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Looking to get all the trophies and achievements in the game? Then you’ll need to track down all the Space Marine 2 dataslates as well! While the game is focused on Titus and his story, the Warhammer 40K universe is wide, and there are many tales to discover.

There are a total of 35 dataslates split between the campaign missions and operation missions. Finding these collectibles will uncover new lore regarding the Space Marines. If you’re having difficulty tracking the campaign dataslates, we’ve got you covered with a mission-wise breakdown for each collectible!

1. Skyfire Dataslates Dataslate #1: Stormtalon Crash The first of Space Marine 2 dataslates can be found by walking between these plants. | Credits: YouTube – Pure Xbox

The first dataslate in the game can be found right at the start of the mission. Look to the left when you spot two explosive plants; there will be a small path between them.

Starscream is revealed to have survived his brutal fight in Transformers #13, revealing an untold secret origin that could shake up the franchise. The new story arc in Transformers #13 features Jason Howard's art and Daniel Warren Johnson's writing. Starscream's past and future in the Energon Universe are uncertain - whose side will he align with this time?

Warning! Potential spoilers ahead for Transformers #13Starscream may be currently down in the Energon Universe, but hes not out. The solicits for Transformers #13 reveals that the former Decepticon leader survived his brutal fight with Soundwave, and that the key to surviving the future lies with his heretofore untold secret origin. If Starscream is back in the Energon Universe, this could shake up the Transformers landscape dramatically.

Coming this October, Transformers #13 kicks off the second year of Skybounds smash-hit reinvention of the franchise. Starting a brand new story arc, this issue also sees...

In terms of new original content coming to Hulu, March is a slight month, with the streamer’s highlight being the limited series premiere of We Were the Lucky Ones at the end of the month. The show, which is based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, is inspired by the true story of a Jewish family who are separated at the start of WWII, and who then have to survive in order to eventually reunite. We Were the Lucky Ones stars Joey King from The Kissing Booth films alongside Percy Jackson‘s Logan Lerman, and debuts on March 28.

Here’s everything coming to Hulu (and leaving) in March…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Dubbed) Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 2 Dark Side of the 2000s: Complete Season 1 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | 2007 Ali | 2001 Bad Teacher | 2011 Batman Begins | 2005 Beasts of the Southern Wild...

The high-profile film and TV production facilities Iskandar Malaysia Studios have been sold to Singapore’s Ghy Culture & Media.

Ghy has paid RM8.8 million ($1.98 million) for an 80% stake in Studio Management Services, investment company, to Rk Media Ventures Sdn Bhd and Cl Media Holdings. According to a regulatory filing Ghy and SMS must pay a further RM26.5 million ($5.99 million) within five days to state-owned Granatum Ventures to buy 100% of Iskandar Malaysia Studios. That gives a total purchase price of RM35.3 million ($8 million) for a controlling 80% stake. The remaining minority can be bought out in five years.

The filing said that Iskandar Malaysia Studios’ net asset value at the end of 2022 was RM32 million ($7.23 million).

Iskandar Malaysia Studio, located near Malaysia’s southern border with Singapore, includes film stages, television studios, water filming tanks and production support facilities. These include five state-of-the-art stages which are versatile working spaces, which also...

Best-known for her action roles in “Skyscraper,” with Dwayne Johnson, and Simon West’s “Skyfire,” Asian star Hannah Quinlivan has joined director Jesse Atlas’s sci-fi feature “Soul Assassin.”

The film’s ensemble cast also includes Bruce Willis, Andy Allo, Nomzamo Mbatha, Dominic Purcell and Mustafa Shakir.

Atlas’ feature debut, “Soul Assassin” is described as a female-led, mind-bending sci-fi thriller. In it, a female former black ops soldier joins an experimental drone warfare program to hunt down her husband’s killer. When the technology is stolen, however, the hunter becomes the hunted.

