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"No amount of money ever bought a second of time." Those are the words uttered by Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark in "Avengers: Endgame" during a pivotal scene after he traveled back in time to save the world, only to run into his own father. It's true, money can't buy time. But in 2019, audiences shelled out money in record-breaking amounts to spend lots of time in movie theaters all around the world to see the conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe up to that point. Money, in this case, bought something like 10,800 seconds of shared experience the likes of which hasn't been seen before or since.
By 2019, the MCU had become the single most popular franchise in the history of cinema by weaving together disparate,...
"No amount of money ever bought a second of time." Those are the words uttered by Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark in "Avengers: Endgame" during a pivotal scene after he traveled back in time to save the world, only to run into his own father. It's true, money can't buy time. But in 2019, audiences shelled out money in record-breaking amounts to spend lots of time in movie theaters all around the world to see the conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe up to that point. Money, in this case, bought something like 10,800 seconds of shared experience the likes of which hasn't been seen before or since.
By 2019, the MCU had become the single most popular franchise in the history of cinema by weaving together disparate,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang will star in Bleecker Street and Shivhans Pictures’ remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy “The Wedding Banquet” from director Andrew Ahn.
Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen are also attached to star.
The reimagination of Lee’s Oscar-nominated film is based on a screenplay by Ahn and James Schamus. Schamus also co-wrote the original film with Lee and Neil Peng.
The film, which begins filming in May in Vancouver, follows what happens when Min’s boyfriend Chris rejects his marriage proposal. Min convinces his best friend Angela to marry him instead, paying for her partner Liz’s IVF treatments in exchange for his green card. However, things begin to unravel when Min’s grandmother makes a surprise trip from Seoul to throw the couple a Korean wedding banquet.
“It warms my heart to see how my film from so many years...
Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen are also attached to star.
The reimagination of Lee’s Oscar-nominated film is based on a screenplay by Ahn and James Schamus. Schamus also co-wrote the original film with Lee and Neil Peng.
The film, which begins filming in May in Vancouver, follows what happens when Min’s boyfriend Chris rejects his marriage proposal. Min convinces his best friend Angela to marry him instead, paying for her partner Liz’s IVF treatments in exchange for his green card. However, things begin to unravel when Min’s grandmother makes a surprise trip from Seoul to throw the couple a Korean wedding banquet.
“It warms my heart to see how my film from so many years...
- 4/25/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Chris Brown, the R&b singer known for his smooth vocals and impressive dance moves, has a long and complicated history in the music industry. On the other hand, Quavo is the distinctive voice behind many Migos hits, a rap group that gained immense popularity for its catchy hooks and high-energy performances.
Chris Brown (via Capital Xtra)
The two talented artists do not share quite the best of relationship. Chris Brown’s recent song “The Weakest Link” throws serious shade at Quavo with lyrics so vicious that the song is getting respect even from his critics.
Chris Brown Gets Personal With Quavo In The Weakest Link Chris Brown on Instagram
Chris Brown‘s The Weakest Link takes shots at Quavo with a multi-pronged attack. Brown throws shade at Quavo’s relationships and implied involvement with her ex. This low blow was already enough to stir up drama but he further upped the ante.
Chris Brown (via Capital Xtra)
The two talented artists do not share quite the best of relationship. Chris Brown’s recent song “The Weakest Link” throws serious shade at Quavo with lyrics so vicious that the song is getting respect even from his critics.
Chris Brown Gets Personal With Quavo In The Weakest Link Chris Brown on Instagram
Chris Brown‘s The Weakest Link takes shots at Quavo with a multi-pronged attack. Brown throws shade at Quavo’s relationships and implied involvement with her ex. This low blow was already enough to stir up drama but he further upped the ante.
- 4/21/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Vietnamese distributor and producer Mockingbird Pictures is making its debut as an international sales agent at Filmart with a slate of local horror, comedies and action films, headed by record-breaking horror hit Crimson Snout (Quy Cau).
Produced by 89s Group, the film is currently the highest-grossing horror film ever in Vietnam with a take of around $4.5M since its January release.
Directed by Luu Thanh Luan, the film is based on an urban legend in Vietnam in which a white dog with a red nose transforms into a devil at midnight bringing a string of bad luck and consecutive deaths to an innocent family.
