thirteen Lives,” starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell as the heroic British cave divers.

Netflix’s new scripted limited series “Thai Cave Rescue” focuses instead on the local response and on the children at the center of the drama. Created by Michael Russell Gunn and Dana Ledoux Miller of “Designated Survivor,...

Chances are you’ve heard the harrowing story of the Wild Boars soccer team. A group of 12 players, ages 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach spent roughly three weeks trapped inside Thailand’s Tham Luang cave before being evacuated by an international team of heroes who never gave up on them. The 2018 ordeal captured the hearts and minds of the world, and has been retold in both documentaries and dramatizations that include the recent Ron Howard Prime Video movie Thirteen Lives. The upcoming Thai Cave Rescue digs a little deeper as a Netflix limited series. Shot entirely in Thailand with locals as part of the cast, the production even filmed inside the homes of those who lived through it. Writer and showrunner Dana Ledoux Miller is most proud of the authenticity the six episodes bring. “I think this show has a lot for everyone. It is full of suspense and action,...

Sk Global’s “Thai Cave Rescue” series faced almost as many obstacles as the specialist divers drafted to bring out 12 boys and their coach from a waterlogged grotto in summer 2018 in front of a blaze of media attention and an expectant Thai nation.

The show debuts on Netflix on Thursday, a timing that means it follows three feature-length depictions and multiple news media specials retelling the watery events.

It is also the retelling that is most closely associated with the Thai government, which auditioned prospective production companies and streamers and has carefully held the real-life rescued youngsters close to its chest.

The platform’s answer has been to stress authenticity, access and width as much as possible.

“We get to show the heroism of all the people of Thailand, and we get to speak about the effect on the boys’ families,” said co-showrunner and screenwriter Dana Ledoux Miller at an...

As the back-to-school rush arrives, Netflix has dropped a perfect mix of new titles and classic flicks right in time to procrastinate homework, work and whatever else life has in store.

This month, the streaming service will serve up a dark comedy featuring Camila Mendes, Ana de Armas’ rendition of Marilyn Monroe and a highly anticipated reunion episode of “Love is Blind.”

As far as library titles, “A Little Princess,” “Clueless,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “The Notebook” and “This Is 40” will find a home on Netflix. The streaming service will also add parts of beloved film series, including “Despicable Me,” “Austin Powers” and “Resident Evil.”

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The Mighty Ducks are back, again.

Disney+ is drumming up excitement for season 2 of “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”. The streaming service shared the sophomore season trailer on Tuesday.

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“After winning back the Mighty Ducks team name last year, our squad-with-heart and their coach Alex Morrow (Lauren Graham) take to the road to attend an intense summer hockey institute in California run by charming yet hardcore former NHL player, Colin Cole (Josh Duhamel),” the logline reads. “It’s a place for kids to get excellent at hockey — without school to get in the way.

“As our Ducks try to survive in this super-competitive environment, they’re faced with the question: Can you win summer?”

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Netflix is taking the Thai Cave Rescue to the small screen. The streamer released the first trailer for the limited series, aptly titled Thai Cave Rescue, Aug. 30. The miniseries dramatizes the real-life 2018 news story that gripped the world, in which the north Thailand Wild Boar junior football team and their adult assistant coach were rescued from the Tham Luang cave after heavy rainfall trapped them there. The international rescue, which happened over the course of over two weeks, ultimately involved more than 10,000 people. The trailer takes a deeper look into the backstories of the local boys, showing their lives at home before they became trapped. "If we leave, we...

Tala Ashe is trading the Legends on the Waverider for The Girls on the Bus.

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Netflix‘s upcoming Thai original series Thai Cave Rescue, about the incredible Tham Luang cave rescue that captivated people around the world in 2018, has revealed its first trailer. The six-episode limited series was filmed entirely in Thailand and centers on the real-life story of the 12 young boys and their 25-year-old soccer coach who became stuck in a cave complex near the Myanmar border. The story is told from the boys’ perspective, as well as their families and the vast global team that helped save them. In the trailer (watch below), we see the boys enter the cave as rain starts to pour and water levels begin to rise. “We have two enemies right now, weather and water,” says one of the rescuers as we see family members finding out that their children are trapped in the cave. There are also clips of the rescue mission featuring Thai locals, Navy Seals,...

Netflix just dropped the new trailer for “Thai Cave Rescue”.

The upcoming six-episode limited series, which was created and written by Michael Russell Gunn and Dana Ledoux Miller, is “a deeper dive” into the rescue mission at the Tham Luang cave in 2018.

A synopsis reads: “Shot entirely in Thailand with on-location filming at the real Tham Luang cave, ‘Thai Cave Rescue’ delivers an expanded, dramatized retelling that covers in detail, for the first time, the harrowing experiences of Coach Eak and the 12 Wild Boar teammates inside the cave and their lives outside.”

“Thai Cave Rescue”. — Netflix

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Netflix has released the first trailer for its Thai original series Thai Cave Rescue, a docudrama of the incredible rescue of the Wild Boars boys soccer team that captivated the world in 2018.

Filmed entirely in Thailand, Thai Cave Rescue is told from the local perspective, and the trailer captures the fear faced by the boys as the cave filled with water and the scale of the rescue operation the international team faced as they raced against time and the elements.

The six-episode limited series will release on Netflix worldwide on Sept. 22.

Created by Michael Russell Gunn (Billions, Designated Survivor) and Dana Ledoux Miller (Designated Survivor, Narcos), Thai Cave Rescue is co-directed by Thai hitmaker Baz Poonpiriya (One for the Road, Bad Genius) and Thai-American director Kevin Tancharoen (The Brothers Sun, The Book of Boba Fett, Warrior). Gunn and Miller also serve as co-showrunners and writers of the project.

The summer months may be over, but that isn't stopping Netflix from releasing plenty of new content on the service. The highly anticipated fifth season of Cobra Kai drops this month, following our favorite karate-chopping frenemies Johnny Lawrence and Daniel Larusso as they continue to try to take down the nefarious Terry Silver. There's also hot new limited series such as the thrilling Devil in Ohio starring Emily Deschanel and Thai Cave Rescue from Jon M. Chu. Netflix also has plenty of promising new movies releasing in September including the awards-hopeful Andrew Dominik film Blonde starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. Tyler Perry's passion project A Jazzman's Blues will also be coming to the streaming service in September and looks to show a much different side of the filmmaker than what we're used to. There'll also be new films starring Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett,...