“This is a groundbreaking genre film bound to be an audience favorite and an international dream cast of both veterans and rising stars adds even more appeal,” said Atlas, who wrote “Soul Assassin” along with Aaron Wolfe, based on their short film “Let Them Die Like Lovers.”

Quinlivan’s casting news comes as “Soul Assassin,” which is financed...

Screen Media has nabbed North American rights to Black Friday, an alien invasion holiday horror film starring Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead), Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth), Ryan Lee (Goosebumps), Michael Jai White (Arrow) and Stephen Peck, ahead of its Fantastic Fest world premiere, with plans for a day-and-date release in November.

Casey Tebo’s film, penned by Andy Greskoviak, takes place on the busiest shopping night of the year, watching as a group of disgruntled toy store employees are forced to defend themselves from legions of holiday shoppers, who have been turned into monstrous creatures by a mysterious alien parasite.

Warner Davis produced the pic, with Greskoviak exec producing via his company Mfw Manufacturing.

“When Andy sent me this script, it was such a blast!” said Tebo. “It reminded me of some of my favorite holiday horror movies like Gremlins or Krampus. I could see myself...

Stars: Jason Isaacs, Temuera Morrison, Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Dan Ewing, Jet Tranter, Mark Coles Smith, Trystan Go, Ken Jeong, Izzy Stevens, Dena Kaplan, David Roberts, Vince Colosimo, Katrina Risteska | Written by Luke Sparke, Dale Dye, Felix Williamson | Directed by Luke Sparke

Released in 2018 the Australian alien invasion film Occupation caught a lot of people off guard with the amount of action and the quality of the effects it produced on a low budget. Now the sequel Occupation: Rainfall is here, the success of the original allowing it the luxury of a $25,000,000 dollar budget. That’s about one-tenth of the Hollywood blockbusters it’s competing with. Can it hold its own against the competition, or is resistance to the Disney Empire futile?

Occupation: Rainfall picks up two years after the original and things aren’t going well for humanity and their alien allies. And we can see why right from the start,...

In an unusual show of consensus, reduced-price titles, a new PVOD title, and several independent films dominated all streaming charts. “Godzilla vs. Kong,” still #5 in theaters in its eighth weekend, followed its initial 31-day HBO Max play with PVOD availability. It placed #1 on both revenue sites, and was #3 and the best high-price title at those who rank by transactions.

The good news is “Godzilla vs. Kong” is thriving on PVOD at $19.99. The bad news is an awful lot of people don’t seem to be aware of the value of HBO Max, where it costs $14.99 for one month and allowed customers to see the same film in March. It suggests an ongoing marketing issue and, at the start of 2022, there will be another challenge when HBO Max customers realize that Warner Bros. titles no longer play day and date with theaters.

“The Marksman” with Liam Neeson remains #1 at GooglePlay at standard VOD cost,...

Exclusive: Screen Media has snapped up U.S. rights to Millennium Media’s suspense thriller Till Death starring Transformers actress Megan Fox. A summer theatrical and on demand release is planned.

Till Death begins with Emma (Fox) waking up, handcuffed to her dead husband after a romantic evening in their secluded lake house. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers and escape her husband’s twisted plan.

The pic is directed by S.K. Dale (award-winning horror short The Coatmaker) who is making his feature directorial debut here. The role reps Fox’s first genre role since the 2009 Diablo Cody scripted horror pic Jennifer’s Body.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Orphan and the upcoming prequel Esther), Tanner Mobley (The Piper), Yariv Lerner (The Outpost), Les Weldon (The Expendables), Rob Van Norden (Jolt) and Jeffrey Greenstein (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) produce. Till Death co-stars Callan Mulvey (Russo...

Exclusive: Shawn Xiang Yue, one of the producers of Chinese box office juggernaut franchise Detective Chinatown, is launching U.S. production banner Bamboo Curtain.

