Pluto Film Boards ‘Summer War,’ From ‘Il Futuro’ Director Alicia Scherson, Ahead of Cannes, Tribeca

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) is hailing new rules announced on Friday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pertaining to the international feature category as a “major victory.” Going forward the Oscars are allowing submissions from individual directors, not just entries designated by selection committees in different countries. The new rules […]

Jio Studios and Mumbai Film Company’s “Raja Shivaji” has delivered the biggest opening weekend in Marathi-language cinema history, grossing INR43.66 crore ($4.6 million) across its first three days in India. Directed by Riteish Deshmukh, the historical epic’s opening weekend surpasses all previous Marathi cinema records. “Sairat” (2016), the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time at […]

The South Korean box office saw a surge in activity during the weekend of May 1–3, as high-profile international sequels drove audience turnout. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” claimed the top spot in its opening weekend, earning $3.8 million from 575,467 […]

'Adolescence' scribe Jack Thorne brings Piggy, Ralph, Jack and their island-paradise-gone-wrong to life in a limited-series take on the classic novel.