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Disney and the WWE have reached a deal for the WWE Network to stream exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, a potential prelude to other global pacts. The move follows that of the WWE Network, a pioneering direct-to-consumer service, to NBCUniversal’s Peacock in the U.S. last spring. That $1 billion agreement…

UPDATED with video: Scary stories and urban legends are always fun and at times can haunt you for the rest of your life. For filmmaker Joko Anwar, it was a scary story that was the inspirational seed that would bloom into Impetigore, Indonesia’s official entry for the Oscar International Feature race. Written and…

When a tsunami hit the Sunda Strait in Indonesia on Saturday, it struck during a beach where pop band Seventeen was performing. The tsunami tragically claimed the lives of one band member and their manager. In a tearful video posted by Seventeen’s lead singer Riefian Fajarsyah on Instagram, he expressed his sadness…

Satan’s Slaves filmmaker Joko Anwar has signed with Paradigm Talent and Good Fear Film + Management. Satan’s Slaves was released as Pengabdi Setan in Anwar’s native Indonesia in 2017 and finished that year as the highest-grossing Indonesian film of that year. The supernatural thriller also finished its theatrical run…

Indonesian immigration officials aren’t happy with Leonard DiCaprio, threatening to bar the outspoken Oscar-winning actor from returning to the country as a response to his social media posts lambasting the destruction of Indonesian rainforests and wildlife. DiCaprio visited Indonesia’s Mount Leuser National Park last…

Only days after falling foul of government censors in Kenya, streaming giant Netflix has been blocked in Indonesia. The great disrupter has been accused of not obtained necessary local permits and submitting content for censorship approval. Indonesia’s largest telco, Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), which is…

Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, which bowed to big numbers in Mexico and Korea last week, was not accepted for release in most of the Arab world which cited contradictions with the teachings of Islam. Indonesia, which has a heavy Muslim majority, has become the latest territory to join the fray. A member of the local…