Yue has just produced Detective Chinatown 3, which currently sits at $680M globally. He also produced Detective Chinatown 2, and Chinese box office hit Go Away Mr Tumor, which was selected as China’s entry for the 88th Academy Awards. He previously served as Head of International Business Affairs at Wanda Media where he co-produced films including Police Story and Man of Taichi.

The new LA-based firm will be capitalized by and operate under Yue’s Beijing-based firm Goshfilm.

The focus of the new company, Yue tells us, is to create a conduit between the U.S. and Chinese industries by making projects that can work in both markets. Yue has lived and worked in both countries so is well-placed to help creators navigate the legal...

Though it will forever be associated with one brief mid-1970s heyday, the disaster-movie genre has made a stealth comeback in recent years, being a natural fit for a cinematic era dominated by CGI-laden action fantasies. Of course Hollywood has kept its hand in, with efforts like “San Andreas” and “Pompeii.” But there have also been parries as far afield as China, whose enjoyably ridiculous, volcano-centric “Skyfire” from late 2019 only reached the U.S. this year.

No country has been as assiduous in reviving that Charlton Heston spirit, however, as Norway — which has produced just three so far, but then that’s a not-inconsiderable share of its big-budget feature output in recent years. First there was the rockslide/avalanche/tsunami/flood whammy of 2015’s “The Wave,” then its self-explanatory 2018 sequel “The Quake.” Now there’s “The Tunnel,” unrelated to the aforementioned save that it obviously wouldn’t have been made...

Gerard Butler does more than just punch his way out of imminent apocalypse in Ric Roman Waugh’s sharp action film

One of the genuine guilty pleasures of last year’s lockdown releases was Skyfire, a spectacularly silly Chinese disaster movie in which Jason Isaacs builds a hotel on the side of a volcano and then tries to reassure everyone (in a South African accent) that “we’re all going to be fine!” After watching Gerard Butler get into a fistfight with the weather in Geostorm, I had similar expectations of this end-of-the-world action film about an impending meteor strike. But though originally announced with Chris Evans as star and Neill Blomkamp of District 9 as director, Greenland turns out to be the perfect vehicle for Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh, reuniting after Angel Has Fallen for a sharply written and grippingly executed apocalypse pic that, like 2008’s breakout hit Cloverfield,...

Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, announced today the acquisition of worldwide distribution rights to Giorgio Serafini’s comedy Senior Moment, starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales and Katrina Bowden, produced by Gina G. Goff.

Screen Media will release the film in theaters and on demand in March.

Clay Epstein and Film Mode Entertainment will handle foreign sales of the title immediately and will present the film to buyers at the 2021 European Film Market.

Victor Martin (William Shatner) is a retired NASA test pilot often seen speeding around Palm Springs in his vintage Porsche convertible with his best friend Sal (Christopher Lloyd) in tow. His life changes when his license is revoked for drag racing and his car is impounded. Forced to take public transportation for the first time, he meets his polar opposite Caroline (Jean Smart) and learns to navigate love and...

Little has changed on the VOD charts this week. “News of the World” and “Tenet” still placed #1 on two of the charts we follow, although this week “News” ranked higher overall, placing #2 and #3 elsewhere. “Tenet” is on the lower half of two lists.

“News” at #1 at revenue-based FandangoNow, which has six premium-priced titles leading its list. It’s also the top title at Spectrum Channel, which ranks by transactions, and near the top at Amazon TV and Google Play. That suggests Universal has another breakout success with its strategy of providing three weeks in theaters before PVOD.

“Tenet,” which opened in theaters in September, continues to add revenues at $5.99. “News,” now in its fifth weekend in theaters, was #4 at the box office this weekend with a total of $9.6 million so far. (Netflix bought its international territories.) With a reported budget of $38 million before marketing, the studio may see a decent profit all in.

