‘Doctor Strange’ Huge Debut Signals Renewed Potential at Korea Box Office

Lionsgate has released the first teaser for the highly anticipated upcoming “Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”. The short clip debuted during Sunday night’s 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

Love Island contestant Amber Beckford insists she is focusing on "finding new love" on the reality dating show but will reveal the identity of a famous ex when she enters the villa. The 24-year-old nanny from London said she had been single for a year-and-a-half after splitting from her mystery former flame.

Spider-Man: No Way Home and HBO’s Euphoria were crowned the best of movie and television, respectively, at tonight’s MTV Movie & TV Awards.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIndonesian firm MSV Studio is well underway on production of “Ajisaka: The King and the Flower of Life,” the first of three hugely ambitious animated films it will work on this year.MSV Studio is the animation division of MSK Pictures, which itself is part of the larger, Indonesia-based Amikom Group. Since 2015, Amikom says it has invested $20 million into the research and development of computer animation technology.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefEpic Pictures Releasing has licensed North American rights to Korean action film “Hot Blooded,” from leading Seoul-based film sales agency Finecut. The deal is one of several struck by the agency ahead of Cannes, where it is also launching sales on Critics’ Week title “Next Sohee.”Starring Bae Doona and Kim Si-eun, “Next Sohee” is directed by Jung July, whose acclaimed “A Girl at My Door” played in Un Certain regard in 2014.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe mainland China box office remained moribund over the latest weekend, lacking direction or new releases and achieving nationwide revenue of just $11.4 million.The country is continuing to suffer from clusters of COVID infections that have caused mass lockdowns in some cities and the temporary closure of many cinemas. Even as there is now talk of easing restrictions in Shanghai, which had been locked down for five weeks, there is the prospect of new restrictions in capital city Beijing. The government has also imposed a blanket ban on all but essential overseas travel.U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefUpgrade Productions, the production company launched last year by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier, is working on an epic Japanese-language TV series.The company has teamed with venerable Japanese studio Shochiku to produce “A True Novel” as an eight-part adaptation of Mizumura Minae’s 2003 Yomiuri Prize-winning novel. Inspired by Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” the sweeping family narrative is set in the decades after World War II in Japan and the U.S.The series, adapted by screenwriter Sakaguchi Riko (“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” “Mary and the Witch’s Flower”) will bring to life a love story spanning three generations and told by different characters.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently playing in theaters.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn the early years of the 21st century, bankers to the film industry set their eyes on East Asia and headed for Hong Kong and Beijing. They could see that mainland China’s decision to open the film business to the private sector had the potential to be a game-changer.

Ncuti Gatwa will become the 14th Doctor, after Jodie Whittaker announced last July she will be leaving the long-running science fiction series. But Whovians still have some time to wait before they will get to see the Sex Education star in command of the Tardis.

Serena and Venus Williams hold hands while arriving at the F1 Grand Prix of Miami held at Miami International Autodrome over the weekend in Miami, Fla.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinema box office in China fell back to the lower depths over the weekend, with just $8.9 million of revenue across a country of 1.3 billion inhabitants.Business continues to be badly hit by COVID-related closures as the disease shows signs of spread around the country, while slowly diminishing in Shanghai where there was a full lockdown that lasted many weeks.Business appeared to spike upwards a week earlier, driven by the May Day holiday. But Chinese state media reports that the Sunday to Wednesday May day period was down 82% compared with last year.The latest weekend box office total (Friday to Sunday) was the second lowest this year.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points of Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently in theaters.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points and cameos in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently playing in theaters.Well, so much for the Illuminati!The secretive and powerful group of superheroes sworn to protect their universe within the multiverse didn’t last long against the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), who did not hold back in brutally killing every surprise character. Despite some internet rumors and glimpses of universe-crossing heroes in the “Doctor Strange” trailers, most of the Illuminati board were major surprises to Marvel fans.

A heartbroken mum has told of how school bullies led to her her little girl's hair falling out - with it likely never growing back.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterEver since Patrick Stewart’s singular voice rang out in the Super Bowl trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” fans have eagerly awaited the return — really, the resurrection — of Professor Charles Xavier, the role Stewart played seven times over 17 years as part of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men” movie franchise.In 2017’s “Logan,” Stewart seemingly said goodbye to Prof.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAcclaimed Canadian nature documentary “Geographies of Solitude” was Wednesday named the best film in the international competition section at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival. The parallel Korean competition was won by “Jeong-Sun,” directed by Jeong Ji-hye.The two previous editions of Jeonju were disrupted by COVID. But this year the festival, with 217 films from 52 countries, was held predominantly as an in-person event.

Premier League defender is now overshadowed by his model daughter - who has more than five million Instagram followers having once been dubbed the 'most beautiful girl in world'.Thylane Blondeau is the child of former Watford and Sheffield Wednesday defender Patrick Blondeau, who appeared in the English top flight back in 1997/98, and actress and television presenter Veronika Loubry.Born in Aix-en-Provence, France in 2011, she was became well known after being dubbed the 'most beautiful girl in world' at the age of six, having began her modelling career at just four with famous French designer Jean Paul Gaultier.Since that fashion show, Thylane has worked with Dolce & Gabbana, Vogue, L'Oreal, and even founded her own brand in 2018 named Heaven May.Thylane then went on to land top spot in the 'Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2018', after which she wrote on Instagram: "I just can’t believe it myself, thanks so much."Now 21, Thylane has built up a huge Instagram following of 5.3million followers, most recently posing in Monte-Carlo last month.HAVE YOUR SAY! Do you remember Patrick Blondeau playing in the Premier League? Tell us in the comments section belowAhead of her acting debut back in 2015, Thylane told Frivolette when asked about her growing Instagram community of fans: "You know, this does not affect me in any way. "I'm still young, I'm pleased.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” topped the box office in South Korea over the May Day weekend, beating a handful of minor local titles which released in hope of catching a rising market.The latest Friday-Sunday period appeared to represent a turning point – a $4.86 million nationwide aggregate was the biggest weekend haul since January – but a slow and uncertain one. Theatrical box office in Korea has been severely depressed all year due to government-imposed COVID restrictions, audience caution and a paucity of new release local titles.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTheatrical box office in mainland China enjoyed a weekend bounce over the May Day holiday and a new market leader, despite a shortage of fresh titles and mounting cinema closures.Romantic comedy “Stay With Me” was the top-scoring new release title with $8.4 million (RMB55.4 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway, a consultancy and research firm. The film about long distance relationships, distributed by Enlight Pictures, deposed “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which had held the top spot for three previous weekends. U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Miracle: Letters to the President,” directed by Lee Jang-hoon, was Saturday named as the best film winner at the Far East Film Festival in Italy’s Udine, following an audience poll. The South Korean-made film was described by festival organizers as “a sweet-natured hymn to the power of dreams.” Second and third places belonged to Chinese-produced pictures Li Ruijun’s “Return to Dust” and Xing Wenxiong’s “To Cool to Kill,” respectively.