Netflix is to lease two sound stages at Toho Studios in order to help the streaming platform expand its production of original Japanese content.
The move was announced Thursday (local time) in a blog post by Ozawa Teiji, Netflix’s manager for production management and live action in Japan.
The streamer will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10, and several in-studio facilities within Toho Studios, which is located in central suburban Setagaya Ward in Tokyo. The facilities have previously been home to Kurosawa Akira’s “Seven Samurai,” and the Godzilla film series.
The deal kicks off from April and was described as running across “several years.” Upcoming shows “Yu Yu Hakusho,” a live action series derived from a manga about a teenager and an underground detective, and “Sanctuary,” a gritty look into the underbelly of professional sumo, will be the first to occupy the studios.
Netflix has previously signed...
The move was announced Thursday (local time) in a blog post by Ozawa Teiji, Netflix’s manager for production management and live action in Japan.
The streamer will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10, and several in-studio facilities within Toho Studios, which is located in central suburban Setagaya Ward in Tokyo. The facilities have previously been home to Kurosawa Akira’s “Seven Samurai,” and the Godzilla film series.
The deal kicks off from April and was described as running across “several years.” Upcoming shows “Yu Yu Hakusho,” a live action series derived from a manga about a teenager and an underground detective, and “Sanctuary,” a gritty look into the underbelly of professional sumo, will be the first to occupy the studios.
Netflix has previously signed...
- 3/17/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has struck a multi-year deal to lease two soundstages at iconic Japanese film studio Toho.
The agreement begins in April 2021 and will commence with two of Netflix’s upcoming Japanese projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, which will both film this year.
The streamer says it will release more than 25 live-action and anime titles from Japan this year, including films Ride or Die, We Couldn’t Become Adults and Asakusa Kid, series such as The Naked Director Season 2, and unscripted formats such as Creator’s File: Gold. Last year, Netflix also unveiled upcoming Japanese anime content including deals with producers Naz, Science Saru, and Mappa.
Toho Studio is Japan’s largest movie studio and is famed for hosting classic Japanese pictures including Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and the Godzilla film series.
“As someone who built their career working on Japanese films and series, Toho Studio has always been...
The agreement begins in April 2021 and will commence with two of Netflix’s upcoming Japanese projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, which will both film this year.
The streamer says it will release more than 25 live-action and anime titles from Japan this year, including films Ride or Die, We Couldn’t Become Adults and Asakusa Kid, series such as The Naked Director Season 2, and unscripted formats such as Creator’s File: Gold. Last year, Netflix also unveiled upcoming Japanese anime content including deals with producers Naz, Science Saru, and Mappa.
Toho Studio is Japan’s largest movie studio and is famed for hosting classic Japanese pictures including Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and the Godzilla film series.
“As someone who built their career working on Japanese films and series, Toho Studio has always been...
- 3/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
Netflix has leased two sound stages from leading Japanese studio Toho, located in Setagaya Ward in the Tokyo suburbs, for a multi-year period.
From April 2021, Netflix will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10 at the Toho Studio complex, as well as several in-studio facilities. Two upcoming Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
“Since opening doors in 1932, we’ve welcomed a wide variety of filmmakers, streaming projects,...
Netflix has leased two sound stages from leading Japanese studio Toho, located in Setagaya Ward in the Tokyo suburbs, for a multi-year period.
From April 2021, Netflix will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10 at the Toho Studio complex, as well as several in-studio facilities. Two upcoming Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
“Since opening doors in 1932, we’ve welcomed a wide variety of filmmakers, streaming projects,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer Are Superhero Best Friends in Netflix’s ‘Thunder Force’ Trailer
Netflix released the official trailer for “Thunder Force,” which stars Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as two best friends with newly acquired superpowers. The film is set to make its streaming debut on April 9.
The superhero comedy is directed by Ben Falcone, who previously worked with McCarthy on films such as “Tammy,” “The Boss,” “Life of the Party” and HBO Max’s “Superintelligence.” His new film is expected to poke fun at comic book movie tropes while delivering some good-hearted laughs.
The trailer sees Lydia (McCarthy) reunite with her childhood best friend, Emily Stanton (Spencer), a successful scientist that has created technology that grants ordinary people superpowers. After being told not to touch anything, McCarthy accidentally takes the only formula for super strength, unwillingly creating the first real-life superhero team. When a new villain known as “The King” (Bobby Cannavale) arrives in town, it’s up to the Thunder Force...
The superhero comedy is directed by Ben Falcone, who previously worked with McCarthy on films such as “Tammy,” “The Boss,” “Life of the Party” and HBO Max’s “Superintelligence.” His new film is expected to poke fun at comic book movie tropes while delivering some good-hearted laughs.
The trailer sees Lydia (McCarthy) reunite with her childhood best friend, Emily Stanton (Spencer), a successful scientist that has created technology that grants ordinary people superpowers. After being told not to touch anything, McCarthy accidentally takes the only formula for super strength, unwillingly creating the first real-life superhero team. When a new villain known as “The King” (Bobby Cannavale) arrives in town, it’s up to the Thunder Force...
- 3/3/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
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