It’s no great leap forward in filmmaking, but the big-budget disaster movie “Skyfire” does prove that China is now capable of producing its own brand of utterly preposterous and enjoyably trashy popcorn entertainment for a global audience. This thrill-packed tale about an angry volcano wreaking havoc on thinly written characters at a luxury island resort plays like a souped-up and much better remake of Irwin Allen’s 1980 turkey “When Time Ran Out.” Starring a predominantly Chinese cast and energetically directed by British action specialist Simon West, “Skyfire” did Ok without setting the Chinese box-office alight in December 2019 release. It should be a hot number with action fans when launched on VOD in North America by Screen Media on Jan. 12.

While several recent Chinese productions including “The Wandering Earth,” “The Captain” and “The Bravest” have depicted large-scale calamities, none have embraced the tried-and-true disaster movie format with the unashamed reverence and gusto of “Skyfire.

There’s at least one good thing to say about the new Chinese disaster movie directed by Simon West: It doesn’t take long for the volcano to erupt. Considering the bloated running times of so many similarly styled American extravaganzas, the admirable efficiency of Skyfire means that you don’t have to waste a lot of time sitting through endless exposition.

Most of which is thoroughly familiar, anyway. The film is set on a Pacific Rim volcanic island where a typically reckless entrepreneur, John Hammond … I mean, Jack Harris (Jason Isaacs), has created a luxury resort and theme park ...

There’s at least one good thing to say about the new Chinese disaster movie directed by Simon West: It doesn’t take long for the volcano to erupt. Considering the bloated running times of so many similarly styled American extravaganzas, the admirable efficiency of Skyfire means that you don’t have to waste a lot of time sitting through endless exposition.

Most of which is thoroughly familiar, anyway. The film is set on a Pacific Rim volcanic island where a typically reckless entrepreneur, John Hammond … I mean, Jack Harris (Jason Isaacs), has created a luxury resort and theme park ...

Jason Isaacs revealed what it was like to work with fireballs and famous Chinese actors on the set of his new movie Skyfire. “I have built a gigantic tourist resort inside a live volcano,” Isaacs said, describing the plot of the movie to uInterview’s Erik Meers. ” ‘What can possibly go right?’ you ask yourself. And within […]

The post Video Exclusive: Jason Issacs Reveals Challenges Of Being Only English-Speaking Actor On ‘Skyfire’ appeared first on uInterview.

The time has come once again for us to get our lassos and round-up some pesky trailers that escaped from the trailer farm! And then we’ll, uh, milk them. Okay, this metaphor has gone off the rails. In any case, a trailer round-up is where we put together trailers for some smaller titles that deserve […]

The post Trailer Round-Up: ‘Our Friend’, ‘Alien Xmas’, ‘Breach’, ‘Hunter Hunter’, ‘The Ultimate Playlist of Noise’, ‘Skyfire’ appeared first on /Film.

Skyfire Trailer — Simon West‘s Skyfire (2019) movie trailer has been released by Screen Media Films and stars Hannah Quinlivan, Jason Isaacs, Shawn Dou, Wang Xueqi, Bee Rogers, Alice Rietveld, Kent S. Leung, Owen Kwong, Liang Shi, and Lawrence de Stefano. Crew Wei Bu and Sidney King wrote the screenplay for Skyfire. Pinar Toprak created the music [...]

Continue reading: Skyfire (2019) Movie Trailer: Jason Isaacs’ Island Resort is Blown to Pieces by a Volcano in Simon West’s Film...

"Nature doesn't love. Nor does it hate. It simple builds as it destroys." Screen Media Films has debuted an official US trailer for a volcano disaster action movie titled Skyfire, arriving on VOD in January after New Years. This is another of these epic Chinese movies that is made by a western filmmaker, even though it's made by and features a cast of mostly Chinese people. Tianhuo Island is as beautiful as a paradise. It almost makes people forget that it is located in the "Ring of Fire" the world-famous Pacific Rim volcanic belt. The volcano surprisingly erupts again, and it becomes a battle with nature to get off the island while fiery death and destruction rains down from the big mountain. Skyfire stars Jason Isaacs, Xueqi Wang, Hannah Quinlivan, Shayn Dou, Liang Shi, and Alice Rietveld. This looks a lot like Skyscraper, a very similar disaster plot setup with...

