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Adapting a popular video game to a different format can be quite tricky, given how much time fans invest in finishing it. By the time they reach the end, they’ve already memorized the different aspects, twists, and turns. Devil May Cry is no different, and that’s part of the reason why the Netflix series has garnered massive attention from fans.

For all the original additions and easter eggs from the games, the show has intrigued both pre-existing fans and new ones. Before the hype could even settle, we already have a confirmed sequel to look forward to. The wait hasn’t even started, and we already have the first glimpse of Devil May Cry Season 2 in the official music video of Evanescence’s Afterlife.

Evanescence’s music video shows glimpses of Devil May Cry Season 2 Dante is the fan-favourite character | Credits: Studio Mir

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Surfacing from the ashes of Los Angeles’ raging wildfires is a plea from local entertainment industry folk gutted by the blazes: Bring production back to the region.

“One of the biggest things you can do to help our city is to shoot here,” wrote prominent cinematographer and director Rachel Morrison (The Morning Show, The Mandalorian) in an Instagram post making the rounds among behind-the-scenes film and TV workers. “We have some of the best crews in the world who need work now more than ever.”

Morrison’s message speaks to an unprecedented slump in local production. The pandemic came first. Then the strikes. And when it appeared as if filming in Los Angeles had bottomed out and would soon be on the upswing amid an escalating tit-for-tat battle among filming hotspots vying for Hollywood dollars, wildfires fueled by hurricane-force winds battered L.A. The city has seen its share of devastation in earthquakes,...

Exclusive: Blu Hunt (The New Mutants) and Peter Vack (Pvt Chat) are in production in North Macedonia on Replay, the sophomore feature from veteran music video director Jason Lester (High Resolution), which has unveiled a first-look still.

Specifics as to the plot of the film are under wraps, though it’s been described as an unconventional romantic drama following a young couple on a trip through North Macedonia. Also starring Sara Klimoska (You Won’t Be Alone), Morgan Krantz (In the Dark), and The Ion Pack podcast’s Kj Rothweiler (Salamander Days), pic’s written by Lester and Hunt.

Manuel Inacker, Sara Ferro, Stephen Belden, Lester and Hunt are producing alongside EPs David Lipper, Robert A. Daly Jr., David Grove Churchill Viste and Jayne Sullivan.

“It’s been incredible getting to film Replay in North Macedonia, a country that could not be more thematically appropriate for the story we’re telling in the film,...

Rostam has released the new single “From the Back of a Cab,” along with a music video that features several of the musician/producer’s past collaborators.

Haim, Charli Xcx, Kaia Gerber, Seth Bogart, Remi Wolf, Bryce Willard Smithe, Samantha Urbani, Wallows, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Nick Robinson all make appearances in the clip, riding in the back of the namesake cab. Rostam and Jason Lester co-directed the video, which was produced by Laura Burhenn for Our Secret Handshake.

“’From the Back of a Cab’ is probably my favorite song that I’ve written,...

Narrowing down any kind of list of music videos usually means separating the meaningful expressions of musical ideas from the flashy gimmicks. The best ones that you’ll see below manage to work in tandem with the songs, each elevating the other. Sometimes, this might mean that a great song has a leg up — it’s hard not to be wowed by something paired with a song that means a lot to you or has been stuck in your head for months.

But it works the other way, too. It’s easily as possible for a track that may not have clicked the first few listens to suddenly come alive with the right visual pairing.

Some of these will be easier to match to this calendar year than others, but each of them take a distinct stylistic approach to the songs they complement. Whether simple, elaborate, or in that area in between,...

Phoebe Bridgers dropped a performance of her Punisher song “I Know the End” on Late Night With Seth Meyers Tuesday, September 29th.

The clip was directed by Jason Lester and comprises one long shot in an empty theater with Bridgers singing as she roams from a plush backstage area through fluorescent-lit halls, finally appearing on the stage. As “I Know the End” reaches its grand finale, Bridgers’ band even appears on a screen behind her while she leaps around and roses rain down on her.

