‘Indie distributor GKIDS has acquired North American distribution rights to the animated feature Children of the Sea, an adaptation from … More
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Pulse Films Options Screen Rights to ‘Teddy Boy’
‘Pulse Films and Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau have optioned English-language screen rights to Chinese comic book series Teddy Boy, … More
Netflix Expands Anime Line-Up
During their Anime Lineup Presentation event at the Akiba Theatre in Tokyo today, Netflix unveiled their slate of Anime programming for 2019. The new … More
Netflix Announces New ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime
‘Netflix’s new Ghost in the Shell series, this one featuring a Japanese 3D computer graphics-rendered main character, is set to … More
Osamu Tezuka’s Barbara Getting Live-Action Adaptation
‘Japan’s The Fool (“River’s Edge”) the U.K.’s Third Window Films (“Lowlife Love”) and Germany’s Rapid Eye Movies (“Ruined Heart”) have … More
New ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Trailer
Alita: Battle Angel opens in theaters on St. Valentine’s Day, which is fitting — the $200 million film represents a long … More
Legendary Developing Live-Action Adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s ‘My Hero Academia’
‘Legendary said Wednesday it plans to adapt Kohei Horikoshi’s manga franchise My Hero Academia into a live-action feature film. It joins a slate … More
Sony Japan Announces Adaptation of Manga Series ‘Kingdom!’
‘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
Netflix Give Series Orders to October Faction & Warrior Nun
Netflix is expanding its sci-fi/genre portfolio with two new series orders with October Faction, based on the IDW comics by Steve … More
Alita: Battle Angel Heading to Comic-Con
‘Fox’s Alita: Battle Angel is heading to Comic-Con as revealed to Hollywood Reporter. There will be a sneak peek, as well as … 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
STX Entertainment to distribute and oversee production of Channing Tatum’s ‘Zombie Brother’
‘STX Entertainment has come aboard to distribute and oversee production on TencentPictures and Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan’s Free Association’s film … More
John Landau and Robert Rodriguez assures that ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ won’t be Whitewashing
‘Director Robert Rodriguez and producer John Landau are the team behind 20th Century Fox’s Christmas tentpole “Alita: Battle Angel,” which is based … More
Updates on Alita: Battle Angel Film
‘Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau spoke at CinemaCon panel session today titled “An Industry Think Tank 3.0: Meeting the Expectations of Today’s Savvy Moviegoer’, speaking … More
Naruto live-action updates
‘Back in 2015, it was announced that a Western, live-action Naruto movie adaptation was in the works with Lionsgate reported as being in … More
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