Since his high-profile departure from FX, Disney TV Studios chief Eric Schrier has become actively involved with shaping the Disney+ APAC content slate through his other mandate as president of Disney’s global original television strategy. He and APAC original content head Carol Choi sat down with Deadline at the Disney APAC Showcase in Hong Kong…
After coming within touching distance of a new record high, the Nifty has slipped over 2% from its peak as uncertainty over the India-US trade deal, fading hopes of a December rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, and intermittent FII selling have tempered investor sentiment. Analysts, however, believe the ongoing pullback is a healthy…
Billed as Netflix Japan‘s tentpole title for the year, Last Samurai Standing is set in 1878 Japan, and assembles 292 fallen samurais for a survival game, where the last competitor standing gets to claim a 100 billion yen (nearly $656M) prize. Japan’s Junichi Okada, formerly of boyband V6, stars as the lead actor in the…
Fala Chen‘s entertainment career has soared and flourished through several different acts. She first rose through the ranks as an actress at Hong Kong‘s broadcaster for eight years, before getting off the waitlist at Juilliard, and is now going from strength to strength in her career in Hollywood and beyond, starring in Shang-Chi and the…
Chinese and UK film and television leaders gathered in the London’s BAFTA building on Thursday for the Shanghai-London Screen Industry Forum, to share their insights on co-producing and distribution opportunities, with micro-dramas, children’s and sports content emerging as frontrunners for international collaboration. The event was hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism…
UPDATE: Almost three years after now former 20th TV executive Nissa Diederich and Disney were accused retaliation, blacklisting and more in a $1 million and more lawsuit from stuntman Jimmy Sharp, the whole matter has crashed and burned. A Los Angles Superior Court judge has tossed out the action by the son of Jim Sharp…