viewers in Thailand can watch I streamed on HBO Go via AisPlay and AIS PlayBox.

“The Brave” follows 1st Lieutenant Adam Dalton and his heroic Special Operations squad of highly trained undercover military specialists as they t carry out on-ground missions across the globe. His team is armed with incredible sniper, Sergeant Jasmine “Jaz” Khan, Chief Petty Officer Ezekiel “Preach” Carter, combat medic, Sergeant Joseph “McG” McGuire and intelligence officer, Agent Amir Al-Raisani.

The team works hand in hand with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that is headquartered in Washington DC, carrying out missions such as hostage rescues, intelligence gathering, protecting the lives of the innocent and capturing or killing the world’s most dangerous warlords.

Led by Deputy Director of the DIA, Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche) and her team of analysts including Cultural Specialist, Noah Morgenthau (Tate Ellington) and mission coordinator, Hannah Rivera (Sofia Pernas), the DIA wields the world’s most advanced surveillance technology to identify threats and oversee covert missions. All members of this elite squad, both in Washington DC and across the world, have one thing in common: their resilience and commitment to freedom is unmatched by any other. Often facing insurmountable challenges, the team works tirelessly to get the job done and to prevail in even the most complex situations.

The missions take the Special Operations squad across the globe, from the jungles of South America, to the sleek streets of Berlin and from the snowy steppes of Russia, to the sun bleached plains of Somalia. The series portrays an authentic look at defence agencies by working closely with technical consultants from both the intelligence and operational spheres, including a former CIA agent and an ex-Navy Seal. It is also the first show to have direct cooperation from the DIA itself.

The Warner Bros. film, based on a Stephen King novel and starring Bill Skarsgard as a creepy clown who terrorizes a sleepy Maine town, earned an estimated $60.1 million for the three-day weekend, bringing its domestic total to $218.8 million in only two weeks, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Trailing far behind were two new releases, “American Assassin” from CBS Films/Lionsgate, at $14.8 million, and “mother!” which took in just $7.5 million in ticket sales despite the star power of Jennifer Lawrence.

“Assassin” stars Dylan O’Brien as a CIA “black ops” recruit who teams up with crusty veteran agent Michael Keaton to try to prevent terrorists from starting a war.

Paramount’s “mother!” earned a dubious distinction: the lowest opening gross for a Lawrence film in wide release. A psychological thriller from Darren Aronofsky, it likely suffered from going head-to-head against “It.”

In the film, Lawrence and her husband, played by Javier Bardem, see their tranquil lives upended when strangers (Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer) show up at their country home.

The movie drew a rare “F” from the ComScore website, despite a relatively strong 69 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Aronofsky earned critical acclaim for earlier films, including “Black Swan” (2010), “The Wrestler” (2008), “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) and “Pi” (1998).

In fourth place was “Home Again” from Open Road Films, with a take of $5.2 million. The romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon as a recently separated woman whose life changes when she lets three young men move in.

And in fifth was “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” at $3.6 million. The action comedy stars Ryan Reynolds as a bodyguard hired to protect a notorious hitman played by Samuel L. Jackson.

Rounding out the top 10 were:

“Annabelle: Creation” ($2.4 million)

“Wind River” ($2.6 million)

“Leap!” ($2.2 million)

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” ($1.9 million)

“Dunkirk” ($1.3 million)

The most important film festival in North America, and one of the largest film festivals in the world, the 41st edition of Toronto International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday night with the presenting of the Toronto Platform Prize to Warwick Thornton’s “Sweet Country”.

The Platform award is a new addition to the festival, which was non-competitive until 2015. Like their counterparts at the Venice Film Festival where it snapped up the Special Jury Prize, jury members Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska and Wim Wenders, were impressed by the Australian period western, which dwells on the country’s dark past and the mistreatment of its natives by white settlers.

The Grolsch People’s Choice Award, meanwhile, went to Martin McDonagh’s crime drama, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, a win that surely ups its chances of being nominated for an Oscar.

Among 255 feature films screened at the festival this year was Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s latest feature “Samui Song”. Premiered in Venice, it was shown in Toronto as part of the Contemporary World Cinema section.

