Akira Kurosawa Archives

Zack Snyder To Direct ‘Rebel Moon’ For Netflix; A Reworked Version Of His ‘Seven Samurai’ Inspired ‘Star Wars’ Film

July 6, 2021 6:58 pm

Director Zack Snyder is truly moving from the DCEU as there is a report of his next feature film that will see him stick with the streaming giant, Netflix, after working with them on the hit zombie a...

The 12 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘The Inheritance,’ ‘Rad’ & More

Jason Bailey

March 16, 2021 2:01 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spl...

Welcome The New Trend Of ‘Prestige IP’: Studios Are Mining Their Vaults To Keep Franchises Going

Jason Bailey

December 2, 2020 3:05 pm

Essays, Features

Movies about the making of 'Chinatown' and 'The Godfather'? Series adaptations of 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Rashomon'? What's going on here?

‘Captain Phillips’ & ‘Mudbound’ Writers To Script A Reimagined ‘Rashomon’ Series For HBO Max

Charles Barfield

September 25, 2020 11:54 am

News, Television

Though the original film is 70 years old, Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” remains one of the most influential films ever to be released. To this day, you still hear descriptions of new films and TV projects as “Ra...

Akira Kurosawa’s Iconic ‘Rashomon’ To Be Adapted For TV Courtesy Of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin

Charles Barfield

December 18, 2018 1:57 pm

News, Television

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment has made a deal with the estate of legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa to adapt the classic film “Rashomon” as a anthology TV series. According to the studio, the TV se...

Watch: New Trailer For Akira Kurosawa’s 4K Restored Classic ‘Ran’

Kevin Jagernauth

April 21, 2016 1:28 pm

News, Trailers

Big screen spectacles rarely come as awe inspiring as Akira Kurosawa's "Ran." The legendary director's 1985 masterpiece deserves to be seen on the big screen (like nearly all of his movies), but there's no bett...