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Films immortalize places - the Trevi Fountain, the bookshop in Notting Hill, the Studio Babelsberg in Berlin, the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the Bergman Museum on Faro Island or the Odessa Stairs...

The European Film Academy has recognized 35 iconic locations, museums, monuments, places or landscapes as part of the European cinematic cultural heritage.

European film history is one of the oldest in the world and I think we should make a lot more of it. Because people are interested in classic films, and I think it's important to show where these classics were filmed... It's an important part of the work we can do to get cinema to a larger audience in Europe to interest.

The list of the "treasures of European film culture" gets longer every year... Studio Babelsberg, founded in 1912, the oldest in the world and the cradle of German film, is also one of them.

The Plaza de España in Seville in Andalusia has already served as a backdrop for various masterpieces such as Star Wars, The Dictator or Lawrence of Arabia.

More than a hundred films have been made on the beaches of Sète in southern France, including those by the unforgettable director Agnès Varda, who was one of the greatest ambassadors of Sète and French cinema.

ด้วย Avatar: The Way of Water ไฮไลท์ของนิยายวิทยาศาสตร์ที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดแห่งปีอาจเข้าฉายในโรงภาพยนตร์ในอีกไม่ถึงเดือน เพื่อเพิ่มความคาดหวังให้ดียิ่งขึ้น Disney และ 20th Century Studios ได้เปิดตัวตัวอย่างสุดท้ายแล้ว และนี่ทำให้ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลยว่าปรากฏการณ์รอเราอยู่ที่นี่

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ในขณะที่แฟน ๆ ของภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Avatar ภาคแรกจากปี 2009 ต้องรอถึง 13 ปีสำหรับภาคต่อ แต่ Na'vi Jake และ Neytiri ก็ผ่านไปราวหนึ่งทศวรรษแล้ว ตอนนี้ทั้งสองมีครอบครัวของตัวเองและกำลังพยายามหาบ้านที่ปลอดภัยสำหรับพวกเขา เพราะแม้ว่าตัวอย่างครั้งใหม่และครั้งใหม่ที่ใช้ CGI ค่อนข้างมากจะแสดงเพียงสั้นๆ แต่ดาวแพนดอร่าบ้านเกิดของพวกเขาก็ถูกโจมตีอีกครั้งโดยผู้รุกรานจากโลก

ในที่สุดครอบครัวก็หาที่หลบภัยกับชนเผ่าเมตเคยินา ซึ่งอาศัยอยู่ที่ชายฝั่งมหาสมุทรแพนดอร่า อย่างไรก็ตาม สิ่งต่าง ๆ ดูเหมือนจะอยู่ได้ไม่นานเช่นกัน เจคและเนย์ทิรีถูกบีบให้ต้องต่อสู้อีกครั้ง โดยคราวนี้มีเดิมพันมากขึ้น

Avatar 2 น่าจะได้อารมณ์มากกว่านี้
แม้ว่าตัวอย่างสุดท้ายจะนำความวิจิตรงดงามของ Avatar 2 มาไว้เบื้องหน้าอีกครั้ง ผู้ชมภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ก็ควรจะหลงใหลไปกับเรื่องราวที่เต็มไปด้วยจิตวิญญาณซึ่งอุทิศให้กับตัวละครแต่ละตัวและความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างกันมากกว่าที่เคยเป็นในตอนที่ 1 ไม่ว่าในกรณีใด ภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ให้เวลาเพียงพอสำหรับทั้งสองเรื่อง โดยใช้เวลาฉายประมาณ 190 นาที ซึ่งยาวกว่าภาคก่อนประมาณครึ่งชั่วโมง

ไม่ว่าผู้กำกับ เจมส์ คาเมรอน จะสามารถทำซ้ำความสำเร็จในช่วงเวลานั้นได้หรือไม่กับ Avatar: The Way of Water จะเข้าฉายหลังโรงภาพยนตร์ในวันที่ 14 ธันวาคม 2022 เป็นที่พึงปรารถนาเพราะมีการวางแผนภาคต่ออีกถึงสามภาค