Celinde Schoenmaker (Rocketman), Julia Nickson (Rambo First Blood Part II), Rayssa Bratillieri (Malhação Vidas Brasileiras) and Hana Hrzic (Métèque) have joined the cast of the romantic comedy Hong Kong Love Story. They join previous announced cast members Byron Mann (Wu Assassins), Dominika Kachlik (M jak milosc) Nichkhun, and Kenneth Tsang (Die Another Day). Production is set to begin in Hong Kong on December 18.

Based on real events, Hong Kong Love Story follows Mann and Nichkhun as scions of tycoon families as they stumble their way around Hong Kong to find love. Their friendship gets tested when a Polish model played by Kachlik comes into their lives.

On the stage in London’s West End, Schoenmaker played Fantine in Les Misérables as well as Christine in Phantom Of The Opera. She played Elton John’s ex-wife in Rocketman and appeared in the Red Light series which was nominated for best foreign...

The actor on Harry Potter, seeing himself age on screen, and being trolled

Born in Liverpool, Jason Isaacs, 57, studied at Central School of Speech and Drama. He appeared in the 2000 film The Patriot, and played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies; his television series include Star Trek: Discovery, and The Oa. He stars in Skyfire, out on digital, DVD and Blu-ray on 28 November. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

What is your greatest fear?

My children feeling fear.

Stars: Xueqi Wang, Hannah Quinlivan, Shawn Dou, Jason Isaacs, An Bai, Lingchen Ji, Liang Shi | Written by Wei Bu, Sidney King | Directed by Simon West

“Don’t worry. I am quite hard to kill.”

Simon West – the visionary director behind one of the greatest films of all-time: Con Air – is back with more explosive action on screen in Skyfire … This time it’s volcanic action as an active volcano erupts way ahead of schedule, forcing the rapid evacuation of a theme park built around the exquisitely beautiful Tianhuo Island.

At a young age, Xiao Meng (Hannah Quinlivan) witnessed tragedy when Tianhuo erupted during a science mission led by her family. In the years since, Xiao Meng has grown up and pursued her own journey as a volcanologist, continuing the work started by her parents. With advancements in both technology and the understanding of volcanoes, Xiao Meng and her team are...

Chinese-produced disaster movie proceeds on strictly generic lines, as a volcano theme park is imperilled by an actual eruption

‘This might be the safest place on Earth!” Uh oh. A flamboyant entrepreneur is reassuring a group of tourists in a glass elevator at his volcano theme park – built on an active volcano in the Pacific Rim. The tourists are about to descend 150 metres inside the volcano. A cute kid pushes her nose up against the glass in wide-eyed wonder. Double uh oh.

Skyfire is China’s first big budget disaster movie, an earnest emotional blockbuster with disappointing special effects that barely register on the Richter scale of excitement. What it does have, however, is a credible female hero in the Tom-Cruise-dangling-out-of-a-helicopter-in-Ray-Bans mould. She is Meng Li (Hannah Quinlivan), a hot-headed young volcanologist who works at the theme park. When the volcano suddenly erupted 20 or so years ago, it killed her scientist mother.

To mark the release of Skyfire on 23rd November, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on DVD.

Escape to Tianhuo Island, a beautiful remote paradise…where renowned businessman Jack Harris, played by charismatic screen favourite Jason Isaacs, is about to open a brand new holiday resort. With its breathtaking views overlooking the stunning mountains and the chance to tour the dormant volcano, visitors begin to flock from far and wide to experience the awe-inspiring sights.

But beneath the Island’s beauty lies the ultimate danger…when the mountain decides to wake up, it creates terror in its wake. Will anyone survive the volcanic fallout?

Feel the heat with Skyfire, a gut-churning rollercoaster of explosive action.

