Exclusive: Writer-director Mark Gill is set to bring the life of legendary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase to the big screen with Ravens (The Many Deaths of Masahisa Fukase). Filming is set to begin in Japan in the spring of 2022.
Ravens marks the sophomore feature for the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Gill and will star Tadanobu Asano in the role of the iconic photographer. Asano can be seen in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat feature as Raiden. He also appeared in Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise as Hogun and in Japanese classics such as Ichi the Killer and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
Ravens centers on the tragic love story between Fukase and his charismatic then-wife Yoko, who will be played by up and comer Kumi Takiuchi. The actress has also appeared in Berlinale’s Panorama-selected A Balance. In addition, Toby Kebbell joins the cast...
Ravens marks the sophomore feature for the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Gill and will star Tadanobu Asano in the role of the iconic photographer. Asano can be seen in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat feature as Raiden. He also appeared in Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise as Hogun and in Japanese classics such as Ichi the Killer and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
Ravens centers on the tragic love story between Fukase and his charismatic then-wife Yoko, who will be played by up and comer Kumi Takiuchi. The actress has also appeared in Berlinale’s Panorama-selected A Balance. In addition, Toby Kebbell joins the cast...
- 3/30/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Facebook VoD firm Screenburn has secured $500,000 of investment and hired Zodiak Rights boss Steve Macallister to its board.
The company provides a VoD platform on Facebook which allows content owners to sell shows and music direct to their fans.
It has previously worked on films with The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney as well as Pulse Films-produced Libertines documentary There Are No Innocent Bystanders.
Lean Investment’s Andrew Weisz led the funding together with Tom Singh, Michael and Simon Blakey from Avonmore Investments.
Macallister, a former BBC Worldwide sales chief, will advise the company on its expansion alongside with Howard Kiedaisch, chief executive of Arts Alliance Media.
Screenburn founder Tom Raffe said: “Content owners may already have thousands or even millions of fans on Facebook, the app works very well to monetise this existing audience.”
Macallister added: “There’s no question that much of the future of long form video content lies with digital streaming. Screenburn is exciting...
The company provides a VoD platform on Facebook which allows content owners to sell shows and music direct to their fans.
It has previously worked on films with The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney as well as Pulse Films-produced Libertines documentary There Are No Innocent Bystanders.
Lean Investment’s Andrew Weisz led the funding together with Tom Singh, Michael and Simon Blakey from Avonmore Investments.
Macallister, a former BBC Worldwide sales chief, will advise the company on its expansion alongside with Howard Kiedaisch, chief executive of Arts Alliance Media.
Screenburn founder Tom Raffe said: “Content owners may already have thousands or even millions of fans on Facebook, the app works very well to monetise this existing audience.”
Macallister added: “There’s no question that much of the future of long form video content lies with digital streaming. Screenburn is exciting...
- 3/20/2014
- ScreenDaily
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