Mockingbird’s debut slate also includes comedy horror Betting With Ghost, starring Tuan Tran, whose credits include Tran Thanh Town and Cj Hk Entertainment’s family drama Mai, which became Vietnam’s highest-grossing film of all time over the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
Directed by Nguyen Nhat Trung,...
Produced by 89s Group, the film is currently the highest-grossing horror film ever in Vietnam with a take of around $4.5M since its January release.
Directed by Luu Thanh Luan, the film is based on an urban legend in Vietnam in which a white dog with a red nose transforms into a devil at midnight bringing a string of bad luck and consecutive deaths to an innocent family.
Mockingbird’s debut slate also includes comedy horror Betting With Ghost, starring Tuan Tran, whose credits include Tran Thanh Town and Cj Hk Entertainment’s family drama Mai, which became Vietnam’s highest-grossing film of all time over the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
Directed by Nguyen Nhat Trung,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s hard to believe it’s been 47 years since we first witnessed the adventures of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, but across the nine-movie Skywalker saga, two standalone movies, a multitude of TV series, and one questionable Holiday Special, we’ve learned it’s a big ol’ galaxy out there. With enough characters to fill a Death Star, it’s inevitable that not every player in this grand space opera would get the same attention as Luke, Han, and Leia.
In fact, the franchise has allowed a few characters to slip to the sidelines. From major players who were discarded into the trash compactor to those who didn’t resonate with fans and were quietly pushed to the side, here are 12 Star Wars characters who deserved better.
Rose Tico
Kelly Marie Tran was a fantastic addition to the Sequel Trilogy in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but while she quickly settled in alongside Rey,...
In fact, the franchise has allowed a few characters to slip to the sidelines. From major players who were discarded into the trash compactor to those who didn’t resonate with fans and were quietly pushed to the side, here are 12 Star Wars characters who deserved better.
Rose Tico
Kelly Marie Tran was a fantastic addition to the Sequel Trilogy in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but while she quickly settled in alongside Rey,...
- 2/26/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The Taste of Things review –Juliette Binoche stars in deliciously subversive tale of later life love
Binoche and Benoît Magimel play a 19th-century French cook and her gourmand employer in Tran Anh Hung’s gorgeous, simmering drama
Sumptuous, sensual and impossibly handsome, at first glance French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung’s lavish foodie romance The Taste of Things looks like just another decorous prestige period drama. But in its elegantly restrained way, Tran’s film, which is set almost entirely in the kitchen, grounds and dining room of the country chateau of famed gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) in 1880s France, is every bit as radical and risk-taking as some of the showier, quirkier awards contenders this year.
Take its exquisite opening sequence. Starting with a wordless nod of approval from Dodin’s celebrated cook, Eugénie (Juliette Binoche), as the gardener hands her a gnarled, freshly exhumed celeriac root, the film then gets down to the serious business of cooking. Around 35 minutes, much of it dialogue-free, is...
Sumptuous, sensual and impossibly handsome, at first glance French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung’s lavish foodie romance The Taste of Things looks like just another decorous prestige period drama. But in its elegantly restrained way, Tran’s film, which is set almost entirely in the kitchen, grounds and dining room of the country chateau of famed gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) in 1880s France, is every bit as radical and risk-taking as some of the showier, quirkier awards contenders this year.
Take its exquisite opening sequence. Starting with a wordless nod of approval from Dodin’s celebrated cook, Eugénie (Juliette Binoche), as the gardener hands her a gnarled, freshly exhumed celeriac root, the film then gets down to the serious business of cooking. Around 35 minutes, much of it dialogue-free, is...
- 2/18/2024
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Plot: When Tommy Walcott is invited into a limo by famous actor Andy Samberg, his dull life takes a thrilling turn. Tommy is offered a chance to win a million dollars in a dark web reality TV show, where assassins from all over the world attempt to kill him for 30 days. The catch? He can’t be killed if he’s not entirely alone, leading him to recruit an unlikely team to help him survive.
Review: Jake Johnson is hilarious. After his breakout role as Nick Miller on Fox sitcom New Girl, Johnson has appeared alongside Tom Cruise in The Mummy, Chris Pratt in the Jurassic World franchise, and voicing Peter B. Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse. While Johnson has written several films, including Digging for Fire, Win It All, and Ride the Eagle, he makes his directorial debut with the new film Self Reliance.