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Screen Media has bought all U.S. rights to the comedy-drama “Off the Rails,” starring the late Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Ben Miller, Franco Nero and Judi Dench.

Screen Media plans to release the film in theaters and on demand in the first half of 2021. “Off the Rails” is one of the final roles for Preston, who died in July at the age of 57 after battling breast cancer. Metro International is handling foreign sales at the online American Film Market, which launches Monday.

“Off the Rails” is Jules Williamson’s feature directorial debut, inspired by Williamson’s own real-life events. Three friends, now in their 50s, recreate an interrail journey from their youth across Europe to fulfill the dying wish of their close friend — whose place is taken by her 18-year-old daughter. With lost passports, train strikes and romantic entanglements thrown their way, they must put...

Screen Media has bought all North American rights to “Skyfire,” China’s first big-budget disaster movie, from Highland Film Group and plans to release the film in theaters and on demand in December.

“Skyfire” is directed by Simon West and stars Jason Isaacs (“Hotel Mumbai”), Hannah Quinlivan (“Skyscraper”), Xueqi Wang (“Iron Man 3”) and Shawn Dou (“Wolf Totem”). The film is produced by Meridian Entertainment and topped the box office in China when it debuted in December on its way to a $24 million cumulative take.

“Skyfire” centers on chaos erupting when the once dormant volcano at the world’s only volcano theme park and resort starts to rumble. Quinlivan portrays a young scientist who attempts to convince the resort owner, played by Isaacs, to evacuate the island before it is too late.

West’s credits include “Con Air,” “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” “The Mechanic” and “The Expendables 2.” VFX producer John Hughes,...

“Skyfire,” a Chinese disaster movie directed by “Con-Air” director Simon West, will get an American theatrical release later this year, as Screen Media has acquired the North American rights to the film, the distributor announced Thursday. “Skyfire” opened in China in December 2019 and climbed as high as #2 at the Chinese box office, grossing $24.2 million in the region, and Screen Media will now give it a domestic theatrical release and on-demand in December. The film stars Jason Isaacs, Hannah Quinlivan, Xueqi Wang and Shawn Dou and is the story of a once dormant volcano that erupts around the world’s only volcano, island theme park. Isaacs plays the resort owner and Quinlivan is a young scientist who needs to convince him to evacuate the island before it is too late. Also Read: Gerard Butler Outruns a Comet Destroying the Earth in First 'Greenland' Trailer (Video) West directs “Skyfire” from a script...

Simon West directed.

Screen Media has picked up all North American rights from Highland Film Group to Meridian Entertainment’s Chinese disaster film Skyfire starring Jason Isaacs and Hannah Quinlivan.

Simon West (Con Air and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The Expendables 2) directed the English-language film, which debuted in China in December 2019.

Xueqi Wang and Shawn Dou round out the key cast on the story of a young scientist who tries to convince a resort owner to evacuate the world’s only volcano theme park when the once dormant geological feature shows signs of erupting.

Screen Media plans a December release.

Screen Media has acquired all North American rights to the Simon West-directed Skyfire. The action disaster movie is slated for a domestic theatrical and on-demand release in December 2020.

Jason Isaacs, Hannah Quinlivan (Skyscraper), Xueqi Wang (Iron Man 3) and Shawn Dou (Wolf Totem) star in the pic that sees chaos erupt when the once dormant volcano at the world’s only volcano theme park and resort, located in the Pacific Rim’s “Ring of Fire,” starts to rumble. A young scientist (Quinlivan) must convince the resort owner (Isaacs) to evacuate the island before it’s too late.

Produced by Meridian Entertainment, Skyfire originally released in China in December last year, topping the box office on its first day out, and ultimately grossing $25M locally. It carried an 8.2 score on ticketing platform Maoyan.

West is best known for such action films Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic and...

British Hollywood director Simon West has been ordered by a Beijing tribunal to return $200,000 in directors fees to Chinese firm Hongmaisui Hms Entertainment in a legal dispute over an unmade 2014 film.

