Exclusive: Foundation Media Partners has secured the exclusive life and book rights of the FBI, Secret Service, and U.S. Marshals’ most-wanted con man Matthew Cox. The company will immediately begin developing both scripted and non-scripted limited series around Cox’s life and infamous exploits, as a mortgage fraudster who stole more than $50 million, beginning in the early 2000s.
Formerly a licensed mortgage broker and brokerage business owner, as well as an admitted scammer, fraudster, and con man, Cox’s criminal case received national media attention after he used forgeries, combined with stolen and synthetic identities, to bilk America’s largest banks out of an estimated $55 million. Despite numerous encounters with bank security, state and federal authorities, Cox narrowly evaded capture for nearly a decade. Eventually, he topped the Secret Service’s most wanted list, and led the U.S. Marshals, FBI, and the Secret Service on a three-year chase,...
Formerly a licensed mortgage broker and brokerage business owner, as well as an admitted scammer, fraudster, and con man, Cox’s criminal case received national media attention after he used forgeries, combined with stolen and synthetic identities, to bilk America’s largest banks out of an estimated $55 million. Despite numerous encounters with bank security, state and federal authorities, Cox narrowly evaded capture for nearly a decade. Eventually, he topped the Secret Service’s most wanted list, and led the U.S. Marshals, FBI, and the Secret Service on a three-year chase,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Movies that spawn from anime series tend to be a mixed bag in terms of quality, since the fact that they mostly function as episodes with bigger duration has frequently proven an issue. This however, is not the case with “Cowboy Bepop the Movie” with director Shinichiro Watanabe following the recipe of the original, iconic series, which aimed at each episode functioning as a short movie. The result, in a story that is placed between episodes 22 and 23 of “Cowboy Bepop”, is exceptional, with the movie being of at least equal quality with the series.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Sony Pictures) Screens Jan. 21st (sub), Jan. 22nd (sub), Jan 23rd (encore of choice), courtesy of Ax Cinema Nights and Iconic Events Releasing
The movie starts nicely with Spike and Jet apprehending a bunch of robbers with their usual coolness and style. Faye Valentine on the other hand, is on the heels of a hacker,...
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Sony Pictures) Screens Jan. 21st (sub), Jan. 22nd (sub), Jan 23rd (encore of choice), courtesy of Ax Cinema Nights and Iconic Events Releasing
The movie starts nicely with Spike and Jet apprehending a bunch of robbers with their usual coolness and style. Faye Valentine on the other hand, is on the heels of a hacker,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Pokémon Concierge Review: This Stop-Motion Miniseries Brings All Coziness Needed For Holiday Season(Photo Credit –IMDb)
Pokémon Concierge Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Rena Nonen, Fairouz Ai, Okuno Eita, and Takemura Yoshiko
Creator: The Pokémon Company
Director: Ogawa Iku
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: Japanese (with subtitles)
Runtime: 4 Episodes, Around 15 minutes each.
Pokémon Concierge Review: This Stop-Motion Miniseries Brings All Coziness Needed For Holiday Season(Photo Credit –IMDb) Pokémon Concierge Review: What’s It About:
The Pokémon franchise is the biggest franchise ever created, and to achieve that status, it means to expand outside your core audience, as what began as an RPG video game for the Game Boy console became an anime series, a card game, and tons of other merchandise. Pokémon Concierge is just the latest of those products, being a stop-motion animated miniseries for Netflix. The miniseries brings everything you love out of Pokémon and gives it a fresh coat of paint.
Pokémon Concierge Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Rena Nonen, Fairouz Ai, Okuno Eita, and Takemura Yoshiko
Creator: The Pokémon Company
Director: Ogawa Iku
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: Japanese (with subtitles)
Runtime: 4 Episodes, Around 15 minutes each.
Pokémon Concierge Review: This Stop-Motion Miniseries Brings All Coziness Needed For Holiday Season(Photo Credit –IMDb) Pokémon Concierge Review: What’s It About:
The Pokémon franchise is the biggest franchise ever created, and to achieve that status, it means to expand outside your core audience, as what began as an RPG video game for the Game Boy console became an anime series, a card game, and tons of other merchandise. Pokémon Concierge is just the latest of those products, being a stop-motion animated miniseries for Netflix. The miniseries brings everything you love out of Pokémon and gives it a fresh coat of paint.
