A new Korea-Japan content joint venture, StudioMonowa, has been launched by CJ ENM, TBS and U-Next Holdings following a signing ceremony held April 30 at the CJ ENM Center in Seoul, attended by the top leadership of all three companies. The venture pairs CJ ENM’s K-drama production expertise with TBS’s original IP pipeline and U-Next’s […]

Six independent film projects from across Southeast Asia will share $160,000 in production and post-production support from the Purin Film Fund, the Bangkok-based nonprofit announced for its Spring 2026 session. Four projects received production grants. On the fiction side, “Dear Son An,” directed by Kim Quy Bui and produced by Le Diem Ha and Mai […]

After a roar of applause, Meryl Streep took the stage of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday night alongside its embattled host, during her whirlwind promotional tour for the hotly anticipated sequel “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” “How are you?” Streep asked, clearly referring to President Trump loudly and repeatedly — calling for the host’s firing on […]

President Trump seems determined to get Jimmy Kimmel off the air. First came the pressure applied by Trump administration officials on FCC chairman (and Trump loyalist) Brendan Carr over a crack Kimmel had made on his late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” criticizing the MAGA reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The campaign worked, and Kimmel was […]

A handful of streaming subscribers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. The plaintiffs — three current Paramount+ subscribers and two prospective subscribers — allege that they face increased prices and reduced viewing options as a result of the transaction. Paramount expects to close the […]

Fantaspoa, the Porto Alegre, Brazil-based genre film festival, brought together a record 550,000-plus attendees through in-person and online programming. The 22nd edition of the festival, which took place over 19 days and wrapped with an April 26 award ceremony, brought in more than 80 domestic and international guests and hosted 24 world premieres. Additionally, this […]

Documentary filmmakers who use unlicensed video clips can breathe a little easier, after an appellate panel reversed itself Thursday in a closely watched copyright case involving Netflix’s “Tiger King” series. A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the filmmakers’ use of a 66-second clip from a character’s funeral was sufficiently […]

A Utah judge has granted mutual protective orders to “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. The former couple appeared in a Salt Lake City courtroom Thursday to discuss the protective orders that resulted from domestic violence charges and allegations, according to the Salt Lake City Tribune. The […]

The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards have announced the shortlist for the 2026 edition, which spans the categories of fiction, non-fiction, animation, student, and future format. The chosen filmmakers will join an exclusive program of interactive sessions and masterclasses at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City from June 8-11, closing with a gala ceremony on […]

Those unfamiliar with the popular anime franchise “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” may be disappointed to learn that goopy substances are pretty much absent from the series’ second standalone movie “Tears of the Azure Sea.” For the uninitiated, the title seems to promise something far stranger than what this basic anime offers […]

Director Andy Serkis says Viggo Mortensen has no hard feelings towards Jamie Dornan after Dornan took over the role of Aragorn for the upcoming “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.” Serkis appeared on the “Happy, Sad, Confused” podcast in an episode released on Thursday and told host Josh Horowitz that there was no […]

Steve Hilton, the Trump-endorsed candidate for California governor, joined in calls on Thursday for an unlimited state subsidy for film and TV production. Joined by Gloria Romero, who is running for lieutenant governor, Hilton unveiled his proposal outside the shuttered Cinerama Dome, which has become a symbol of Hollywood decline. “This is an emergency,” Hilton […]