Hms filed the case with the Beijing Arbitration Commission back in 2016, after the production was derailed by difficulties in procuring a visa for West that left him unable to enter China for pre-production at the scheduled time. The commission issued its award decision in December 2019.

As of late July, however, West — who is best known for U.S. action films like “Con Air” and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” — has yet to pay the determined sum and has stopped communicating on the matter, the Hms side says.

On Tuesday, the company officially filed an arbitration petition in Los Angeles to get the American legal system to recognize the Chinese decision, allowing them to pursue and collect on West’s U.

Chinese-made films “Sheep Without A Shepherd,” “Skyfire” and “Gone With the Light” dominated weekend takings at the mainland Chinese box office. Hollywood’s holdovers were consigned to the lesser rankings.

“Shepherd” is a remake of 2013 Indian thriller “Drishyam” and tells the story of a man trying to cover up for his daughter’s killing of a police officer’s son. It stars Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen, and was directed by Malaysia’s Sam Quah.

Directed by the U.K.’s Simon West, “Skyfire” is an action film about holidaymakers caught up in a volcanic eruption while on a tropical island.

“Skyfire,” which premiered at the recent film festival in Hainan (which markets itself as China’s tropical island), opened commercially on Thursday. It topped the rankings with an opening day take of $4.25 million.

“Shepherd” took the more conventional route with a Friday opening, and held the top spot from Friday to Sunday,...

2nd Update: Sony this morning said that Jumanji: The Next Level will go a week earlier in China on Dec. 6. Pic will also bow with France and Netherlands that weekend before hitting the U.S. on Dec. 13. Industry tracking had the Dwayne Johnson-Kevin Hart-Jack Black-Karen Gillan movie at a $40M with Sony seeing $35M.

1st Update, Nov. 8: Sony’s sequel to its $962.1M global hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will debut in China on Dec. 13 in sync with its domestic opening. Pic will go up against local titles Skyfire and Gone With the Light that weekend.

China is a rich territory for Dwayne Johnson with such pics like Hobbs & Shaw ($201M), Rampage ($156.3M), San Andreas ($103M) and Skyscraper ($98.4M) racking up bucks.

The first Jake Kasdan-directed pic made $78M in the Middle Kingdom, repping 14% of its $557.6M overseas total. Similar...

Cannes — What excites young adult audiences? Three answers are authenticity,entertainment and the environment, according to a Glance study presented Monday at Cannes Mipcom trade show. The presentation also underscored radical changes in TV consumption now sweeping not just the U..S and U.K. but now major territories in Western Europe. Five takeaways:

1.Authenticity

This “relates to programs that are about young adults and which reflect their reality in an authentic manner,” said Glance content insight director Avril Blondelot, citing the buzzed-up South Korean four-part show “Nagi’s Long Vacation,” about a thirty-something woman at a crossroads who decides to quit her job and leave her boyfriend to embark on a new journey. Distributed by TBS, and bowing in July, the show scored 20% above its slot average in 20-34s. Multiple programs charting the search for meaning or a transition into the workspace

– accompanied by existential questioning and the...

With three films and a web series in his kitty, Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar is in a good space in his career. The "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" fame actor says there is a big shift in his approach towards his work, and so, he does not take any opportunities for granted.

"I was just 19 years old when I did my first film and had no plan to act or to become an actor. It was like a paid holiday so that I could earn good pocket money and then party more with my friends. When I finally found my calling, I started learning and enjoying the craft. Now, I take the process seriously.

"Perhaps that is why I do not take the success and criticism (to the heart). With time, the one thing that I have learned is, never taking the opportunity for granted. Initially, the success went to...

Actor Jisshu Sengupta, who is balancing a film career in multiple languages and is geared up for his sci-fi web series "Skyfire", says slowly but surely Bengali cinema is reaching out to the national audience as the theatrical release of regional films has expanded.

