Cathy Yan Talks ‘Dead Pigs’ Hitting Streaming & How Her Journalism Past Is Shaping Her Future In Film [The Playlist Podcast]

Mónica Marie Zorrilla SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 1, Episode 8 of Disney Plus’ “WandaVision.”Whoa, baby (witch)! In the penultimate episode of the truly wild, labyrinthine ride through television’s past that “WandaVision” has turned out to be, we found out that Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) wasn’t just “a baby witch obsessed with sitcoms and years of therapy behind her” through the ever-scathingly honest magical-girl-next-door Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), she’s

EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Ang has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

auteur filmmakers who engage in Netflix-bashing, iconic director Martin Scorsese has eviscerated streaming platforms for supposedly devaluing the “art of cinema” due to a lack of “curation.”The legendary “Goodfellas” director — already a noted non-fan of blockbusters from Marvel — dropped the bombshell in an essay on filmmaking icon Federico Fellini published in the March 2021 issue of Harper’s Magazine.While admitting he owes a lot to online film purveyors (“The Irishman” was distributed to

Exceptional and exceptionally confident, Cathy Yan’s “Dead Pigs” is a feature debut that leaves little mystery as to what DC studio execs saw in the filmmaker before tapping her to direct “Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).” READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2021 Energetically directed and sharply written, this sparkling social satire has in its sights no smaller target than the rapid-onset Westernization of China’s urban sprawl, as embodied by five

EXCLUSIVE: After action turns in Altered Carbon, Die Another Day and others The Good Doctor co-star Will Yun Lee is stepping up to developing vehicles for himself. He has teamed with Wonder Street partners Christine Holder and Mark Holder to launch Seoul Street. They will create diverse stories for TV and the big screen.

Sam Asghari is ready to move forward with his girlfriend, Britney Spears. The 27-year-old actor, who stars in BET+'s, has spoken out as Spears' name continues to make headlines following the release of the ' documentary .«I have always wanted nothing but the best for my better half, and will continue to support her following her dreams and creating the future she wants and deserves,» Asghari tells ET.

Three years after its premiere at Sundance in 2018, Cathy Yan’s “Dead Pigs” is finally getting a global release.

Before she made “Birds of Prey,” Cathy Yan impressed audiences at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival with her bold social satire “Dead Pigs,” but despite positive reviews, the film never got distributed for American audiences, until now. READ MORE: Cathy Yan Talks About ‘Dead Pigs’ Finally Coming To The U.S.

Kelly Dodd shared a message to stepdaughter Veronica Leventhal via social media after the 29-year-old publicly slammed the star amid calls for her to be fired from The Real Housewives of Orange County.

Fran Kranz’s “Mass” is likely one of the most emotionally pulverizing films ever made about America’s gun-violence epidemic – but across its 110-minute runtime, not a single shot is fired.

Fresh off the criminally underseen “Birds of Prey,” director Cathy Yan has found her next project: an adaptation of Rachel Khong‘s sci-fi comedy short story, “The Freshening.” READ MORE: Cathy Yan Talks About ‘Dead Pigs’ Finally Coming To The U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCathy Yan, fresh off her success with “Birds of Prey,” will write and direct “The Freshening,” an adaptation of Rachel Khong’s short story. FilmNation, the company behind “Promising Young Woman” and “Arrival,” acquired rights to the story and will back the feature.The science-fiction comedy will be set in a near future where tensions over race and gender have reached a boiling point.