Pen-Ek is a familiar face in Toronto, where he made his debut in 1999 with “6ixtynin9” as part of Midnight Madness. Indeed, all his films with the exception of “Nymph” have shown here, with 2011’s “Headshot” having its world premiere at Toronto in Vanguard section.

“The first time I came to Toronto was when I showed ‘Last Life in the Universe in 2003’,” says Pen-Ek. “The film had its premiere in Venice, and after Venice, I came straight to Toronto. I think I’ve shown my films here four or five times.”

“Back then there were many more delegations. It was a great era for art house cinema. ‘Last Life in the Universe’ sold very well. Fortissimo Films was our agent and also one of the film’s producers. I had such a luxurious time back then. There were big dinners every day and I had to attend many meetings and parties. I didn’t have to take care of anything. For ‘Headshot’, I was in Toronto with my producers, but it was different from the past.”

“Samui Song” is Pen-Ek’s latest feature and was almost two years in the making, the result, Pen-Ek says, of his adopting a different approach both to funding and making the film.

“This is the first time that my film has been totally funded by private investors. For ‘Headshot’, I got money from the Ministry of Culture of Thailand and Wild Side Films in France, but for ‘Samui Song’, all the investors were businessmen,” he explains.

“In the past I didn’t really meet investors. This time I became friends with them, We fought together from the beginning. And when the film was finished, it was more meaningful to us. I saw their happiness at the premiere and that affected me.”

“The idea for the film came to me when I spotted a well-known Thai actress and her foreign husband or boyfriend in a supermarket. They looked nice together so I followed them around. I was curious because she spoke to him in Thai and he spoke to her in English but they could understand each other. That stayed in my mind and gave birth to ‘Samui Song’.

“The film talks about Thai women. In Thai society, it is very difficult for a woman to show her real self. She has to play the role that the society wants her to.”

The woman in “Samui Song” is Viyada (Chermarn “Ploy” Boonyasak), a well-known actress who is married to Jerome (Stephane Sednaoui). Her husband is a follower of the strange cult led by “The Holy One” (Vithaya Pansringarm). When Viyada can no longer stand to be near her husband, she hires Guy (David Asavanond), a mysterious man with a sick mother to kill him. The plot twists and turns from that point forward, dealing mainly with the identity of woman in Thai society.

“Thai women have to be like actresses. For example, you can’t be too smart if you are looking for a boyfriend. You can’t have dark skin, as boys don’t like that. You can’t be yourself when you are with your husband, or even with your parents. The film is a portrait of Thai women, but we are talking about other things as well, such as a religious cult that asks people to donate money to them.”

Pen-Ek and Ploy first worked together on “Last Life in the Universe” back in 2003. “She was only on the set for two days while we were shooting ‘Last Life’. She was already well known but very young. In ‘Samui”, Viyada is a soap star. Ploy hasn’t always had it smooth in real life and has been boycotted by the Thai press, so I think she really understands her role.”

“Samui Song” will travel to Busan International Film Festival in October, and should be shown in Thai cinemas in February. Pen-Ek though is not optimistic about his next film.

“I think it’s going to be difficult. Art house films are dying; even mainstream films seem to be on the way out. Everything in cinemas now is from Marvel Studios. Okay, Christopher Nolan had the freedom to film ‘Dunkirk’ with 70mm film, but there’s only one Christopher Nolan. Even Quentin Tarantino has said he’s going to stop making films. Audiences have fallen in number.

“I think we need to look for something new. One day we may have to stop making films, but that doesn’t mean that other medium can’t tell the stories I want to tell. It could be books, paintings, comic books, or if I really want to make a film, I may have to make it with my phone,” says Pen-Ek with a shrug.

Los Angeles-based Hero Ventures and Hero Experience are teaming up to bring The Marvel Experience to Thailand, its first themed entertainment attraction to launch in South East Asia.

The Marvel Experience offers fans a unique and mind-blowing family entertainment experience with the latest in state-of-the-art interactive and multimedia technology set inside a custom-made domed venue. The project is currently under construction and is expected to open in the first half of 2018, The 10,000sqm venue in the Bang Na area will allow visitors to be a part of the action through a first-of-its kind interactive adventure featuring such well-known Marvel characters as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Wolverine and Captain America.

