Tag: Beasts of No Nation
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Alan Yang Sets Supporting Cast for Netflix Original Film ‘Tigertail’ (Exclusive)
A multi-generational family drama from “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang has added several key cast members to its ensemble, TheWrap has exclusively learned.“Tigertail,” currently in production in New York and Taiwan, has added Joan Chen, Hayden Szeto (“The Edge of Seventeen”), Hong-Chi Lee, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, Margot Bingham, Kuei Mei Yang, and James…
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Cary Fukunaga Says He Left “It” Because The Studio Was Scared They Couldn’t “Control” Him
For a filmmaker as exciting and interesting as Cary Fukunaga, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that his filmography is fairly limited. It’s been almost 15 years since his debut film, and in that time he has one TV series credit and 3 other films. Not a crazy amount of productivity from…
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First Look: Emma Stone & Jonah Hill In Cary Fukunaga’s Netflix Series ‘Maniac’
Director Cary Fukunaga really burst onto the scene after helming the first season of the acclaimed HBO mystery series “True Detective.” Afterward, the filmmaker was attached to a variety of projects, and actually released the really great Netflix original film “Beasts of No Nation” a year later in 2015, but since then he hasn’t been…
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Steven Spielberg Says Netflix Films Shouldn’t Be Eligible for Oscars
The increasing ubiquity of Netflix has posed a serious issue for the Academy Awards and the industry at large, and thus far the Oscars have been reluctant to acknowledge Netflix’s increasing output of original films. Beasts of No Nation was the first Netflix film in awards contention, but it failed to score any Oscar nominations.…