Ever since the My Hero Academia manga ended, fans have been divided about the conclusion of Kohei Horikoshi’s series. While some are happy that the series has taken its farewell from the manga world, others are disappointed with the plot of the conclusion. Irrespective of this, the series has managed to redeem its popularity once again with the anime series.
A still from My Hero Academia | Credits: Bones Inc.
The recently released episode of the series’ seventh season has brought back a fan-favorite villain, but his return has been marked with redemption as he decides to help Izuku Midoriya in his fight against Shigaraki Tomura. This character is none other than Danjuro Tobita, also known as Gentle Criminal.
Although redemption is a common theme in My Hero Academia and Gentle Criminal’s return was expected by manga fans, the way it has been shown in the anime series has made all the difference.
A still from My Hero Academia | Credits: Bones Inc.
The recently released episode of the series’ seventh season has brought back a fan-favorite villain, but his return has been marked with redemption as he decides to help Izuku Midoriya in his fight against Shigaraki Tomura. This character is none other than Danjuro Tobita, also known as Gentle Criminal.
Although redemption is a common theme in My Hero Academia and Gentle Criminal’s return was expected by manga fans, the way it has been shown in the anime series has made all the difference.
- 9/8/2024
- by Tarun Kohli
- FandomWire
So we got Inside Out 2 potentially reaching $90M this coming weekend, Paramount’s Quiet Place: Day One north of $40M+ on June 28, and the July 3rd release of Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 targeting a $100M+ over 5-days, likely more. Fingers crossed, but it’s momentum at the summer box office.
Why a Wednesday opening? Because depending on where the July 4th holiday lands, you’ll get Wednesday openings. The last time Universal debuted a Despicable Me movie on a Wednesday before July 4th was part 2 which came out in 2013. That made $143M over 5-days.
The last one in the franchise, Minions: Rise of Gru, came on lower on tracking than DM4 and that overperformed to a 4-day haul of $123M. DM4 is tracking with everyone I’m told, particularly men under 25. However, just because a movie arrives on tracking higher than its previous installment,...
Why a Wednesday opening? Because depending on where the July 4th holiday lands, you’ll get Wednesday openings. The last time Universal debuted a Despicable Me movie on a Wednesday before July 4th was part 2 which came out in 2013. That made $143M over 5-days.
The last one in the franchise, Minions: Rise of Gru, came on lower on tracking than DM4 and that overperformed to a 4-day haul of $123M. DM4 is tracking with everyone I’m told, particularly men under 25. However, just because a movie arrives on tracking higher than its previous installment,...
- 6/13/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Suits creator Aaron Korsh on Sunday paid tribute to soap actor Billy Miller, who died Friday, Sept. 15, in Austin, Texas. He was 43.
Although Miller is best known for his roles on The Young and the Restless and General Hospital, he played Marcus Specter — Harvey’s younger brother — on Suits for several seasons. His character had a gambling addiction and was a restaurant owner.
“Very sad news for the entire Suits family,” Korsh wrote on X. “Billy Miller has passed away. I flew home once with Billy. We had a great time, bonding over the five hour flight, which seemed like it was over in minutes. A funny, smart, kind, gentle man.”
No cause of death has been revealed, but Miller’s management issued a statement saying he was manic depressive.
Miller grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was signed as a model to Wilhelmina, then began his acting career...
Although Miller is best known for his roles on The Young and the Restless and General Hospital, he played Marcus Specter — Harvey’s younger brother — on Suits for several seasons. His character had a gambling addiction and was a restaurant owner.
“Very sad news for the entire Suits family,” Korsh wrote on X. “Billy Miller has passed away. I flew home once with Billy. We had a great time, bonding over the five hour flight, which seemed like it was over in minutes. A funny, smart, kind, gentle man.”
No cause of death has been revealed, but Miller’s management issued a statement saying he was manic depressive.
Miller grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was signed as a model to Wilhelmina, then began his acting career...
- 9/18/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Prince Harry and Meghan may not be attending King Charles’ royal coronation.