“I am certain of the success, not just because there are loads of Marvel fans based in Thailand, but also because Thailand is always one of the top family destinations for tourists from around the world. Having this new themed entertainment attraction here will even draw more tourists which will surely help family entertainment tourism to grow,” said Noppadon Jason Chirasanti, co-chief executive of Hero Experience.

Noppadon added that the new attraction will be created activities for visitors and will be different from America’s The Marvel Experience. Thailand is the third country to have a Marvel Experience after the US and Busan, South Korea which will be open next month. Further detail about The Marvel Experience Thailand have yet to be revealed.

The drama, which won two Makhala Awards and five TV Gold Awards after being adapted from Botan’s popular novel in 1989, is a reflection of Thai society and was remade in 1997 and again in 2008.

This third version stars English-Thai actor Alexander Rendell, actress Nathaphon Temirak and Pongpat Wachirabunjong.

Pongpat plays Phol, a father who loves his eldest son Pongpan more than his four other children. Pongpan (Surinthorn Krawut) is a good student but tends to be sullen and bad-tempered. He hates Pathana (Alex), who is his complete opposite. Penpak Sirikul plays their mother and sticks up for Pathana after he drops out of school to start his own garage.

Nathaphon plays Wansawang, the girl who loves Pathana in secret and helps him find more customers.

The dystopian drama based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood triumphed at the 69th Primetime Emmys, picking up a total of five statuettes including best actress in a drama for its star Elisabeth Moss.

The 35-year-old won her first Emmy for playing Offred in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the dark story of a misogynistic dictatorship that takes shape in New England in response to a fertility crisis.

The series, carried by the on-demand service Hulu, also won the Emmy for best drama series.

Moss, who became known for her very different roles in “The West Wing” and “Mad Men,” in her acceptance speech thanked Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood who wrote the book “The Handmaid’s Tale” on which the series is based.

The television prize comes days after HBO said that “Veep” would end next year. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays the central character of Selina Meyer, also broke the record for most Emmys for the same role by winning best actress in a comedy series for the sixth time.

“I suppose I should say, ‘At long last, Mr. President, here is your Emmy,” Baldwin said from the award stage, referring to Trump’s frequent complaints that he was never honored for his reality series “Celebrity Apprentice.”

Baldwin, who had earlier won an Emmy for his lead role in the comedy series “30 Rock,” took his latest prize for best supporting actor in a comedy series.

Baldwin, himself a left-leaning political activist who has flirted with running for mayor of New York, has infuriated Trump with his uncanny impersonation that mocks the president’s verbal tics and loose hand gestures and exaggerates his boastful style.

The sketches have found a wide audience, with some clips on YouTube seen up to 20 million times.

In a fresh swipe at Trump, Baldwin noted that he had three children since marrying his wife, yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas, in 2012 but that the burst of fecundity was over.

“All you men up there, you put that orange wig on, it’s birth control, trust me,” Baldwin said.

He also saluted fellow members of the entertainment industry, saying that so much of what they do will stay in popular memory longer than individual actions of politicians.

“For all of you out there in motion pictures and television, don’t stop doing what you are doing. The audience is counting on you,” he said.

Trump attacked “Saturday Night Live” and Baldwin’s impersonation shortly before last year’s vote, tweeting: “Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!”

He “passed away from natural causes” at Cedars-Sinai medical center, according to his agent John S Kelly.

Despite over 150 television and film appearances spanning six decades, including roles in the “Alien,” “The Green Mile,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Avengers,” Stanton was not a household name — though his weathered, drooping face is instantly recognizable.

One of his rare leading roles came in the 1984 road movie “Paris, Texas” where his turn as a father suffering from amnesia helped director Wim Wenders win the 1984 Palme D’Or.

A close friend of Hollywood luminaries Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn and Marlon Brando, the drinker and smoker worked with David Lynch on TV’s “Twin Peaks.”

“The great Harry Dean Stanton has left us. There went the great one,” the filmmaker Lynch wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.

Stanton’s more recent work includes playing polygamist patriarch Roman Grant in TV’s “Big Love” and a voice role in animated feature “Rango” with Johnny Depp.

A keen musician, he also founded the eclectic “The Harry Dean Stanton Band” known for its mix of mariachi, jazz and other genres.