Park Chan-wook’s Cannes Competition Film ‘Decision to Leave’ Grabbed by Mubi

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is set to star in a new movie about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDirector Peter Jackson’s eight-hour documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” is set to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray this summer, with the sprawling doc from 2021 finally available in physical editions July 12.If there’s a sense of deja vu to that announcement, it’s because these home video editions were already previously announced to come out six months earlier, but that release was scotched before it happened due to a defect that was detected in the discs.“The Beatles: Get Back” has been originally scheduled to come out Feb. 8, after an initial announcement Jan.

Piers Morgan had to abruptly call time on his TV interview with a trans activist who shouted X-rated expletives at him live on air including calling him a "c**t".The presenter invited 'Jame' onto his TalkTV show yesterday (May 16) after protesters from Manchester Trans Rise Up dressed in balaclavas and black outfits to surround suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst's statue.Piers called on Jame - who refused to be identified - to have a "proper debate" about trans rights with him.A masked Jame said at the start of the interview. "Hey Piers, it's good to hear your voice, you know.".Piers then told him: "I have always supported trans rights to fairness and equality and I mean that sincerely."Jame, who donned a black mask and sunglasses, then fired back: "That's bull**** bro."Piers responded by saying calmly: "You can say bull**** bro and you're entitled to.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media have struck again, announcing the purchase ATTN, a social media storytelling company for Gen Z and Millennials. Candle said today it will help provide scale, capital and expertise to accelerate ATTN’s growth as it continues “to create original content for Gen Z and Millennials across social media, network television and streaming services, in addition to growing their publishing, brand studio, creative strategy and agency services. That includes a TikTok Studio that supports brands and influencers.

Manori Ravindran International EditorForest Whitaker has shed some new plot details about Francis Ford Coppola’s mystery project “Megalopolis,” which is set to start shooting in August.The actor-producer, who is in Cannes to receive the festival’s honorary Palme d’Or, suggested he had a substantial role in the new movie, and spoke favorably of Coppola’s script, which is a long-gestating passion project that’s been in the works for 20 years. Coppola invested more than $100 million of his own resources to make the film, which is his first film since 2011’s “Twixt.”“The cast is coming together,” said Whittaker, who praised Coppola as an “amazing filmmaker” that he was excited to work with.

In a new report by Rolling Stone, a number of close friends of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins revealed that the late rocker was uncomfortable with the band’s intense touring schedule, sharing that he struggled to meet the physical demands of the job, for which he normally performed three-hour concerts night after night.

It turns out Samuel L. Jackson isn’t banned from “Saturday Night Live”, after all.

The Cannes Film Festival has set its lineup for this year’s Cannes Classics program, which shines a spotlight on restorations of classic movies and features contemporary documentaries about film. Kicking off the sidebar is Jean Eustache’s controversial film The Mother and the Whore, the 1973 Cannes Grand Prize winner which incited riots at the time. Also included in the program are films by Vittorio de Sica (Sciuscià), Satyajit Ray (The Adversary), Orson Welles (The Trial) and Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz), as well as a new 4K master of Singin’ in the Rain to mark the movie’s 70th anniversary.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFilm adaptation rights to hit Indian novelist Chetan Bhagat’s 2016 acclaimed book “One Indian Girl” have been acquired up by Sony Pictures International Productions. The studio plans a Hindi-language adaptation that will go into development later this year. Bhagat’s book, which broke pre-sale records on Amazon India when it was launched, revolves around a high-flying woman financier who is intelligent and successful, but finds it difficult to find love.

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.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez spent their Sunday afternoon with some retail therapy in New York City. The 58-year-old Amazon founder and his 52-year-old girlfriend were spotted shopping at Brunello Cucinelli in SoHo. The couple, who have been dating since 2019, were all smiles on the shopping excursion, while Bezos chatted on the phone.

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.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez spent their Sunday afternoon with some retail therapy in New York City.The 58-year-old Amazon founder and his 52-year-old girlfriend were spotted shopping at Brunello Cucinelli in SoHo.The couple, who have been dating since 2019, were all smiles on the shopping excursion, while Bezos chatted on the phone. Shopping:Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez spent their Sunday afternoon with some retail therapy in New York CitySanchez stepped out with a slightly-unbuttoned white blouse with a grey fedora, with a huge diamond dangling from a thin necklace.She also wore form-fitting light blue jeans with light brown flats for the retail therapy excursion.

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.

Nearly 35 years after the original Dirty Dancing hit theaters, a new sequel is in the works, with Jennifer Grey slated to return.Lionsgate made the announcement during their CinemaCon presentation on Thursday evening, via EW.While no further details were given, a voiceover during the presentation simply said, 'Jennifer Grey returns to Kellerman's in the next chapter,' with Kellerman's the upscale Catskills resort where the original 1987 classic was set. Sequel:Nearly 35 years after the original Dirty Dancing hit theaters, a new sequel is in the works, with Jennifer Grey slated to return Baby returns:While no further details were given, a voiceover during the presentation simply said, 'Jennifer Grey returns to Kellerman's in the next chapter,' with Kellerman's the upscale Catskills resort where the original 1987 classic was setThe original movie followed Grey's character, Frances 'Baby' Houseman, who spends the summer of 1963 at Kellerman's with her family.During her stay, she starts falling for the resort's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, played by the late great Patrick Swayze, who passed away from stage IV pancreatic cancer in 2009 at 57 years of age.The film also starred Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Kelly Bishop, Jane Brucker, Lonny Price and Wayne Knight.

Nobody can keep Baby in the corner.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefEntertainment management and events firm Endeavor Group Holdings has bought outright control of the On Location sports event firm and its older Endeavor China business. The two separate deals will cost Endeavor Group a total of $408 million.In a regulatory filing Thursday, Endeavor said that it will pay $224 million to buy out the minority shareholders in On Location, a firm that provides hospitality services to the NFL and the Super Bowl.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPeter Luo’s Stars Collective has optioned the rights to acclaimed Chinese novelist and screenwriter Tong Hua’s best-selling sci-fi fantasy novel series “The Memory Lost in Space” and will adapt the story into both an English language television series and feature film.A story told over four book installments, the first of which debuted in 2017, “The Memory Lost in Space” is set in the distant future, with humans forced into an exodus to the edge of the galaxy after the depletion and destruction of Earth’s energy and habitat. Humans resort to genetic modification to stay strong but this creates new diseases and conflict between pure-breeds and those modified.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNew York-headquartered documentary distributor Icarus Films has picked up all North American rights to Hong Kong protest film “Blue Island.” The film plays this week at the HotDocs Documentary Festival in Toronto, Canada.Directed by Chan Tze Woon (“Yellowing”), the film confronts the large-scale protests in Hong Kong, describing events through a mix of documentary footage and filmed reenactments. The distributor has not yet elaborated release plans, but says that it is taking booking requests from museums, arts organizations, film festivals and theaters across North America.“A new wave of young people took back the streets, as one generation after another has done throughout Hong Kong’s history.

Jennifer Grey is sharing intimate secrets from her life in new memoir Out of the Corner, the title referencing her iconic line from “Dirty Dancing”, when Patrick Swayze’s character defiantly declared, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”

Best buddies Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon headed to the golf course over the weekend.