Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Selects 2024 New Writers Fellowship Class (EXCLUSIVE)

Jack Dunn Film distributor Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired the documentary “The Mandela Effect Phenomenon” from writer-director Robert Kiviat. Uncork’d plans a July 9 digital release. The Mandela Effect refers to the psychological phenomenon of a group of people misremembering well-documented facts or events.

Apple TV+ confirmed that they canceled yet another TV show this year in an unfortunate update.

Naman Ramachandran The South Asian House (SAH) initiative, which aims to highlight, recognize and appreciate South Asians in film and television, has unveiled its program for this year’s Tribeca Festival in New York. For the centerpiece Build Bridges, Create Impact summit on June 12, SAH founders Monika Samtani and Rohi Mirza Pandya have partnered with MOXMO Media and Jayaram in collaboration with Facet, Walmart, and iHeartMedia.

HBO and Max have made another TV show cancellation announcement, and this time, it’s a series that was only given one season.

There are some big updates to The CW‘s renewal and cancellation lineup for the 2024 TV show season.

PNC Bank Arts Center is putting on 40 (!) huge shows from early June all the way up until late September.Best of all, there will be a little something for everyone.Love classic rock? Then you might want to check out icons like The Beach Boys (June 1), John Fogerty (June 15), Bob Dylan with Robert Plant and Willie Nelson (June 30), The Doobie Brothers (Aug. 6) and Deep Purple (Aug.

Grindstone Entertainment Group has bought North American rights to Uppercut, a boxing thriller starring Ving Rhames, for Hello Moment Productions.

SEVENTEEN have announced their ‘Follow Again’ tour, the new encore leg of their ‘Follow’ Asia tour.Today (January 29), SEVENTEEN announced the encore leg of their tour, titled the ‘Follow Again’ tour. It’ll feature six shows in March and May this year, in the East Asian cities of Incheon, Osaka and Yokohama.“We have prepared the encore tour as a token of gratitude towards Carat, who have shown love for the band,” their agency PLEDIS Entertainment said in a press release, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

There are a lot of updates over at NBC with regard to renewed and cancelled TV shows!

EXCLUSIVE: Manager Quinn Crum has joined the Talent department at Echo Lake Entertainment, Deadline has learned.

(G)I-DLE have announced the cities and dates for their upcoming 2024 ‘i-DOL’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, the US and Australia.Today (May 13), (G)I-DLE revealed details for their newly announced 2024 ‘i-DOL’ world tour, which will feature 19 concerts across Asia, the US and Australia from August to November this year.The K-pop girl group will kick off their tour with a two-date concert in Seoul, South Korea on August 3 and 4. In the same month, the quintet will also hold performances in Hong Kong, China and Tokyo, Japan.In September 2024, (G)I-DLE will bring their 2024 ‘i-DOL’ world tour to the US.

Another TV show has been canceled by Hulu this year.

Great news for Netflix subscribers: the streaming service announced another TV show renewal this week!

Cardi B has responded after she faced criticism for referring to the designer of her Met Gala dress as “Asian” rather than by his name.The moment took place on Monday night (May 6) as the rapper took to the red carpet at the 2024 edition of the Met Gala – held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.While walking the red carpet, the rapper was asked by Emma Chamberlain for Vogue who the creator of the look was. After hesitating for a moment, admitted she forgot his name in the moment and noted: “They’re Asian and everything.”The dress she wore was put together by Chinese designer, Sensen Lii of Windowsen, and the comments made in the interview soon attracted backlash online, with numerous fans accusing her of being racially insensitive.Among those to criticise the ‘Bodak Yellow’ rapper was Vogue‘s former managing director Gilbert Cheah.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has optioned the film rights to Elizabeth Rose Quinn’s unpublished novel Follow Me, with Adele Lim in negotiations to write and direct. Megha Parekh at Amazon Publishing has also acquired novel rights in a preempt for publication in 2025.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Amazon Prime Video is releasing content to diversify and celebrate the Asian & Pacific Islander communities. The selected material will include AAPI-led Amazon originals & exclusives, and added titles included with Prime. As well as content available to rent or buy, and films and TV series accessible with add-on subscriptions or for free with ads on Amazon Freevee.

Tyler Perry has conquered the entertainment world — the creative force between two dozen films, 17 television shows, bestselling books and 20 stage plays. He built a thriving studio complex in Atlanta, and just today Deadline reported he has signed a first-look deal with Netflix to produce faith-based films alongside DeVon Franklin.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (“Terminator Genisys”) and “Heartbreak High’s” Josh Heuston, soon to be seen in “Dune: Prophecy,” will star in the horror thriller “Dangerous Animals.” Adding edge to the package, Australia’s genre auteur Sean Byrne (“The Loved Ones,” “The Devil’s Candy”), one of the highest rated horror directors of all time on Rotten Tomatoes, is directing “Dangerous Animals” which will be brought onto the Cannes market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment. Starting principal photography on Australia Gold Coast on May 7, “Dangerous Animals” is produced by London and Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment, behind Karim Aïnouz’s “Firebrand” and Guy Pearce-led “The Convert,” sold by Mister Smith, in conjunction with LD Entertainment (“Jackie,” “Ben Is Back”), Oddfellows Entertainment and management-production firm Range Media Partners.

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment Squad (Paper Spiders, and Tribeca’s audience award winning dramedy, Cherry), has acquired SXSW’s premiere film, Peak Season, and set a theatrical release for August 2.Helmed by Henry Loevner and Steven Kanter, who previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed The End of Us, Peak Season is an exploration of personal discovery and the road less traveled set against the stunning backdrop of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The film stars Claudia Restrepo, Derrick DeBlasis, and Ben Coleman, Fred Melamed (A Serious Man, Hail, Caesar!) and Stephanie Courtney who is famously known as “Flo” in Progressive commercials.Both a bittersweet romantic comedy and a clever social commentary, Peak Season follows a burnt-out New Yorker who travels to Wyoming with her fiancé, but then falls for a handsome, yet troubled ski-bum, and questions whether to leave her city life behind.

Gold House kicks off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) with the reveal of its annual A100 List — which recognizes the 100 Asian Pacific leaders who have impacted American culture and society in the last year — as well as several special honors for transformative impact and a brand new category, New Gold to honor 10 leaders on the rise across various industries.