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<h1>European and American film news</h1>
Judy Dench won the Golden Idol Award at the Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival will award the Academy Awards Judy Dench's Lifetime Achievement Award "Golden Idol Award". At the awards ceremony on October 3, Judy Dench will be unveiling her new film, Red Joan. The spy film, directed by Trevor Nunn, is based on the novel of the same name published in 2014, and the heroine, Agent Joan, is inspired by Meltia Norwood, the longest-lived KGB spy lurking in Britain, for 40 years. British actress Sophie Cookson, who starred in "Ace Agent 2," will play the younger Joan, and Dench will play her in her old age.
Judy won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Elizabeth I in Shakespeare, and she has also received five Oscar nominations for Chocolate, The Long Way, Mrs. Henderson, Notes on Scandal and Philomena. She has also been active on the theatre stage for nearly 60 years, winning eight Lawrence Oliver Awards, making her the most awarded actor in the history of the British Theatre Awards. Zürich Film Festival founders Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri called her "a true icon" when it comes to the reasons for the award.
Russia and Hungary confirmed the film and participated in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
With the arrival of the awards season, countries are selecting their own films to compete for the Oscar for best foreign language film. Recently, Russia and Hungary have selected their own contestants to participate in the Oscars. Representing Russia was Escape from Sobibor. "Son of Thor" director László Nemesch's new work "Sunset" will represent Hungary. It is worth mentioning that László Nemesh has previously won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for "Son of Thor".
Escape from Sobibourg, from Russian director Konstantin Habbinski, is about a famous prison escape from a concentration camp during World War II. The story of Sunset focuses on Budapest in 1913 during World War I. Paraguay also selected Marcelo Martinez's "Heiress" to participate in the Oscars, which won the best actress award at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe broke $4 billion at the global box office! Compound union accounts for half
News on September 11, 2018, the total global box office of the Marvel Cinematic Universe exceeded 4 billion US dollars, of which "Avengers 3" was 2.046 billion, "Black Panther" was 1.34 billion, "Ant-Man 2" was 610 million, and the three films ranked first, second and seventh in the global box office list in 2018. Avengers 3 is the first superhero film in film history to break the $2 billion global box office, and the fourth since Avatar, Titanic, and Star Wars Episode VII. "Black Panther" broke through the North American box office of 700 million, which was the first time for a superHero film, and only "Avatar" and "Star Wars Episode VII" had achieved this achievement in film history.
North American box office: "The Nun" was a thriller to win
At the end of last week (09.07-09.09), North American box office revenue totaled $118.2 million, up 19.6% from the previous week. Thanks to The Nun's main conjuring, which grossed $53.5 million in three days over the weekend, the film easily became the highest-grossing film in the first week of the Conjuring series and the runner-up in the first week of an R-rated horror film in North America. However, the evaluation is not high, and the media mostly believe that the scare routine is rotten and the role is unreal.
"Fast and Furious" sequel "Hobbes and Shaw" began filming, and Jason Statham appeared
The two characters who have had a brilliant performance in the "Fast and Furious" series: Luke Hobbes and Decker Shaw have always had unbeatable popularity, and their sequel "Hobbes and Shaw" has long been on the shooting schedule. Recently, this new work officially began filming, and one of the leading actors, Jason Statham, also appeared on the shooting scene.
The new film is directed by David Ricky, director of "Rush" and "Extremely Cold City", starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, and from the Reuters photo, one of the main actors can be seen Jason Statham in a suit driving a luxury car. It seems that the film will also feature "Drag Racing" as the theme. The new film is currently expected to be released in North America on August 2, 2019.
Henry Cavill quit Superman? The broker's vague response: the cloak is still in the closet
According to foreign media reports, there is news in recent days that Henry Cavill will no longer play Superman. The Hollywood Reporter exclusive news said: Cavill and Warner have not yet been determined, but have parted ways, Cavill is "hanging up his boots". Cavill's agent Plaster responded: "Superman's cloak is still in his closet. ”
Cavill would have reportedly made a cameo appearance in the new DC Cinematic Universe film Shazam! But the two sides were unable to negotiate because of the agenda conflict. Some sources inside Warner said: "Superman is like 007, after a while, you have to choose a new actor." Again, Ben Affleck may not return to the independent film Batman currently being planned by Warner.
<h1>Asia Pictures</h1>
"Wolf Warrior 2" has been confirmed to be re-screened, and only more than 200 theaters in the Dadi Theater Line have been scheduled
Phoenix Entertainment exclusively verified the staff of the Dadi Cinema Line, and the other party confirmed the news that "Wolf Warrior 2" will be re-released from September 19 to October 19, and said that the scope of the re-screening is limited to more than 200 theaters under the Dadi Cinema Line, and is not a national re-screening.
Regarding the reason for choosing "Wolf Warrior 2" for re-screening, the staff said that it was considering that the box office of the Film Market in September was relatively cold, and a certain amount of film was needed to stimulate the box office, and the earth theater line bought the copyright of "Wolf Warrior 2" and chose to re-screen at this time node in mid-September. However, the re-screening is not mandatory, and its theaters can schedule their own films according to their own conditions, and at the same time, they can also make differences in theater activities, which is a two-for-one thing.
South Korean box office: "Searching" won the title
According to the latest data released by the Korean Film Promotion Council, "Searching" mobilized a total of 767,677 viewers from the 7th to the 9th, winning the first weekend box office title after landing in South Korea. Searching has mobilized a total of 1,735,557 viewers in South Korea. Park Bao-young, Kim Young-kwang starred in the South Korean film "Your Wedding" during the same period to mobilize 321,344 viewers, ranking second in the weekend box office list, and the action movie "Upgrade" ranked third with 89,158 weekend viewers.
Zhang Zhenni's "Snowstorm" was shortlisted for the main competition of the Busan Film Festival
The 23rd Busan Film Festival today announced the shortlist of the New Wave Competition Unit, including the new film "Snowstorm" starring Zhang Zhen and Ni Ni, and ten asian newcomer directors' works, including Zhu Xin's "Roaming". The "New Wave Competition Unit" is the main competition unit of the Busan Film Festival, and the shortlisted works are all directors' debut works or second works. This time, a total of two Chinese works, "Snowstorm" and "Roaming", were shortlisted.
"Snowstorm" is Triswell's directorial debut, who has participated in the screenplay of "Crazy Racing" and "No Man's Land". The film tells the story of a thrilling police-bandit showdown as a catastrophic blizzard descends on a far-north frontier town. The film stars Zhang Zhen, Ni Ni, Liao Fan and Huang Jue. The director of another shortlisted work, "Roaming", is only 22 years old.
The data of Japanese imported films has exploded, and a total of 30 films have been introduced in the past four years
Released in 2016, "Bottom Hot Girl" had a Douban score of 8.1 and a box office of 37.45 million, breaking the domestic box office record of Japanese imported live-action films at that time. Today, two Japanese imported films "Kamakura Monogatari" and "Love HandKi" were released in theaters at the same time, which is the first time that two Japanese films have been released on the same day in domestic theaters.
Since the sudden withdrawal of Korean films on the domestic big screen in 2015, in addition to Hollywood films, the number of Films imported from Japan and India has begun to increase, and the number of Japanese films has increased significantly, and 30 have been introduced so far, and it is reported that 3-6 films may be introduced in the second half of this year.
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