ABS-CBN gears up for microdrama launch; 2026 lineup returns Charo Santos, and slate of international...
Philippines’ programmer ABS-CBN has flagged a microdrama slate for streaming platform iWant as part of its 2026 programming lineup showcased at the weekend. Details of the microdrama lineup were not announced. The overall slate of new and...
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Filming begins on Lester Hsi’s Taiwanese horror feature, “Phantom”
Filming began today on Taiwanese director Lester Hsi’s horror film, “Phantom”, billed by Taiwan government agency TAICCA earlier this year as “the first Asian horror film to fuse Eastern occult rituals with the concept of the Invisible...
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GMA Pictures ties up with would-be Miss Universe owner, Chavit Singson, on new movie project...
Philippines’ GMA Pictures and businessman and would-be beauty pageant boss Chavit Singson are working on a movie project rumoured to be about beauty queens. GMA has not confirmed details of the project, announced today. Singson, former governor...
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Two issues dominate conversations about mainland China’s entertainment industry as 2025 draws to a close – the vertical microdrama boom, with revenues overtaking movie/box-office, and Japan replacing…
Malaysia’s Media Prima Television Networks closed its latest financial year with strong, broad-based performance across free-TV networks TV3 and 8TV, film distribution (led by "Ejen Ali The Movie 2"…
When U.S. microdrama platform ReelShort announced its multi-year global partnership with Hong Kong-based AR Asia Productions this month, a new chapter in the short-form arms race across the Asia-…
When TV Asahi’s latest hero – down and out salaryman Bunta – is recruited as a ‘slight esper’, he enters a sci-fi world where even small powers can make a big difference.  “Although the ‘espers’…