Disney+ Hotstar’s exclusive livestream of Coldplay’s Ahmedabad, India, concert attracted 8.3 million views and accumulated 1.65 billion minutes of watch time during the three-hour broadcast on Jan. 26. The British rock band’s performance at Narendra Modi Stadium, which drew a massive crowd of over 134,000 attendees, kicked off with frontman Chris Martin winning hearts by […]

Magnify has landed worldwide sales rights (excluding mainland China, China Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR & Macao SAR) to helmer Yi Jing’s directorial debut “The Botanist,” ahead of its world premiere in the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation Kplus competition. The coming-of-age tale, set in a remote village in China’s Xinjiang region, follows a young Kazakh boy […]

Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following explosive allegations involving former SMAP frontman Masahiro Nakai and claims of a corporate cover-up, the Associated Press reports. Network president Koichi Minato and chair Shuji Kanoh announced their immediate resignations Monday as fallout continues over Nakai’s alleged sexual assault […]

Action icon Jackie Chan has completed principal photography on “The Shadow’s Edge,” a high-stakes thriller that marks his second collaboration with Chinese helmer Larry Yang. The duo previously struck gold with “Ride On,” which dominated Asian box offices in 2023, becoming Japan’s highest-grossing Chinese import and landing among Malaysia’s top three Chinese releases of the […]

The South Korean box office for the weekend of Jan. 24-26 was led by horror film “Dark Nuns,” which debuted with a commanding performance, while action sequel “Hitman 2” also had an impressive start. “Dark Nuns,” a horror film where two nuns are driven to perform an exorcism, opened at the top of the chart, […]

“Octopus with Broken Arms” led the Chinese box office for a fifth consecutive weekend, earning RMB 51.2million ($7.1 million) over the Jan. 24–26 weekend, according to Artisan Gateway. The crime thriller has brought its cumulative gross to $126 million, solidifying its position as 2025’s first box office hit. “Honey Money Phony” held onto second place […]

Paris-based sales outfit MPM Premium has acquired international rights to “Cactus Pears” (Sabar Bonda), the feature directorial debut from India’s Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it is in the world cinema dramatic competition. The Marathi-language film follows Anand (Bhushaan Manoj), a 30-something city dweller compelled to […]

Bollywood star Randeep Hooda is set to reunite with “Extraction” director Sam Hargrave for Apple Original Films’ upcoming action thriller “Matchbox,” marking their second collaboration following their 2020 Netflix hit. The live-action film, based on Mattel’s die-cast matchbox toy vehicle line, stars John Cena, Teyonah Parris, Jessica Biel and Sam Richardson. Production is currently underway in Budapest, […]

“Squid Game” was the most-viewed series in a single week in 2024, with 4.9 billion minutes watched between Dec. 23 and Dec. 29, per Nielsen. Season 2 of the Korean deathmatch drama debuted on Netflix on Dec. 26, so that whopping viewership number includes people catching up on the first season as well as bingeing […]

Prime Video has set a streaming debut for veteran Bollywood actor Boman Irani’s first directorial venture “The Mehta Boys,” following its acclaimed festival run. The family drama, which nabbed Best Feature Film at the 2024 Chicago South Asian Film Festival, explores the volatile dynamics between a father and son forced to spend 48 hours together. […]

Mumba Devi Motion Pictures’ latest feature “I’m Not an Actor” (“Main Actor Nahin Hoon”), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chitrangada Satarupa, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cinequest Film Festival in California this March. The Hindi and English-language drama, directed by Aditya Kripalani, follows a frustrated but puritanical actor in Mumbai who spends a […]

Jennie, a member of K-pop powerhouse Blackpink, is poised to make her mark as a solo artist with the announcement of her debut studio album, “Ruby.” Due to release on March 7, the album will be distributed through her self-established label, Odd Atelier, in partnership with Columbia Records. The 15-track album features collaborations with artists […]

In a sweeping move to champion Asian cinema, Chanel’s Culture Fund is making waves across Hong Kong and Thailand, uniting Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton and Palme d’Or recipient Apichatpong Weerasethakul for a landmark collaboration. In Hong Kong, the initiative includes Chanel’s partnership with M+ museum is spearheading a restoration program under the guidance of […]

India-headquartered global animation outfit Toonz Media Group is betting big on character-building entertainment, partnering with BLKBX Originals and MVP Kids to develop a new 3D animated series and Roblox game based on the popular children’s brand. The deal will see the production of 52 seven-minute episodes aimed at expanding the reach of MVP Kids’ diverse […]

Netflix is expanding its unscripted slate with “Offline Love,” a unique Japanese dating series that challenges modern romance by stripping away digital devices. Set to premiere globally on Feb. 18, the 10-episode series follows 10 singles searching for connection in Nice, France, with just 10 days to find love through serendipitous encounters. The show marks […]

Indian actor Kani Kusruti has nabbed IMDb’s “Breakout Star” STARmeter Award, riding high on the heels of her critically acclaimed turns in Cannes winner “All We Imagine as Light” and Sundance-winning “Girls Will Be Girls.” The laurel, determined from IMDb’s monthly traffic of over 250 million visitors worldwide, signals Kusruti’s meteoric rise on the platform’s […]

Sean Hu’s “Ocean Elegy: The Tragedies of Mudan and Ryukyu,” a seven-years-in-the-making documentary exploring a pivotal 1870s incident that reshaped East Asian geopolitics, will world premiere as the opening film of Japan’s Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival. New Zealand director Miki Magasiva’s “Tinā” is set to close the festival with its […]

Major Japanese advertisers are fleeing broadcast powerhouse Fuji Television following an alleged sex scandal involving former boy band idol turned TV host Masahiro Nakai. Industry heavyweights such as Toyota, Nissan and Shiseido are among more than 50 companies pulling their spots from the network, per the Associated Press. The advertising crisis erupted after weekly magazine […]

U.K.-based film programmers Omar Ahmed and Ranjit S. Ruprai are set to debut The Cloud Door, a new boutique label dedicated to bringing South Asian cinema to global audiences, with Kamal Swaroop’s influential cult film “Om Dar-B-Dar” (1988) as its inaugural release. The launch addresses a persistent void in the home video market, where South […]