Category: News
Hello Kitty to have movie adaptation for the first time
BURBANK, CA – March 5, 2019 – New Line Cinema, Sanrio and FlynnPictureCo. announced today that they will be teaming up to develop an English language Hello Kitty film for a worldwide audience for the first time in her 45-year history. The partnership marks the only time Sanrio has granted film rights to Hello Kitty ...
‘Mary Poppins Returns’ vies for Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards
Walt Disney Pictures’ heartwarming musical Mary Poppins Returns has solidified its status as a strong awards contender as the Rob Marshall film has collected major nominations at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. At the Globes, Mary Poppins Returns is nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical ...
ABS-CBN Films, T-REX Entertainment ink co-production agreement
Film production company T-REX Entertainment inked an exclusive partnership with ABS-CBN Films earlier today, October 23. Headlining the contract signing were T-REX Entertainment president Rex A. Tiri and ABS-CBN Films managing director Olivia M. Lamasan. Also present for T-REX Entertainment were its vice president Sonny Fortuna, sales and operations manager Rico Gonzales, and creative head ...
Chito S. Roño’s ‘Signal Rock’ is PH’s Foreign Language Film entry to Oscars 2019
Chito S. Roño’s ‘Signal Rock’ has been selected by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) as the Philippine entry to the Foreign Language Film category of the 2019 Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. This was confirmed by the production team of CSR Films PH and its distributor Regal Entertainment on Wednesday, September ...
FDCP sends off six Filipino films to New York Asian Film Festival
In celebration of the lineup of six (6) Filipino genre films to be featured in this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), the Film Development Council of the Philippines held a Send-Off Press Conference for Filipino delegates last July 10, 2018 at Cocoon Hotel, Quezon City. BuyBust directed by Erik Matti, Neomanila directed by ...
GUIDE: Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino 2018
Here are the eight official entries to the 2nd edition of Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, as announced by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). These films will be screened in all cinemas in the Philippines from August 15 to 21. ANG BABAENG ALLERGIC SA WI-FI by Jun Robles Lana for The IdeaFirst Company. ...
Pixar Animation Studios’ Bryn Imagire led animation workshop for Filipinos
To celebrate the release of Disney-Pixar’s Incredibles 2 in the Philippines, Pixar Animation Studios Shading Art Director Bryn Imagire visited Manila and led an animation workshop. Besides talking about the evolution of the animation process from 2004’s “The Incredibles” to this year’s “Incredibles 2,” Imagire, who has been with Pixar Animation Studios since 1996, also ...