Review: Jake Johnson is hilarious. After his breakout role as Nick Miller on Fox sitcom New Girl, Johnson has appeared alongside Tom Cruise in The Mummy, Chris Pratt in the Jurassic World franchise, and voicing Peter B. Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse. While Johnson has written several films, including Digging for Fire, Win It All, and Ride the Eagle, he makes his directorial debut with the new film Self Reliance.
- 1/10/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
The smell of the chocolate chip cookies is intoxicating. Juliette Binoche eats several as we talk at the London Hotel about the experience of shooting Anh Hung Tran’s celebration of sumptuous cooking, “The Taste of Things”, which won the Best Director award at Cannes and beat out “Anatomy of a Fall” to become France’s official Oscar submission. Binoche scoffs at the suggestion that the 19th-century romance about Eugénie (Binoche), who cooks for gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel), is in any way stuffy or conventional.
“It is showing this lifestyle that is different from nowadays,” she said. “It has to do with another rhythm, a slow motion in the way of living, taking in the environment, taking in feelings, taking in what you do. I don’t live this kind of life, and a lot of people don’t. And this film is very provocative. It looks like she is submissive to him,...
“It is showing this lifestyle that is different from nowadays,” she said. “It has to do with another rhythm, a slow motion in the way of living, taking in the environment, taking in feelings, taking in what you do. I don’t live this kind of life, and a lot of people don’t. And this film is very provocative. It looks like she is submissive to him,...
- 12/9/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
This story was created in paid partnership with DePaul University.
The trailer for Waiting for the Light to Change, an independent feature film produced entirely through DePaul University’s Indie Studio, opens on a wistful scene: five friends run excitedly out of a worn down prius in an open field at dusk while on their way to a weeklong winter getaway at a secluded lake house, where the group negotiates the existential tumult of their early twenties.
Created as the latest release from DePaul’s Indie Studio—an in-house program dedicated to helping students navigate the film industry’s dynamic digital landscape—the film serves as Mfa Directing Graduate Linh Tran’s directorial debut and impressively features an all-student cast and crew. Since its premiere at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival, Waiting for the Light to Change has made tremendous waves, including winning the festival’s Grand Jury Prize—a distinction that no film written,...
The trailer for Waiting for the Light to Change, an independent feature film produced entirely through DePaul University’s Indie Studio, opens on a wistful scene: five friends run excitedly out of a worn down prius in an open field at dusk while on their way to a weeklong winter getaway at a secluded lake house, where the group negotiates the existential tumult of their early twenties.
Created as the latest release from DePaul’s Indie Studio—an in-house program dedicated to helping students navigate the film industry’s dynamic digital landscape—the film serves as Mfa Directing Graduate Linh Tran’s directorial debut and impressively features an all-student cast and crew. Since its premiere at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival, Waiting for the Light to Change has made tremendous waves, including winning the festival’s Grand Jury Prize—a distinction that no film written,...
- 10/30/2023
- by Eda Yu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The production companies behind Netflix’s hit reality show Love is Blind are responding after they were sued by one of the show’s stars.
Tran Dang, who was supposed to appear on the fifth season of the show, named Kinetic Content and Delirium TV in a lawsuit saying that she was sexually assaulted by her former fiance Thomas Smith while they were filming.
In court documents, Tran detailed being sexually assaulted by Thomas and then “gaslighted” by an assistant producer. She added that “no one had intervened to stop the harassment” as it took place.
She listed other complaints against the production companies, prompting a response.
Keep reading to find out more…
“We support and stand with victims of sexual assault, but Ms. Dang’s claims against the producers are meritless,” the companies shared in a statement with The Wrap.
They continued, noting, “We document the independent choices of...
Tran Dang, who was supposed to appear on the fifth season of the show, named Kinetic Content and Delirium TV in a lawsuit saying that she was sexually assaulted by her former fiance Thomas Smith while they were filming.
In court documents, Tran detailed being sexually assaulted by Thomas and then “gaslighted” by an assistant producer. She added that “no one had intervened to stop the harassment” as it took place.
She listed other complaints against the production companies, prompting a response.
Keep reading to find out more…
“We support and stand with victims of sexual assault, but Ms. Dang’s claims against the producers are meritless,” the companies shared in a statement with The Wrap.
They continued, noting, “We document the independent choices of...
