Posts by Nathan Pine
Myriad Pictures Acquires International Sales Rights To Portion Of Buffalo 8’s Library
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Myriad Pictures has acquired international sales rights to a select portion of Buffalo 8’s titles. The deal doesn’t include the U.S. High profile titles included in the deal include Atrabilious starring Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, and Whoopi Goldberg; Bundy Manor directed by Alexander Watson (Unsolved 1980), A Hundred Lies with Rob Raco (Riverdale), and…
Read MoreJohanna Hedman’s ‘The Trio’ Being Adapted For SkyShowtime With Cast Including August Wittgenstein & Felix Sandman
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: There’s a major new Scandi drama in the works. Johanna Hedman’s bestselling Swedish novel The Trio is being adapted for streamer SkyShowtime. We can also reveal the headline cast, which includes August Wittgenstein (The Crown), Felix Sandman (Sommartider), Seth Manteus (Cherries) alongside Rebecka Harp, and share the first image from the show. It…
Read MoreGoogle to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps
[ad_1] This paves the way for the US tech giant to compete better with local navigation platforms [SEOUL] Google said on Tuesday (Sep 9) that it would comply with the South Korean government’s demand to blur sensitive satellite images on its mapping services, paving the way for the US tech giant to compete better with…
Read MoreStuart Craig Dies: Oscar-Winning Production Designer From Harry Potter Franchise & ‘The English Patient’ Was 83
[ad_1] Stuart Craig, a UK production designer and art director who won Oscars for his work on The English Patient, Dangerous Liaisons and Gandhi, died September 7. He was 83. Craig’s passing was confirmed via the British Film Designers Guild, which posted a message from BFDG member Neil Lamont on Facebook. “It is with great…
Read MoreVinFast plans US plant in 2028 as it seeks equity backers
[ad_1] The automaker expects to open another assembly plant in Indonesia’s West Java by October [SINGAPORE] VinFast Auto expects to open its delayed North Carolina plant in 2028 while the Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker continues to seek equity investors, according to chairwoman Le Thi Thu Thuy. As part of its shift to Asia amid…
Read MoreMTV’s Video Music Awards Draw 6-Year Viewership High With Move To CBS
[ad_1] Last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by LL Cool J and featuring performances from such artists as Doja Cat, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and Sabrina Carpenter, earned a six-year viewership high with its move to CBS. Watched by more than 5.5 million viewers, per Nielsen Live+SD Fast National Data, the awards show, which…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro Teases “Very Violent” New Project ‘Fury’ With Oscar Isaac At TIFF: “Like ‘My Dinner With Andre’ But Killing People”
[ad_1] On the heels of his Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, Guillermo del Toro announced a new gestating project called Fury, which will feature Isaac and is described as a “violent” pic in the vein of a murderous My Dinner with Andre (1981). “I’m writing a project…
Read MoreGIC, SoftBank are said to weigh selling stake in fintech VNLife
[ad_1] The Vietnamese fintech firm has a presence in Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar and Cambodia [HONG KONG] GIC and SoftBank Vision Fund are considering selling their stakes in Vietnamese fintech firm VNLife, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund and SoftBank Vision Fund 1 are working with a financial adviser…
Read MoreJon Stewart Returns To ‘The Daily Show’ After Summer Break With Quips About Paramount-Skydance Merger & Trump Death Rumors
[ad_1] Jon Stewart, ever the happy employee in his running joke of begrudgingly working Monday nights at The Daily Show, ruefully acknowledged being back at his post after being on vacation for over a month. As such, it was his first taping since the Paramount-Skydance merger officially went through in early August. “I was a…
Read MoreKevin Costner Resorting To A “Desperate Measure” To Have ‘Horizon II’ Suit Tossed, Stuntwoman Says; “Nonsense,” Oscar Winner’s Lawyer Insists
[ad_1] Increasingly it seems that Kevin Costner and Horizon II stunt performer Devyn LaBella aren’t just in dispute over the latter’s sexual harassment claims against the Yellowstone alum, but they are also deeply divided over what the other is actually fighting in court about. “As a desperate measure, Defendants now claim that Ms. LaBella intends…
Read MoreStephen King Unveils His Top 10 Films Of All Time
[ad_1] Prolific horror author Stephen King has unveiled his top 10 favorite movies of all time — and, naturally, he’s excluding his own adaptations from the list. The multi-hyphenate, whose novels The Long Walk, The Running Man and It are all receiving forthcoming Hollywood projects, tweeted his list earlier today, “in no particular order.” Unsurprisingly,…
Read MoreChina derivatives fuel 36% surge in SGX trading volume to 31.8 billion units in August
[ad_1] Value traded up 17% at S$33.6 billion; bourse operator cites global institutions tapping China-access derivatives to manage risk across multiple asset classes [SINGAPORE] Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported that its securities turnover value rose to S$33.6 billion for August, a 17 per cent increase from S$28.8 billion a year earlier. This came as the securities…
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