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Here’s a first look at J-Hope’s Prime Video doc, Hope on the Street. The trailer opens with BTS’ J-Hope tracing his roots as a dancer and how dancing opened up a whole world of opportunities for him. “I started with dance and that dancing led to many other things,” muses J-Hope, at the beginning of…

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it's ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. S…

EXCLUSIVE: Ratu Adil has been marked as a tentpole series in the burgeoning Indonesian streaming market, and here’s an exclusive clip ahead of the action series’ release. The eight-episode crime drama is launching on local streamer Vidio tomorrow (February 29) and stars Dian Sastrowardoyo, fresh off…

Reliance Industries and Disney India are set to sign a binding agreement to merge their assets, according to local reports. The deal, which has been gestating for the past two months, could be signed this week and will see Reliance’s Ambani family overseeing a merged operation. The board will be…

With 7.35 million admissions at the box office, horror-comedy film Agak Laen has become the second biggest Indonesian box office hit of all time. Released domestically on February 1, the film stars Bene Dion Rajagukguk, Oki Rengga, Indra Jegel, Boris Bokir and Tissa Biani Azzahra. It now only trails…

Hybe, the label behind Korean supergroup BTS, announced today that its annual sales hit 2.17 trillion won (US$1.6 billion) in 2023, making it the first K-pop agency ever to reach this milestone. In a conference call, the company said that robust album and concert sales by its major artists…

Aimee Lou Wood Comedy 'Daddy Issues' Rounds Out Cast Aimee Lou Wood BBC comedy Daddy Issues has rounded out cast and unveiled first-look image. Joining the Sex Education star and David Morrissey are David Fynn (Am I Being Unreasonable?), Sharon Rooney (Barbie), Sarah Hadland (Miranda), Taj Atwal (Hull…

Drama series set in the worlds of Eurovision and the Vatican are among the selected projects for Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions next month. Among the 16 titles are European six-parter Eurovision Murder Mystery, which is from France’s APC Stories and Germany’s Friday Film. Plot details were…

Korean content is having its moment, but Pyramid Game will be the only title from the country at next month’s Series Mania. The series will have its European premiere in Series Mania’s ‘Special Screenings’ section. Pyramid Game is set to premiere on TVING in Korea on February 29 and later this year…

EXCLUSIVE: LA’s J Creative Entertainment is expanding into content production, launching a production arm that will develop Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Filipino stories for global audiences. J Creative Entertainment started as a multi-media agency producing marketing campaigns and…

Hideo Sakaki , a prominent Japanese actor, film director and talent agency director, has been taken into custody after allegations of sexually assaulting a woman. According to local reports, Sakaki is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s at an apartment in Tokyo's Minato Ward in 2016…

Riteish Deshmukh and Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Studios are collaborating on Raja Shivaji, a historical action movie about the founder of the Maratha empire. Filmed in both Marathi and Hindi, the film will follow the journey of young Shivaji, who founded the empire in the 17th century. Raja Shivaji…