A new feature from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike is to be launched by Gaga Corporation at the Cannes market this week.
The untitled project will centre on two young men in a juvenile reformatory who become inspired to participate in a martial arts tournament called Breaking Down and both go into training. Casting has not yet been announced.
Now in production, the script is written by Shin Kibayashi, best known as the co-creator of popular manga Drops of God, which was adapted by Legendary Entertainment and launched on Apple TV+ last year.
Miike is known as the director of Audition,...
The untitled project will centre on two young men in a juvenile reformatory who become inspired to participate in a martial arts tournament called Breaking Down and both go into training. Casting has not yet been announced.
Now in production, the script is written by Shin Kibayashi, best known as the co-creator of popular manga Drops of God, which was adapted by Legendary Entertainment and launched on Apple TV+ last year.
Miike is known as the director of Audition,...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
The first programming has been revealed for the 20th annual Fantasia International Film Festival. Taking place from July 14th–August 2nd in Montreal, this year’s Fantasia will honor Guillermo del Toro with the Cheval Noir Award, and the newly revealed first wave of programming includes screenings of Lights Out, Abattoir, In a Valley of Violence, Under the Shadow, Trash Fire, Teenage Cocktail, and more:
Press Release: Montreal, May 26, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced July 5th. In the meantime, the festival is excited to announce a selected first wave of titles, along with several special happenings.
For Fantasia’s 2016 poster, the festival has once again turned to award-winning Quebec visual artist Donald Caron.
Press Release: Montreal, May 26, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced July 5th. In the meantime, the festival is excited to announce a selected first wave of titles, along with several special happenings.
For Fantasia’s 2016 poster, the festival has once again turned to award-winning Quebec visual artist Donald Caron.
- 5/26/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
When we asked our staff to vote on the best comic book movie adaptations, we were afraid the results would consist only of superhero films. While there are many superhero movies listed below, it is great to see a bulk of non-Hollywood films appearing on the list as well. We set out to compile a list of 50 movies but as it were, we ended up with 5 ties, and so the list consists 55 films instead. Let us know if you think we missed something. Enjoy!
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55. The Adventures of Tintin
Spielberg’s first venture into animation is one of his best. Taking notes from the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark playbook, Spielberg crafted another spirited, thrilling, and always entertaining adventure. The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most pleasurable, family-friendly experiences, that boils down to one grand treasure hunt. There’s much to admire on-screen, but it is the spectacular...
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55. The Adventures of Tintin
Spielberg’s first venture into animation is one of his best. Taking notes from the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark playbook, Spielberg crafted another spirited, thrilling, and always entertaining adventure. The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most pleasurable, family-friendly experiences, that boils down to one grand treasure hunt. There’s much to admire on-screen, but it is the spectacular...
- 9/2/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Hong Kong’s Soi Cheang, Japan’s Takashi Miike, Australia’s Sean Byrne and American filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier are among the returning names to populate Tiff’s Midnight Madness programme. In what is an American indie horror film dominated section featuring the likes of some of the V/H/S alumni (Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, and Radio Silence quartet) presenting Southbound, Cold Comes the Night scribe Nick Simon presenting his sophomore film, The Girl in the Photographs and before being released theatrically in October via Stage 6 Films, Todd Strauss-Schulson‘s The Final Girls will receive its international premiere. Colin Geddes’ baby will be host to six world premieres with Saulnier’s Green Room making it much anticipated North American debut after replicating the big bang he made in Cannes with Blue Ruin. Here are the ten titles & fest synopses:
Baskin – Can Evrenol, Turkey
World Premiere
A squad of unsuspecting cops...
Baskin – Can Evrenol, Turkey
World Premiere
A squad of unsuspecting cops...
- 8/12/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Kicking off September 10th, Toronto International Film Festival and its Midnight Madness screenings are right around the corner. This year, Midnight Madness selections include The Final Girls, Green Room, and the world premiere of The Devil's Candy from The Loved Ones director Sean Byrne.
Press Release: "Toronto — Midnight Madness returns to the Toronto International Film Festival® to satiate late night audiences’ appetites for wild sensory stimulation. The programme will present the best in action, horror, shock and fantasy films from the rabble-rousers of cinema, opening with Jeremy Saulnier’s tense siege shocker Green Room.
“Midnight Madness winds up Festival audiences as the days are winding down and they are hungry for more,” says Colin Geddes, International Programmer for the Festival. “From adrenaline-filled action and untamed horror to twisted comedy and darkly blurred lines of reality, this year’s lineup welcomes back celebrated masters and fresh visionaries of renegade genre cinema.
Press Release: "Toronto — Midnight Madness returns to the Toronto International Film Festival® to satiate late night audiences’ appetites for wild sensory stimulation. The programme will present the best in action, horror, shock and fantasy films from the rabble-rousers of cinema, opening with Jeremy Saulnier’s tense siege shocker Green Room.
“Midnight Madness winds up Festival audiences as the days are winding down and they are hungry for more,” says Colin Geddes, International Programmer for the Festival. “From adrenaline-filled action and untamed horror to twisted comedy and darkly blurred lines of reality, this year’s lineup welcomes back celebrated masters and fresh visionaries of renegade genre cinema.
