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NBC crime thriller ‘The Hunting Party’ ends in final failure to produce Season 3 as cast contract options expire

NBC crime thriller ‘The Hunting Party’ ends in final failure to produce Season 3 as cast contract options expire

Universal Television tried to move the show to a different platform, but it didn’t happen; fans who expected a dramatic structure like Netflix’s ‘Lucifer’ were crushed by the news of expired contracts Starring actors including Melissa Roxburgh are now free agents… as NBC’s fall lineup overhaul ushers the series into the past
After the network delivered a cancellation notice, NBC’s action crime investigation drama ‘The Hunting Party ’ bet on a dramatic bid for survival by probing a move to another platform—only to arrive at a complete end as the cast’s contract options expired for good.
| Yangsimoh
[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

At the end of last year, at the Japan Academy, the awards beat hot releases such as “Last Mile” and “Kingdom 4” to win seven categories: best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best lighting, and best editing.
This is a structure that connects the filming set of the late Edo period with that of a modern-day historical drama. The former is an era in which the shogunate was in decline ahead of the Meiji Restoration, while the latter is a period that came after the heyday of 1970s-80s historical dramas—when...
| 이화정
First Reactions: Cineplay Critics Rate 〈Supergirl〉

First Reactions: Cineplay Critics Rate 〈Supergirl〉

[First Reactions]Opening today, 〈Supergirl〉 is an action blockbuster about Supergirl, a cosmic troublemaker and loner, who takes on an absolute evil at the start of the event that changes her life and ultimately finds a path of her own.
| Kim Ji-yeon
Cannes Film Festival Two Wins: “Secret Agent” Brings the Stench of Authoritarianism Into 1970s Brazil’s Everyday Life

Cannes Film Festival Two Wins: “Secret Agent” Brings the Stench of Authoritarianism Into 1970s Brazil’s Everyday Life

A political thriller that swept 102 festival awards worldwide. It exposes the absurdity of military dictatorship through an ordinary citizen’s attempt to flee.
When brutality reigns, being ordinary becomes a crimeBrazil under the hard-edged blade of a military dictatorship in 1977. The reality facing ‘Marcelo’ (played by Wagner Moura) is pure, surreal terror. A rotting corpse sprawled on a gas station floor, and the ugly face of state power—geared more...
| James choi
Controversial “Reassignment Education,” Yet My Favorite Episode Is…

Controversial “Reassignment Education,” Yet My Favorite Episode Is…

Even in its second week after release, the Netflix series 〈Reassignment Education〉 topped the No. 1 spot among non-English TV shows in the global TOP 10 rankings. Cine Play reporters picked their favorite episodes.
Once again, a high-impact K-content title has burst onto Netflix. The Netflix series 〈Reassignment Education〉, which depicts the relentless efforts of the authority group for protecting teachers’ rights as it takes the side of victims and puts schools back in order, kept its No.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Erased in 1993, the Kowloon Walled City — left behind as “Kowloon Walled City Park” — was a bleak illegal residential zone where no sliver of sunlight ever reached.
When director Jingle Bao-rui’s 〈Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories〉 (hereinafter 〈Kowloon Walled City〉, 2024) hit theaters in Hong Kong in 2024, it set a record for the biggest box-office success in Hong Kong history.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Starts With Conspiracy, Ends With Humanity

Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Starts With Conspiracy, Ends With Humanity

Released four years after Steven Spielberg turned to an autobiographical story with The Fabelmans, 〈Disclosure Day〉 marks his return to science fiction. Given Spielberg's earlier alien-centered classics Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E. T.
| Seongchan Eol
Netflix’s “Teach You a Lesson” tops the global non-English TV list at No. 1, sweeping 48 countries in a box-office surge!

Netflix’s “Teach You a Lesson” tops the global non-English TV list at No. 1, sweeping 48 countries in a box-office surge!

In 10 countries including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, it took No. 1, landing on the TOP 10 list in a total of 48 countries.
A Netflix series, 〈Teach You a Lesson〉, which depicts the unrelenting efforts of a school authority protection unit that steps in on behalf of the victims and sets the school back on track, recorded 6,400,000 views in just three days (a figure calculated by dividing viewing time by the work’s total...
| Joo Seong-cheol
A Netflix Non-English Series Goes Straight to No. 1 Worldwide After the Controversy—Kim Mu-yeol’s “Chameukyo” Sparks a Box-Office Surge

A Netflix Non-English Series Goes Straight to No. 1 Worldwide After the Controversy—Kim Mu-yeol’s “Chameukyo” Sparks a Box-Office Surge

A crisp action story that moves past the original’s controversy. “Chameukyo,” which claimed global No. 1 within three days of release, and the K-content wave.
Over the controversy’s waves, ‘Chameukyo’, sweeps the world with a global hammer blowThe ‘Chameukyo’ Netflix original series starring actor ‘Kim Mu-yeol’ has seized the top spot in the global non-English TV category.
| James choi
FIFTY FIFTY Stars in Short-Drama Film “After School Exorcism Club: Girls’ Night” to Open on June 25

FIFTY FIFTY Stars in Short-Drama Film “After School Exorcism Club: Girls’ Night” to Open on June 25

A theater version of “After School Exorcism Club,” a Kitts premium short-form drama released on May 22, has been set for a standalone theatrical run at CGV, the first such screening for a short drama in South Korea.
Kitts Original Film 〈After School Exorcism Club: Girls’ Night〉 is a teen occult comedy about five quirky high-school girls who band together to drive out the school’s resident ghost. As the theatrical installment of the Kitts premium short-form drama 〈After School Exorcism Club〉, released May 22,...
| Joo Seong-cheol