- 10/7/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
A Love Is Blind Season 5 cast member is suing the production companies behind the hit Netflix dating show. Tran Dang alleges that her then-fiancé, Thomas Smith, sexually assaulted her while filming and that producers did nothing to intervene, according to a suit filed in Harris County District Court against Kinetic Content, Delirium TV, and Smith. Dang’s suit also alleges false imprisonment and negligence.
Tran Dang was part of the ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 cast, but not featured on the show
Dang was part of a group of Houston singles who signed on for Love Is Blind’s fifth season. However, neither she nor Smith are featured in the season 5 episodes currently streaming on Netflix. Nor were they part of the official cast list shared by Netflix.
According to Dang’s lawsuit, she traveled to California in April 2022 to film in the infamous Love Is Blind pods. After she and Smith got engaged,...
Tran Dang was part of the ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 cast, but not featured on the show
Dang was part of a group of Houston singles who signed on for Love Is Blind’s fifth season. However, neither she nor Smith are featured in the season 5 episodes currently streaming on Netflix. Nor were they part of the official cast list shared by Netflix.
According to Dang’s lawsuit, she traveled to California in April 2022 to film in the infamous Love Is Blind pods. After she and Smith got engaged,...
- 10/7/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of independent film’s key players, Ray Price, died July 16 at the age of 75 from heart failure after a long battle with cancer, his long-term partner Meg Madison confirmed.
Talking to Price about movies, past and present, was an exhilarating sport that could take a while. He knew his stuff — no one loved movies more — but more than anyone during the great indie decades of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, he was a respected innovator who thought outside the box. He began as an exhibitor in San Francisco and moved on to marketing, releasing, and distributing movies, leaning toward the outrageous in how he lured audiences to sample challenging fare.
“Ray, while being a defiantly singular individual, was also emblematic of a bygone age of independent film,” Magnolia Pictures co-ceo Eamonn Bowles wrote me in an email. “From theatre chain owner to distributor, exquisite marketer, and production exec, he...
Talking to Price about movies, past and present, was an exhilarating sport that could take a while. He knew his stuff — no one loved movies more — but more than anyone during the great indie decades of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, he was a respected innovator who thought outside the box. He began as an exhibitor in San Francisco and moved on to marketing, releasing, and distributing movies, leaning toward the outrageous in how he lured audiences to sample challenging fare.
“Ray, while being a defiantly singular individual, was also emblematic of a bygone age of independent film,” Magnolia Pictures co-ceo Eamonn Bowles wrote me in an email. “From theatre chain owner to distributor, exquisite marketer, and production exec, he...
- 7/21/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The "Fast and Furious" saga is one of Hollywood's purest movie franchises, one that understands the primordial appeal of exciting spectacle, dumb plots, and larger-than-life characters, as well as earnest melodrama and a focus on family that other franchises simply can't replicate.
This is also a movie franchise unafraid to reinvent itself, to destroy its continuity for the sake of a better story and spectacle. The only rule in these movies is the rule of cool. Because of how often the franchise is retentive while also retconning itself, each movie's villain is as different as they can be from each other.
And yet, there are two clear camps when it comes to "Fast and Furious" baddies. There are the ones with a personal vendetta against Dominic Toretto or the "fambly," and then there's everyone else. The thing is, time and time again, the franchise has made it clear that the...
This is also a movie franchise unafraid to reinvent itself, to destroy its continuity for the sake of a better story and spectacle. The only rule in these movies is the rule of cool. Because of how often the franchise is retentive while also retconning itself, each movie's villain is as different as they can be from each other.
And yet, there are two clear camps when it comes to "Fast and Furious" baddies. There are the ones with a personal vendetta against Dominic Toretto or the "fambly," and then there's everyone else. The thing is, time and time again, the franchise has made it clear that the...
- 5/18/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
While Southeast Asian films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival many times before, and even won the Palme d’Or, there’s an energy around the region this year that we haven’t felt on the Croisette at previous editions.
Tiger Stripes, a body horror from Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, about a young Muslim girl going through extreme puberty, premieres Wednesday in Critics Week, while Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, from Pham Thien An, a young director who is at the forefront of a new wave of Vietnamese filmmakers, has been selected for Directors’ Fortnight.
Singaporean director Anthony Chen – who won the Camera d’Or in 2013 for his debut Ilo Ilo – is back in Cannes with a mainland Chinese production The Breaking Ice, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard this weekend. He is also producing an ambitious slate of Southeast Asian and international films through his Singapore-based Giraffe Pictures.
