Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Movie Deal With Former Staffer; ‘The Intern’ To Be Remade
Warner Bros. Discovery is stepping into enterprise with certainly one of its longest-serving execs in Asia and can remake The Intern as a part of the settlement. The leisure powerhouse has struck a first-look movie take care of Jack Nguyen and his JOAT Movies. Below phrases of the deal, Nguyen will current Asia-focused movies to the studio with an emphasis on local-language remakes of WBD’s English-language movies. First off of the road might be a Korean remake of 2015 comedy-drama The Intern, which starred Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway and Rene Russo. “Jack is an business veteran with a second to none understanding of the movie manufacturing enterprise throughout Asia,” mentioned Kurt Rieder, SVP, Head of Theatrical Distribution, APAC, WBD. “There’s a sturdy urge for food for remakes of universally fashionable Hollywood tales throughout the area, and we look ahead to working with Jack to deliver these to life by a brand new native lens.” Nguyen labored for WBD for 30 years, the place he oversaw local-language exercise within the Asia and Latin America areas, and led market entries into China, India, Japan and Korea. He led the biz vertical that shot Letters from Iwo Jima, the Rurouni Kenshin franchise and Yurusarezaru Mono, the remake of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winner Unforgiven. Out of Korea, Warner Bros. produced and distributed The Age of Shadows, Korea’s submission for the Oscars’ Finest Overseas Language Movie in 2017, and The Witch. “I need to showcase new and gifted filmmakers by discovering ‘diamond within the tough’ tasks that deserve consideration on the world stage,” mentioned Nguyen. “I’m excited to embark on this new chapter with probably the most storied studio in Hollywood.”
One other Senior Sony India TV Exec Exits
Sony Footage Networks India is saying goodbye to a different long-serving exec. Neeraj Vyas — Enterprise Head of Sony Leisure Tv (SET), Sony SAB, PAL and Sony Max Film Cluster — will go away the corporate on August 31 after almost three many years. In keeping with Sony, he has determined to “embark on a brand new entrepreneurial journey.” His departure carefully follows the retirements of SPNI Basic Counsel Ashok Nambissan and CFO Nitin Nadkarni, who go away their posts on the identical day in August. N.P. Singh, the MD and CEO of SPNI, can also be stepping again and transferring into an advisory function. These departures have all come after the lengthy gestating merger with ZEE Leisure Enterprises collapsed earlier this 12 months. Incoming employees embrace new Basic Counsel Ritesh Kholsa, whereas Jaideep Janakiram was promoted from Head of Worldwide Enterprise (Americas), has been promoted to Head of Worldwide Enterprise and Operations, succeeding Neeraj Arora. Vyas performed a pivotal function within the growth of SPNI’s flagship Basic Leisure Channels, SET and the Hindi films cluster amongst others. Having began in gross sales for SET, he rose by the ranks and was named head of Sony Max on 2011 earlier than including different duties, together with the working of SET, which he took on final 12 months. Singh mentioned: “Neeraj Vyas’ journey with Sony Footage Networks India has been exceptional. His imaginative and prescient and management have been pivotal in remodeling our leisure channels into market leaders.” Vyas mentioned he was “excited for what lies forward.”
Trailer, New Forged For Netflix Taiwan Cop Present ‘GG Precinct
Netflix is taking viewers into Taiwan’s GG Precinct, and above is a first-look on the cop sequence. The crime comedy, a spin-off of field workplace hit Marry My Useless Physique, is launching on Netflix on August 6. The sequence follows a sequence of weird crimes with probably the most outlandish killing strategies, from a sufferer lined in rooster feathers and sporting a reindeer antler hat to a feminine physique hung by her hair. Sport present host Tai Chih-yuan is returning to TV performing after 10 years to portraying an notorious serial killer who units up the crime scene as riddles to Chinese language idioms earlier than he’s arrested. Administrators Cheng Wei-hao and Yin Chen-hao revealed the killer’s opening look (as seen within the trailer) is an ode to Hannibal Lecter. Additionally becoming a member of the forged are a number of members of the Taiwanese YouTube sequence Muyao 4 Tremendous Taking part in — Tai Chih-yuan, Lin Po-sheng, Kunda Hsieh, Winni, Wu Yang-lin and Maria Abe — and singer-songwriter Huang Hsuan.
Meg Ryan To Be Honored At Sarajevo Movie Competition
Meg Ryan will obtain the Honorary Coronary heart of Sarajevo Award on the thirtieth Sarajevo Movie Competition, working from August 16-23. As a part of the celebrations, Ryan may also maintain a masterclass session and display her newest movie What Occurs Later. Earlier recipients of the Honorary Coronary heart of Sarajevo Award embrace Mark Cousins, Lynne Ramsay, Charlie Kaufman, Jesse Eisenberg, Ruben Östlund, and Wim Wenders.
ITV Orders Extra ‘Jeopardy’
ITV goes for heaps extra Jeopardy. The British industrial internet has ordered a supercharged second 25-part run of its model from Whisper North of the U.S. gameshow, which is hosted by Stephen Fry. Collection one averaged an viewers of 1.6 million for ITV daytime, the broadcaster mentioned. Based mostly on the decades-old U.S. gameshow, which is produced by Sony Footage Tv and distributed by Paramount International Content material Distribution, the quiz sees the standard quiz format reversed with contestants given common information clues within the type of solutions and having to phrase every response within the type of a query. Collection two might be filmed in Salford subsequent month and is about to TX in 2025. Casting for contestants is due later this month. Fry mentioned: “Thrilled to be again on the Jeopardy! lectern for one more sequence. Apart from the sheer leisure worth of the format, it’s particularly great to see contestants from all around the nation revealing such great, different information and fast wits.”