- 1/10/2024
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
Max has released the trailer for Season 2 of its original crime drama series “Tokyo Vice,” which will premiere on the streamer on Feb. 8 with the release of two episodes. Subsequently, one episode will debut every week for eight weeks.
Written and created by J.T. Rogers, Ansel Elgort stars as an American journalist from Missouri living in Tokyo.
The series’ synopsis reads, “Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, Season 2 of the series, filmed on location in Tokyo, takes us deeper into the city’s criminal underworld, as Adelstein (Elgort) comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.”
In addition to Elgort, “Tokyo Vice” stars Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, Ayumi Ito, and new series regulars Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya.
Watanabe stars as Hiroto Katagiri, a detective investigating...
Written and created by J.T. Rogers, Ansel Elgort stars as an American journalist from Missouri living in Tokyo.
The series’ synopsis reads, “Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, Season 2 of the series, filmed on location in Tokyo, takes us deeper into the city’s criminal underworld, as Adelstein (Elgort) comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.”
In addition to Elgort, “Tokyo Vice” stars Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, Ayumi Ito, and new series regulars Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya.
Watanabe stars as Hiroto Katagiri, a detective investigating...
- 1/9/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Ansel Elgort is returning to Japan for Season 2 of Max series “Tokyo Vice.”
The “West Side Story” star muses in the trailer that he loves the “unpredictability” of being a journalist abroad covering organized crime. However, the dangers of covering the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat pushes him deeper into the city’s criminal underworld.
“Tokyo Vice” is created and written by Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers and loosely based on real-life journalist Jake Adelstein’s experiences as an expat. Elgort stars as Adelstein, with Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, and Ayumi Ito reprising their respective roles for Season 2.
Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya join the cast as new series regulars for the 10-episode second season.
“Tokyo Vice” Season 2 debuts with the first two episodes, followed by weekly installments. The series is executive produced by creator Rogers and director Alan Poul along with Michael Mann, Destin Daniel Cretton,...
The “West Side Story” star muses in the trailer that he loves the “unpredictability” of being a journalist abroad covering organized crime. However, the dangers of covering the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat pushes him deeper into the city’s criminal underworld.
“Tokyo Vice” is created and written by Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers and loosely based on real-life journalist Jake Adelstein’s experiences as an expat. Elgort stars as Adelstein, with Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, and Ayumi Ito reprising their respective roles for Season 2.
Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya join the cast as new series regulars for the 10-episode second season.
“Tokyo Vice” Season 2 debuts with the first two episodes, followed by weekly installments. The series is executive produced by creator Rogers and director Alan Poul along with Michael Mann, Destin Daniel Cretton,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Watanabe reaps the benefits of his efforts to build a playground despite all the obstacles bureaucracy puts in his way, in his own distinct fashion. He walks to a playground where he sits on a swing and lingers while singing his favorite song. The thick snow that is falling does not seem to bother him and eventually, the fact that he died during this night is revealed.
“Ikiru” was the first film where Kurosawa decided to do his own editing and the result was magnificent, particularly in this scene, where his entire technical prowess is highlighted. Kurosawa magnificently combines the white snow, the dark night, the cold breath that comes out of Watanabe's mouth as he walks toward the swing, his later swinging, and the song that comes softly out of his mouth, “Gondola No Uta”.
The result is very touching, visually striking and provides a clear message regarding the...
“Ikiru” was the first film where Kurosawa decided to do his own editing and the result was magnificent, particularly in this scene, where his entire technical prowess is highlighted. Kurosawa magnificently combines the white snow, the dark night, the cold breath that comes out of Watanabe's mouth as he walks toward the swing, his later swinging, and the song that comes softly out of his mouth, “Gondola No Uta”.
The result is very touching, visually striking and provides a clear message regarding the...
- 1/7/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The recap of the anime series Pokémon Concierge Episode 4 opens with Haru enchanted by a group of 12 Pikachu visiting the Pokémon Resort. Alisa reminds her to stay focused. A random Pikachu catches Haru's attention, and she pursues it. Nao, the Pikachu's trainer, introduces himself and shares his desire for his Pikachu to be braver, louder, and more energetic. He received advice to attend a meetup at the resort from other trainers.