Tiger Stripes, a body horror from Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, about a young Muslim girl going through extreme puberty, premieres Wednesday in Critics Week, while Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, from Pham Thien An, a young director who is at the forefront of a new wave of Vietnamese filmmakers, has been selected for Directors’ Fortnight.
Singaporean director Anthony Chen – who won the Camera d’Or in 2013 for his debut Ilo Ilo – is back in Cannes with a mainland Chinese production The Breaking Ice, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard this weekend. He is also producing an ambitious slate of Southeast Asian and international films through his Singapore-based Giraffe Pictures.
- 5/17/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Event closes with Anna Winger’s Netflix series Transatlantic.
Series Mania will kick off its 2023 event with Cédric Klapisch’s Amazon French Original series Greek Salad before serving up 32 world premieres, an industry Forum, and closing with Anna Winger’s Netflix series Transatlantic.
The International Competition of the annual television festival and industry event includes Franco-Belgian Arte series Grace of Heaven, Apple TV+, France Televisions and Hulu Japan’s Drops of God, Paramount+’s Spanish Fleeting Lies, Reshet 13’s Israeli series Red Skies, Viaplay’s Norwegian The Fortress and Prime Video’s US series The Power. Among the titles from...
Series Mania will kick off its 2023 event with Cédric Klapisch’s Amazon French Original series Greek Salad before serving up 32 world premieres, an industry Forum, and closing with Anna Winger’s Netflix series Transatlantic.
The International Competition of the annual television festival and industry event includes Franco-Belgian Arte series Grace of Heaven, Apple TV+, France Televisions and Hulu Japan’s Drops of God, Paramount+’s Spanish Fleeting Lies, Reshet 13’s Israeli series Red Skies, Viaplay’s Norwegian The Fortress and Prime Video’s US series The Power. Among the titles from...
- 2/8/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
“I’m a new filmmaker,” Linh Tran tells me at one point, with an emphasis on the word new, when talking about Waiting for the Light to Change. Born in Vietnam, Tran moved to the US to study with a theater background before pursuing directing. She received an Mfa from DePaul University in Chicago, and through the school’s program was able to make her directorial debut, which recently won the Grand Jury Prize for narrative features at the Slamdance Film Festival.
Set over several days in and around a lake house in Michigan, Waiting for the Light to Change follows five twenty-somethings who gather for a small getaway in the early spring. But with little to do in the small, lakeside town, everyone finds themselves dealing with the sort of malaise that happens in one’s early-to-mid twenties: growing older, establishing a career, finding a purpose in life, going over past regrets,...
Set over several days in and around a lake house in Michigan, Waiting for the Light to Change follows five twenty-somethings who gather for a small getaway in the early spring. But with little to do in the small, lakeside town, everyone finds themselves dealing with the sort of malaise that happens in one’s early-to-mid twenties: growing older, establishing a career, finding a purpose in life, going over past regrets,...
- 2/8/2023
- by C.J. Prince
- The Film Stage
Diddy’s newborn daughter has made her Instagram debut! The 53-year-old rapper shared the first photos of his new baby girl, Love Sean Combs, this week.
On Tuesday, Diddy posted an Instagram picture of Baby Love’s face, as well as a sweet shot of the pair sharing a cuddle, captioning the shots, “Baby Love .”
The rapper also shared a family photo on Christmas Day of his newborn posing with with her father and siblings.
“Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Love ,” Diddy captioned the festive pic. In the photo, the “Gotta Move On” rapper sits in a chair holding little Love, as she wears reindeer pajamas and rests her head on his shoulder.
Also in the picture was Diddy’s children, Quincy, 21, Christian, 24, 16-year-old twins, Jessie and D’Lila, and Chance, 16. Missing from the photo was Diddy’s 28-year-old son, Justin. Diddy shared more holiday magic in the next picture,...
On Tuesday, Diddy posted an Instagram picture of Baby Love’s face, as well as a sweet shot of the pair sharing a cuddle, captioning the shots, “Baby Love .”
The rapper also shared a family photo on Christmas Day of his newborn posing with with her father and siblings.
“Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Love ,” Diddy captioned the festive pic. In the photo, the “Gotta Move On” rapper sits in a chair holding little Love, as she wears reindeer pajamas and rests her head on his shoulder.
