Washington and Tokyo’s unprecedented step to bolster the yen already appears to be unraveling. On July 30, Japan’s finance ministry reportedly sold as much as $59 billion to buy the Japanese currency, then at 40-year-lows. Tokyo and Washington later confirmed they had acted together to bolster a weak yen. It was the first time they
Siddharth Bodke’s first look as the lead of “Scam 2010” is out, with director Hansal Mehta and the actor both weighing in on the Birla Studios and Applause Entertainment production for SonyLIV. Based on the book “Sahara: the Untold Story” by Tamal Bandyopadhyay, the series will tell the story of businessman Subrata Roy of the Sahara India Pariwar that
Kamiyama Kenji says the alien threat driving his new “Gundam” anime is a direct metaphor for humanity’s uneasy relationship with artificial intelligence. The director, known for “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” and “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” tells Variety he built “Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO” around that
Singapore’s Silver Media Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesian boxing legend Chris John to develop “Dragon’s Dojo,” a mobile-first vertical animated series drawing on Indonesian folklore. The project marks the first chapter of the ASERYA Asian Mythology Franchise. The venture unites Silver Media Group with Chris John, longtime Indonesian TV executive Harun
The family living in the house that “Rehmat” uses as Rashid Ali’s ancestral home lost a son to a drug overdose shortly after Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh and his crew first met them. Singh tells Variety, “The actual family that lives there lost their 19-year-old son after we met them for the first time. When
Two new character stills of Mahesh Babu from S.S. Rajamouli‘s “Varanasi” were released Sunday to mark the actor’s birthday, showing his character Rudhra on location in Africa. The film’s story spans thousands of years and traverses multiple continents, with locations ranging from Antarctica to Africa to the titular Indian city. Babu plays the dual roles