- 8/11/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Seemingly back making films at a breakneck pace Takashi Miike makes it clear with For Love’s Sake (Ai To Makoto) that 13 Assassins and Harakiri, his recent period samurai remakes, were examples of him branching out further, rather than a full-blown new direction. That’s not to say that Miike is fully back to approaching the technical side of his films with his old anarchic flourishes though. For all its lurid colour palette and expressive filmmaking excesses For Love’s Sake is a technically complex and formally cohesive film that is all the more impressive to behold when one considers the rate at which Miike is making films.
Despite being technically proficient, For Love’s Sake is lacking in other areas, particularly in its story structure and the effect this has on the pace of the film. Based on an original story by Ikki Kajiwara and Takumi Nagayabu, which has seen many adaptations previously,...
Despite being technically proficient, For Love’s Sake is lacking in other areas, particularly in its story structure and the effect this has on the pace of the film. Based on an original story by Ikki Kajiwara and Takumi Nagayabu, which has seen many adaptations previously,...
- 10/11/2012
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Dread Central recently showcased The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s upcoming program Shinjuku Outlaw: 13 Films By Takashi Miike here. The visionary director was slated to make a rare Us appearance at the festival to introduce a few of his films as well as conduct a Q&A.
Sadly, due to the recent events in Japan, Miike has had to decline traveling and will be unable to attend the screenings. However, the program will go on as scheduled and remains a rare chance for people to see some of Miike’s impressive work on the big screen.
Once again, here's a rundown of what's playing at the festival:
Wednesday, March 16
9:30 Audition
Thursday, March 17
2:15 The City of Lost Souls
4:30 Shinjuku Triad Society
7:00 13 Assassins
10:00 Fudoh: The New Generation
Friday, March 18
1:00 Ley Lines
3:15 Izo
6:00 The Bird People In China
8:40 Ichi The Killer
Saturday, March...
Sadly, due to the recent events in Japan, Miike has had to decline traveling and will be unable to attend the screenings. However, the program will go on as scheduled and remains a rare chance for people to see some of Miike’s impressive work on the big screen.
Once again, here's a rundown of what's playing at the festival:
Wednesday, March 16
9:30 Audition
Thursday, March 17
2:15 The City of Lost Souls
4:30 Shinjuku Triad Society
7:00 13 Assassins
10:00 Fudoh: The New Generation
Friday, March 18
1:00 Ley Lines
3:15 Izo
6:00 The Bird People In China
8:40 Ichi The Killer
Saturday, March...
- 3/15/2011
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
Anyone who knows anything about modern Japanese cinema will tell you that no one makes as interesting a film as Takashi Miike. One of the originators of the wave of sex and violence-crammed titles commonly referred to as “Asian Extreme,” Miike made his mark on the worldwide stage due to such films as Audition, Ichi The Killer, Izo, Visitor Q, and the new 13 Assassins.
Miike’s praises have been sung by the likes of Quentin Tarantino (who appeared in Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django) and Eli Roth (who cast the non-English-speaking director in Hostel). In Japan Miike is something of a modern legend known for his films which feature themes and characters that exhibit a strong sense of childhood nostalgia as well as a glorification of friendship and traditional family units both normal and perverse. What impresses one most about Miike, though, is not only how creative his films are...
Miike’s praises have been sung by the likes of Quentin Tarantino (who appeared in Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django) and Eli Roth (who cast the non-English-speaking director in Hostel). In Japan Miike is something of a modern legend known for his films which feature themes and characters that exhibit a strong sense of childhood nostalgia as well as a glorification of friendship and traditional family units both normal and perverse. What impresses one most about Miike, though, is not only how creative his films are...
- 3/10/2011
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
Episode 12 of the cult podcast Revolving Video. This episode the guys talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger's role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Shinya Tsukamoto's long awaited Tetsuo III, the passing of Dom Deluise and the upcoming Rotoscoped Spaghetti western ‘Hired Guns’. Along with Jackie Chans ‘Chinese Zodiac’ and news that Fox is suing an Indian company over a re-make.
Then Chris reviews The Yakuza Way, which stars the legendary Riki Takeuchi (Big Man Japan, Fudoh: The New Generation, Dead or Alive, Deadly Outlaw: Rekka). Jamie reviews The Da Vinci Code and looks forward to Angels & Demons.
All that plus some music and as usual weird news to start including a man who ate his own fingers as a protest and a stone baby. Plus they get to mention Gary Daniels (Fist Of The North Star, Cold Harvest, Knights) again.
For full show notes and to comment / leave feedback...
Then Chris reviews The Yakuza Way, which stars the legendary Riki Takeuchi (Big Man Japan, Fudoh: The New Generation, Dead or Alive, Deadly Outlaw: Rekka). Jamie reviews The Da Vinci Code and looks forward to Angels & Demons.
All that plus some music and as usual weird news to start including a man who ate his own fingers as a protest and a stone baby. Plus they get to mention Gary Daniels (Fist Of The North Star, Cold Harvest, Knights) again.
For full show notes and to comment / leave feedback...
- 5/19/2009
- by Leigh
- Latemag.com/film
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