Pokémon Concierge Episode 4 Recap "Welcome to the Pokémon Resort!"Haru offers to assist Nao with his Pikachu's development within the resort. They choose one of the resort's rope-themed activities, where Psyduck and Nao enjoy the experience, but Pikachu doesn't.
Seeking a solution, Nao asks Haru for ways to make Pikachu louder. Despite trying various activities, none seem to work. Tyler and Ms. Watanabe observe, with Ms. Watanabe expressing confidence that Haru will find a solution to Nao and Pikachu's predicament.
Pokémon Concierge Episode 4 Recap "Welcome to the Pokémon Resort!"Haru offers to assist Nao with his Pikachu's development within the resort. They choose one of the resort's rope-themed activities, where Psyduck and Nao enjoy the experience, but Pikachu doesn't.
Seeking a solution, Nao asks Haru for ways to make Pikachu louder. Despite trying various activities, none seem to work. Tyler and Ms. Watanabe observe, with Ms. Watanabe expressing confidence that Haru will find a solution to Nao and Pikachu's predicament.
- 12/29/2023
- by MariamPK
- Anime blogspot
The recap of the anime series Pokémon Concierge Episode 1 kicks off with Haru expressing her life grievances. Upon reaching the Pokémon Resort, a warm welcome comes from Ms. Watanabe, a resort staff member. Ms. Watanabe outlines Haru's responsibilities as a concierge at the Pokémon Resort. Suddenly, issues arise with a Rattata and Furret causing a disturbance. Ms. Watanabe intervenes, scolding Furret for its misbehavior while emphasizing the importance of ensuring residents' safety.
Pokémon Concierge Episode 1 RecapHaru is assigned a straightforward task—playing the role of a guest. While exploring the resort, she encounters Tyler, a fitness and sanitation staff member. Engaging in a yoga activity with Tyler and his Pokémon, Haru receives an invitation for future lessons or activities.
Tyler also points out scooters available for convenient resort travel. Seizing a scooter, Haru departs, capturing a moment with a Dragonite, Hoppip, and Bellsprout soaring above, snapping a quick photo with her phone.
Pokémon Concierge Episode 1 RecapHaru is assigned a straightforward task—playing the role of a guest. While exploring the resort, she encounters Tyler, a fitness and sanitation staff member. Engaging in a yoga activity with Tyler and his Pokémon, Haru receives an invitation for future lessons or activities.
Tyler also points out scooters available for convenient resort travel. Seizing a scooter, Haru departs, capturing a moment with a Dragonite, Hoppip, and Bellsprout soaring above, snapping a quick photo with her phone.
- 12/29/2023
- by MariamPK
- Anime blogspot
The recap of the anime series Pokémon Concierge Episode 2 kicks off with Haru struggling to handle some of the Pokémon at the resort. Tyler and Alisa observe Haru as she tries to find a service signal. Tyler informs Alisa that Haru wants to look up Pokémon data. Alisa recalls facing similar cell phone issues when she started working at the resort, while Tyler simply empathizes with Haru. Shifting to Haru's perspective, she worries about her ability to provide a good time for the Pokémon.
Pokémon Concierge Episode 2 Recap "What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck?"Recalling Ms. Watanabe's request to find a partner Pokémon by sunset, Haru leaves the beach and notices Alisa's painting. She compliments Alisa's artistic skills, but Alisa insists that anyone can be a great painter.
Offering Haru some paint and a brush, they paint together, and Alisa asks Haru if she's still unsure about her position.
Pokémon Concierge Episode 2 Recap "What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck?"Recalling Ms. Watanabe's request to find a partner Pokémon by sunset, Haru leaves the beach and notices Alisa's painting. She compliments Alisa's artistic skills, but Alisa insists that anyone can be a great painter.
Offering Haru some paint and a brush, they paint together, and Alisa asks Haru if she's still unsure about her position.
- 12/29/2023
- by MariamPK
- Anime blogspot
People Of Culture Studios Forms Management Joint Venture With New Breed To Rep Asian Artists In U.S.
Exclusive: Labid Aziz’s People of Culture (PoC) Studios has formed a management joint venture with New Breed, Inc. The venture will represent New Breed’s international artists in the U.S.
