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· Ryan General
Paramount Forced to Admit That Whitewashing Made ‘Ghost in the Shell’ a Disaster
As many have probably heard by now, like the other whitewashed anime adaptations that have come before it, “Ghost in the Shell”, starring Scarlett Johansson, bombed at the box office. It tanked so miserably that, less than a week from its opening, a Paramount executive was…
· Editorial Staff
Paramount Tested CGI to Make White Actors Look More Asian for ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Yesterday, Paramount reminded all Asians why they were upset with the studio’s casting of white actress Scarlett Johansson as the lead Asian role of Major Motoko Kusanagi in the upcoming film adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” by releasing the film’s first photo. Understandably,…
· Khier Casino
How Ang Lee ‘Cast’ a 23-Year-Old Will Smith in ‘Gemini Man’
Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee makes his directorial return with “Gemini Man”, a groundbreaking action-thriller that highlights the notion that our own worst enemy is ourselves. The film follows assassin Henry Brogan, played by Will Smith, as he is “targeted and pursued by a…
· Ryan General
Award-Winning Japanese Composer Exposed as a White Man Pretending to Be Japanese
Larry Clark, a world-renowned composer in New York, was forced to apologize on social media after he was called out for using a fake Japanese name to profit off the demand for diversity in music several years ago. Over the weekend, music teacher Owen Davis wrote about Clark’s…
· Ryan General
Pro-Hong Kong Students in Australia Allegedly Attacked By Pro-China Students During Protest
Two groups of students with opposing views on Chinese politics in Hong Kong clashed inside the campus of the University of Queensland on Wednesday. Police were reportedly called to the campus after a violent clash between the two groups broke out at around 1 p.m., reports…
· Ryan General
Live-Action Remake of ‘Akira’ Starts Filming in July
Warner Bros.’ live-action remake of the beloved anime/manga Akira has been confirmed to start production in July. The highly-anticipated film, which has been in development since 2002, is now officially in full swing with the recent announcement of Leonardo DiCaprio being…
· Ryan General
‘Akira’ Live-Action Remake Will Be Produced By Leonardo DiCaprio
The highly anticipated live-action remake of the beloved anime/manga “Akira” has been confirmed to be in full swing with the announcement of Leonardo DiCaprio as producer. Warner Bros acquired the rights to create a live-action remake of Akira back in 2002 and has been stuck in…
· Ryan General
Hollywood’s Remake of ‘Your Name’ Replaces Japanese Leads
New details about the upcoming live-action Hollywood remake of the Japanese animated gem, “Your Name” have been revealed. Marc Webb, director of the “Amazing Spider-Man” films, has been tapped to helm the reimagined version of Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 masterpiece.
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Producers WANT to See a White-washed Version of Anime ‘Your Name’
A Hollywood writer involved in the J.J. Abrams’ Hollywood “Your Name” remake revealed that Japan’s side wants to see a westernized viewpoint of the hit anime.
· Carl Samson
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime is Coming to Netflix by 2020
Netflix will release a “Ghost in the Shell” anime in 2020. In an announcement on Twitter, the entertainment service revealed that the new anime will be titled “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.”
· Carl Samson
‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ is Getting a Sequel on Netflix
A sequel to Lana Condor’s “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” is officially in talks between Paramount Pictures and Netflix The first film broke records upon its release, becoming one of Netflix’s “most viewed original films ever with strong repeat viewing.”
· Ziye Wang
Hollywood’s First Male Sex Symbol Was a Japanese Man
Long before the hunky Henry Golding established himself as a Hollywood mainstay, a Japanese actor by the name of Sessue Hayakawa carved out an improbable career as one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, not least due to his “broodingly handsome” good looks. In an…
· Bryan Ke
Tinder Now Includes 23 Gender Options in India
Popular dating mobile application Tinder just rolled out a new update in India that includes 23 genders in its list of options outside the binary male and female. India’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization, The Humsafar Trust, and LGBTQ+ author and inclusion advocate Parmesh Shahani…
· Carl Samson
Asian American Frat at Cal Poly Banned for 2 Years Over Dangerous Hazing Rituals
A campus chapter of the largest Asian American fraternity in the U.S. was suspended for two years following an investigation that verified its dangerous initiation practices. Authorities at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) found that Lambda Phi Epsilon forced…
· Ryan General
Horror Icon James Wan to Produce Hollywood Remake of Korea’s ‘Train to Busan’
Prolific horror icon James Wan will be producing the Hollywood remake of the South Korean zombie film “Train to Busan.” The talented Malaysian Australian filmmaker, who helmed “Saw,” “The Conjuring” series, the “Insidious” series, “Furious 7,” and the upcoming “Aquaman” film,…
· Ryan General
The Chinese Government is Now Taking Out Newspaper Ads in Iowa to Bash Trump
Iowa, a state that has been especially hard hit by Trump’s trade policies, was greeted with a four-page advertising supplement from China in the local Sunday newspaper. Des Moines Register, Iowa’s largest newspaper, carried the ad paid for by the Chinese government, which…
· Carl Samson
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Becomes the Most Successful Studio Rom-Com in Almost a Decade
“Crazy Rich Asians” is now the most successful Hollywood studio romantic comedy film in nine years at the U.S. box office. The Warner Bros. movie achieved the feat after finishing Labor Day with $117 million, passing the $110.2 million of Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck” in 2015.
· Bryan Ke
New York Comedian’s Lip-Sync Game Will Have You Dying
A New York-based comedian has gone viral for videos of himself lip-syncing to highly quotable and memorable scenes from classic movies such as Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich.” when u Erin Brockovich. pic.twitter.com/GfWJL02h3D
· Anna Zhang
A Letter to My Crazy (and Maybe Not Rich) Asians
Editor’s Note: Anna Zhang is a writer, teacher, and first generation Fuzhounese American from Brooklyn, New York. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. A lot of Asian people I know have this tendency to be perfectionists, myself included.
· Editorial Staff
Facebook Comment Saying All-Asian Cast in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is Boring and Racist Goes Viral
With all the hype about “Crazy Rich Asians,” the first Hollywood movie with an all-Asian cast in a quarter century, there are some who just don’t seem to get how epic and amazing that is for Asian and Asian American representation. One person who didn’t get it commented under a…