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Guitar Wolf, a real-life punk outfit with a long record of touring internationally, headlines “Wild Zero Overdrive,” director Takeuchi Tetsuro’s follow-up to his 1999 film “Wild Zero.” The project is among those at this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. Takeuchi said he is using the original as a template and updating it for the present day. […]

Indonesia is battling its worst wildfires in more than a decade, made worse by El Niño. Many were deliberately set to clear land for farming, including palm oil plantations. More than 12,000 schools across Indonesia have closed because of the toxic haze. Nathaniel Undas, a school principal and photographer, has been documenting the fires on social media.

Fifteen wild tortoises have been released back into a nature reserve after police discovered them kept illegally in a makeshift enclosure in Chatty, Gqeberha.

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Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep […]

More than 300,000 people in seven provinces were laid low by respiratory tract infections from August to October, Indonesia's health ministry says.

The Montclair Film Festival has crowned some of the year’s best films. Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love” earned top honors in the festival’s fiction feature competition, while Pegah Ahangarani’s “Rehearsals for a Revolution” was named the winner of the Bruce Sinofsky Award in the documentary feature competition. Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes’ documentary “One

The Habs continued their four game road trip in Winnipeg with a Heritage Classic outdoors. Over 30 thousand in attendance as the Canadiens edged the Jets 2-1.

The Kolamarka Conservation Reserve in Gadchiroli district, known for its population of wild buffaloes, has been approved for declaration as a wildlife sanctuary

Lukas Marxt's observational doc '>1.5°C: Pyropolitics and the New World' premieres at DOK Leipzig and the Viennale before hitting IDFA. And like his other work, it took him into "an apocalyptic surrounding."

Forest department officials report that a tiger released two months ago at the Periyar Tiger Reserve is now hiding in the overgrown tea estates of Vandiperiyar, while nearby communities face frequent wild elephant attacks linked to similar abandoned areas.

Los Ángeles., Luego de que una bandada de cuervos secuestra a su hermano, una joven se adentra en un bosque encantado, habitado por animales que hablan y humanos, y en donde se cierne una guerra que decidirá el destino de todos.

Latest intervention comes amid sharp escalation in wild animal incursions across Peruvannamuzhi forest range, impacting Chakkittapara, Muthukad and surrounding plantation belts. Local residents and workers point out that the situation has become critical, particularly during early-morning hours when rubber tapping takes place

El ‘podcast’ ‘The Wild Project’, con solo dos trabajadores, logra un hito sin precedentes en la comunicación española. Su creador, un ‘youtuber’ que de pequeño quería ser actor, tiene millones de seguidores y gran tirón entre los chicos jóvenes

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Thousands line the streets to cheer on record number of runners

The Chilean actress makes the leap to English in Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’ — and may be riding it straight into awards season.

Maximum compensation for deaths caused by wildlife attacks increased to ₹17.5 lakh; compensation rates for victims who suffer permanent disabilities also increased

A deluge of heavy rain and wild winds has arrived in Victoria after a week of warm weather.

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Residents in the Gympie region are keeping a close eye on a major flood warning for the Mary River, as south-east Queensland braces for severe storms.

De opgepakte verdachte van de aanslag in de Parijse voorstad Trappes wilde zwarte mensen en mensen met een Arabisch uiterlijk aanvallen. Dat melden bronnen aan de Franse krant Le Monde. Justitie ziet in de handelswijze van de verdachte, zijn keuze van slachtoffers, zijn eerste uitspraken en de resultaten van de huiszoekingen aanwijzingen dat sprake was van e

Incident sparks fresh concerns over the dangers faced by wild animals near agricultural fields; Deputy Chief Minister says strict action should be taken if the wires were found to have been deliberately laid to harm wildlife

Across several decades in Hollywood, Caleb Deschanel has seen a lot. He served as cinematographer on films like The Passion of the Christ and The Patriot, worked on sequences in The Godfather and Titanic, and directed a few episodes of Twin Peaks. Even still, nothing could quite prepare him for his first stop-motion project: working […]

The challenge is on for the Habs to rise above losing their best player. Night one in Chicago was an impressive one for the Montreal Canadiens beating the Blackhawks 4-1.