New Breed primarily represents music artists from from Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Korea and U.S., and its new Jv with TV and film content house PoC Studios will also help artists from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and other countries across Asia and Africa to break into the States.
The partners are using the K-pop blueprint as inspiration, noting how the genre established itself in the U.S.
The first artist repped is Filipino singer Sheki (aka Sheki Arzaga), who is part of the AKB48 singers from across Asia. PoC teamed with her management last month for a performance at Sunset Boulevard famed dive bar Whiskey a Go Go and was the studio behind the music video for her single ‘Good For Ya.
New Breed primarily represents music artists from from Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Korea and U.S., and its new Jv with TV and film content house PoC Studios will also help artists from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and other countries across Asia and Africa to break into the States.
The partners are using the K-pop blueprint as inspiration, noting how the genre established itself in the U.S.
The first artist repped is Filipino singer Sheki (aka Sheki Arzaga), who is part of the AKB48 singers from across Asia. PoC teamed with her management last month for a performance at Sunset Boulevard famed dive bar Whiskey a Go Go and was the studio behind the music video for her single ‘Good For Ya.
- 10/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi epic “The Creator” opens this week.
It’s his first feature film since 2016’s “Rogue One” and his fourth sci-fi film in a row, following 2010’s “Monsters,” and 2014’s “Godzilla.”
While he previously described “Godzilla” as “a disaster movie meets science fiction” and “Rogue One” as a “war movie meets science fiction,” Edwards tells TheWrap that “The Creator” is really a “father-child love story.”
Edwards also served as a writer along with Chris Weitz for the original film. Here’s how to watch “The Creator.”
When does “The Creator” come out?
“The Creator” had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on Sept. 26.
The film will be released wide on Sept. 29.
Is “The Creator” in theaters or streaming?
Currently, “The Creator” is only available in theaters and IMAX. You can search for theaters playing “The Creator” here.
John David Washington as Joshua and Madeleine Yuna Voyles as Alphie in “The Creator,...
It’s his first feature film since 2016’s “Rogue One” and his fourth sci-fi film in a row, following 2010’s “Monsters,” and 2014’s “Godzilla.”
While he previously described “Godzilla” as “a disaster movie meets science fiction” and “Rogue One” as a “war movie meets science fiction,” Edwards tells TheWrap that “The Creator” is really a “father-child love story.”
Edwards also served as a writer along with Chris Weitz for the original film. Here’s how to watch “The Creator.”
When does “The Creator” come out?
“The Creator” had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on Sept. 26.
The film will be released wide on Sept. 29.
Is “The Creator” in theaters or streaming?
Currently, “The Creator” is only available in theaters and IMAX. You can search for theaters playing “The Creator” here.
John David Washington as Joshua and Madeleine Yuna Voyles as Alphie in “The Creator,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
The big movie studios opted out of San Diego Comic-Con 2023, meaning the event didn't have all the air sucked up by the next big Marvel Cinematic Universe news for once. One of the most exciting announcements was "Lazarus," a new sci-fi thriller anime from Shinichirō Watanabe and Studio Mappa.
The announcement came with a teaser trailer; Watanabe's animes always have a musical theme and it looks like "Lazarus" will have the same jazzy score as "Bebop" (this time performed by saxophonist Kamasi Washington). Rather than a U.S. import like most anime, "Lazarus" will premiere on Toonami (the production team is aiming to be finished by the end of 2024). The American influence doesn't stop there, for the action scenes will be designed by "John Wick" director Chad Stahelski. Watanabe crafts animated action with unrivaled fluidity, so him and Stahelski working together is a dream team.
Even before this project,...
The announcement came with a teaser trailer; Watanabe's animes always have a musical theme and it looks like "Lazarus" will have the same jazzy score as "Bebop" (this time performed by saxophonist Kamasi Washington). Rather than a U.S. import like most anime, "Lazarus" will premiere on Toonami (the production team is aiming to be finished by the end of 2024). The American influence doesn't stop there, for the action scenes will be designed by "John Wick" director Chad Stahelski. Watanabe crafts animated action with unrivaled fluidity, so him and Stahelski working together is a dream team.
Even before this project,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Adult Swim has given the green light to a new anime series from Shinichirō Watanabe, Lazarus.
The series will mark Watanabe’s return to the sci-fi action genre with a globe-trotting thriller set in the near future.
The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.
Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned – this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world – and coming soon.
As a response to this threat,...
The series will mark Watanabe’s return to the sci-fi action genre with a globe-trotting thriller set in the near future.
The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.
Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned – this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world – and coming soon.
As a response to this threat,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Adult Swim has greenlit “Lazarus,” a new Toonami series from renowned anime director Shinichirō Watanabe, known for his work helming episodes of “Cowboy Bebop,” “Samurai Champloo” and “Kids on the Slope.”
Produced by Sola Entertainment and animated by Studio Mappa, “Lazarus” also recruits the contributions of “John Wick” series director Chad Stahelski, who designed several action sequences for the series, along with the musical talents of saxophonist Kamasi Washington; producer, DJ and musician Floating Points; and producer, DJ and musician Bonobo. The trio will provide a jazz and electronic score for the project.
Watanabe will pull the curtain back on the series at the Adult Swim Festival in San Diego on Saturday at 5:15 p.m., as part of the Comic-Con event Toonami on the Green.
“Lazarus,” which is already in production, takes place in 2052. The series follows a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist that develops a drug called Hapuna — a cure-all...
Produced by Sola Entertainment and animated by Studio Mappa, “Lazarus” also recruits the contributions of “John Wick” series director Chad Stahelski, who designed several action sequences for the series, along with the musical talents of saxophonist Kamasi Washington; producer, DJ and musician Floating Points; and producer, DJ and musician Bonobo. The trio will provide a jazz and electronic score for the project.
Watanabe will pull the curtain back on the series at the Adult Swim Festival in San Diego on Saturday at 5:15 p.m., as part of the Comic-Con event Toonami on the Green.
“Lazarus,” which is already in production, takes place in 2052. The series follows a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist that develops a drug called Hapuna — a cure-all...
- 7/20/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Depression and isolation remain as sensitive as ever, being quite prominent among adolescents. Often, film is a medium many artists utilize to express and raise awareness of such issues. Karin Takeda's new film “Till the Day I Can Laugh about My Blues” leaves conflicting feelings. It sets out to address and touch viewers with a delicate approach to human vulnerability, much of which is based on the director's personal experiences. That alone is touching and commendable. As for the movie itself, the execution doesn't always quite hit the mark.
Till the Day I Can Laugh about My Blues is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Junior high school student Anne suffers from depression and feels out of place from her classmates, even being bullied. Often, she keeps to herself by a dimly lit staircase near an off-limits room. During a recent visit to a local convenient store, the...
Till the Day I Can Laugh about My Blues is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Junior high school student Anne suffers from depression and feels out of place from her classmates, even being bullied. Often, she keeps to herself by a dimly lit staircase near an off-limits room. During a recent visit to a local convenient store, the...
- 7/18/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
As mentioned last year, it seems that anime are experiencing another golden era, which started in 2021 and continued in full bloom in 2022. The box office success of a number of movies the new trend of series that are not based on manga and the release of much awaited titles as in the case of “Chainsaw Man” continued to boost the industry, additionally giving it an international presence that I do not thing ever took place in the past. And all this, while the new Miyazaki movie is going to come out this summer, probably becoming the new biggest box office hit in the history of Japanese cinema.
Without further ado, here are the 12 Best Anime Series of 2022, in reverse order, in a list that includes titles whose season or the whole series ended in 2022.
12. World Trigger Season 3
The focus this time is on Chika and her inability to shoot anyone with real bullets,...
Without further ado, here are the 12 Best Anime Series of 2022, in reverse order, in a list that includes titles whose season or the whole series ended in 2022.
12. World Trigger Season 3
The focus this time is on Chika and her inability to shoot anyone with real bullets,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Back in 2006, “When they Cry” was considered among the best anime of its time, particularly due the repetition of the same events with slight differences eventually revealing a supernatural time-looping conspiracy a group of kids were trying to prevent by changing their choice of action every time they looped back in the same timeline. Now, “Summer Time Rendering”, an anime based on the homonymous manga series written and illustrated by Yasuki Tanaka, implements the same approach once more, going, though, much further in its script.
Following the death of his parents, Shinpei Ajiro grew up with the Kofune sisters Ushio and Mio before heading to Tokyo to live alone. Two years later, he returns to his hometown of Hitogashima Island, Wakayama Prefecture to attend Ushio's funeral following news of her drowning. Old sentiments, traumas, and the “politics” of the remote locations resurface almost immediately, but things become really complicated when Shinpei,...