People reports that the Sussexes have yet to receive their invitation to the event, according to a source.
A palace insider told the outlet they would be invited to the ceremony, but there has yet to be any move towards a reconciliation from either side.
Read More: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend Ellen Degeneres’ And Portia De Rossi’s Vow Renewal
Relations between the couple and the palace have soured followed the release of Harry’s memoir, as well as his bombshell interviews following its release.
Harry addressed the upcoming coronation directly in his ITV interview.
“There’s a lot that can happen between now and then. But, you know, the door is always open. The ball is in their court. There’s a lot to be discussed, and I really hope that they are willing to...
People reports that the Sussexes have yet to receive their invitation to the event, according to a source.
A palace insider told the outlet they would be invited to the ceremony, but there has yet to be any move towards a reconciliation from either side.
Read More: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend Ellen Degeneres’ And Portia De Rossi’s Vow Renewal
Relations between the couple and the palace have soured followed the release of Harry’s memoir, as well as his bombshell interviews following its release.
Harry addressed the upcoming coronation directly in his ITV interview.
“There’s a lot that can happen between now and then. But, you know, the door is always open. The ball is in their court. There’s a lot to be discussed, and I really hope that they are willing to...
- 2/8/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Titles include Sundance Jury prize winner ‘Utama’
Transilvania International Film Festival has unveiled the 12 films that will screen in its official competition.
Each title competing for the Transilvania Trophy will receive its Romanian premiere at the 21st edition of the festival, which is set to take place in the city of Cluj-Napoca.
The line-up features Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s Utama, a Bolivian drama about an indigenous couple trying to survive a drought, which took home the Jury prize at Sundance Film Festival early this year.
Other titles include the directorial debut by French filmmaker Vincent Maël Cardona - Magentic Beats.
Transilvania International Film Festival has unveiled the 12 films that will screen in its official competition.
Each title competing for the Transilvania Trophy will receive its Romanian premiere at the 21st edition of the festival, which is set to take place in the city of Cluj-Napoca.
The line-up features Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s Utama, a Bolivian drama about an indigenous couple trying to survive a drought, which took home the Jury prize at Sundance Film Festival early this year.
Other titles include the directorial debut by French filmmaker Vincent Maël Cardona - Magentic Beats.
- 5/19/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
“Samuel’s Travels,” directed by Latvian/Armenian filmmaker Aik Karapetian, has been acquired by HBO Central Europe. The deal was signed by the Copenhagen-based LevelK, who picked up international sales rights on the film in September, according to Film New Europe.
The acquisition by HBO Central Europe, with a license period set to start in the autumn, will cover Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
“Samuels Travels,” a darkly humorous story of a lone traveller’s journey gone terribly wrong, is Karapetian’s fourth feature film. The leading roles are played by Belgian actor Kevin Janssens and Latvian actress Laura Siliņa, among a largely Latvian cast.
The film was produced by Mistrus Media of Latvia in coproduction with Polar Bear of Belgium, and it was funded by the National Film Center of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia,...
The acquisition by HBO Central Europe, with a license period set to start in the autumn, will cover Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
“Samuels Travels,” a darkly humorous story of a lone traveller’s journey gone terribly wrong, is Karapetian’s fourth feature film. The leading roles are played by Belgian actor Kevin Janssens and Latvian actress Laura Siliņa, among a largely Latvian cast.
The film was produced by Mistrus Media of Latvia in coproduction with Polar Bear of Belgium, and it was funded by the National Film Center of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Kristine Simsone
- Variety Film + TV
Sydney Film Festival Returns to Regular Dates, Picks ‘The Forgiven,’ ‘Passengers’ for Initial Lineup
Charlotte Gainsbourg-starring “The Passengers of the Night” and Ralph Fiennes- and Jessica Chastain-starring “The Forgiven” are among the first batch of movies revealed by the Sydney Film Festival. The festival is planning an in-person event running 8-19 June, 2022.
