Jamie Lee Curtis reaffirms desire to star in ‘One Piece’, co-showrunner responds

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Only the River Flows,” a pitch-black crime noir from auteur Wei Shujun, comfortably topped the mainland China box office on a quietish weekend. The film, ostensibly a murder mystery, but one concerned more with atmosphere than linear plotting, earned $12.6 million (RMB90.8 million) in its opening three days, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, or close to a third of the market. The film had its premiere in Cannes where Variety gave it a rave review, calling it an “inventive riff on Asian-noir” and making comparisons with films by Park Chan-wook and Diao Yinan. “Only the River Flows” has since played at a succession of festivals ever since, including New Zealand, BFI London, Vancouver, Adelaide and last week’s Pingyao event in China. Falling to second place at the box office after three weeks on top was Zhang Yimou’s “Under the Light,” which earned $6.9 million for a four-weekend cumulative of $176 million. Chen Kaige’s war, propaganda film “The Volunteers: To the War” earned $5.3 million in third place.

Matt O'Riley admits it’s a while since he’s bettered the brilliant volley that set Celtic on their way at Tynecastle. But the Parkhead goal hero insists he’s not for teasing top-gun Kyogo Furuhashi after racing back to the top of the Premiership scoring charts.

A group of North Lanarkshire care homes have celebrated their housing's 50th birthday in style with huge parties.

First impressions matter and more than 49,000 Rangers fans left Ibrox with a real spring in their step for the first time in months.

The Biebers are grabbing a late breakfast.

What’s missed everywhere is passion. In Sondheim’s other experimental musicals — “Assassins,” profiling presidential killers, and “Sunday In The Park With George,” about Georges Seurat’s famous painting — heat arrives in the most unexpected ways and places.

90 Day Fiance” couple Jovi Dufren and Yara Zaya‘s relationship has seen brighter days. Things have not been going well for “The Last Resort” husband and wife team. He is back in the doghouse with his wife on the TLC reality series.

Days of Our Lives” likes to keep in in the family. The soap recently recast the role of Theresa Donovan with none other than Emily O’Brien. Of course, this was surprising as O’Brien had been portraying the role of Gwen since 2020.

Jude Law and Phillipa Coan are enjoying a night out.

The cast of The O.C. has made a lot of money over the years!

Horse owners fear a noisy bonfire night display near stables will terrify their animals. One woman has even offered to pay for “quieter” fireworks to be used.

A quarter of councils don't have enough food safety officers as Scotland faces a massive nationwide shortage, worrying stats reveal. Data seen by the Record from 27 of Scotland’s 32 local authorities shows there is a 20 per cent shortfall overall in the number of food safety officers (FSOs).

A fuming couple have had the tyres on their vehicle slashed after putting a gate on a public footpath that lies on their property, which they have been trying to get rid of for twenty years.

An Erskine veteran has been awarded a commemorative medal by the UK Government in recognition of his selfless service during nuclear testing on Christmas Island in the 1950s.

ScotRail spent more than £1 million on emergency rail replacement buses in the 15 months after it came into public ownership.

A domestic abuse survivor has told of her three years of terror at the hands of her violent ex. Louise Martin still suffers from nightmares after vicious Mark McIntosh, 51, battered and bit her – leaving her permanently disfigured.

John Oliver got back to talking about politics on Last Week Tonight and took a swipe at O.J. Simpson.

Naveen Kumar Chasing brunch to the brink of apocalypse is Stephen Sondheim at his most extreme, and the world premiere of “Here We Are,” which opened Off Broadway at the Shed on Sunday, is a study in overabundance. Appetite for the late composer’s final musical, written with David Ives and directed by Joe Mantello, has made it a hot ticket among those familiar enough with the moneyed types depicted onstage to potentially be the butt of the joke.

Pedro Pascal is having a great 2023. The actor has knocked it out of the park when it comes to his career. “The Last Of Us” star seems to be living the dream.

Rep. George Santos is opening up about his weight loss.

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are enjoying a rare night out together.