Bengali cinema has had an impact at international film festivals with the work of iconic filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak among others, apart from movies by filmmakers like Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen, and Goutam Ghose or Kaushik Ganguly and Srijit Mukerji. But now across India also, movies are getting a platform for release.

On the changing scenario, Jisshu told Ians here: "I think slowly, but surely Bengali cinema is reaching out to the national audience as regional films are getting a wider theatrical release. When it comes to the global audience, our presence is very much there. For ages, Bengali cinema holds...

Actor Jatin Goswami, who featured in Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, will make his digital debut with sci-fi show "Skyfire", in which he essays an intelligence agent.

Jatin said: "I'm playing the character Sayed Ali Hassan, an intelligence agent who is brutally honest. He is on this once-in-a-lifetime kind of case that takes him to some extremely dark places."

"In solving the case, he is sucked into a freaky chain of events. It is a gritty, edge-of-the-seat sci-fi thriller," added the actor, who also has appeared in the film Hum Chaar.

"Skyfire" will premiere on May 22 on ZEE5. The show also features Prateik Babbar, Sonal Chauhan and Jisshu Sengupta.

The story revolves around the drastically changing weather that brings life to a standstill, as well as touches upon human trafficking and children going missing in Delhi. Amidst all this tension, an intelligence agent, a journalist and a teacher go on a hunt to solve the mystery.

Chinese-based companies Meridian Entertainment and Base FX are shopping “Skyfire” at Cannes, China’s first big-budget disaster movie, about a volcanic eruption. The film is directed by British helmer Simon West and stars Britain’s Jason Isaacs, Wang Xueqi (“Iron Man 3”), Shawn Dou (“Wolf Totem”) and Hannah Quinlivan (“Skyscraper”).

“Just as ‘The Wandering Earth’ was the breakout film for the sci-fi genre, we hope ‘Skyfire’ can do the same for the disaster genre,” Meridian’s CEO Jennifer Dong told Variety. “The China market is finally sufficiently large that it can support the making of a big-budget special effects film like this one just for the local market, yet this kind of VFX-heavy film is also something that viewers worldwide can understand and appreciate. We hope we’ve shot a Chinese film for a global audience.”

The film tells the story of people at a tropical resort who get caught up in a volcanic explosion.

On the occasion of World Book Day on April 23, Ott platform ZEE5 announced eight new book adaptations. The news was announced on Tuesday via a statement. It comes after the success of book adaptations like "The Final Call" based on Priya Kumar's book "I Will Go With You - The Flight of a Lifetime" and "Parchhayee - Ghost stories by Ruskin Bond".

The rights for the books -- "The Wise Man Said" by Priya Kumar, "Hutatma" by Meena Deshpande, "Skyfire" by Aroon Raman, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's historical novels -- "Tungabhadrar Teere" and "Kaler Mandira", "Mission to Pakistan" by late Maloy Krishna Dhar, "Karkatkranti" by Indranil Sanyal and "Seven Days Without You" by Anmol Rana have been procured.?

The content from each of them is in different phases of production.?

"The digital medium has opened new avenues not only for content producers but also for authors who can now bring their story alive on celluloid.

Bollywood actress and stunner Sonal Chauhan is all pumped up to swoon the audience with her first-ever web series! The actress was last seen in Paltan and had garnered a lot of eyeballs with her de-glam look in the movie. The diva adds one more feather to her kitty by making her debut in the Digital world!?

For the first time actress Sonal Chauhan and Prateik Babbar will be sharing the screen space together for the web series ??Skyfire?. Zee 5 is back with an innovative concept based on a sci-fi web series, which also happens to be the first of its kind launching in India. The title of the show ?Skyfire? is ?directed by Soumik Sen. ?

After Slaying on the red carpet with her stylish looks and keeping us motivated with her mind-blowing workout routines, Sonal is all set to enthrall with her acting chops. Talking about her first time...