Australian-produced titles include dance film “Keep Stepping”; “Sissy,” which mixes social media and horror; music title “Six Festivals”; and intimate portrait “The Plains,” which had its premiere in Rotterdam earlier this year.
The 22-film advanced lineup also leans heavily on other festival favorites. “Gentle” which premiered in Sundance; “Hinterland,” which won the audience award in Locarno last year; Peter Strickland’s “Flux Gourmet,” from the Berlinale; Kamila Andini’s “Yuni” winner of Toronto’s Platform award; “Private Desert,” audience award winner at Venice; documentary “Calendar Girls” from the recent Sundance and Cph:dox festivals; “Please Baby Please,” which opened the Rotterdam festival; “The Territory,” the documentary award-winner at Sundance; “Blue Moon,...
Australian-produced titles include dance film “Keep Stepping”; “Sissy,” which mixes social media and horror; music title “Six Festivals”; and intimate portrait “The Plains,” which had its premiere in Rotterdam earlier this year.
The 22-film advanced lineup also leans heavily on other festival favorites. “Gentle” which premiered in Sundance; “Hinterland,” which won the audience award in Locarno last year; Peter Strickland’s “Flux Gourmet,” from the Berlinale; Kamila Andini’s “Yuni” winner of Toronto’s Platform award; “Private Desert,” audience award winner at Venice; documentary “Calendar Girls” from the recent Sundance and Cph:dox festivals; “Please Baby Please,” which opened the Rotterdam festival; “The Territory,” the documentary award-winner at Sundance; “Blue Moon,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As well as providing a showcase for international films, the Berlinale is also a platform for German cinema. There are more than 130 German films and co-productions screening across the festival and the European Film Market.
Pre-pandemic, in 2019, 237 German films were produced a year, but only 10 to 20 a year perform well internationally, according to Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, which promotes Teutonic movies abroad. Of the total worldwide admissions for European films in 2019, 6% were German films, compared with 18% for French films, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.
To up the performance of local films, German Films is seeking to begin its promotional work earlier in the life of a project, such as at works-in-progress sessions at festivals like Les Arcs. The objective is to catch the eye of festival programmers, distributors and sales agents at an early stage.
Thorsten Ritter, executive VP acquisitions, sales and marketing at Beta Cinema,...
Pre-pandemic, in 2019, 237 German films were produced a year, but only 10 to 20 a year perform well internationally, according to Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, which promotes Teutonic movies abroad. Of the total worldwide admissions for European films in 2019, 6% were German films, compared with 18% for French films, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.
To up the performance of local films, German Films is seeking to begin its promotional work earlier in the life of a project, such as at works-in-progress sessions at festivals like Les Arcs. The objective is to catch the eye of festival programmers, distributors and sales agents at an early stage.
Thorsten Ritter, executive VP acquisitions, sales and marketing at Beta Cinema,...
- 2/13/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Films Boutique (“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”) has acquired international sales rights to Vincent Kelner’s cinematic documentary feature “A Taste of Whale” ahead of the European Film Market.
“A Taste of Whale” is produced by Rémi Grellety, the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning producer of Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and HBO’s “Exterminate All The Brutes.”
The film looks at the centuries-old tradition of whale hunting in the Faroe Islands. Every year, nearly 1,000 pilot whales are hunted, beached and killed by knife in the fjords. This local whaling tradition, which is known locally as “grind,” dates back to the eighth century and has been denounced by international activists. On the other end, Faroese people are calling out the hypocrisy of those who eat meat without looking at what is happening in slaughterhouses.
Kelner, an experienced journalist and cinematographer who has worked on several TV productions in France and abroad,...
“A Taste of Whale” is produced by Rémi Grellety, the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning producer of Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and HBO’s “Exterminate All The Brutes.”
The film looks at the centuries-old tradition of whale hunting in the Faroe Islands. Every year, nearly 1,000 pilot whales are hunted, beached and killed by knife in the fjords. This local whaling tradition, which is known locally as “grind,” dates back to the eighth century and has been denounced by international activists. On the other end, Faroese people are calling out the hypocrisy of those who eat meat without looking at what is happening in slaughterhouses.