For the Masters of the Universe film-maker, bringing his latest stop-motion animation movie to the big screen has been a lengthy labour of love

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Laika’s latest animated stop-motion story explores a fictional, mysterious, unurbanized stretch of land outside the city of Portland, Oregon. The Impassable Wilderness, as it is called, has many lessons to teach heroine Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) when she drags her classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay) into the woods shrouded in ivy to save her

LAIKA Studios spent over six years crafting "Wildwood" by hand— 233 puppets, 1,000-plus artists, and zero AI. As the film earns Oscar buzz, animators say handmade art is having a resurgence. NBC News' Chloe Melas reports.

Deborah Cook, costumer designer at stop-motion animation studio Laika, discusses creating tiny costumes for puppets in a fantastical world set in the forests of Portland, Oregon

Under the scheme, farmers cultivating crops such as plantain, coconut, vegetables, and fruit trees are eligible to receive financial assistance.

In a cave in South Sulawesi's Maros-Pangkep, an artwork depicting human-like figures interacting with a pig was dated by researchers from Australia's Griffith University to be at least 51,200 years old.

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The founder of stop-motion studio Laika speaks with Culture Editor-at-large Michael Idato about his childhood watching Ray Harryhausen films and Wildwood's 16-year journey to the screen.

Military aircraft will be equipped to help tackle wildfires, the UK government has announced, after a summer of "unrelenting" blazes and sustained hot conditions.

The UK Prime Minister has announced that military helicopters and planes will be equipped to help fight the growing threat of wildfires in the country. Read More: https://punchng.com/uk-pm-announces-military-aircraft-to-help-fight-future-wildfires/

Will he take home the Oscar this time?

As Laika debuts its latest stop-motion animation, Travis Knight is standing firmly against generative AI. The Wildwood director and Laika CEO explained that GenAI “is antithetical to everything that we are at this studio,” also emphasizing that he hopes people “see the danger” in the technology’s potential as much as the “value.” “But all of […]

The prime minister hosted the UK's first wildfire summit to prepare for future blazes after a record summer 2026.

“Wildwood” director Travis Knight is weighing in on Hollywood’s use of AI. “I’m not embracing it at all,” Knight told me Wednesday night at AFI Fest’s opening night U.S. premiere of “Wildwood.” “I see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer […]

Israeli ‘settler violence’ is headline news while Palestinian terrorism is ignored. Both cry out for law and order.

South-east Queensland is forecast for another day of wild weather with torrential rains sweeping through the region.

Korruptionsvorwürfe, Geldwäsche, Finanzskandale: Wer wird der nächste Präsident Brasiliens?

EXCLUSIVE: Comedic multi-hyphenates Kate Berlant (The Moment) and John Early (Maddie’s Secret) are the latest additions to Naughty, the holiday comedy from Universal marking director Olivia Wilde’s follow-up to the lauded A24 chamber drama The Invite. Character details are being kept in Santa’s sleigh. The duo joins a cast led by Jennifer Aniston and Peter [

Wildwood is the most ambitious film yet from Laika, the stop-motion studio best known for the likes of Coraline and ParaNorman. It's a sprawling fantasy adventure that took five years to complete. The process involved more 230 puppets - including 36 of the main character Prue alone - which were brought to life by a […]

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The filmmaker and Nike scion poured untold millions into his critically acclaimed "grand experiment." But he knows the real test is yet to come.

Dieven hebben voor in totaal 157.000 euro aan fietsen gestolen bij fietsenwinkel HBC Premium Bikes in Sint-Niklaas. Zaakvoerder Tom Temmerman (38) kon de inbraak via camerabeelden live meevolgen en alleen maar moedeloos toekijken. "Ze wisten perfect welke fietsen ze wilden", vertelt hij.

John Anderson, one of the “New Traditionalist” country singers of the 1970s who broke into the mainstream with chart-topping hits like “Wild and Blue”, “Swingin'” and “Black Sheep”, died Wednesday, October 21, at his home in Smithville, Tennessee. He was 71. His death was announced by family on social media. A cause of death was […]

Tourists heading to Chinnakallar waterfalls thrown off their bike in the attack