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Fans of A Murder at the End of the World rejoice! Brit Marling, who created the show with her longtime collaborator Zal Batmanglij, is game to take the limited series further. Possibly as far as Tokyo…

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How many episodes of ‘Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction’ are there?

Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction has made its way over to the west.Based on the manga series by Inio Asano, the series follows best friends Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa Oran as they navigate high school three years after the appearance of a mysterious alien mothership over Tokyo.A synopsis reads: “As they grow up, they face existential questions, learning adulthood’s complexities and that the true threat may not be from above.”A two-part anime film adaptation based on the manga premiered in Japan earlier this year, which has been turned into an episodic series with extra footage for other territories.The anime series is set to span 18 episodes in total. Starting from Friday May 24, episodes will be released weekly on Crunchyroll at 4am BST in the UK.For US viewers, episodes are released weekly on Thursdays at 8pm PT/11pm ET.Inio Asano’s original manga, which first released in Japan in 2014, spans 12 volumes in total.

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aespa add new dates to 2024 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ tour

aespa have added new dates their upcoming 2024 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Australia and more.aespa’s new 2024 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour currently features 27 concerts across 14 different cities in Asia and Australia from June to September 2024. The tour will kick off at the end of June with a two-night concert in Seoul, South Korea.In July, the girl group will head on the Japanese leg of the tour, with multiple concerts each in the cities of Fukuoka, Nagoya, Saitama and Osaka.

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‘Train To Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-ho And Appian Way Team On Action-Horror Pic ’35th Street’ At TriStar

EXCLUSIVE: Train To Busan director Yeon Sang-ho has found his first major studio pic as he is set to direct and write TriStar Pictures’ 35th Street, along with writer Ryu Yong-jae. The pic will be produced by Appian Way and WOW POINT. The project is in development and marks the director’s first English-language project. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it’s being described as an action/horror film.

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SM Entertainment denies sex scandal allegations involving NCT’s Johnny and Haechan

SM Entertainment has issued a statement denying allegations that NCT members Johnny and Haechan are involved in a sex scandal.The allegations of a sex scandal involving NCT’s Johnny and Haechan began swriling on social media earlier this week on June 3 after several Japanese users of the platform X (formerly Twitter) uploaded a string of posts claiming that the two idols were involved in a sexual affair with three girls during a recent visit to Tokyo, Japan.The accusations then went viral among netizens and fans alike, with the incident even making it onto national South Korean news after the stock price of SM Entertainment began to crash amid the rumours.The posts first arose from the account @kira_ceo_main, which – according to Koreaboo – is said to belong to “a well-known figure in the Japanese nightlife industry who helps connect girls who want to work in nightlife to host bars, clients and plastic surgery sponsors”.One post from the account also claimed that the girls involved all worked in nightlife industry as cabaret hostesses. It also included a set of photos as alleged evidence of the activity, including pictures of the hotel’s name, key card, room interiors as well as people involved, although none were explicitly identified.The alleged girls involved in the scandal with the two Korean idols have also seemingly leaked text conversations with Johnny in particular.

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Simon Pegg calls Hollywood’s ‘Godzilla’ films “cultural appropriation”

Simon Pegg has shared his thoughts on Godzilla Minus One, slamming the recent American films in the process – see what he had to say below.On Monday (June 3), Pegg to his Instagram Stories to talk about Godzilla Minus One. Recorded and shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Godzilla fan account Kaiju No.

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AI Film Competition Unveiled at Bucheon Fantasy Festival

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Going all-in on its exploration of the role of artificial intelligence in filmmaking, South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) has unveiled a 15-title AI Film competition. The films will compete for jury-selected and audience awards and cash prizes of up to KRW1.5 million ($11,000).

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Same-Sex Japanese Dating Reality Show ‘The Boyfriend’ Launched by Netflix

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix will next month upload its first Japanese same-sex dating reality TV series, “The Boyfriend.” The show takes nine men to a beach house in order to find love. For a month, they live together and take turns working shifts at a coffee truck, forging deep friendships and learning about themselves along the way. The show will also be hosted by an eclectic mix of personalities including Megumi, Horan Chiaki, Thelma Aoyama, drag queen Durian Lollobrigida and Yoshimi Tokui.

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Expert says 'sneakiest' weight loss method can help you burn 'more than 400 calories a day'

A health influencer has shed light on the significant impact a daily walk can have on your weight loss journey.

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Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ Locks International Deals For Cornerstone

Cornerstone has closed worldwide distribution deals for Andrea Arnold’s latest feature film Bird, which debuted at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.