Michaela Zee Jason Blum is bringing the “Blumhouse edge” to the upcoming “Spawn” film adaptation. During a press line for Blumhouse at New York Comic Con 2023 (per Screen Rant), Blum teased the “Spawn” movie currently in development at his eponymous production company. “It’s going to be edgy and original as compared to other superhero movies,” he said.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Best-selling Australian novel, Runt” is to be adapted as a feature movie that will begin shooting from next month. Studiocanal is handling international rights sales and local distribution in Australia and New Zealand. The story is a heartfelt, contemporary Australian tale, set in the country town of Upson Downs, where eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt, try to save their family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London. The book was released in 2022 and won a clean sweep of the major Australian literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s book of the year for young readers, book of the year for younger children at the Australian Book Industry Awards, and overall book of the year at the Australian Indie Book Awards. The movie is adapted for the screen by its West Australian author Craig Silvey (“Jasper Jones”), to be directed by John Sheedy (“H is for Happiness”), and produced by Jamie Hilton (“Breath,” “June Again”). See Pictures is producing with major production investment from Screen Australia, Screenwest and Lotterywest and the WA Regional Screen Fund.

Travis Scott brought his concert in Dallas, Texas to a halt to help a female fan who may have been about to be kicked out from the show.Fan-filmed footage shows Scott performing onstage when he noticed security causing a commotion near the barricade where the fan had fallen. “One thing you not gonna do, you not gonna kick a fan out,” Scott said from the stage. “You not gonna do that, brother.

Welcome to Plathville” Mom Kim Plath is likely thrilled that her new boyfriend, Ken Palmer, is getting along so well with her children. It even looks like he may allegedly be trying to steal Barry Plath‘s kids from him.Kim Plath of TLC’s “Welcome to Plathville” reality series recently told her children she was dating again. She says she told her youngest son, Isaac Plath, the news first because it would affect him the most.

Taylor Swift may have been at the Kansas City Chiefs game to support her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. However, the singer was also seemingly having a great time with her new girl gang member, Brittany Mahomes. The two looked to be having a great time together as they cheered on their guy.

The M62 was closed in both directions by police on Sunday afternoon (October 22) after an 'aggressive bull' had escaped.

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Dolly Parton is addressing her favorite form of communication.

Skindred made their debut appearance on Later… With Jools Holland last night – check out their performance of ‘Gimme That Boom’ below.The song is taken from their album ‘Smile’, which was released in August, and made headlines when it entered a closely-fought battle for Number One upon its release. Though it missed out on Number One, losing out to Cian Ducrot, it ended up becoming their highest-charting album despite the band forming 25 years ago.Their appearance on …Later is their latest big achievement on the ‘Smile’ album cycle, and it’s not their first appearance on the BBC of late either.

One Piece is a huge hit for Netflix, so it’s no surprise it got an instant Season 2 renewal.

Five weeks into its run, Netflix‘s One Piece remains firmly in the streamer’s weekly Top 10, amassing 57.8M views to date. For four of them, which included One Piece‘s quick Season 2 renewal, series writer/executive producer/co-showrunner Matt Owens was on strike with the rest of the WGA.

With wildly popular manga “One Piece” now a hit series for Netflix, fans have been sharing their ideas about dream casting for future seasons.

It looks like Jamie Lee Curtis has settled on one of her first projects after the SAG-AFTRA strike wraps up, and it’s going to make fans very happy.

Jamie Lee Curtis has officially declared her intent to lobby Netflix for a role in the second season of live action Netflix adaptation of One Piece. And showrunner Matt Owens is all for it.

Michaela Zee Jamie Lee Curtis is ready to be a part of the Straw Hat Pirates’ story. The Oscar-winning actor shared in an Instagram post her desire to play Dr. Kureha in Netflix’s “One Piece,” writing in the caption, “Once the strike against the greed of the [AMPTP] is settled with a fair contract, I will lobby along with the growing fan frenzy to become Doctor Kureha.” “One Piece” co-showrunner Matt Owens voiced his support for Curtis joining the live-action cast as the 141-year-old doctor.