Kelner, an experienced journalist and cinematographer who has worked on several TV productions in France and abroad,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
What defines bodybuilding, rather than a general fitness regime or the physical conditioning required for contact sports, is how it sees strength as an end to itself. In terms of how competitions are usually conducted, the measure of time for participants to pose for judges is over imminently: as shown in films such as Pumping Iron, and now the somber Hungarian drama Gentle, it can resemble fashion catwalk more than gladiatorial arena. Also relevant is the post-human aspect: what is bodybuilding if not a way to augment what we know as human features, kneading muscle and physical posture into a heightened form of themselves. David Cronenberg would’ve surely concocted an interesting film set in this milieu, at least in his Dead Ringers or Crash mode.
Anna Nemes (one half of the director team responsible for Gentle) and László Csuja made a straight documentary in tandem with this feature, using...
Anna Nemes (one half of the director team responsible for Gentle) and László Csuja made a straight documentary in tandem with this feature, using...
- 1/28/2022
- by David Katz
- The Film Stage
You might assume the title is ironic, given that Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja’s film is set in the strange, cloistered world of grit, muscle and sinew that is elite women’s bodybuilding. But “Gentle” proves as good as its word, though this quiet, sympathetic portrait of Hungarian competitor Edina (real-life bodybuilder Eszter Csonka) does display significant core strength as a patient critique of the pursuit of an impossible body, and how much it might cost the soul living inside.
Edina is waiting in the wings, being primed and last-minute coached by her partner and trainer Ádám. She has her few minutes in the spotlight, running through a series of practised poses in a pink sequinned bikini for a sparse audience in a small hall, and wins. This means she will go on to compete in the world championships, which seems to mean nearly as much to Ádám as it does to her.
Edina is waiting in the wings, being primed and last-minute coached by her partner and trainer Ádám. She has her few minutes in the spotlight, running through a series of practised poses in a pink sequinned bikini for a sparse audience in a small hall, and wins. This means she will go on to compete in the world championships, which seems to mean nearly as much to Ádám as it does to her.
- 1/22/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Kicking off next week, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival gives us a first glimpse at the year in cinema. Ahead of the virtual-only festival, we’re providing our yearly trailer round-up for those interested in a preview of the lineup.
Ahead of our coverage, bookmark this page for a continually-updated round-up of trailers and clips, kicking off with Hatching, jeen-yuhs, You Won’t Be Alone, Girl Picture, and more.
Check out the trailers below thus far in alphabetical order and we’ll be publishing reviews soon, so follow along here.
The Cathedral (Ricky D’Ambrose)
Gentle (via Cineuropa)
Girl Picture (Alli Haapasalo)
Happening (Audrey Diwan)
Hatching (Hanna Bergholm)
jeen-yuhs (Coodie & Chike)
Neptune Frost (Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman)
Piggy (Carlota Pereda)
Three Minutes – A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter)
You Won’t Be Alone (Goran Stolevski)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier)
The post Sundance Film Festival 2022 Trailer Round-Up first appeared on The Film Stage.
Ahead of our coverage, bookmark this page for a continually-updated round-up of trailers and clips, kicking off with Hatching, jeen-yuhs, You Won’t Be Alone, Girl Picture, and more.
Check out the trailers below thus far in alphabetical order and we’ll be publishing reviews soon, so follow along here.
The Cathedral (Ricky D’Ambrose)
Gentle (via Cineuropa)
Girl Picture (Alli Haapasalo)
Happening (Audrey Diwan)
Hatching (Hanna Bergholm)
jeen-yuhs (Coodie & Chike)
Neptune Frost (Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman)
Piggy (Carlota Pereda)
Three Minutes – A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter)
You Won’t Be Alone (Goran Stolevski)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier)
The post Sundance Film Festival 2022 Trailer Round-Up first appeared on The Film Stage.
- 1/12/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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