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Studio Ghibli and other anime fans have something special to look forward to over the next three days. Heritage Auctions, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer, is holding its biggest-ever anime artwork event, beginning on March 22 and showcasing over 1,200 total works, including Studio Ghibli films, Dragon Ball Z, Akira and more.

Per a press release, included among the lots are production cels, key master backgrounds, original artwork and many other pieces, including story pages and original art from several manga series. "The Art of Anime - Vol VI: Celebrating 40 Years of Studio Ghibli Signature Auction" is held on Heritage Auctions' live floor in addition to its official website, allowing interested parties to place bids on items without having to physically attend. For fans of these various forms of media, the online portion of the auction is accessible and allows the chance to claim some of these special pieces of art and animation history.

One Army of the Dead and Cha Cha Real Smooth star has officially found his next project. A new report from Deadline revealed that Ral Castillo will star in The Auction, the Agatha Christie-inspired sci-fi flick from director William Atticus Parker. The film is loosely based on Christie's novel And Then There Were None, with the film being set at Aztec Corp., a company that auctions off rare antiques and endangered animals. Castillo will play David Valdez, a sales representative for Aztec Corp., with Ben Vereen taking on the role of Valdez' father and K. Todd Freeman playing the head of Aztec Corp.

Aurore (Louise Chevillotte) with André Masson (Alex Lutz) at Scottie’s in Pascal Bonitzer’s mysterious and witty Auction (Le Tableau Volé)

Catherine Breillat’s incomparably daring Last Summer starring Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, and Olivier Rabourdin has received four César nominations: Best Director and Adapted Screenplay, Actress (Léa Drucker), Male Revelation (Samuel Kircher in competition with his brother Paul Kircher for Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom). In the first installment with Pascal Bonitzer, we start out discussing his work on Last Summer which is based on May el-Toukhy’s 2019 film Queen of Hearts and then delve into his latest film, Auction (Le Tableau Volé).

Pascal Bonitzer with Anne-Katrin Titze on Scottie’s in Auction: “It’s an allusion to Vertigo because it’s a great movie. Scottie’s, yes, it’s Sotheby’s, it’s Christie’s, it’s a big auction house.”

Pascal Bonitzer, who put a...