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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

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

Suits L.A.’ and ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ Land Series Orders at NBC

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By Emily Longeretta According To The variety) It’s official: “Suits” is back. The spinoff, “Suits: L.A.,” led by Stephen Amell, has received a series order pickup by NBC. Produced by UCP and Hypnotic, original show creator Aaron Korsh returns as writer and executive producer. Per the official logline, “Suits: L.A.” follows Ted Black (Amell), “a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. His firm is at a crisis point and to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career. Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who test their loyalties to both Ted and each other while they can’t help but mix their personal and professional lives.” Josh McDermitt, Lex ...

Jul172024 by cineverseNo Comments

Jon Stewart Says ‘We Dodged a Catastrophe’ After Trump Assassination Attempt, ‘but It Was Still a Tragedy’

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By Ethan Shanfeld According To The variety) Jon Stewart returned to “The Daily Show” desk Tuesday night and spoke about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. “We dodged a catastrophe, but it was still a tragedy,” Stewart said. He then paid tribute to firefighter Corey Comperatore, who died from the shooting. “He had given his life in service to his community and he died literally shielding his family,” Stewart said of Comperatore. “He’s a reminder that in those moments of crisis, there are helpers, and we can all make a choice to try and be one of those people.” Earlier in his opening, Stewart joked about how “the internet is a great source of information” when “shit hits the fan” in the U.S. “For instance,...

Jul172024 by cineverseNo Comments

‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Leads as Indian Box Office Hits $600 Million in First Half of 2024

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety) The Indian box office has crossed INR50 billion ($600 million) in gross collections for the first half of 2024, marking a 3% increase from the same period last year, according to a report from Ormax Media. The report provides Indian local numbers and not worldwide grosses for the films. Sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 AD” emerged as the undisputed champion of the period, dominating the local box office with a $92.3 million gross. This sum contributed 15% of the total box office, significantly bolstering June’s performance and pushing the month’s collections past $144 million. Bollywood air force action film “Fighter” secured the second spot with $29 million locally, while “Hanu-Man,” the Telugu-language mythological superhero film, clo...

Jul142024 by cineverseNo Comments

You’ve Got Male: How ‘The Bikeriders’ Taps into Our New Ambivalence About the Primal Masculine Mystique

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety) I was late catching up to Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders,” and though the film has gotten some good reviews, like Peter Debruge’s rave in Variety, it’s fair to say that the collective response to it has been mixed to muted. “The Bikeriders” hasn’t exactly set off a chain reaction of retro biker fever. It seems as if more than a few people don’t quite know what to make of it: a drama based on Danny Lyon’s 1968 black-and-white photography book, which captured the rough-riding lives of a Chicago motorcycle gang called the Outlaws (who, in the movie, become the Vandals), their exploits now presented, in Nichols’ film, in all their unvarnished bad-boy grit and glory. Personally, I loved the film, and came out of it wi...

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

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

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

Suits L.A.’ and ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ Land Series Orders at NBC

Jon Stewart Says ‘We Dodged a Catastrophe’ After Trump Assassination Attempt, ‘but It Was Still a Tragedy’

‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Leads as Indian Box Office Hits $600 Million in First Half of 2024

You’ve Got Male: How ‘The Bikeriders’ Taps into Our New Ambivalence About the Primal Masculine Mystique

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