Pop Culture Imports: ‘After the Storm,’ Live-Action ‘Bleach,’ A Sugary Sweet Bollywood Rom-Com, and More

Posted on Friday, September 21st, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui

(Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.)

Film festival season is in full swing, but so is extreme weather — which makes it the perfect time to throw on some foreign films. What better thing to do when weathering autumn storms than to watch Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s After the Storm, just as the Japanese auteur scores another festival circuit hit with his new film Shoplifters? On the other hand, if you’re looking for fluffier fare, there’s also a You’ve Got Mail-inspired Bollywood rom-com, a live-action adaptation of the popular fantasy anime Bleach, and a South African body-swapping comedy.

So, get over the film festival envy and turn on those subtitles.

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Warner Bros. Taps ‘Wrath of the Titans’ Scribe Dan Mazeau to Pen Live-Action Adaptation of Japanese Manga ‘Bleach’

Posted on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 by Angie Han

That Garrett Hedlund-starring remake of Akira may still be on hold, but Warner Bros. seems determined to delve into Japanese pop culture one way or another. Back in 2010, the studio acquired the live-action movie rights to Tite Kubo‘s manga Bleach, with Peter Segal (Get Smart) attached to produce. We haven’t seen much in the way of progress since then, but it looks like the project’s finally beginning to pick up some steam. Wrath of the Titans screenwriter Dan Mazeau has just been tapped to pen the script, with Segal now considering directing as well as producing. More details after the jump.

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Warner Bros Developing Live-Action Adaptation of the Japanese Manga Bleach

Posted on Sunday, March 21st, 2010 by Peter Sciretta

Warner Bros in in the process of acquiring the live-action movie rights to the Japanese manga Bleach. The bad news is that 50 First Dates and Get Smart director Peter Segal is in talks to produce.

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