Updated with the latest castings: HBO’s Harry Potter television series has officially gone into production, and a photo of Dominic McLaughlin as The Boy Who Lived, complete with glasses and all, has been released. The new Harry, Ron and Hermione have received their Hogwarts admission letters, as have the newest additions — four out of…
On a panel at the APOS media summit, held in Indonesia, content executives working in Asia said that among their top priorities are producing content to meet the rising demand for unscripted work in the region, and giving projects to the next generation of creative talent. Nicholas Simon, founder and CEO of Thailand-headquartered Indochina Productions,…
Just two days before the third and final season of Squid Game launches on Netflix, the streamer’s head of Korean content, Don Kang, appeared on stage at the APOS media and entertainment summit to discuss the wide-ranging cultural impact of Korean shows, the Korean industry’s production lull, as well as Netflix’s ad tier performance in…
EXCLUSIVE: Marco Calvani, who most recently starred in Netflix‘s The Four Seasons, is set to co-write and direct his second feature film, Capitana. Co-written with ‘The Vagina Monologues’ playwright, V, Capitana is based on a memoir by Pia Klemp, a German biologist who was working with Sea Shepherd on marine conservation efforts. She later directed…
After a marathon 10-year production journey, Hong Kong dystopian thriller Sons of the Neon Night finally hit the red carpet yesterday, premiering in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival. Starring veteran actors Takeshi Kaneshiro (Chungking Express), Sean Lau (Papa), Tony Leung Ka-fai (Double Vision), Louis Koo (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In),…
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re…