Bridgers has turned in a...

Lauv jumps through all his social media apps in the video for his power ballad “Modern Loneliness,” a commentary on technology dependence.

Lauv filmed the video for “Modern Loneliness” while in quarantine, with director Jason Lester capturing footage of Lauv remotely. The video features an iPhone screen that jumps between reflecting Lauv as he stares at it all day and what he’s actually doing on his device: checking Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and his text messages. The video ends with him FaceTiming his mom as he sings “Modern loneliness/We...

Pop star and actor Jesse McCartney performs as four different characters – a stylish playboy, a tough-guy biker, a distinguished butler and a boozing older woman – in his soap opera parody video for “Wasted.”

Director Jason Lester clip models the clip after vintage daytime serials, offering melodramatic close-ups, intentionally cheesy dialogue, campy bumper IDs and outlandish plot twists (including a love triangle and an “incurable disease”). The action takes place at a lavish mansion, where rivals Ricky Moonstruck and Brock Donahue fight over a romantic interest. The butler, Chamberlain, interrupts the action with a crossbow,...

Shoot underway on Brooklyn and Taiwan-set drama from writer-director Jason Lester.

Shoot is underway on Us drama Taipei, starring rising actors Justin Chon (Twilight), whose film Gook, which he directed and stars in, will premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and Screen Star Of Tomorrow Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals), recently cast in the upcoming Disney feature The Nutcracker And The Four Realms.

Based on the novel from Tao Lin, the film follows the unexpected, fast-blooming romance between Brooklyn writers Erin and Paul.

It tracks the pair through a spontaneous wedding, drug binges, all-night urban revels, and to Taiwan, the country of Paul’s birth, where the couple will confront their individual alienation.

Jason Lester wrote and is directing the film, which is his feature debut. Mark L. Lester and Jesy Odio are producing with Jeff Sackman and Berry Meyerowitz executive producing.

“Taipei is about love, alienation, loneliness, drugs, writing, technology – how we can exist and connect amidst...

Ellie Bamber and Justin Chon have joined the cast of Jason Lester's romance Taipei, based on the novel by Tao Lin. The film, which has begun shooting, follows the unexpected, fast-blooming romance between Brooklyn writers Erin (Bamber) and Paul (Chon). It tracks the pair through a spontaneous wedding, drug binges, all-night urban revels and to Taiwan, the country of Paul's birth, where the couple will confront their individual alienation. Jason Lester wrote and is…...

Justin Chon, better known to Twilight fans as Eric Yorkie, together with Ellie Bamber, most recently seen in Nocturnal Animals and now cast in Disney's big-screen remake of The Nutcracker, have nabbed lead roles in the upcoming drama Taipei.

The film, which began principal photography Friday, is being directed by Jason Lester in his feature-length debut and is based on the acclaimed 2013 novel by Tao Lin. The story follows the fast-blooming romance between Brooklyn, N.Y., writers Erin and Paul, tracking the pair through a spontaneous wedding, drug binges, all-night urban revels and a trip to Taiwan, the country of...

With the release of the next Godzilla blockbuster less than a month away, it’s time to start whetting our appetites for giant monster movies. Aside from our well-worn DVDs of Pacific Rim, what’s out there? We’re glad you asked. How about a swim with Poseidon Rex?

We sat down with veteran director Mark Lester – best known for his 80s action flicks – to find five fun reasons to check out P-Rex.

1. Criminals Are People Too

Although the character Brian Krause plays in Poseidon Rex is a smuggler and a thief, he’s got a softer side. “I hired Brian to act in the film, having known him from his work on ‘Charmed’,” said Lester. “I thought he was perfect for a criminal with a nice side so he could be the hero of the film also.”

2. Godzilla Hates Thugs

It’s fun watching giant dinos munch on puny drug lords.