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The Batman: HBO Max Spinoff Series Taps Joe Barton as Showrunner

Less than two months after it was reported that Terence Winter (The Sopranos, The Wolf of Wall Street) had left HBO Max and The Batman filmmaker Matt Reeves' Gotham-focused spinoff series, Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton (Humans, Extinction) has been tapped as the new showrunner In November 2020, Winter and HBO Max parted ways after Winter's[...]

“Giri/Haji”: Yakuza Gang War and a Japanese Cop in London Make for An Overlooked Gem on Netflix

"Giri/Haji": Yakuza Gang War & Japanese Cop in London Make for Overlooked Netflix Gem [REVIEW]

Netflix's Giri/Haji, Japanese for "duty/Shame", is a cop thriller with a lot on its mind It's not just a crime thriller, but a quirky, dream-like exploration of family ties, guilt and duty It's about a Japanese cop (Takehiro Hara) who trails his Yakuza brother (Yosuke Kubozuka) to London for committing a murder there that sparks[...]

BBC One/Netflix Thriller 'Giri/Haji' Casts Boardwalk Empire's Kelly Macdonald

Credit: Debby Wong/REX/Shutterstock The customs and cultures of crime are set to collide on the streets of London, with Boardwalk Empire's Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting) set to take on the criminal underworld as a lead in BBC One/Netflix's upcoming thriller Giri/Haji. Hailing from writer Joe Barton (Humans) and Jane Featherstone's Sister Pictures and originally announced in May 2017, the eight-part[...]