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publishing company Kodansha It was announced on Tuesday that Kodansha Hollywood studio in collaboration with award-winning Chinese director Chloé Zhao (nomadic land) and filmmaker Nicolas Gonda. Zhao serves as chief creative officer of the new company, and Gonda serves as president and chief operating officer.
Kodansha The studio is Kodanshais the first Hollywood-based company dedicated to creating, producing and promoting live-action film and television adaptations of Japanese manga and novels worldwide. At a press conference on Tuesday, Kodansha President and CEO Yoshinobu Noma point out Kodansha Currently focusing on overseas expansion and establishing Kodansha The studio will also enable the company to actively participate in production and establish direct partnerships with artists, producers and partner studios around the world.
Zhao’s 2020 Movies nomadic land Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress ( Frances McDormand) at the 93rd Academy Awards 2021. Zhao also wrote and directed the film rider, The film won the Art Film Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At a press conference on Tuesday, Zhao expressed her deep affection for Japanese comics and anime and recalled drawing her own works inspired by comics as a child.
Gonda is known for producing several films, including the Oscar-nominated The tree of life. Most recently, Gonda produced Zhao’s Hamnet The film will be released in the United States on November 26, and both men are involved in the upcoming film buffy the vampire slayer Revival Series. Zhao and Gonda also have their own production company, Shadows, which will continue to operate as an independent entity. Kodansha studio.
KodanshaPopular comics include attack on titan, Akira, blue lock, Cells at work!, Tokyo Avengers, Initial Dand About me being reincarnated as a slime (itself adapted from a light novel series).
Source: deadline (Anthony D’Alessandro), comics natalie