Following the death of his parents, Shinpei Ajiro grew up with the Kofune sisters Ushio and Mio before heading to Tokyo to live alone. Two years later, he returns to his hometown of Hitogashima Island, Wakayama Prefecture to attend Ushio's funeral following news of her drowning. Old sentiments, traumas, and the “politics” of the remote locations resurface almost immediately, but things become really complicated when Shinpei,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Taylor Swift came close to finalizing a sponsorship deal worth over 100 million with Ftx, the massive crypto exchange that just imploded into bankruptcy, The Financial Times reports.
Ftx’s embattled founder Sam Bankman-Fried — recently seen insisting he “did not ever try to commit fraud on anyone” during a live video interview from the Bahamas — was reportedly a driving force behind the possible partnership. As one Ftx employee put it, he’s “a fan of Tay Tay.”
The talks with Swift reportedly began last fall and ended in the spring. While...
Ftx’s embattled founder Sam Bankman-Fried — recently seen insisting he “did not ever try to commit fraud on anyone” during a live video interview from the Bahamas — was reportedly a driving force behind the possible partnership. As one Ftx employee put it, he’s “a fan of Tay Tay.”
The talks with Swift reportedly began last fall and ended in the spring. While...
- 12/7/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Takayuki Suzuki has joined “Tokyo Vice” Season 2 at HBO Max in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively.
The drama series debuted in April 2022 and was renewed for a second season in June. It is inspired by Jake Adelstein’s memoir of the same name. Ansel Elgort stars as Adelstein, an American living in Japan who becomes a reporter covering the Tokyo Metropolitan police beat.
Suzuki will star in the series as Masahito Ohno. Described as “a brilliant and charming architect, Ohno is a client at the hostess club at the heart of season two. Slowly he’s pulled into the underworld that lies behind the club, and finds himself faced with a terrible choice.”
This will be the second American television role of Suzuki’s career. He previously appeared in one episode of the Apple sci-fi series “Invasion.” He is known for his roles in Japanese shows like “Gommenne...
The drama series debuted in April 2022 and was renewed for a second season in June. It is inspired by Jake Adelstein’s memoir of the same name. Ansel Elgort stars as Adelstein, an American living in Japan who becomes a reporter covering the Tokyo Metropolitan police beat.
Suzuki will star in the series as Masahito Ohno. Described as “a brilliant and charming architect, Ohno is a client at the hostess club at the heart of season two. Slowly he’s pulled into the underworld that lies behind the club, and finds himself faced with a terrible choice.”
This will be the second American television role of Suzuki’s career. He previously appeared in one episode of the Apple sci-fi series “Invasion.” He is known for his roles in Japanese shows like “Gommenne...
- 11/22/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
How long will you stick with a new TV show before dropping it? According to acclaimed Japanese anime director Shinichirō Watanabe, the answer for most people is five episodes. He was sure to keep this in mind when heading the production team for "Cowboy Bebop" at animation studio Sunrise.
In "Cowboy Bebop," episodes are called "sessions," a reflection of Yoko Kanno's jazz-flavored score and how important music is to the show's identity. The first session, "Asteroid Blues," has some vague flashes of protagonist Spike Spiegel's past. However, for the most part, the first four sessions are standalone vehicles for introducing the show's primary characters. Session 5, "Ballad of Fallen Angels," is when things start to heat up and Spike's past comes to the forefront.
Watanabe bet a lot on session #5 by pulling back the curtain. In what might be an inside joke about these high stakes, Faye Valentine discovers...
In "Cowboy Bebop," episodes are called "sessions," a reflection of Yoko Kanno's jazz-flavored score and how important music is to the show's identity. The first session, "Asteroid Blues," has some vague flashes of protagonist Spike Spiegel's past. However, for the most part, the first four sessions are standalone vehicles for introducing the show's primary characters. Session 5, "Ballad of Fallen Angels," is when things start to heat up and Spike's past comes to the forefront.
Watanabe bet a lot on session #5 by pulling back the curtain. In what might be an inside joke about these high stakes, Faye Valentine discovers...
- 9/26/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
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