“Singapore is Asia for beginners,” says Cher and the Loneliest Elephant director Jonathan Finnigan, “because it’s so safe, it’s so organized, and English is the national language. Everything works, and you’re never going to struggle for good food — there’s too much almost.”
The island urban jungle at the tip of mainland Southeast Asia is a refined mashup of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures — and flavors — with some Indonesian, Thai and English influence for good measure. The Garden City, as it’s known, is also a newly certified sustainable destination by Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s Destination Criteria.
2023 is set to be a huge year in the luxury hospitality realm: The 190-room Singapore Edition Hotel is expected to bow, as is the Artyzen Singapore, which promises plenty of flora worthy of the city’s green reputation. The Standard, Singapore, is in the works with 143 keys anticipated in early 2024, too,...
The island urban jungle at the tip of mainland Southeast Asia is a refined mashup of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures — and flavors — with some Indonesian, Thai and English influence for good measure. The Garden City, as it’s known, is also a newly certified sustainable destination by Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s Destination Criteria.
2023 is set to be a huge year in the luxury hospitality realm: The 190-room Singapore Edition Hotel is expected to bow, as is the Artyzen Singapore, which promises plenty of flora worthy of the city’s green reputation. The Standard, Singapore, is in the works with 143 keys anticipated in early 2024, too,...
- 7/8/2023
- by Kathryn Romeyn
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A perfect way to plan a trip to Thailand — the country where Mike White plans to film season three of The White Lotus — is to combine beachy adventures (such as Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley once had at the Amanpuri resort on Phuket) with a journey to the mountainous north and a stint in the epicurean capital of Bangkok.
“One of the absolute highlights of my tour around the globe with Peacock’s travel docuseries Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss were some epic adventures in Thailand, the jewel of Southeast Asia,” Rainn Wilson tells THR. “This peaceful culture made up of so many united tribes has at its center the concept of sanuk, a spiritual/cultural concept of finding a loving, fun-filled pleasure in whatever you are doing.”
For sand and surf there are countless possibilities in a country with seemingly infinite coast, not to mention many islands.
“One of the absolute highlights of my tour around the globe with Peacock’s travel docuseries Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss were some epic adventures in Thailand, the jewel of Southeast Asia,” Rainn Wilson tells THR. “This peaceful culture made up of so many united tribes has at its center the concept of sanuk, a spiritual/cultural concept of finding a loving, fun-filled pleasure in whatever you are doing.”
For sand and surf there are countless possibilities in a country with seemingly infinite coast, not to mention many islands.
- 4/29/2023
- by Kathryn Romeyn
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s fitting that “Cher & the Loneliest Elephant” opens and closes with the titular pop star’s dance anthem “Song for the Lonely,” as this uplifting Earth Day documentary stands as a cinematic love song dedicated to despondent animal co-star Kaavan, a 36-year-old elephant who inspired a global animal rights movement.
Director Jonathan Finnigan’s polished package chronicles the years-long Herculean undertaking of lawfully liberating and moving a malnourished, depressed four-ton elephant from Pakistan to a serene sanctuary in Cambodia — all in the midst of a pandemic. Debuting on Paramount Plus on April 22 before migrating to the Smithsonian Channel on May 19, it’s a resounding testament to the power of compassion and community.
To appreciate the scale and scope of Kaavan’s monumental journey from a sad, captive prisoner held in deplorable conditions to a content, calm creature roaming a 30-acre preserve, we must first understand his plight. As a calf,...
Director Jonathan Finnigan’s polished package chronicles the years-long Herculean undertaking of lawfully liberating and moving a malnourished, depressed four-ton elephant from Pakistan to a serene sanctuary in Cambodia — all in the midst of a pandemic. Debuting on Paramount Plus on April 22 before migrating to the Smithsonian Channel on May 19, it’s a resounding testament to the power of compassion and community.
To appreciate the scale and scope of Kaavan’s monumental journey from a sad, captive prisoner held in deplorable conditions to a content, calm creature roaming a 30-acre preserve, we must first understand his plight. As a calf,...
- 4/19/2021
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: China’s Thunder Communications and UK’s Poisson Rouge to collaborate on up to five titles; first drama centres on a real investigation into mysterious biological weapons that were used against the Chinese.
Beijing-based Thunder Communications International and London-based Poisson Rouge Pictures are joining forces to develop a slate of three-to-five Anglo-Chinese films aimed at the international market.
The first title to emerge from the partnership is The Proving Ground, an action-adventure movie set in Cambridge and northern China in 1948 that is inspired by the true life exploits of the renowned biochemist and Sinologist Joseph Needham who undertook a dangerous mission during turbulent times to investigate mysterious biological weapons that were used against the Chinese.
Jonathan Finnigan is attached to direct a script written by Andy Briggs (The Philadelphia Experiment).
Other projects already selected for development are a Cold War thriller and a Mando-pop (Mandarin popular music) road movie.
Charles Lei, founder...
Beijing-based Thunder Communications International and London-based Poisson Rouge Pictures are joining forces to develop a slate of three-to-five Anglo-Chinese films aimed at the international market.
The first title to emerge from the partnership is The Proving Ground, an action-adventure movie set in Cambridge and northern China in 1948 that is inspired by the true life exploits of the renowned biochemist and Sinologist Joseph Needham who undertook a dangerous mission during turbulent times to investigate mysterious biological weapons that were used against the Chinese.
Jonathan Finnigan is attached to direct a script written by Andy Briggs (The Philadelphia Experiment).
Other projects already selected for development are a Cold War thriller and a Mando-pop (Mandarin popular music) road movie.
Charles Lei, founder...
- 3/15/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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