Film sold 1.33 million tickets in 1st 3 days, becomes Shinkai's strongest 3-day opening

Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) movie sold 1.33 million tickets and grossed 1.88 billion yen (about US$13.49 million) in its first three days. The film sold 38.7% more tickets and grossed 47.4% more than the critically acclaimed Shinkai. film, which grossed 1,277,960,000 yen (about US$12.51 million at the time) in its first three days. It also sold 14.8% more tickets and earned 14.4% more than the previous Shinkai film Weathering With You, marking the strongest three-day opening of Shinkai films.

The film opened in Japan last Friday and topped the box office.

Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Wild Bunch International will release the film worldwide except Asia in early 2023. Crunchyroll will handle distribution in North America, while Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will handle distribution in Latin America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Europe. Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Wild Bunch International will release the film in French and German-speaking Europe.

On the other side of the door was time in its entirety—

17-year-old Suzume's journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, "I'm looking for a door." What Suzume finds is a single worn door standing in the middle of ruins, as if it were protected from any catastrophe. Seemingly hypnotized by her power, Suzume reaches for the handle…

The stars

The sunset

the morning sky

Within that realm, it was as if all time had melted into the sky—

Drawn to this mysterious door, Suzume's journey is about to begin.

Shinkai stated that three important points about the film are that it is a road movie across Japan, a story about "closing doors" rather than opening them, and a reason to visit the cinema. He elaborated that closing doors could refer to tying up loose ends or finishing something.

Actress Nanoka Hara voices heroine Suzume Iwato in the film. SixTONES idol group member Hokuto Matsumura (live-action Liar × Liar film's Tōru, live-action xxxHOLiC film's Shizuka Doumeki) made his voice acting debut in the film as Sōta Munakata, a young man who embarks on a journey with Suzume as the "door -Closing Master.”

Shinkai (his real name, Weathering With You) directed the film and wrote the screenplay. He is also credited with the original story. Masayoshi Tanaka (his real name, Weathering With You) designed the characters. Kenichi Tsuchiya (his name., Garden of Words) was the animation director. Takumi Tanji (Children Who Chase Lost Voices) was the art director. CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc. produced the film. TOHO is distributing the film. RADWIMPS scored the film. Seattle-based Hollywood film composer Kazuma Jinnouchi (Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, RWBY: Ice Queendom) scored the film alongside RADWIMPS. TikTok artist Toaka sang one of the film's theme songs "Suzume".

Shinkai also wrote a novelization of the film which was released on August 24. Denki Amashima launched a manga adaptation of the film in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine on October 25.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web

Another rumor has now been confirmed: "Indiana Jones 5" will feature a young Harrison Ford. There is also a first picture of Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

When Harrison Ford first appeared as adventurous archaeologist Dr. Henry Walton Jones Jr. appeared, he was already 39 years old, only a few weeks away from his 40th birthday. There could not have been a better gift for the anniversary: ​​Indiana Jones became the role of his life, although he was already allowed to play Han Solo in the "Star Wars" films, and made him immortal. Of course, even 30 years from now, this adventure series, which will soon comprise five films, will be remembered - and with it Harrison Ford.

"Indiana Jones 5" will definitely be the last Indy film with the now 80-year-old actor and probably also the farewell to the iconic character. As fantastic as the plot elements of the film series may be at times, you don't buy it even from Indiana Jones that when he is old he is still able to put Nazis on the Twelve. It's already extremely borderline.

No problem, then he'll just be made younger: that's what those responsible around director James Mangold ("Cop Land") must have thought. Because as the filmmaker revealed in an interview with Empire, Ford was digitally rejuvenated for the opening sequence, which will take place in 1944. De-aging is the name of the process that old master Martin Scorsese used for his mafia epic "The Irishman" with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci:

"I wanted to take the chance to dive into that old George [Lucas] and Steven [Spielberg] movie and give the audience an adrenaline rush. […] So the audience does not experience the change between the forties and sixties as an intellectual mind game, but literally experiences the buccaneer spirit of those early days… followed by the beginning of the present.”

