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Anurag Kashyap Boards Melbourne-Bound Children’s Film ‘Little Thomas’ as Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety) Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is returning to the children’s film genre with his latest production, “Little Thomas.” The comedy-drama, which is the feature directing debut of Kaushal Oza, is slated for its world premiere at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). Starring Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Duggal, alongside child actor Hridansh Parekh, “Little Thomas” marks Kashyap’s first foray into children’s cinema since his 2007 animated directorial venture “Return of Hanuman.” Set in 1990s Goa, the film follows a seven-year-old boy’s attempts to reunite his quarreling parents in hopes of getting a baby brother. Kashyap, known for hard-hitting films like “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Ugly,” was drawn to Oza’s vision o...

Jul222024 by cineverseNo Comments

Korea Box Office: ‘Escape’ Rises to Weekend Market Leader at Third Attempt

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By Patrick Frater According To The variety) “Escape,” a Korean-made action drama that has been on release for most of the month, took the lead at the South Korean box office over the latest weekend. The film recounts the story of a North Korean soldier who dreams of defecting and the South Korean officer who pursues him. It is directed by Lee Jong-pil, who previously made surprise 2020 hit “Samjin Company English Class.” It stars Lee Je-hoon and Koo Kyo-hwan in the lead roles. “Escape” earned $2.61 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That represented an unusual 7% week-on-week gain for the film, suggesting strong word of mouth sentiment. After 19 days on release “Escape” ...

Jul222024 by cineverseNo Comments

Aparna Sen’s ‘Her Indian Summer’ in Development as Indo-U.K. Co-Production (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety) Veteran Indian director and actor Aparna Sen‘s new project “Her Indian Summer” is set to be developed as an Indo-U.K. co-production, it was revealed during a recent London retrospective of her work. The film, a mixed-race love story set against the backdrop of the 1947 partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, is being produced by Kolkata-based Indian producer-director Aritra Sen and Los Angeles-based British writer-director Alex Harvey’s Big Bazaar Films. Sen came to notice as an actor with the “Samapti” segment in Oscar winner Satyajit Ray’s “Three Daughters” (1961). She acted in several more films by Ray and also worked with Indian cinema greats Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha and Rituparno Ghosh. Her acting c...

Jul212024 by cineverseNo Comments

Who Is Pretending Carrie Bradshaw Got Hit by a Citi Bike in Fake ‘And Just Like That’ Filming Notices?

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By Michaela Zee According To The variety) And just like that… Carrie Bradshaw was hit by a Citi Bike? A series of fake filming notices for Max’s “And Just Like That” have been recently popping up in New York City. These notices, which are circulating on social media, feature bogus plot details about the upcoming third season of the “Sex and the City” reboot. “AFTER GETTING HIT BY A CITIBIKE, CARRIE RETAINS FLETCHER REEDE (JIM CARREY) FROM ‘LIAR, LIAR’ AS HER LAWYER,” one filming notice reads. Another includes a fake plot about Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) revealing to her friends that “she is Garfield the cat.” In a different filming notice, the project details read: “CARRIE GOES ON A BAD DATE WITH MR. BEAN (THE CHARACTER) AND THEN ACCIDENTALLY SENDS HIM A N...

Jul212024 by cineverseNo Comments

Emmy Nominees Analysis: Diving Deeper Into the Sleeper Hits and Bizarre Landscape Ahead of the Second 2024 Ceremony

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By Emily Longeretta According To The variety) Peak TV may be over, but the television landscape is hardly at a standstill. In fact, this Emmy season has delivered the most eclectic list of nominees from the widest variety of platforms in TV history. The lineup of contenders runs the gamut from the spectacle of “Shōgun” to the slow burn of “Slow Horses” to the out-of-nowhere sleeper stalker story of the year, “Baby Reindeer.” By any definition, nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards, unveiled July 17, were well outside the box. And while 2024 marks the first time in the history of the Emmys that two ceremonies have been held in the same calendar year, the Sept. 15 show won’t be the same old song and dance. For the first time in 50 years, the top drama seri...

Jul212024 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Spinning Ahead of Forecasts With $32.2 Million Opening Day

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By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety) “Twisters” is twirling, twirling, twirling toward one of the five biggest domestic debuts of the year. The sequel whizzed past projections on opening day with $32.2 million from 4,151 locations across Friday and preview screenings. Outlook for the opening weekend of the natural disaster thriller is now at $74 million — way north of the industry estimates for $50 million to $55 million earlier this week. That puts it in competition with fellow Universal release “Despicable Me 4” ($75 million) for the fourth-biggest three-day debut of the year (though that animated sequel opened on a Wednesday and had grosses dispersed across a five-day holiday weekend frame). The top three North American opening weekends of the year are “Inside Out 2” (...

Jul202024 by cineverseNo Comments

Deadpool & Wolverine’ Unveils Lady Deadpool’s Full Look and Dafne Keen’s Return in Final Trailer: The ‘Logan’ Reunion Fans Have Waited for Is Here

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By Zack Sharf According To The variety) Marvel Studios’ final trailer for “Deadpool & Wolverine” has let two of the movie’s big surprises out of the bag. One is that Lady Deadpool will be popping up alongside many other variants of the Merc with the Mouth. Various teasers for the Marvel tentpole had tipped off Lady Deadpool’s arrival, but this final trailer unveils the character in all her glory for the first time. Now fans will have to speculate which actor is under the mask (Blake Lively? Taylor Swift?). The bigger reveal in the final “Deadpool & Wolverine” is the appearance of Dafne Keen, who memorably played the child mutant X-23 opposite Hugh Jackman in 2017’s “Logan.” That film was supposed to be Jackman’s final outing as his iconic X-Men character, that is u...