Jurassic World
Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s six-film “Jurassic” franchise has crossed the $6 billion mark globally. The most recent instalment, “Jurassic World Dominion,” crossed $990.4 million on Sunday and is still in play in Japan, which may push it past the $1 billion mark. Overseas, it has surpassed “No Time To Die” as the third highest-grossing Hollywood film of the pandemic era overseas.
Oldboy
NEON has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Park Chan-wook’s iconic award-winning action film “Oldboy” with plans for a theatrical release of the restored and remastered print to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Choi Min-sik stars in the film as Oh Dae-Su who, after being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, is released – only to find that he must find his captor in five days. [Source: Deadline]
Nippon TV
Nippon TV has licensed thirteen of its most popular anime titles to Netflix in a global non-exclusive streaming deal which commences this coming Friday, September 2nd.
The list includes “Hunter x Hunter,” “Death Note,” “Ouran High School Host Club,” “Claymore,” “From Me to You,” “Berserk,” “Parasyte-the Maxim,” “Nana,” ‘Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!,” and “Monster”. [Source: THR]
Cricket
Disney Star has scored the Indian TV and digital rights to both men’s and women’s global events conducted by the International Cricket Council from 2024 through 2027.
The deal marks a comeback of sorts for Disney+ in the Indian market after they recently ceded digital rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament to a Viacom18 consortium. [Source: ICC Cricket]
