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LAS VEGAS – For a moment, you’re watching footage from a new “Avatar” movie and waiting to be impressed. Our heroes, the Sully family, are still living with the Metkayina clan.

The box office year has been sluggish, but if one movie is going to bring the industry back alive it’s James Cameron‘s Avatar: Fire and Ash on December 19.

meh-gical land called the Overworld that she’s stumbled into after strolling through a portal in a cave. Similarly incomprehensible is this irritating film starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, which is apparently based on the most popular video game of all time.Who knew? Who cares?I hesitate to call “Minecraft” intellectual property, though, as that would suggest that there is some semblance of intellect anywhere.Mine all you like.

Just after Max‘s launch in Australia, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) APAC president James Gibbons and ANZ general manager Michael Brooks sat down with Deadline to talk about launching Max’s first-ever ad-supported tier in the APAC region, plans for originals and some takeaways from other launches around Asia.

The Boys actor Antony Starr has shared that he is “glad” the show is ending with the forthcoming season.The New Zealand actor has played the villainous John Gillman/Homelander since the show’s debut in 2019, also appearing in spin-offs The Boys Presents: Diabolical and Gen V. The fifth season, due in 2026, will be the Amazon show’s finale.During an interview with Collider promoting his new film G20, Starr was asked what how he feels about the final season and what fans can expect.“It’s strange because as much as I love the show, I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome, so I’m kind of glad we’re finishing at five” he replied.

In June of 2018, The Wild Boars, a teenage Thai football team, went into the labyrinthine caves of Tham Luang on a team-building exercise, as they had apparently done several times before. It was supposed to take an hour or so, as it usually did. This time, though, it rained, flooding the caves, and the rain didn’t stop until all 12 players and their coach were royally stranded. The next 18 days kept the world on tenterhooks, and the astonishing outcome fueled a whole host of documentaries plus a Ron Howard Netflix drama, Thirteen Lives, starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton.

Naman Ramachandran “The Last Wife” director Victor Vũ’s Vietnamese supernatural thriller “Detective Kien: The Headless Horror” has locked down international distribution deals across major global territories following its unveiling at Hong Kong FilMart 2025. Mockingbird Pictures, handling international sales for the period horror-mystery, confirmed distribution partnerships with 3388 Films (North America), Infinity Group (Australia and New Zealand), MovieCloud (Taiwan), and Lotte Cultureworks (Korea).

Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson is speaking out for the first time, several hours after it was confirmed he is moving back to the Racing Bulls.

Clive Revill, the star known for his roles in Star Wars, Transformers and Batman, has sadly passed away at the age of 94 after a long battle with dementia. His daughter Kate confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died on March 11 in a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Born in Wellington in 1930 to Eleanor, a homemaker and opera singer, and father Malet, a carpenter, Revill became one of New Zealand's most celebrated actors, boasting a career in stage and screen that spanned over six decades.

according to The Hollywood Reporter.Revill was born on April 18, 1930, in Wellington, New Zealand, and started working as an accountant before he “abruptly” decided to exchange financial documents for stage scripts.He transitioned into a theatrical actor in his early 30s and made his Broadway debut in the show “Mr. Pickwick” at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (formerly the Plymouth Theater).The versatile performer scored two Tony Award nominations in back-to-back projects in the early 60s.He was first nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his character of Bob-Le-Hotu in “Irma La Douce,” but he lost to Dick Van Dyke in “Bye, Bye Birdie.”Two years later, he was nominated for “Best Actor” for his performance as Fagin in the musical “Oliver!”As the star was building a reputation for himself on stage, including appearing in the BBC’s “Sunday-Night Theatre” episodes, he rounded out his resume by acting in the 1957 television show “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and movies like “Kaleidoscope” and “Fathom” alongside Raquel Welch.Revill returned to the major awards circuit in 1972, when he was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role as Carlo Carlucci in the film “Avanti!”One of the veteran character actor’s most renowned roles hit the big screen in 1980 when he voiced the Emperor in George Lucas’ widely popular franchise film “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back.”Revill delivered the classic line, “There is a great disturbance in the Force.”According to the Dallas Observer, Revill was given three takes to record the film’s iconic line.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin sales outfit M-Appeal has sealed further deals for Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner “Dreams,” as well as additional sales for “Sex” and “Love,” the other films in the director’s trilogy. “Dreams” follows Johanne, a young woman who documents her first love — an infatuation with her teacher — through intimate writing. When her mother and grandmother discover her work, their initial shock turns to recognition of its literary merit.

Rumors are swirling about Liam Lawson‘s future at the Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team!

Marta Balaga Marking out one of the hottest properties at this year’s Series Mania, the world can’t get enough of “Long Bright River” starring Amanda Seyfried, with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) securing multiple new markets with muscular regional or local distributors such as Max and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has revealed he is working on his first solo album, which will be “a fusion of all sorts of styles”.The metal guitarist was speaking to Rolling Stone to promote the release of his new coffee table cook The Collection: Kirk Hammett, in which he explores his extensive guitar collection and reflects on his life in music.One revelation from the interview was that he is in the process of “getting ideas together” for his debut solo record. “I guess the best way to describe it is it’s gonna be a fusion of all sorts of styles,” he said.“All of a sudden I’m writing classical progressions, and all of a sudden I’m writing more heavy stuff and all of a sudden I’m writing like a funk thing,” he added.

Metallica album, and thinks the record might see them “go back to the ‘90s again”.The lead guitarist for the metal icons opened up about the band’s follow up to 2023’s ‘72 Seasons’ in a new interview with Rolling Stone, indicating that they will not start working on their next album “for at least another year”.“I have 767 new ones for the next album,” he said, referring to the riffs he has already written for new material. “It is such a nightmare going through this stuff, too. And I’m the one responsible for all of it and I can’t do it….

Anna Marie de la Fuente All3Media International, the sales arm of the production-distribution U.K. giant behind such hits as “Fleabag” and “Midsomer Murders,” has struck key deals in multiple territories for New Pictures’ six-part thriller, “Protection.” Sales follow the witness protection series’ critically acclaimed U.K. debut on ITV and ITVX.

STAYC have announced new dates for their upcoming 2025 ‘Stay Tuned’ world tour, featuring concerts in Sydney, Jakarta, Bangkok and more.Today (March 24), K-pop girl group STAYC revealed the Asia and Australia dates for their upcoming 2025 ‘Stay Tuned’ world tour. It will kick-off this April with a two-night show at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, South Korean.STAYC will begin the international legs of their 2025 ‘Stay Tuned’ world tour, in June.

One Piece is celebrating its return to Crunchyroll next month with a double episode premiere weekend on the anime streaming platform.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Taika Waititi, Mia Wasikowska, David Walliams, Richard Roxburgh, Penelope Wilton, Blake Harrison and Robyn Nevin are set to star alongside newcomer Iona Bell in the screen adaptation of David Walliams’ international best-selling children’s book “Fing.” Variety reported in November that Waititi was in talks to star in the film. The fantasy feature film is co-written by Walliams and Kevin Cecil, with director Jeffrey Walker at the helm. Principal filming has commenced at Screen Queensland Studios in Brisbane, Australia, secured through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.

“Memory is the only true justice” is the verdict of the sweeping new trailer for The Narrow to the Deep North, the Jacob Elordi-starring TV series that drops April 18 on Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.