This is indeed reminiscent of the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when first a significant experience from the youthful days of the young Indiana Jones reveals how he got his famous hat. So what will the focus be this time? The iconic leather jacket from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was even dug out of a warehouse especially for these scenes and reproduced one-to-one after trying it on. The goal, says producer Kathleen Kennedy, is to make the audience think they're looking at old archive footage. And according to Ford, that was also successful:

“This is the first time I see it and believe it. It's a little creepy. I don't think I want to know how it works, but it works. But I don't want to be young anymore. I'm glad I earned my old age."

The only question that remains is whether the digitally rejuvenated Harrison Ford moves like a young man. That was the big shortcoming of "The Irishman". For an actor optically trimmed to be in his late 30s, who continues to move like a late 70's, the immersion is gone no matter how good it may look. You can find out more about Harrison Ford's Indy farewell performance in our video.

Indiana Jones 5: First picture of Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Helena
The first pictures of Harrison Ford and the Nazi villains, played by Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook, have already appeared. Now finally a first look at Indy's goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge):

Not much is known about her yet. Rumor has it that she could succeed Indiana Jones and star in the officially confirmed "Indiana Jones" series for Disney+. So the series can be continued without having to find a new actor for Indiana Jones. For Waller-Bridge, the role is like a jackpot:

“She is an enigma and a wonder. Kathy [Kennedy] was in London and wanted to have dinner with me and casually mentioned it. I immediately ordered ten bottles of wine. Then I read a script faster than ever before. […] I just couldn't believe how much fun I was having and how moved I was by it. And then I had a Zoom [meeting] and everyone was like, 'Yes!'."

And: Helena will not just be there as an accompaniment and hold back, she is very involved in the action, promises Waller-Bridge. How, fans will see from June 29, 2023, when "Indiana Jones 5" starts in German cinemas.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds made a loving couple appearance at the American Cinematheque Awards in Beverly Hills.
Hollywood dream couple Blake Lively, 35, and Ryan Reynolds, 46, were as in love as ever at the 36th American Cinematheque Awards in Beverly Hills. The 'Gossip Girl' actress slipped into a glamorous spaghetti strap, plunging V-neckline and beaded with sequins gown from Ralph Lauren's fall collection for her red carpet appearance. Not to be overlooked: Lively's baby bump.

Blake Lively: Glamorous appearance with Ryan Reynolds
In September, the two announced that they were expecting children for the fourth time. In addition, the actress wore chic statement earrings with light blue details, a matching ring on her pinky finger and a variety of bracelets, echoing the earth tones of her dress.

Reynolds donned a sleek black velvet suit with silver star-shaped buttons. Underneath he wore a white shirt and a striped anthracite tie. Arm in arm, the two beamed in front of the photographers.

"His heart, his philanthropy, his humor"
After Reynolds was awarded one of the coveted awards, Lively took the stage and addressed moving words to her husband. She raved about "his heart, his philanthropy, his humor, his integrity, his unmatched work ethic." Many of his "breathtaking qualities" would come from his native Canada, where Reynolds was born. He has also had US citizenship since 2018.

Although the two are already parents of three children, they still pursue their professions as actors. Reynolds' role as a father doesn't seem to be neglected, however, because according to Lively it doesn't matter where he's filming, he can't wait to get home to his three daughters.

Since 2014, the two have been parents to little James, 7, followed in 2016 by daughter Inez, 6, and finally little Betty, 3, in 2019. Lively and Reynolds met and fell in love in 2011 while filming the comic book adaptation "Green Lantern". On September 9, 2012, the two married.

Sources used: twitter.com, hollywoodreporter.com