Also in the picture was Diddy’s children, Quincy, 21, Christian, 24, 16-year-old twins, Jessie and D’Lila, and Chance, 16. Missing from the photo was Diddy’s 28-year-old son, Justin. Diddy shared more holiday magic in the next picture,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
While consumers may revolt over HBO Max yanking shows like “Westworld” and “The Nevers” to license them to third-party free, ad-supported streaming television (Fast) services, industry insiders say Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest cost-cutting measures actually plays well to investors.
The move signals that CEO David Zaslav and his team believe “siloing certain assets is no longer the best way to maximize value,” Monroe Capital’s head of media finance Matthew Rosenberg told TheWrap.
“The question has been how do we build enterprise value in HBO Max? Up until now, it’s been let’s just send all of our stuff there,” Rosenberg said. “Maybe the anchor stuff belongs to be siloed, like the DC movies… but for less critical properties, maximizing value to that company could mean licensing it into the market rather than siloing it from within.”
While Zaslav’s content trimming in recent months has sparked criticism...
The move signals that CEO David Zaslav and his team believe “siloing certain assets is no longer the best way to maximize value,” Monroe Capital’s head of media finance Matthew Rosenberg told TheWrap.
“The question has been how do we build enterprise value in HBO Max? Up until now, it’s been let’s just send all of our stuff there,” Rosenberg said. “Maybe the anchor stuff belongs to be siloed, like the DC movies… but for less critical properties, maximizing value to that company could mean licensing it into the market rather than siloing it from within.”
While Zaslav’s content trimming in recent months has sparked criticism...
- 12/16/2022
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Ham Tran received his Mfa in directing from the UCLA School of Film and Television. His first feature, “Journey from the Fall” (2006), premiered at Sundance Film Festival. In 2022, Tran returned to Sundance with the family sci-fi, “Maika”. In addition to feature films, Tran continues to direct commercials and branded shorts.
On the occasion of “Maika” screening at Red Sea International Film Festival, we talk with him about his past work, going back and forth between the US and Vietnam, the concept behind the film, working with children and many other topics.
“Maika” screened at Red Sea International Film Festival
I have seen four of your movies, “Journey from the Fall”, “Hollow”, “Bitcoin Heist” and now “Maika”, and they are all so different. Why is that?
In Vietnam, I am what is known as the ‘film doctor’. I help a lot of other filmmakers in the studio, I help them...
On the occasion of “Maika” screening at Red Sea International Film Festival, we talk with him about his past work, going back and forth between the US and Vietnam, the concept behind the film, working with children and many other topics.
“Maika” screened at Red Sea International Film Festival
I have seen four of your movies, “Journey from the Fall”, “Hollow”, “Bitcoin Heist” and now “Maika”, and they are all so different. Why is that?
In Vietnam, I am what is known as the ‘film doctor’. I help a lot of other filmmakers in the studio, I help them...
- 12/14/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Playbill, the monthly magazine that serves as official programs for Broadway, most of Off Broadway and other arts institutes, is signing off Twitter for good, citing the platform’s “greatly expanded” tolerance for “hate, negativity, and misinformation.”
“As a respected news outlet for the Broadway community, we feel we can no longer continue to utilize a platform where the line between actual news and insidious rhetoric has become blurred beyond recognition,” the company said today in a statement.
The announcement was made today by Philip S. Birsh, Playbill Chairman and CEO, and Chief Operating Officer Alex Birsh, in a final tweet to its more than than 412,000 followers.
The exit marks a significant blow to what’s commonly known as Theater Twitter, the posters and commenters who relish all things Broadway from official news to backstage gossip. Though Playbill traditionally stayed away from the latter, its presence on the platform has...
“As a respected news outlet for the Broadway community, we feel we can no longer continue to utilize a platform where the line between actual news and insidious rhetoric has become blurred beyond recognition,” the company said today in a statement.
The announcement was made today by Philip S. Birsh, Playbill Chairman and CEO, and Chief Operating Officer Alex Birsh, in a final tweet to its more than than 412,000 followers.
The exit marks a significant blow to what’s commonly known as Theater Twitter, the posters and commenters who relish all things Broadway from official news to backstage gossip. Though Playbill traditionally stayed away from the latter, its presence on the platform has...
