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Naman Ramachandran Alex Boden, producer of Max/Wowow series “Tokyo Vice,” outlined the hurdles and triumphs of filming the first U.S. studio streamer series shot entirely in Japan during a keynote at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The keynote was delivered as part of a Motion Picture Association event at the festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Top Gun: Maverick breakout actor Danny Ramirez is set to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in an untitled Detective pic from director Todd Haynes.

What To Watch. Today we recommend a mix of new releases and newly available titles, from movies and shows, all available to stream on the most popular platforms.What to Watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - January 19What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — January 26“One Day” follows the decades-long love story between Dex (Leo Woodall) and Em (Ambika Mod), two people from the same college who unexpectedly spend one day together and develop a special friendship. The series follows them on that same day through the years.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 2 premiere of HBO’s “Tokyo Vice,” now streaming on Max. “Jake is being a very bad boy…” That’s how Ken Watanabe, who plays detective Hiroto Katagiri, described Jake Adelstein’s (Ansel Elgort) actions at the end of “Tokyo Vice’s” Season 2 premiere. The second season picks off right where Season 1 ended in April 2022 and plugs viewers back into the neon-lit streets of Tokyo’s underbelly.

Max has debuted the brand new trailer for the upcoming second season of Tokyo Vice!

Ansel Elgort is back on the beat: Toyko Vice, which is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, will return February 8 to Max.

Jaden Thompson Max has released the trailer for Season 2 of its original crime drama series “Tokyo Vice,” which will premiere on the streamer on Feb. 8 with the release of two episodes. Subsequently, one episode will debut every week for eight weeks.

Naman Ramachandran The keenly awaited Season 2 of Max’s “Tokyo Vice” completed principal photography just before the Hollywood strikes and is now in post-production, producer Alex Boden tells Variety. Auteur Terrence Malick’s biblical drama “The Way of the Wind” is being edited. Season 1 of “Tokyo Vice,” which followed a Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo who takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses, bowed in 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Soji Arai (Dead Ringers) has been tapped for a substantial role in the second season of HBO Max‘s crime drama series Tokyo Vice, which is currently in production in Tokyo.

Tom Hanks was accompanied by his furry feline co-star Smeagol as he attended a screening of his new film A Man Called Otto at Dotdash Meredith in Manhattan on Monday.The actor, 66, was accompanied by his wife Rita Wilson and their youngest son Truman for the latest event to promote the dramedy. Tom - who just weighed in on the nepo-baby debate - opted for a black pinstripe suit with a blue necktie while Truman, 26, wore a Tarantino-style black suit with a black necktie to the family film festivities. Adorable!  Tom Hanks was accompanied by his co-star Smeagol The Cat as he attended a screening of his new film A Man Called Otto at Dotdash Meredith in Manhattan on Monday Posing for snaps at the swanky event, Tom carried his on-screen pet Smeagol, who was perfectly dressed for the occasion with a matching tie.Mariana Treviño - who plays Marisol - and Rachel Keller - who plays Sonya - were both delighted to see Hanks holding his feline friend.  Meanwhile Rita coordinated with her real-life leading men in a black embroidered suit over a matching camisole and pumps selected by stylist Maryam Malakpour.Wilson collaborated with Colombian crooner Sebastián Yatra on the duet Til You're Home for the movie soundtrack, which Decca Records dropped on December 30.

Specialty film closes the book on a mixed 2022 this weekend with the limited release by Sony of Tom Hanks-starring A Man Called Otto; a literary doc by Lizzie Gottlieb from Sony Pictures Classics and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest from Neon via Cannes. 

EXCLUSIVE: Aoi Takeya will make his television debut in the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice‘s second season.

Nicolas Cage is back on the red carpet after welcoming a baby girl!

Nicolas Cage looked suave in a patterned navy tuxedo jacket as he arrived to the premiere of his latest project during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. The 58-year-old actor strolled the red carpet for Butcher's Crossing, along with the likes of Julia Stiles and Rachel Keller.The actor's appearance comes just days after his 27-year-old wife Riko Shibata gave birth to the couple's first child, a baby girl named August Francesca. Suave: Nicolas Cage looked suave in a patterned navy tuxedo jacket as he arrived to the premiere of his latest project during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday For the big premiere, Cage styled his tuxedo jacket with black slacks and a white button-down shirt. He added a pair of shiny black loafers to the ensemble, and he accessorized with a white pocket square. His dark hair was cut short and slicked back, and he flashed a brilliant white smile.   The California native donned a fancy watch with a brown leather band and a gold face.Cage said he headed up to TIFF for the screening of his new movie Butcher's Crossing right after welcoming his daughter.'I would not have been here, but I kept my word, and I'm here honoring my commitment — but I'm looking forward to getting back to my wife and my daughter,' Cage told People at the event. He also told the publication that he 'literally just left the hospital and got on a plane, and came here.

Tom Hanks has revealed there were discussions about making a sequel to Forrest Gump, but it only “lasted all of 40 minutes”.The 1994 Oscar-winning film was originally based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, which received a sequel titled Gump and Co. in 1995.Despite the success of the film adaptation, which won six Oscars including Best Picture, Hanks explained that talks of sequel were quickly brushed aside.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Hanks said: “I will say that, with a long time in between, we did take a stab at talking about another Forrest Gump that lasted all of 40 minutes.

Selome Hailu “Tokyo Vice,” the crime drama series based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir of the same name, has been renewed for a second season at HBO Max.The series stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein, an American journalist who reports on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late ‘90s, descending daily into the underbelly of the city. Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita also starred in Season 1.“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max.

HBO Max has ordered a second season of Tokyo Vice from Endeavor Content and WOWOW, Japan’s leading pay TV player. It stars Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort and hails from creator and writer/executive producer J.T. Rogers.

Naman Ramachandran The BBC has acquired U.K. free-to-air rights of high profile crime drama “Tokyo Vice” (8 x 60’), which has a pilot episode directed by Michael Mann, from Endeavor Content. The BBC has second window rights for the U.K.

The BBC has acquired HBO Max’s Ansel Elgort-starring Tokyo Vice from Endeavor Content.

Naman Ramachandran London-based Endeavor Content has closed several international territories on high profile crime drama “Tokyo Vice” (8 x 60’), which has a pilot episode directed by Michael Mann.Handling global sales on the project, Endeavor Content has inked deals with Crave (Canada), Canal Plus (France), Paramount Plus (Australia) and OSN Plus (West Asia and Northern Africa).The series was commissioned by HBO Max in the U.S. and by Wowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-TV broadcaster, with Endeavor as co-producer. It will also debut on HBO Max (Latin America and EMEA) and HBO Go (Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong) and Starzplay (Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Ireland and the U.K.).

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominated actor Cameron Britton and Mike Birbiglia have joined the cast of SF Studios’ A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks. Marc Forster will direct with two-time Oscar nominee David Magee adapting the screenplay from Fredrik Backman’s comical 1# New York Times Bestseller A Man Called Ove – with the titular character being renamed to reflect the shift to an American setting. Britton and Birbiglia join a cast that already includes Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo are also on board