‘Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan is readying “Kingdom!,” an epic period drama based on Yasuhisa Hara’s best-selling manga of the same name. Set … More
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HBO ‘Miss Sherlock’ Trailer
The Ring star Yuko Takeuchi stars as the modern-day reimagining of the 19th century detective in Miss Sherlock, HBO’s first Japanese original series. The … More
FX CEO John Landgraf on Shōgun Adaptation
‘John Landgraf, FX CEO, spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the adaptation Clavell’s Shōgun for the recently announced 10 episode … More
FX Adapting James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’
‘FX is bringing back Shōgun to the small screen. In what the network describes as In its largest international scale production to date, it … More
New Anime Series ‘Butt Detective’ based on Picture Books Series
‘Oshiri Tantei (Butt Detective), an anime series based on a series of popular picture books, premiered on Japan’s NHK Educational TV … More
Mauger’s ‘The Vanished’ gets a Director
‘Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy has signed on to write and direct a feature film adaptation of the best-selling non-fiction … More
The Book to Screen Club 