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When this is all over—Covid, unrest, financial reconstruction—will Los Angeles still be the Movie Capital? Perhaps not. This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency put Los Angeles County at the top of its new National Risk Index, which calculates danger from natural disasters like earthquakes, fire and flood…

This has been a trying year for movies, with the closing of cinemas in the pandemic, and a pivot by many filmmakers and stars to streaming service projects. As we wait for the boom times to return once a Covid vaccine establish herd immunity and movie theaters fill again, it seemed worthwhile to reflect on what a…

On Sunday, February 9, 2020, history was made at the 92nd annual Academy Awards when, for the first time, a foreign-language film took the coveted Best Picture prize — along with three others including Best Director, Original Screenplay and the newly named Best International Feature. That movie of course was Bong…

South Korean Oscar sensation Parasite was the big winner at this year's Asian Film Awards, which were held today in an online format due to continued pandemic challenges. The movie won Best Film, Best Screenplay for co-writers Han Jin Won and director Bong Joon Ho, Best Production Design and Best Editing. Bong Joon Ho…

Financier Library Pictures International and Korean studio CJ Entertainment, producer of the multi-Oscar winner Parasite, have entered into a multi-year, multi-picture slate co-financing deal covering local-language film productions in Indonesia, Vietnam and Turkey. Under terms of the deal, Library will fund up to 50%…

South Korea, which saw its 2020 International Oscar submission Parasite not only win that prize but also take an unexpected Best Picture triumph, has selected its entry for next year’s race. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has put forward The Man Standing Next, Woo Min-ho's historical political thriller which has been…

Song Kang-ho, the star of Oscar sensation Parasite and the 2013 feature Snowpiercer, will lead the cast of Korean feature Broker. The film marks the Korean directing debut of Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose previous credits include the Palme d'Or-winning and Oscar-nomianted 2018 drama Shoplifters. Also…

UPDATE: Mystery solved! The unidentified man who briefly gatecrashed today’s virtual Cannes talk with Neon was none other than the father of Brent Lang, exec editor at our sister publication Variety. Lang just tweeted: “This is hilarious. I was supposed to moderate this panel, but technical problems got the best of…

Neon, distributor of multi-Oscar winning and Best Picture Parasite, has inked a revolving credit facility with MUFG Union Bank. Neonwill use the capital to continue building upon its core film business, and to expands its production slate. Tom Quinn, Jessica Nickelsberg, Jeff Deutchman, and Jim Wehrfritz negotiated…

Parasite producer CJ is lining up another genre-bending treat. The Korean powerhouse is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary duo Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen on an English-language remake of cult Korean movie Save The Green Planet! The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the…

Neon has promoted Elissa Federoff to President of Distribution and Christina Zisa to President of Publicity. Both Federoff and Zisa have been with Neon since its inception in January 2017. The news comes in the wake of the distributor’s awesome success with Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite which has grossed over $54M at the…

When Deadline runs its Most Valuable Blockbuster film profitability countdown each year, readers often ask about certain films that make big bucks but don’t make the list because they don’t hit the minimum on domestic grosses. Here are five pics that deserve honorable mentions for 2019. (The takeaway for all the…