- 11/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Singapore’s Momo Film Co has boarded a raft of projects, it was revealed on the opening day of the Busan Asian Contents & Film Market on Saturday.
Momo, in which Blue Ant Media’s Beach House Pictures has a majority stake, was founded in 2018 by writer-director Kris Ong (“Sunday”) and Tan Si En, who is a co-producer on Busan and Locarno title “Arnold is a Model Student.”
Tan has boarded “Andragogy” by Wregas Bhanuteja as a co-producer. The film will follow Prani, a middle-aged schoolteacher, whose angry video goes viral and she gets trolled online. Adi Ekatama is producing for Indonesia’s Rekata Studio (“Photocopier”).
“Our partnership with Wregas and Rekata Studio emphasise Momo’s commitment to work with like-minded Southeast Asian talents and push boundaries through compelling and edgy stories. This is the first of many upcoming projects and we look forward to sharing it with audience around the world,...
Momo, in which Blue Ant Media’s Beach House Pictures has a majority stake, was founded in 2018 by writer-director Kris Ong (“Sunday”) and Tan Si En, who is a co-producer on Busan and Locarno title “Arnold is a Model Student.”
Tan has boarded “Andragogy” by Wregas Bhanuteja as a co-producer. The film will follow Prani, a middle-aged schoolteacher, whose angry video goes viral and she gets trolled online. Adi Ekatama is producing for Indonesia’s Rekata Studio (“Photocopier”).
“Our partnership with Wregas and Rekata Studio emphasise Momo’s commitment to work with like-minded Southeast Asian talents and push boundaries through compelling and edgy stories. This is the first of many upcoming projects and we look forward to sharing it with audience around the world,...
- 10/8/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Kelly Marie Tran, Significant Productions, and Madica Productions aren’t going to take the recent attacks on sexual assault survivors lying down. Instead, they aim to make a powerful film starring Tran as the real-life activist Amanda Nguyen, founder and CEO of civil rights organization Rise. In addition to her starring role, Tran is producing the project chronicling Nguyen’s journey in writing and passing the Survivors’ Bill of Rights while galvanizing a global community of survivors and allies.
Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeff Tahler, and Amanda Nguyen produce alongside Tran and are looking for Cannes Short Film Palme d’Or Winner Tang Yi to write and direct.
According to today’s press release about the untitled project, this endeavor follows the passage of a first-of-its-kind United Nations resolution focused solely on access to justice for sexual violence survivors, which was introduced by Sierra Leone and championed by Rise. The resolution agreed to by the U.
Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeff Tahler, and Amanda Nguyen produce alongside Tran and are looking for Cannes Short Film Palme d’Or Winner Tang Yi to write and direct.
According to today’s press release about the untitled project, this endeavor follows the passage of a first-of-its-kind United Nations resolution focused solely on access to justice for sexual violence survivors, which was introduced by Sierra Leone and championed by Rise. The resolution agreed to by the U.
- 9/20/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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Kelly Marie Tran is developing a biopic about one of her close friends, the civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, alongside Significant Productions and Madica Productions.
The Star Wars and Raya and the Last Dragon actor is attached to star as Nguyen in a feature that would depict her transformation from a survivor of college sexual assault to an activist for survivors’ rights, including penning a Survivors’ Bill of Rights (which inspired the federal law passed in 2016) and founding the civil rights accelerator Rise. Earlier this month, Nguyen was present at the United Nations session where the general assembly adopted a resolution to address justice for sexual violence survivors, which Rise helped to champion.
“Over the years, Amanda’s activism has changed the lives of billions, as she continues to make our world safer for sexual assault survivors everywhere,” Tran said in a statement.
Kelly Marie Tran is developing a biopic about one of her close friends, the civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, alongside Significant Productions and Madica Productions.
The Star Wars and Raya and the Last Dragon actor is attached to star as Nguyen in a feature that would depict her transformation from a survivor of college sexual assault to an activist for survivors’ rights, including penning a Survivors’ Bill of Rights (which inspired the federal law passed in 2016) and founding the civil rights accelerator Rise. Earlier this month, Nguyen was present at the United Nations session where the general assembly adopted a resolution to address justice for sexual violence survivors, which Rise helped to champion.
“Over the years, Amanda’s activism has changed the lives of billions, as she continues to make our world safer for sexual assault survivors everywhere,” Tran said in a statement.
- 9/20/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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