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‘Like a Dragon: Yakuza’ Live Action Series Adaptation of Hit Sega Game Heading to Prime Video (EXCLUSIVE)

Prime Video will release “Like a Dragon,” a live-action series adaptation of the SEGA game franchise “Yakuza Like a Dragon.” The six-part crime-suspense-action series is directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”) and stars Takeuchi Ryoma (multiple “Kamen Rider” titles) as the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma. It will upload to Prime Video in two batches of three episodes on Oct. 25 and Nov.

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‘She’s Got No Name’ Review: Zhang Ziyi Suffers Stoically in a Stately Historical Melodrama

Jessica Kiang Giving the traditional, star-driven period epic a gloss-coating of topicality, Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s “She’s Got No Name” is based on a notorious real-life murder case that unfolded against the turbulent backdrop of 1940s China. And although it’s probably most notable for providing Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi with a remarkably de-glammed central role, it is the setting, rather than the sincere but only tentatively feminist storyline, that will likely give this handsome, lengthy movie its international appeal.

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Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ Sells Around The World As Intrigue Remains Over U.S. Release

EXCLUSIVE: The movie Donald Trump doesn’t want people to see is going global.

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‘American Gladiators’ Reboot Ordered at Prime Video

Lexi Carson Get ready because gladiators are set to hit the arena once again. Amazon Prime Video has ordered a reboot of the iconic competition series “American Gladiators” and is currently searching for contenders that can pass the test of speed and strength to take on the gladiators in the ring. It will also include new and classics challenges like “Gauntlet,” “Hang Tough” and “The Eliminator.” “Doing a cross-country casting search is exciting for us, and for the fans.

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DKB announce 2024 ‘Dark Strange’ world tour

K-pop boyband DKB have announced their 2024 ‘Dark Strange’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Europe and the Americas.Today (June 3), DKB released the poster for their upcoming 2024 ‘Dark Strange’ world tour, announcing concerts in Asia, Europe and the Americas. It will kick off in Seoul on August 3 at the New Millenium Hall at Konkuk University, before heading to Tokyo and Taipei in the same month.According to the poster, DKB will also announce shows in the Americas and Europe at a later date.

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Sydney Film Festival Adds Eight Titles From Cannes – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The imminently upcoming Sydney Film Festival has added eight titles that premiered at Cannes to its lineup. They are: Guan Hu’s “Black Dog”; Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”; Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project “Megalopolis”; Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnson’s “Rumours,” starring Australia’s Cate Blanchett; documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”; “The Girl with the Needle”; and revenge thriller “Ghost Trail.” Due to demand, the SFF organizers have also added additional screenings of “The Substance,” the Demi Moore-starring film already set as the festival’s closing night title. The festival runs June 5-16.

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Ex-Big Bang’s T.O.P teases “a lot of new music” that’s coming “soon”

Big Bang member T.O.P has teased that he has “a lot of new music” that will be coming “soon”.T.O.P touched on long-awaited new solo music in a recent Instagram post, where he addressed the cancellation of the ‘dearMoon’ project. The moon trip, funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, was originally set to launch in 2023 using a spacecraft developed by SpaceX.The K-pop idol was first announced as one of eight civilian crew members of the project in December 2022.

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China Box Office: ‘Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Earth Symphony’ Wins Opening Weekend, Ahead of ‘Garfield’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Two foreign-made animation movies opened on top of the mainland China box office over the latest weekend. Japanese film, “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Earth Symphony” landed in first place, ahead of “The Garfield Movie,” though the match-up was not like-for-like. According to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, “Doraemon” earned $12.6 million (RMB89.5 million) over the three days from its Friday release.

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hit ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ Renewed for Season 2 by Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s global hit magnum opus debut series “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” has been renewed for a second season by Netflix. Within the first week of its May 1 launch, the series danced its way up the Netflix’s worldwide non-English TV chart in 43 countries, becoming the most-viewed Indian series for the streamer globally. The series has been reigning in the No.

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Korea Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Holds Soft Second Weekend Lead Over ‘The Plot’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” maintained a narrow win at the South Korea weekend box office in its second week of release. The highest new release was local crime drama “The Plot.” Total weekend revenues in Korean cinemas were a modest $8.91 million. That figure keeps a post-COVID recovery on course, but progress is slow and incomplete.

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‘The Garfield Movie’ Purrs Past $150M WW; ‘Furiosa’ Battles To $114M – International Box Office

Refresh for latest…: It may be a stretch, but we could coin a new phrase and call this the cat days of spring. To wit: Sony/Alcon’s The Garfield Movie, which began early overseas release last month, took the No. 1 spot for Hollywood on the domestic, international, and global charts this frame.

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