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The Glasgow Film Festival‘s 2025 Audience Award, sponsored by Mubi, went to Brian Durnin’s drama Spilt Milk, wrapping up a star-studded 21st edition that attracted the likes of James McAvoy, Toni Collette, Tim Roth, Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

Among other big names visiting Scotland were Japanese musician and actress Koki and Shogun star Takehiro Hira, who came to Glasgow for the world premiere of Scottish survival thriller Tornado, while Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill attended the world premiere of sporting documentary Hill. Collette was a surprise special guest for a 30th anniversary showing of her breakthrough film Muriel’s Wedding.

Scotland’s largest annual celebration of cinema, which this year also put a spotlight on Austrian films, from satirical looks at rent-a-friend agencies and the power of billionaires to an exploration of generational poverty and a climate crisis mockumentary, wrapped with the world premiere of Scottish documentary-maker Martyn Robertson...

An official X (formerly Twitter) account for an A Star Brighter than the Sun TV anime was launched tonight, revealing not only the anime adaptation of Kazune Kawahara’s Anan Manga Award-winning series but also the fact that the anime will premiere in 2025! Kawahara (who is also known for My Love Story!! ) released a commemorative illustration of Sae and Koki as children and teens to celebrate. A Star Brighter than the Sun Anime Announcement Illustration Related: Viz Media Announces Vagabond Definitive Edition, One Piece: Heroines and More Kazune Kawahara’s A Star Brighter than the Sun manga is currently serialized in Bessatsu Margaret , with ten collected volumes released in Japan. Viz Media is set to release the first volume in English on March 4, describing the romance series as such: Sae and Koki have been friends since childhood. One fateful day at the end of middle school, she has a revelation: Koki has grown up!

Universal Pictures International and Parco are teaming to release Baltasar Kormakur’s film Touch in Japan next week on January 24, 2025.

The film has particular local resonance, being the story of a decades-spanning love story between an Icelandic man and a Japanese woman who is a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack of 1945 and who battles the stigma associated with the survivors, known in Japan as Hibakusha.

The film is Iceland’s submission for the international film Academy Award and is on the 15-film shortlist. Pic features Japanese stars Koki, Masahiro Motoki and Masatoshi Nakamura alongside Icelandic actors Egill Olafsson and Palmi Kormakur.

The drama had its Japanese premiere at the Hiroshima International Film Festival in November last year attended by director Kormákur. It also screened in Oslo during the Nobel prize ceremonies in December where Nihon Hidankyo, the organisation of survivors from the bomb attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

Batman Beyond's futuristic version of Gotham has been imagined in live-action thanks to a fantastic fan film, over two decades after the animated show's conclusion. Batman Beyond was a highly acclaimed installment in the timeline of DC's Animated Universe and ushered in a now-fan-favorite variation of Gotham's Dark Knight. Set way into the future, Batman Beyond's rewatchable episodes depicted a new hero donning the mantle of Batman, Terry McGinnis. With several new upcoming Batman movies and shows in development, many have been holding out hope for Batman Beyond to be adapted into live-action.

As it turns out, a fan film by Lumis Entertainment has beaten DC Studios to the punch, providing an excellent look at Batman Beyond through the live-action lens. The fan film features Titans' Ryan Potter as Terry McGinnis in a story titled Batman Beyond: Year One, as the young hero balances budding relationships with his...

The final trailer has been released for Batman Beyond: Year One, a fan film imagining a live-action adaptation of the original animated series. Though this is a fan-made project with no involvement from DC, a Titans actor happens to be playing the lead role.

Batman Beyond: Year One imagines Beast Boy actor Ryan Potter in the role of Terry McGinnis, a futuristic version of Batman who takes on the mantle with an older Bruce Wayne serving as his mentor. It will be made available to stream for free when it is released, which will be on Nov. 16, 2024. For now, the final trailer showcases Potter's Terry in and out of the suit, depicted in a version of Gotham City that's reminiscent of the animated show. The trailer can be watched below.

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A teaser trailer for Batman Beyond: Year One introduces a live-action incarnation of Terry McGinnis.

Airing for three seasons from 1999 to 2001, Batman Beyond served as a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series, but set decades into the future. A much older Bruce Wayne has since retired, while teenager Terry McGinnis suits up as the new Batman in a futuristic Gotham City. Officially, the animated series was never given a live-action adaptation, but Lumis Entertainment has done so instead with the upcoming fan film Batman Beyond: Year One. The trailer showcases Terry McGinnis in action along with a look at the Joker and Royal Flush Gang. It can be watched below.

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The synopsis for the fan film reads, "The...