EXCLUSIVE:Â Minari director Lee Isaac Chung has parted ways with the Paramount and Bad Robot adaptation of Your Name. Sources indicate scheduling conflicts ultimately led to Chung leaving the project.
Insiders say Paramount is acting fast to find his replacement, having reached out to several potential suitors. Chung…
Veteran actress Yuh-Jung Youn made history when she became the first South Korean actress ever to receive an Oscar nomination in the supporting actress category, and again made history tonight as the first Korean ever to win an acting Oscar for her portrayal as the feisty grandma in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.
A visibly…
It's been a year like no other. Actually, make that two years like no other, since eligibility in the unusual 14-month Oscar calendar was extended by two months until February 28, 2021. This will be the first Academy Awards since the sixth edition, listed as 1932-33, that will have included one year and part of the…
No matter which film takes home Best Picture Sunday night, that title will be the lowest-grossing in Oscar history.
According to Comscore, Kathryn Bigelow’s 2009 title The Hurt Locker stands as the lowest-grossing Best Picture Oscar winner at the domestic B.O. with $17M. That title will likely be upset this Sunday by…
Each of this year's Best Picture nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy's consideration. Here's how they came together.
The Father
Playwright Florian Zeller's The Father enjoyed several award-winning runs on the stage before it made its evolution to film, but first-time…
In Lee Isaac Chung's Minari, actress Yuh-Jung Youn plays the grandmother who swoops in from South Korea to the small Arkansas town where her Korean-American family have made their home, delightfully disrupting their lives. With her abundant charm and unfiltered ways, she makes a significant impact in this heartwarming…
These are good times for Lee Isaac Chung. The writer-director of the widely acclaimed Minari is up for Best Director at this weekend’s DGA awards, and his film is nominated for six BAFTA Awards including one for his directing. It is also up for the Best Picture Oscar and five other nominations including two for him in…
EXCLUSIVE: Minariactress and Independent Spirit Award nominee Yeri Han has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation.
Han is a Korean actress, singer, and dancer who made her stateside film debut as Monica in the aforementioned Lee Isaac Chung-directed Minari which is up for six Oscars. In addition…
Universal’s action genre-defying feature Nobodystarring Bob Odenkirk took the top box office spot with $6.7M in a theatrical marketplace which is in the throes of trying to come back.
The good news is that Los Angeles is maintaining its stamina as the No. 1 box office market, with currently $1.1M in its second…
UPDATE, writethru: James Cameron's Avatar held the top spot at the global and international box office this weekend with $14.1M in China for the Friday-Sunday frame. The 2009 sci-fi epic re-released in the Middle Kingdom last weekend — when it reclaimed the title of all-time highest-grossing movie worldwide from Avenge…
While it’s not really a time to take a victory lap at the box office with only 3.1k movie theaters opened out of U.S. and Canada’s 5.8K, five out of the eight Oscar-nominated best pictures this past weekend in theatrical release reaped the halo effect of Monday’s noms.
Keep in mind many arthouses, especially in the…
Nominations were revealed Monday for the 93rd Oscars, the apex so far of a movie awards season that has been impacted by coronavirus with movie theaters shuttered forand the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forced to move its ceremony to its latest date ever, April 25.
In the marquee Best Picture race are…
